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<p>[QUOTE="Zinnie, post: 444461, member: 9303"]Okay, thanks for that explanation. Not as strange as I thought it might be ie a tip glass for a sex worker. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /> As for humor, how many marriages were arranged back then to the wrong people? Maybe more a socially 'acceptable' message to those who really do have our hearts. Just an fyi?</p><p><br /></p><p>That's new about the roof tiles with messages as well - and not always about 'love'. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> It'd be fun to see those if you have time!</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, eagles and snakes are often used together as opposing elements of the sky (virtuous and godly) and the ground (puny foolish humans). It's their combination though that also gives us flying dragons, which are either honored or debased in various cultures (I know there are experts here who can say far more about this). </p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed that the eagle appears to have a baby snake in its mouth - can we assume the large snake is its parent then? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> I wonder if our dear leader here has something like this in his luxury castle, the 'south WH'. I wouldn't be surprised... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> He would find the eagle equal to his self-image without doubt. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Zinnie, post: 444461, member: 9303"]Okay, thanks for that explanation. Not as strange as I thought it might be ie a tip glass for a sex worker. :confused: As for humor, how many marriages were arranged back then to the wrong people? Maybe more a socially 'acceptable' message to those who really do have our hearts. Just an fyi? That's new about the roof tiles with messages as well - and not always about 'love'. :D It'd be fun to see those if you have time! Yes, eagles and snakes are often used together as opposing elements of the sky (virtuous and godly) and the ground (puny foolish humans). It's their combination though that also gives us flying dragons, which are either honored or debased in various cultures (I know there are experts here who can say far more about this). I noticed that the eagle appears to have a baby snake in its mouth - can we assume the large snake is its parent then? :inpain::( I wonder if our dear leader here has something like this in his luxury castle, the 'south WH'. I wouldn't be surprised... :shifty: He would find the eagle equal to his self-image without doubt. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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