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WorldLieut8 t1_j66n43c wrote

Reply to comment by NIDORAX in Ancient statue of Hercules emerges from Rome sewerage repairs by Rob-Study-8562

In honor of the literal shit he endured with the Augean Stables.

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ieatcavemen t1_j671r3p wrote

Hercules didn't have to deal with any shit first hand, although the point of the labour was to attack his dignity. Instead of mucking out the stable he rerouted a river through it to flush it out.

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SobiTheRobot t1_j677rf5 wrote

To be fair, it was a nasty fucking stable. Heracles was just pioneering this revolutionary idea called "pressure washing".

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