In a message dated 5/11/02 5:11:10 AM Central Daylight Time, cicero@dsds.it writes: > mater semper certa est, pater numquam > THIS WILL BE THE SLOGAN FOR "OUR" TIMES, I AM AFRAID!

I'm afraid you are right, Carnivale. But then ... Why ancient romans told that ? ^__^ For Larry, asking for the translation: It is a latin proverb meaning : mummy is always certain, daddy never (really it is an old roman law principle , but it became a popular way to joke about feminine virtue) You find othe ancient latin proverbs and typical phrases here : http://www.aurora.ru/latin.htm http://www.mikebyde.freeserve.co.uk/Quotes/latinproverbs.html http://www.greenspun.com/boohoo/related.tcl?page_id=latin http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Latin+proverbs ciao cicero CCarnivale@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 5/11/02 5:11:10 AM Central Daylight Time, > cicero@dsds.it writes: > >> mater semper certa est, pater numquam >> > THIS WILL BE THE SLOGAN FOR "OUR" TIMES, I AM AFRAID!