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Explanation: The bust pictured is of Gaius Julius Caesar (yes, THE Caesar), who conquered Gaul - roughly modern-day France.
‘Bar bar bar’ is a reference to the Greek-derived term of ‘Barbarian’, which the Romans also used, meaning an uncivilized outsider. ‘Bar bar bar’ was the Greek onomatopoeia of mocking foreign tongues as sounding like gibberish.
When Vercingetorix won’t shut up about his favourite rhubarb bar bar
I’ma start using that instead of “blah blah blah.”
Blahbarians
The goo goo ga gauls
The Gaul of some people.
