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FailureToCommunicate

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10. I also didn't realize how big it is...or that it depicts THAT David! It was only when I saw a smaller

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 04:35 PM

Dec 2023

nearby statue of David standing on the severed head of Goliath, that it dawned on me who THIS David was supposed to be.
I mean, this David is just standing there with a towel over his shoulder. He doesn't seem like the guy who just knocked out their champion with a rock in a shepherd's sling.

And, now from this video, I learn that this is David BEFORE he decided to do battle with the giant.