Pliny the Elder
A rescue attempt
left you stranded on the sand
To sleep in pumice
Who would get Pliny the Elder stuck in their head? I would, of course. So Pliny the Elder lived in Italy near Pompeii in 79 AD—you know where I am going with this. The day Mount Vesuvius erupted, he traveled across the Bay of Naples to try and save someone. The winds that carried him so swiftly to his destination also prevented him from getting back. After leaving the ship, poor Pliny collapsed in the sand and was found later by by his party, expired under a blanket of pumice from the volcano. Oh Pliny. At least you were nicely exfoliated for the funeral.
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