TIL according to the legal code of Isin king Lipit ishtar,a man who rented an ox and injured its flesh at the nose ring was liable to pay one-third of its price.

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1. I had a wife that came with the same agreement about the nose ring.

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2. That’s exactly why you take pics *before* signing the rental agreement..

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3. Seems fair. I borrowed my brother’s ass and that thing couldn’t walk right for a week aftwrwards. Too many kids riding around on that thing and it gets super worn out when not used to it.

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4. I’m reminded of the [complaint tablet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir?wprov=sfla1) from nearly 4,000 years ago.

   Edit: fixed number

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