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― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 9 May 2013 07:27 (eleven years ago) link
That's about Thatcher, right?
― Øystein, Thursday, 9 May 2013 08:13 (eleven years ago) link
just unfriended
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― Neil S, Thursday, 9 May 2013 12:42 (eleven years ago) link
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― I turned away to leave these few in thought and contemplation (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 9 May 2013 13:16 (eleven years ago) link
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They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor" But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s: Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June.. However, since they were starting to smell . ...... . Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting Married. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!" Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof... Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold. In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old. Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat. Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous. Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust. Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would Sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial.. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake. England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive... So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer. And that's the truth....Now, whoever said History was boring tyvm, Gear fan club
― how's life, Thursday, 9 May 2013 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
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― I turned away to leave these few in thought and contemplation (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
I'm annoyed that the labels and caption are in English, but the earlier date is on the right instead of the left.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
YES
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
cause the loggers are trying to terrorize the rainforests into changing their political positions?
― Mordy , Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
look how many trees are left; they could have cleared all of them out if it weren't for environmental activist terrorism, sometimes known as eco-terrorism.
― ḉrut (crüt), Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
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― a giant death ray seems a bit overkill (Viceroy), Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
conspiracy against legibility
― j., Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
illuminati bloodline
― a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
it perfectly mirrors the thinking of the person who made it
― Aimless, Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
needs more text
― Neil S, Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
"Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight? The same thing we do every night, try to take over the world!" -Pinky ANd Brain Actual Irl Corrupt Illuminati Rodent Duo
― sleepingbag, Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
why does david rockefeller suddenly refer to former pres bush in the middle of his quote?
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
THIS ISBRAZILIAN RAINFOREST
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
the debut albumECO TERRORISM
The high density of text reminds me of the part in the file Crumb where they flip through the comics his brother made that start out with lots of nice pictures that gradually get overtaken by more and more text until its just panels of text that then devolve into endless illegible scribbles.
― Moodles, Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
the film Crumb
― Moodles, Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
the fulcrum
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
it's a good example of how to not use an online meme generator
― a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
i think my favorite thing about that CFR thing is that you can't actually see the building
― THIS IS NOT A BENGHAZI T-SHIRT (Hurting 2), Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
Who's Sarah?
― carl agatha, Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
he said, and smiled in his special way
― far too much asshole flesh (DJP), Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
lol I was just singing that in my head
hi five djp
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
jenny 5 need input
― carl agatha, Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
dying
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
we Bushes
― I turned away to leave these few in thought and contemplation (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 9 May 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
memeber is one of my favorite typos
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Thursday, 9 May 2013 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
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justin memeber
― infirm neophytic child (zachlyon), Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
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― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
This is how I eye roll
― Moodles, Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
so fb is going to spend 5 years reintroducing us to the quotes that were shared by our mums when they learned how to email
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 May 2013 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
this essay is currently spreading between my american family members. really doubt it's cosby's work but don't want to say anything:
Bill Cosby “I’m 83 and Tired”I’ve worked hard since I was 17. Except for when I was doing my National Service, I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn’t call in sick in nearly 40 years. I made a reasonable salary, but I didn’t inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, it looks as though retirement was a bad idea, and I’m tired. Very tired.I’m tired of being told that I have to “spread the wealth” to people who don’t have my work ethic. I’m tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it.I’m tired of being told that Islam is a “Religion of Peace,” when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family “honor”; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren’t “believers”; Muslims burning schools for girls; Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for “adultery”; Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur’an and Shari’a law tells them to.I’m tired of being told that out of “tolerance for other cultures” we must let Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries use our oil money to fund mosques and Madrasa Islamic schools to preach hate in Australia , New Zealand , UK, America and Canada , while no one from these countries are allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia or any other Arab country to teach love and tolerance..I’m tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate.I’m tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses or stick a needle in their arm while they tried to fight it off?I’m tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of all parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught. I’m tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.I’m really tired of people who don’t take responsibility for their lives and actions. I’m tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination or big-whatever for their problems.I’m also tired and fed up with seeing young men and women in their teens and early 20′s be-deck themselves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making themselves unemployable and claiming money from the Government.Yes, I’m damn tired. But I’m also glad to be 83.. Because, mostly, I’m not going to have to see the world these people are making. I’m just sorry for my granddaughter and their children. Thank God I’m on the way out and not on the way in. There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on! This is your chance to make a difference.“I’m 83 and I’m tired. If you don’t agree you are part of the problem!
― chilli, Thursday, 9 May 2013 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
I think I've referenced it here before, it's straight up bullshit
― mh, Thursday, 9 May 2013 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
once things start spreading around this thread three or more times, something something abyss staring back w/e
― infirm neophytic child (zachlyon), Thursday, 9 May 2013 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
it reminds me of the "piss poor" thing as something that would be part of a chain email two years ago. imagine if facebook had been around in 2001, it would be flooded with posts about wingdings predicting 9/11
― chilli, Thursday, 9 May 2013 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
oh my god. you just wrote dan brown's next book
― infirm neophytic child (zachlyon), Thursday, 9 May 2013 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
I’m also tired and fed up with seeing young men and women in their teens and early 20′s be-deck themselves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making themselves unemployable and claiming money from the Government.
Damn, I must have missed out on that tats-for-dollars program!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 9 May 2013 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
getting FED up with one FB friend in particular -- recently turned vegan, and now his entire feed is macros about animal cruelty/veganism/obesity
just want to fill his timeline with 70's recipe cards of aspics, hot dog terrines and grey meat
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 May 2013 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-112942/Plants-talk-say-scientists.html
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 9 May 2013 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
xxp
Bill Cosby states on his website ...I don’t subscribe to the ugly views expressed in the email...
― y no sushi? (doo dah), Thursday, 9 May 2013 23:24 (eleven years ago) link
Cosby doesn't know how to use commas, however:http://temple-news.com/files/2008/04/come-on-people-bill-cosby.jpg
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Friday, 10 May 2013 00:52 (eleven years ago) link
ew
― THIS IS NOT A BENGHAZI T-SHIRT (Hurting 2), Friday, 10 May 2013 00:54 (eleven years ago) link
At an irritating how-to-use-social-media-to-promote-your-NGO thing I had to go to recently, the social media whiz presenter had this on their Facebook page as they were showing us stuff.
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I enjoyed the fact that they could not find the bits of the website they were trying to show us.
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Friday, 10 May 2013 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
Did the dad from Calvin & Hobbes write that 1500 piss poor stuff or what.
― pplains, Friday, 10 May 2013 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
Once you make a decision, the universe Illuminati conspires to make it sure it doesn't happen
― I turned away to leave these few in thought and contemplation (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 10 May 2013 09:21 (eleven years ago) link
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That is the most unnatural head in hands pose I've ever seen. It looks like a prop arm they just moved into place until it was touching his face.
― beach situations (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 10 May 2013 15:27 (eleven years ago) link