Ok definitely the thing that this Pompeii series really suffers from is that I’m extremely not the right audience for it, having learnt about Pompeii first in primary school and again when I studied Latin and Classical Civilisations in secondary school and also having visited Pompeii and Herculaneum probably about 6 times.
- Mum’s asking me about a flag one of her neighbours has hung up outside their house.
“It’s got a skulls”
“Do you mean the pirate flag?”
“No, it has crossed under the skull” [crosses her arms in front of her face]
“Do you mean the pirate flag on international talk like a pirate day?”
“…”