Episode 1180 - Thursday, September 10, 1981

This episode of Being Jim Davis was recorded in a Wisconsin prison toilet, with additional supplemental field recordings taken from the 1978 Israeli Olympics. We hope you enjoy it.Today's strip

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Pestilence and famine contributed to fill up the measure of the calamities of Rome. The first could be only imputed to the just indignation of the gods; but a monopoly of corn, supported by the riches...

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Upon the death of his father, Commodus found himself embarrassed with the command of a great army, and the conduct of a difficult war against the Quadi and Marcomanni. The servile and profligate youth...

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