The City of Rome, at least in lore, was founded primarily by men. This presented an issue when the Romans decided they wanted to have a second generation of their new city. The closest women were Sabines, occupying the surrounding area. Because Match.com didn't exist back then, the Romans decided to have a big party and invite all of the Sabines over. At the given hour Rome's founder Romulus gave the sign and the young men seized all the women. According to Livy, in his History of Rome, Romulus assured the understandably pissed women they'd have a shot at civil rights, property and other legal assurances if they joined the Romans. This deal was enticing enough to most of the women and, when the Sabines declared war on the Romans, the formerly Sabine women stepped in and reminded the fathers on one side and the husbands on the other they were going to make them widows and orphans simultaneously if they didn't just knock it off already. When we reported on B.J. Novak's Audi A5 our own Ash78 felt our response should be more like Gawker's own Sabines: Jezebel.
Let's play "Meta-Gawker" and pretend this is Jezebel for a second. "Snap Judgment: BJ Novak"
MissThang: Rich people drink starbucks? How plebian!
kitty89: WOW App State. My cousin goes there!
Krist-E: I can't believe the way he treats Kelly on that show. Shameful.
RandomDude: LOL his name is BJ!!!
MissThang: That is totally uncalled for.
K-T is Preggers: Audi's accelerate by themselves. Totally dangerous. But I'd still ride with him. Yummy!
Any of you ladies want to come to a party?
Image: "Rape Of Sabine Women" by Pablo Picasso, translation via STOA.org