Two Medieval Monks Invent Bestiaries

dotdollplushies:

effington:

em-ily-grace:

By Mallory Ortberg on The Toast

MONK #1: do birds have meetings
MONK #2: absolutely
they have a Meeting Hat and everything
MONK #1: what do they have meetings about
MONK #2: mostly who gets to wear the meeting hat

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MONK #1: do human women sleep in beds or–
MONK #2: no that’s dogs you’re thinking of
MONK #1: right right

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MONK #1: what part of the knight do fish go on
MONK #2: the head
MONK #1: thanks
MONK #2: oh absolutely
no problem at all
MONK #1: both lying flatwise across the head, or…?
MONK #2: no one on each side
like ears
MONK #1: ok great

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MONK #1: so when a dog and a bird make out
MONK #2: right
MONK #1: it’s usually the bird that’s on top
right?
MONK #2: yeah
usually
MONK #1: great

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MONK #1: hey is it owls or people that live in caves and build fires?
MONK #2: owls

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MONK #1: hey roughly what size are sparrows
MONK #2: mm
it kind of depends
MONK #1: like
AS big as a tree
or not quite as big as a tree?
MONK #2: oh pretty much the same size as a tree

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MONK #1: can cows sail boats?
MONK #2: hahaha no
common misconception
they have to put wheels on the boat and roll it over land

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MONK #1: what do birds eat
MONK #2: other birds mostly
MONK #1: like different kinds of birds, or something else
MONK #2: no birds only eat exactly the same kind of birds that they are

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MONK #1: what kind of bird tucks people into bed at night
usually I mean
MONK #2: any bird
any kind of walking bird
MONK #1: and when it tucks you in, people usually look…
MONK #2: incredibly worried
it’s incredibly worrying when the bedbird tucks you in

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MONK #1: ugh sorry to bother you again
MONK #2: no no its fine
this is what i’m here for
what is it
MONK #1: what part of a goat is a snail again
like the front end or the back end
MONK #2: what part do you feel like should be the snail part
MONK #1: the back part?
MONK #2: you shouldnt doubt yourself
you know more about goats than you give yourself credit for

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MONK #1: what usually rides horses
like people or–
MONK #2: fire

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Tbh this is the funniest post on this dumb website

it’s incredibly worrying when the bedbird tucks you in

toxicnotebook:

c-aptainphasma:

a stormtrooper makes a vine account completely dedicated to documenting every one of kylo ren’s tantrums

#and whenever it goes a few days without an update people worry that kylo saw him filming and killed him (x)

(Source: faemothra)

crazyintheeast:

Quick reminder that Luke had about five minutes of training with a lightsaber and NONE of it included actually fighting against an other opponent. Remember Ben sparring with Luke? Nope. It was just him playing around with a robot that tased him

Do you remember Yoda sparring with Luke? Nope. He was teaching him about the Force but we never saw him ONCE teaching him how to actually fight with a lightsaber. Luke had precisely ZERO experience when it came to fighting with a lightsaber.  And yet none of you said anything when Luke actually kept up with Vader and later on actually defeated Vader

Rey on the other hand spend her ENTIRE LIFE defending herself with her staff. She is very well versed in fighting with a melee weapon. But when she fought against a HEAVILY INJURED Kylo Ren you immediately cry Mary Sue and unrealistic.

Think about that. Think about what this attitude says about you.

also, it’s good to note that her fighting style looked VERY ROUGH in comparison to the elegance of Luke and the Jedi of eps 1-3.  It was savage, more like fighting with a broadsword than the old calculated and measured way of fighting.

knitpool:
“ blujayonthewing:
“ So it occurred to me that ‘grawlix’ is sort of an obscure and specialized word, but what I didn’t know until I was googling around just now is that it was actually invented by cartoonist Mort Walker in his 1980 book The...

knitpool:

blujayonthewing:

So it occurred to me that ‘grawlix’ is sort of an obscure and specialized word, but what I didn’t know until I was googling around just now is that it was actually invented by cartoonist Mort Walker in his 1980 book The Lexicon of Comicana, in which he categorizes (and invents terminology for) all kinds of visual cues and shorthand commonly used in comics

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In other news, this is now right up there with The Meaning of Liff as ‘books of made up words I desperately need to own”

Important

batter-sempai:
“ It’s just a skeleton having fun in the snow. Don’t worry about it.
”
isn’t this how we meet sans in undertale…?

batter-sempai:

It’s just a skeleton having fun in the snow. Don’t worry about it.

isn’t this how we meet sans in undertale…?

(Source: horrorandhalloween)

Another day, another hilariously ignorant tweet from Bernie Sanders

poorrichardsnews:

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Much like a membership in the Jelly of the Month Club (content warning), Bernie Sanders is the gift that keeps on giving.

Here is Bernie’s dumb-Tweet du jour:

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“Nobody can recall” it, guys. Nobody.

As we’ve noted several times, to global warming alarmists, weather isn’t climate…until it conveniently supports the narrative. But the blatant double standard here isn’t even close to the worst part.

Here’s the worst part:

Not only was virtually the entire country a lot warmer on Christmas Eve in 1955 (which Bernie himself should be able to remember), but there have been many Christmas Eves when most of the country has been warmer than this Christmas. Case in point:

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Read the Rest

apply ice to that bern

calls-out-elven-glory:

wardenedalistair:

lovelysuggestion:

each time I tell you those three words I mean them more and more

Fine Dwarven Crafts

direct from orzammar

jamesjeffers:

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS 👀✨  

younger-than-the-soul:

cctvnews:

Smiling sunflowers greet visitors in Tokyo

These cartoonish sunflowers have brightened the field in Tokyo, as well as many visitors, after workers created a smiling expression on them by removing pistils on their surface. According to metro.co.uk, among the nearly 20,000 sunflowers in the field, there are only a few that are able to smile. Can you spot them all?

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(Source: cgtnofficial)

spacethomasjefferson:
“ disney-universes:
“ arkadycosplay:
“ I’m so pleased that “tousled hair” is an essential aspect of this outfit that needs to be included in the official guides.
”
All part of a grand tradition of these DK Star Wars books. Like...

spacethomasjefferson:

disney-universes:

arkadycosplay:

I’m so pleased that “tousled hair” is an essential aspect of this outfit that needs to be included in the official guides.

All part of a grand tradition of these DK Star Wars books. Like Lando’s “winning smile”

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Beard

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