Cabin crew: Is there a Dr on board? Me: I am a Dr Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701

Welp guess the plane is going to explode

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Relevant: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDmm...

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The question : How much did Northern European ceramic trade affect the North African textile trade in 1701, and 1701 only?

If this was normal social media I would respond with a GIF.

That’s a very narrow time band. Was 1671 much different in the world of European pottery?

"But you can totally mark this Masters thesis, right?"

"Intriguing. I think I read a book about it once. What do you need to know?"

A timespace of specifically 29 years is very funny.