So, there we were having lunch in the staffroom, and a colleague is busily colouring in a nativity scene for some display or other.
Enter another colleague...
"What? You've coloured baby Jesus' blanket in turquoise!! They wouldn't have had turquoise dye in 2000BC or whenever it was that he was born!"
ever hear of woad ?
Aren't they getting mixed up with Mauve?
yeah i thought it was purple
no wait the romans had purple didnt they?
Somehow made me think of the life of Brian when Cleese is caught writing Romans go home..
Foxy - he/she isn't a re-enactor at all?
Believe me, this sort of thing is a common occurence with re-enactors, the sort of 'discussion' (i.e. arguments, rantings and diktats) had about whether a certain shade of dye was available at X point in Century Y in location Z and whether the social status of individual portrayed would allow him/her to afford said dye - assuming it existed at all!
Explain to me again why i do that hobby?????
purple was murex (some sea shell)
Mauve / Mauvine was invented in the 1850's, the Mauve Decade. (Or was it 1850BC?)
In 2000BC, was it just the years that counted backwards towards the big birthday?, or was in the months and days too? So tomorrow would be Monday the 30th?
Yeah I'm not sure they used that calendar system back then 
5BC:
"Who's this Christ bloke then?"
"Dunno. Think it's something to do with dominos though. Guess we'll find out in 5 years."
Is everyone studiously avoiding the fact the teacher talked about Jesus being born (we'll assume theological/atheist discussions) 2000BC or just over-thinking this.
I think the clue is in the '2000BC or whenever it was that he was born!"
Oopps too late again, must learn to type faster for you lot!
Is everyone studiously avoiding the fact the teacher talked about Jesus being born (we'll assume theological/atheist discussions) 2000BC or just over-thinking this.
well spotted :o)
give that man a turquoise, uh purple, er grey toga :o)
Thank goodness not all posters on STW are thick as a brick!! 
OR...trying to hard to be funny/clever and missing the mark by about...well, 2000 years!! 
Turquoise however, is naturally occuring (its copper) is found in Sinai amongst other places and is very much referred to in Jewish/Biblical literature. Its very much the colour to use for a baby jebus, even if he was to pop up in the middle the old testiment
2000BC very funny
Turquoise however, is naturally occuring (its copper)
but that would be a pigment, not a dye...
See what i mean about re-enactors?
Instantly focus on the minutae of the colour/dye/location/wealth aspect and completely miss the whole point of the post! 
IMO anything before 1953 might as well be the frikken stone age 
LOL muddydwarf!!
but that would be a pigment, not a dye...
It can be a pigment and a dye (but not a very good one)
Some of the teachers I had the pleasure to meet in the staff room were daft as hell except the science teacher who taught me origami flower chat up lines...worked too!
It can be a pigment and a dye
that's just a pigment of your imagination...
"Baby Jebus popping up in the middle of the Old Testament"
Bugger orff! We haven't done the old 'Esther begat Solomon' thing yet! 
WTF do they teach in schools these days?
They wouldn't have had turquoise dye in 2000BC or whenever it was that he was born!"
That Jesus was born 2000 years before Jesus arrived on the scene...
We haven't done the old 'Esther begat Solomon' thing yet!
Is that the sort of reenactments you do Muddy? Respect! Thats really hardcore oldschool.
I'm much more New School/retro. A bunch of us get together at the cricket pitch at weekends, half get into uniforms and the others black up and we reenact the Toxteth Riots, we've got retro tracksuits off eBay and everything, one guy's even got chevette. But he hasn't let us torch it yet, he reckons we should just use some sort of dry ice or smoke machine.
Some of the guys's wives and girlfriends put on a nice spread of sandwiches in the pavilion and at halftime we smash the windows and loot the place.
perhaps Jesus was a popular name.
I mean, there have been one or two Johns in the last 2000 years, why not one or two Jesuses (is that the correct plural, btw?) over the same kind of timescale?
the old 'Esther begat Solomon' thing yet!Is that the sort of reenactments you do Muddy? Respect!
steamy biblical porno begatting reenactments ? Where do I sign up ?
why not one or two Jesuses
perhaps in Mexico
steamy biblical porno begatting reenactments ? Where do I sign up ?
And you wonder how it is the church attendance is in decline, with that kind of billing you'd expect to get trampled in the rush!
The colleague was probably a secular science teacher saying 2000BP. Women are always hearing me wrong. "How about an early night" say I with great enthusiasm. "Off you go then, I'll try not to wake you when I come in" she replies.
I'll try not to wake you when I come in" she replies.
no begatting there then 
Not sure about Toxteth riots, but i did spend a weekend re-creating the Battle of Orgreave for Ch4 & got paid £180 for the trouble!
Great fun was had throwing rubber rocks at my mates dressed as riot coppers and smashing ourselves into their shields.
Didn't enjoy running away from the cavalry charge though - and certainly didn't enjoy the next six repetitions of the same 'cos the soddin' camera crews wanted more shots..
..I still get cold shivers when i recall looking over my shoulder into the flared nostrils of a charging horse! 
but i did spend a weekend re-creating the Battle of Orgreave
I've got that taped and keep meaning to watch it, will we be able to spot you?
........ so how did this tread start again?
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