06-01-2022, 10:44 AM
"Cuando la mierda se hace de valor, el pobre nacera sin culo."
"When shit becomes of value, the poor will be born without arseholes."
Spanish (Argentinean?) proverb, said to have been framed & hanging above the desk of Ernest Hemingway, who despite queries refused to say what the Spanish words said. After his death it was translated.
"the Bible is a book that opens with a story about a magic garden with talking animals and an angry giant. It features a talking shrubbery that teaches the reluctant hero how to wield his magic wand. And it ends with a bizarre zombie snuff porn fantasy, complete with the zombie king commanding his thralls to fondle his intestines through the gaping wound in his side.
The best part? A modern-day shaman can chant a magic spell over stale bread and cheap wine, causing it to reanimate into the living flesh and blood of the zombie kingand anybody who eats the flesh and drinks the blood will themselves become an undead zombie vampire.
And this is somehow supposed to be desirable."
Thank you, Pharyngula
"Senescence begins
And middle age ends
The day your descendants
Outnumber your friends. "
from Crossing the Border by OGDEN NASH
"When shit becomes of value, the poor will be born without arseholes."
Spanish (Argentinean?) proverb, said to have been framed & hanging above the desk of Ernest Hemingway, who despite queries refused to say what the Spanish words said. After his death it was translated.
"the Bible is a book that opens with a story about a magic garden with talking animals and an angry giant. It features a talking shrubbery that teaches the reluctant hero how to wield his magic wand. And it ends with a bizarre zombie snuff porn fantasy, complete with the zombie king commanding his thralls to fondle his intestines through the gaping wound in his side.
The best part? A modern-day shaman can chant a magic spell over stale bread and cheap wine, causing it to reanimate into the living flesh and blood of the zombie kingand anybody who eats the flesh and drinks the blood will themselves become an undead zombie vampire.
And this is somehow supposed to be desirable."
Thank you, Pharyngula
"Senescence begins
And middle age ends
The day your descendants
Outnumber your friends. "
from Crossing the Border by OGDEN NASH
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)