Well, shit. Here I am, just innocently scrolling my evening away and - BLAMMO! - I run smack into what is possibly the greatest terrible pun of all time.
I mean, this one was built for racing, and the richest Sports Athlete in human history had this at his stage. Gaius Appuleius Diocles was the name. It's been estimated that he would have been worth $15 Billion in today's money.
unremarkableasterisk
Nary a hippo to be seen **gestures mildly**.
drawnbyjohn
In Istanbul, you say? Reminds me of a song… https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcze7EGorOk
Hashbrown123
You gotta use the official music video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqJXxHi6RwQ
BallsackHippo
Check out the Horses of Saint Mark, a set of statues that were on display at the hippodrome for centuries before the sack of Constantinople.
Betterbecauseofthem
I don't see any hippo-drones
Ambipolar
Nobody's business.
Newitt
Except the Turks'.
Hashbrown123
MotherEffinSatan
I believe you mean Constantinople, because fuck them.
nojustsayitdont
Don't give the Cheeto any ideas.
Hoiloidl
That's Byzantium, you uncultured swine!
BaBaDuuk
Thats gunna fit a lotta hippos there Chuck
isetprettygirlsonfire
Hippo racing is the shit!
napsmear
I heard Wednesdays was Wine Bath day 😏
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Ashkaari
Nika Riots be like:
Vergenbuurg
nojustsayitdont
Helps hide the stains from Tuesdays Blood Bath Day.
CheeseborgarSoop
Hey, I been here in Assassin's Creed!
JustAPileOfCats
I know they won't, but it would be amazing if it were rebuilt.
locutusufborg
OFF TO THE HIPPODROME!
nojustsayitdont
Stupid memes is going to be the fate of AI imagery. It's not really good for anything else.
sirdeadlock2
Did you have that generated just for this comment?
CorgisButtsDriveMeNuts
Even if it's AI it's hilarious :D
ArsenalThePhoenix
which of the two images shows the hippo house?`
ahorseelbowdeepinme
It was doomed to fail. All these old buildings were built of marble but you can't build a hippodrome out of marble. That's what hippos eat!
Gatorjon
straha242
ButtonsAreForPushing
Well, shit. Here I am, just innocently scrolling my evening away and - BLAMMO! - I run smack into what is possibly the greatest terrible pun of all time.
invisiblemaniac
Gorglax9
DiscountMentat
ahorseelbowdeepinme
JustAPileOfCats
And you know how they get when they're hungry hungry.
ParallelParkingInABurka
ahorseelbowdeepinme
ahorseelbowdeepinme
But also
killergrooves85
As a ln avid Caesar 3 enjoyer for over 25 years, the Hippodrome still stands wherever I want it to stand.
killergrooves85
I mean “as an avid”, but I guess you can’t edit on mobile.
Ardilla05
What a city.
TexMexHex
Not Constantinople, gotcha.
ZebraCakes7
Why did Constantinople get the works?
villlllle
Bring back Mikligarðr.
tempmike
Why'd they change it?
jtxyz
I can't say
AzraelWalker
People just liked it better that way
Dimension09
Don't worry about it. That's nobody's business but the Turks
AmericasNextTopFondler
But I had a date in Constantinople. I guess she’ll be waiting in Istanbul
Dimension09
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
tryingmybest1
But why’d they change it?
alcaray
It's still Byzantium to me.
sirdeadlock2
I can't say.
JamJarre
Dang that's room for a lot of hippos
nojustsayitdont
Probably got tired of getting mauled by the hippos. Most dangerous animal in Africa, dontcha know?
RFT42
Did I hear right did you say the hippodrome?!
oldradios19772000
They must have had a lot of hippos
TheWarHymn
Ancient Romans would have been fans of NASCAR, change my mind.
Thoth43
Imagine the monster truck rallies they could have there..
ErudiousRex
They would need a gas station in the middle...
SpikedDoggos
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!
decarnatedame
PAZAR! PAZAR! PAZAR!
DidCatchABreak
Pokegeologist
Epic tractor pull!
Freak0zoid
I'd rather not
TeamSpicyTacos
This is why the eagle cries
idrinkcheapbeer
Personally, I imagine what actually happened there. To each his own.
BlackTrashTiger
ActualZedAxial
No
Newitt
Or the monster chariot rallies.
VictusVonGuyver
I mean, this one was built for racing, and the richest Sports Athlete in human history had this at his stage. Gaius Appuleius Diocles was the name. It's been estimated that he would have been worth $15 Billion in today's money.
Easykehl
gardengnomeii
potato, potahto
MireLurkKing
Or the ship battles!
Rijtjeshuis
What's the big building at the closer end of where it used to be?
Babomonkey
Museum
seir
Spirit Halloween
somnif
https://maps.app.goo.gl/5P8RWD6VhayBwZgcA "Sultanahmet Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School"
ThrashAndChemistry
I'd never heard the term hippodrome before, and got super disappointed when I looked it up and found out it had nothing to do with hippopotamuses.
Wholivesinapineappleunderthetree
It hippopotami? 🦛
Ambipolar
Except that both are named after horses.
ThrashAndChemistry
I saw that in the etymology section of my query, but my disappointment stands.
ParallelParkingInABurka
I think that's fair.
Totallycasual
Don't feel bad, i know everything i know about this type of shit from video games lol
Elrohn
Are you that guy signing bones thugs and harmony?
ThrashAndChemistry
I'm familiar with Bone Thugs but I don't get the reference so probably not
Elrohn
https://youtube.com/shorts/NRshjkl4fx8?si=hdUaO3goXnuBsO-H
ThrashAndChemistry
I mean
dotslashsandwich
Hippo is Greek for horse, dromos is Greek for race/course. Yet hippodrome is evidently a French word lol
dogfavoriter
We also have velodromes... which implies the existence of (unrelated) velopotamuses ("river bicycles").
Leonon
somnif
TheRicM
What does drome mean
Freak0zoid
The way it's pronounced, it means "dream" in Dutch
dogfavoriter
from a Greek word meaning "course" or "track"
TheRicM
Thanks for the info!
ParaspriteHugger
Dromedar = coursed spitter