I had a go at cutting out the unnecessary cruft: A passerby on that grey morning in March 1897 would have found himself sliced in two by the course of the Bièvre before emptying feverish, gasping and verminous into the nearby Seine.
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Friday, 26 March 2021 11:34 (three years ago) link
That reads like it’s the passerby who is being sliced in two and emptying into the Seine tho, as opposed to the alleys and the Biévre
― jammy mcnullity (wins), Friday, 26 March 2021 11:41 (three years ago) link
um...
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Friday, 26 March 2021 12:04 (three years ago) link
Oh is that the gag lol
― jammy mcnullity (wins), Friday, 26 March 2021 12:05 (three years ago) link
Dry Cleaning: the post-punks who sing about Meghan Markle and Müller Rice
― imago, Sunday, 28 March 2021 10:08 (three years ago) link
Even Boris Johnson’s closest allies have compared the prime minister to one of Shakespeare’s most tragic heroes: King Lear.
― Piedie Gimbel, Sunday, 25 April 2021 08:17 (three years ago) link