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I Missed a Lot of Penises in Rome

On this day in 1431, Joan of Arc became a unwilling barbecue sausage. On the 2nd of June in 455, the Vandals entered Rome and plundered it for two weeks. And they haven't entirely got around to fixing it since then. If I saw this in a museum, the statue would be called Boy Who Misses Catch. That would be very accurate indeed. It confirms what I've always believed, which is that behind every great man, there's a creepy statue of Andy Saltzman. But if that's meant to be a picture of a seven-year-old child, it's not very accurate.

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