Re: Byzantine humor (or: Battle of the Johns)

Chen-Song Qin wrote:

> Um... mainly because the post is not funny? :)
> On the other hand, you're probably refering to "Lest Darkness Fall",
> right?

No.

The joke is that the Domestic of the Scholae is, by virtue of being
stationed in the City an experienced intriguer, a polished
rhetoritician, and all the other thing not included in the phrase
"simple soldier."

And that by making a joke that obscure, one is in effect engaging in the
behaviors that one is claiming to be incapable of engaging in.

John M. Atkinson