In The Olympic Games, Greeks Ran Races, Jumped, Hurled The Biscuits, And Threw The Java.

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In the Olympic Games, Greeks ran races, jumped, hurled the biscuits, and
threw the java. The reward to the victor was a coral wreath. The government
of Athen was democratic because the people took the law into their own hands.
There were no wars in Greece, as the mountains were so high that they couldn't
climb over to see what their neighbors were doing. When they fought the
Parisians, the Greeks were outnumbered because the Persians had more men.
-- Richard Lederer, The world According to Student Bloopers

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