#he still does this. last time he drove from london to scotland without a map to 'check out a radio'

[just-late-roman-republic-things]

I've never actually been to Rome. My father has, though, when he was...eight? My grandfather was a devout Catholic, and wanted his family to see the Pope. My grandmother was not a devout Catholic, only a devout auditor, and in the middle of St. Peter's Basilica started asking pointed questions about the Catholic church's finances, while my grandfather begged her to please wait till they were off consecrated ground.

At some point, they realized their son was missing.

Catholic sermons are not very interesting for eight-year-olds, so my father had wandered off and hopped on a tour bus. He ended up in Pompeii and it was "pretty cool," before the tour group realized they'd acquired an extra child.

#fortunately it's not hard to locate a giant basilica and a panicking lebanese couple #he still does this. last time he drove from london to scotland without a map to 'check out a radio' #'it's not hard. you just keep going north' #about jlrrt #jlrrt speaks #just roman memes