anatomi posted:

In Sweden on Midsummer we dance around the maypole and we sing a song called "Små grodorna", or "The Little Frogs." This stupid, stupid song and the image of their drunk adult relatives stumbling around to it are deeply ingrained in the heart of every Swede.

Here's a translation:

"The little frogs, the little frogs are funny to behold.
The little frogs, the little frogs are funny to behold.
No ears, no ears, no tails do they have.
No ears, no ears, no tails do they have.
Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack ack kaa.
Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack ack kaa."

The reason I'm relating this is because the melody is based on an old French marching song, of which the Brits changed the words to make fun of their frog-eating enemies.

Hardly any Swede is aware of this origin of "Små grodorna" — and no one knows why we started to sing it, or why we keep doing it every loving summer.

Der Kyhe posted:

Probably does not come as a surprise but in Finland we have this exact same song to the degree where the literal translation to English would be exactly the same.

Usually associated to drinking cognac because "pienet sammakot" (little frogs) and "pienet konjakit" (small cognac) has the same amount of syllables.

Rysithusiku posted:

I'm pretty sure that I heard that all of Napoleon's personal bodyguards were over 6', which was huge back then. So yeah he looked small, but in the same way Arnold Schwarzenegger looked small standing next to Andre the Giant.

anatomi posted:

That's the flimsiest and greatest reason to drink cognac I've ever heard lol. Amazing.

Data Graham posted:

A friend who's into bodybuilding / strongman competitions showed me this photo and I was like "Wow impressive, but who's that scrawny guy in the middle? Oh wait holy poo poo"

Data Graham posted:

A friend who's into bodybuilding / strongman competitions showed me this photo and I was like "Wow impressive, but who's that scrawny guy in the middle? Oh wait holy poo poo"

Lodin posted:

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

It's also been happening for pretty much all of human history and was (if anything) much much worse in the past. Don't forget that the English made fun of Napoleon's alleged lack of height for centuries even though it was apparently just propaganda anyway.

The Vikings went even further and took that whole "You can't be a real man unless you have a big dick" thing way too seriously

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/10/artsandhumanities.research

3D Megadoodoo posted:

Romans on the other hand were all "haha I heard Mentulius has a big dong haha that's gross haha his big dong is grotesque haha" but then write "I WANT TO SEE MENTULIUS'S BIG DONG IN THE BATH WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS WEARING A TOWEL MENTULIUS" on the temple wall.

Data Graham posted:

A friend who's into bodybuilding / strongman competitions showed me this photo and I was like "Wow impressive, but who's that scrawny guy in the middle? Oh wait holy poo poo"

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dialhforhero posted:

Have you seen The Mountain next to his wife? I mean, I feel like the logistics/ergonomics of their sex life must be...complicated.

Lodin posted:

dialhforhero posted:

To be honest I feel like it doesn’t make him look small, rather it reinforces just how big the other guys are.

Have you seen The Mountain next to his wife? I mean, I feel like the logistics/ergonomics of their sex life must be...complicated.

dialhforhero posted:

To be honest I feel like it doesn’t make him look small, rather it reinforces just how big the other guys are.

Have you seen The Mountain next to his wife? I mean, I feel like the logistics/ergonomics of their sex life must be...complicated.

gleebster posted:

Does this mean Neeson changed his name from Dotson?

dialhforhero posted:

To be honest I feel like it doesn’t make him look small, rather it reinforces just how big the other guys are.

Have you seen The Mountain next to his wife? I mean, I feel like the logistics/ergonomics of their sex life must be...complicated.

Cartoon Man posted:

https://i.imgur.com/HUUvhw0.gifv

raverrn posted:

Dotson? Even if he had changed to Dotson nobody would care.

sephiRoth IRA posted:

Toxic masculinity has done a lot of dirty work on height and dick size

Splicer posted:

On the contrary I would assume being able to lift your partner with one hand drastically simplifies things.

Purgatory Glory posted:

Eating her out is the next cinnamon challenge.

LifeSunDeath posted:

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AFewBricksShy posted:

That is a hell of a height difference.

uber_stoat posted:

cooch as dusty as a pharaoh's tomb. dare you brave the mummy's curse?

LifeSunDeath posted:

Thread: Please turn back, only death lies ahead.

Rascar Capac posted:

BrigadierSensible posted:

Thanks for this, this makes sense.

The explanation I heard was the English kept calling Napoleon short because 1)it was funny to insult and demean their enemy, which lead to 2)a famous cartoon with a little Napoleon in Wellington's hand.

Grendels Dad posted:

His beard says Kung Fu Hitler.

marshmallow creep posted:

One story about Napoleon I remember (that I cannot find corroboration for at the moment) is supposedly Thomas-Alexandre Dumas once got mistaken for Napoleon, and the people who saw him were so impressed with Dumas that when the real Napoleon showed up they were visibly disappointed. This irked Napoleon so much he wrote a law that didn't called out Dumas by name but basically blocked officers of color from entering Paris, at least when he was there.