I belong to a "weird finds" group on FB

[Orrex]

The group is aggressively a-political, to the point that I had a post deleted in a discussion about whether apples or oranges are better. I commented that I could never vote for the orange candidate, and the post was wiped within about three minutes!

There's been some excited chatter about an 800 year old chain mail garment found in Ireland:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/extraordinary-800-year-old-chain-mail-found-in-co-longford-1.4652228

Obviously, the iron hauberk has a lot of oxidation, so I posted

"If you need suggestions on how to clean your rusty chain mail, you should use the best abrasive for the job. That's why I vote for byrnie sanders."

A byrnie is like a chain mail t-shirt, so admittedly not exactly what was found. And they yanked the post!

I don't mind because it's TOS etc., but come on! How often do you get to roll out a pun like that?!?


Damn their political squeamishness!

[marble falls]

1. Rules is rules. Exceptions become rules.

[Orrex]

2. Bah! My puns will not be bound by mere rules!

Bah!

[marble falls]

3. Aparently on FB they will be bound.

[Orrex]

5. Bah!

[marble falls]

7. Ya gotta let it go. Remember the confinement and restraints? We don't want to revisit that, do we?

[Orrex]

9. LOL. Good point, but it won't come to that.

At least not in this case. I didn't use any profanity or insult anyone, so I won't run afoul of any Zuckbots. Worst case would be me getting booted from the group.

I did post an objectively non-political comment as a follow-up:

"Fun fact: a byrnie is another kind of chain mail shirt, kind of like a t-shirt."

Relevant and educational and fun for all!

[Maraya1969]

4. I couldn't understand what a byrne was until I saw a photo. Voila!

[marble falls]

8. I especially like the Buffalo nickle belt buckle. Must be hobbit size. Mithril?

[Maraya1969]

6. Well I am an idiot. When you said, "chain mail" I was thinking about an actual

chain mail letter that I remember from way way back. I didn't even know those byrnie things were called chain mail.

[Orrex]

10. You're not an idiot for being unaware of esoteric nomenclature

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Nor are you an idiot for any other reason.

[Maraya1969]

14. Thank you. That is a nice thing to say

[Backseat Driver]

11. I have this saved away in a "curiosity" folder.

Perhaps it was used to "repair" chain mail garments? May the circle be unbroken, LOL!

https://archaeology-world.com/the-mysterious-bronze-objects-that-have-baffled-archaeologists-for-centuries/

BTW, I enjoyed your pun!

[Worried2020]

12. You knew the rules . . .

.

You knew you were breaking a rule.

You got caught.

You got spanked.

Such is life



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[Orrex]

13. Bah! My magnificent puns will not be silenced!

When magnificent puns are outlawed, then only outlaws will drop magnificent puns!