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First was part was some good goofy poo poo. "Hi, I'm Buford!" "And I'm Milton!" "Welcome to Jackanapes!"
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Alhazred posted:
That's a cool-rear end pic.
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 Wilbur Wright crashing an early glider.
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 Emperor Taishō in the robes of the Order of the Garter, as a consequence of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902
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can't believe eva braun has to be cancelled now
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The more I learn about this "Eva Braun" the less I like her.
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Alhazred posted:
Eva Brown
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Wasabi the J posted:Eva Brown Haha
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Wasabi the J posted:Eva Brown Literally her name, in German.
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Zudgemud posted:Literally her name, in German. wir sind durch den guckenfenster hier meine kerle
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Wasabi the J posted:Eva Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICm3bewufJI
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Houdini never skipped leg day https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1616141288251822081?t=aCpGvGBlZTffxP3wX2E4uA&s=19
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Milo and POTUS posted:Looks cold 
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You think that's his real package?
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Gotta pick those locks with something
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:Houdini never skipped leg day Hairy Hou-teeny-weeny
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 The first tweet, by Constantino Manasses @men, A.D. 1345
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:Houdini never skipped leg day But he always skipped dick day.
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Platystemon posted:
Loss edits getting out of hand
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Reminds me of the guy signing a marriage bann (sic, it means pre-announcement, ie the part where you can object before it goes to church) with a hooked cross/swastika in Amsterdam 1761. Obviously an old symbol, but it still raises an eyebrow even in older sources. The father of his wife to be signs with a simple X: House marks were common northern Europe before general literacy. Well-off people usually had a signet ring for stamping wax seals, but regular people used drawn house marks. They were sometimes based on name initials but more often just a recognizable symbol/shape. There is some evidence that families/clans would have a mark that was modified over generations, ie every son added a different line so they were recognizably of the same clan but also you could tell who was who. Also they generally used straight lines, so they were easier to carve into wood or brand cattle/pigs, but as you can see below that wasn't always the case. Below 12 names and accompanying house marks from Sweden 1598 (the shriveled up looking thing is a dried wax seal):  I've always wondered how prevalent faking these were, as it seems obviously easier to fake a symbol than a signature. I guess they were most often used in assemblies (ie things or similar), so there'd be several witnesses to the signing that you could call upon if needed. By the 1700s, Danish illiterates signed "med ført pen", ie they held the pen while the writer moved it to write their name. Eventually the writer would just write while the signee touched the end of the pen. Universal public schooling came around in 1814 but even before then there'd been a century years of public schools in the crown holdings (roughly half the country give or take) so after a while everyone could at least write their own name. Carthag Tuek has a new favorite as of 18:43 on Feb 10, 2023 |
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Carthag Tuek posted:
Great year for guys named Nils.
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cult_hero posted:Great year for guys named Nils. Nils was absolutely a top 5 name in Sweden 1300–1900 or so, and still pretty high up i think. Niclas & Clas were/are also common in Sweden for a while, all of course from Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). for some reason Denmark had more of the Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs) kinda vibe (Johannes, Jens, Hans, etc)
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I like how all but one onlooker seems to be gazing at Houdini’s jacked rear end instead of the camera
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:I like how all but one onlooker seems to be gazing at Houdini’s jacked rear end instead of the camera Wouldn't you?
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Carthag Tuek posted:Nils was absolutely a top 5 name in Sweden 1300–1900 or so, and still pretty high up i think. Niclas & Clas were/are also common in Sweden for a while, all of course from Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). Fun fact: In Norway "being a complete Nils" means that you're being a complete moron.
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I can't remember the whole story but Nils Holgersson did begin as total moron.
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By popular demand posted:I can't remember the whole story but Nils Holgersson did begin as total moron. He befriended a goose, didn't he? Those things are evil
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Alhazred posted:Fun fact: In Norway "being a complete Nils" means that you're being a complete moron. ~pigernes jens~
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By popular demand posted:I can't remember the whole story but Nils Holgersson did begin as total moron. If a norwegian story has a character named Nils in it, then you know he's gonna be the idiot of the story.
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Rappaport posted:He befriended a goose, didn't he? Many such cases.
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I think that this fits here better than in the dumb moves in marketing thread, given that the public was sadly more receptive to it a century and a quarter ago. One dollar in 1899, adjusted for inflation, is thirty‐six dollars today.
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"Bloody Bill" Anderson c. 1864. (I just think he looks like a real mean motherfucker in this pic)
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trapstar posted:"Bloody Bill" Anderson c. 1864. (I just think he looks like a real mean motherfucker in this pic) So this guy was pretty much a psychopath.
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Alhazred posted:So this guy was pretty much a psychopath. Yeah, pretty much. War will make monsters out of men.
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trapstar posted:Yeah, pretty much. War will make monsters out of men. Eeh... it's more like war gives opportunity to hidden monsters. No one ever stepped beyond the forced through any force but their own
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trapstar posted:"Bloody Bill" Anderson c. 1864. (I just think he looks like a real mean motherfucker in this pic) Time-travelling Christian Bale.
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trapstar posted:"Bloody Bill" Anderson c. 1864. (I just think he looks like a real mean motherfucker in this pic) Apart from the belt, he looks like half the guys who get thrown out of the local pub every week-day night.
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