Archaeologists have uncovered a “folding chair” from the 7th century AD during excavations in the village of Endsee, located in Middle Franconia, Germany.

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WHY ALL THE YELLING?

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Well it’s a folding chair, so immediately after being discovered a wrestler used it as a bludgeon

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So you can hear me?

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The history of wanting chairs, but storing chairs takes up so much space.

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Our pains were truly their pains

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Not really, they had folding chairs!

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I can’t wait for the Ancient Aliens episode about Monday night RAW in the 600’s

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Didn’t the Romans have folding curule chairs?

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Yes they did it was a sign of holding imperium.

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So, Roman people are old people. They’ll just bring their folding chairs.

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