The Scheme has also been featured in the Express with a story about Roman Gladiators in G strings. These all appear with dodgy pictures of men who should know better about wearing thongs.
A basic overview:
“A fragment of Roman pottery [Nene valley with barbotine decoration] depicting a gladiator wearing nothing but a g string and carrying a whip was reported to PJ Walton by two divers diving in the River Tees at Piercebridge. “
It then made it onto ITV’s “This Morning” and has caused much mirth whereever it appears. So PJ has now been associated with socks and thongs and Romans. Anything else to declare PJ?
And the offending pottery fragment:
OpenCalais helped to tag this with: media/thismorning2.jpg • Nene valley • River Tees • Roman Gladiators • the Express
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