Funniest Context Sheets

[SteveP]

I remember being told by a digger that on a context sheet that required an interpretation of a feature and "supporting evidence", wrote "grave" and "the skeleton at the bottom was a bit of a hint"

Steve

[BAJR Host]

Should be in forensics that one! (or advanced sarcasm!)

"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers

[Beardstroker]

quote:Originally posted by Digitaldigging

I've heard of dinoturbation - it's a palaeontalogical term usually used to describe the churning up of sediments by dinosaur feet. There's a bit more about it in the link below. Humano-turbation is a bit of a cringer though.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob...c606366c51

I had to laugh at the term "digitiform projections" in the above article. I take it means toes? [hm]

[Pippyn]

A possible Neolithc "potato shaped" enclosure - ah training digs...

"Kids, go get a proper job and don't take mine" - Derek Alexander

[ecmgardner]

Not exactly from a context sheet but something to lighten the mood on a Monday afternoon:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/01/oldest_joke/


Sumerians cracked world's oldest joke


UKTV has published what it claims to be the world's oldest joke - a Sumerian rib-tickler dating back to 1,900 BC which goes: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap."

Yup, they were a laugh a minute, those cheeky Sumerians, and no messing. In second spot we have the equally-hilarious Egyptians, who poked fun at pharoah King Snofru back in 1,600 BC with this cracker: "How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? You sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile and urge the pharaoh to go catch a fish."
Click here to find out more!

Things had improved somewhat by the time the Anglo-Saxons got their act together back in the 10th century and presaged the birth of Carry On by asking: "What hangs at a man's thigh and wants to poke the hole that it's often poked before? Answer: A key."

Paul McDonald, the senior lecturer at Wolverhampton University who dredged up these classics, said: "Jokes have varied over the years, with some taking the question and answer format while others are witty proverbs or riddles. "What they all share however, is a willingness to deal with taboos and a degree of rebellion. Modern puns, Essex girl jokes and toilet humour can all be traced back to the very earliest jokes identified in this research." #174;

[the invisible man]

Interesting that the AS joke refers to men wearing keys at their belts.

[ecmgardner]

ROFL I must admit that I hadn't thought of that - good point though ;o)

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

To explain mattock damage on finds I once wrote "finds show evidence of post-antiquital damage"![:I]

[BAJR Host]

ah... where you been dave... not working I hope... but collecting more fun and frolics from the trenches

"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers

[mattockman]

My classic context sheet mistake was one winters day , after working out in the snow I meant to write big ditch. Instead I wrote dig bitch[:I]