#saving for future larfs

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Asher Perlman, The New Yorker 6/17/2024 issue

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John's ready to blame himself for one more poor sod dying because of him...

Constantine honest to god thought a child had just been stricken by lightning and died by his side

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Inside Out 3: Kamala Harris during Debate

source

(You'll definitely want to turn on the sound -- but nsfw)

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xkcd 3090

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Getting started...

So, if several years ago, I’d’ve gone to a fortune teller and she’d’ve predicted my future…well…

Madam Zozo: I see one cat. Then I see two cats…then more cats. Cats that come and then go…

Me: Oh, no…I rent, see? Can’t have pets…as much as I like them n’all…

Madam Zozo: And fish. Several fish.

Me: Fish?? Whaaat??  My Dad was the fish guy.  Not me!

Madam Zozo:  And committees…you’re on committees.  RSPCA and something about rabbits.  Long eared ra…..ah… Hares.

Me:  Goodness…who’d have the time for committees?  I’ve got a full time job…and they sound a bit dull, to be honest…

Madam Zozo: Do you want me to tell you your fortune or not?

Me: Er…gosh…yes…sorry…

Madam Zozo:  And you volunteer in a shop on Saturdays

Me:  Whaaat??  I love my Saturdays!  Not spending them working in a …

Madam Zozo: <glare>

Me: Sorry…

Madame Zozo:  And I see you in a field…saving badgers…

Me:  Badgers??  I live in London!

Madame Zozo: …and foxes…

Me:  Weeeelll, I guess there’s loads of foxes in London…

Madame Zozo:  And you’re dressed as a dog rattling a tin in….Luton…

Me:  Luton??!!  Luton???

Madame Zozo:  And you’re writing a lot of grumpy letters about farm animal welfare

Me: Gosh, I’m not even vegetarian...

Madame Zozo: Noooo…you’re vegan

Me:  Eh? What?  …is there such a thing as a vegan that still eats sausages…and steak…?  Bloody hell….I still drink wine, tho’ don’t I?  I love my wine.  Not giving that up….!  Whaddoo the cards say about wine...?

Madame Zozo:  And you’ve met the man of your dreams..

Me:  Oh!  That’s good!

Madame Zozo:  And then you dumped him…

Me:  Oh, for goodness sake…!

Madame Zozo:  But he takes you back…

Me: Phew!

Madame Zozo:  Yes, it all starts with a cat.  A black cat named Sid.

Now if that lady had told me all of that, well I’d’ve said: “Missus, you’re ‘avin’ a LARF” and wandered off wondering why I’d wasted my time (and cash).

But she’d’ve been right.

One HUNDRED percent bang on target.…

How the hell’d THAT happen??

But it did…..and that’s how THIS is happening.  Thought it best to start writing it down….

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30 years later:

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It's like a Looney Tunes cartoon brought to life

by fomajc on instagram. im losing my shit over this

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"Can you, ah say, can you even use a sextahnt?"

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"A wafer-thin mint?"

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Tex Avery would have been proud of this.

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I cannot stress how much you need to click on the Keep reading link in OP's post. This is the most entertaining (and hilarious) thing I've read all month. Good stuff.

What we really need is an adaptation of the original 1740 The Beauty and the Beast

So were you aware that the The Beauty and the Beast story we all know is a heavily abridged and rewritten version of a much longer novella by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve?  And that a lot of the plot holes existing in the current versions exist because the 1756 rewrite cut out the second half of the novella, which consisted entirely of the elaborate backstory that explains all the weird shit that happened before?  And that the elaborate backstory is presented in a way that’s kind of boring because the novel had only just been invented in 1740 and no one knew how they worked yet, but contains a bazillion awesome ideas that beg for a modern retelling?  And that you are probably not aware that the modern world needs this story like air but the modern world absolutely needs this story like air?  Allow me to explain:

The totally awesome elaborate backstory that explains Beauty and the Beast

Once upon a time there was a king, a queen, and their only son

But while the prince was still in his infancy, in a neat reversal of how these fairy tales usually go, the king tragically died, leaving his wife to act as Regent until their son reaches maturity

Unfortunately, the rulers of all the lands surrounding them go, “Hmm, the kingdom is ruled by a woman now, it must be weak, time for an invasion!”

And the Queen goes, “Well, if I let some general fight all these battles for me, he’ll totally amass enough fame and power to make a bid for the throne; if I want to protect my son’s crown, I have no choice but to take up arms and lead the troops myself!”

(Btw, I want to stress that this woman is not Eowyn or Boudica and nothing in the way her story is presented suggests that she had any interest martial exploits before or in any way came to enjoy them during these battles.  This is a perfectly ordinary court lady who would much rather be embroidering altar covers for the royal chapel and playing with her child until necessity made her go, “Oh no, this sucks, I guess I have to become a Warrior Queen now” and she just happened to kick ass at it anyway.)

And the Queen totally kicked ass, but the whole “twice as good for half the credit” thing meant that no matter how many battles she won, potential enemies refused to take her and her army seriously until she had defeated them so no sooner would she fend off one invasion than another one would pop up on a different border.

So she spent the majority of her young son’s life away from the castle leading armies, but it was OK because she left him in the care of her two best friends, who just happen to be fairies!  This was an awesome idea because a) fairies have magic, and therefore are like the best people to protect the prince from any threats and b) fairies consider themselves to be so above humanity that the lowest fairy outranks the highest mortal, so they’d have no interest in taking a human throne.  Good thing they were both good fairies instead of one good and one evil one!

(Spoiler:  they were not both good fairies.)

So the two fairies basically take turns raising the prince until he’s old enough to rule.  And on the eve of his twenty-first birthday, the evil older one comes into the prince’s bedroom.

“So listen, kid.  You’re about to become king, your mother’s on her way home from the war to see you crowned, and I have a third piece of good news for you!  You see, I’ve actually been spending so much time here lately because Fairyland’s become a bit too hot to hold me for reasons totally not related to me being secretly evil.  And if I have to hang in the human world, I might as well reside in the upper echelons of it, so even though as a powerful fairy I completely eclipse your puny human status in a staggeringly unimaginable way, since you’re about to be king and since my premonition that I should stick this whole guardianship thing out because you would be hot one day has totally proved accurate (go me), I will graciously lower myself to allowing you to marry me.  Please feel free to grovel at my feet in gratitude.  (Btw, we can totally start the wedding night now, we’ll tell your mother about it when she arrives tomorrow.)”

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God himself says 'bite me', Odelia.

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<Bane Voice> "DO YOU FEEL IN CHARGE?"

I could not not share this.

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Alternate method to get past Gates of Mordor:

BTW, feels like there's a lot of overlap between LOTR Mordor and What's Opera, Doc?:

Bugs Bunny could have simply walked into Mordor. He would have shown up at the gates of Mordor in a disguise and been like "Evil volcano inspection unit" and flashed a fake ID badge to the confused orc.

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Promoted from tags:

Americas next top model

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"Go away, kid, ya bodda me."

Not the first time

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