WHO BESIDES ME DIDN'T KNOW...?

[taranova]

PWP = Porn Without Plot. In other words, Gay and Not in a Good Way.

[lianjinshushi]

According to urbandictionary, it means "Plot? What Plot?" (yes, I just looked that up.)
It took me forever to figure out what OTL meant.
Who besides me didn't know that Rule 34 has no exceptions, ever?

[bespecledcow]

Oh I see. Hehe, thanks for clearing that up.

I don't know what rule 34 is either. Man, I'm just proving my brilliance, aren't I?

Let's see...oooh! Who besides me didn't know that Vlad the Impaler actually existed?

And, who besides me didn't know that "Mary Mary quite contrary" is supposed to be about Bloody Mary?

[taranova]

Are we talking about Queen Mary I of England who killed protestants?

[bespecledcow]

Nov 28, 2010 18:43:08 GMT -5 taranova said:

Are we talking about Queen Mary I of England who killed protestants?

Yup, that's the one. Its supposed to be because of the line 'pretty maids all in a row'.

[maddalena]

I don't even know the "Mary Mary quite contrary" thing. Wow I'm going to do so well in Trivia :/

[taranova]

Anyone here know that "ring around the rosy" is about the Black Death? The "ring" was an early symptom, commonly a rash that spread all across the body; "pocket full of posey" alludes to flowers meant to keep the stench of death away; "ashes, ashes" refers to the mass burning of corpses; "we all fall down" means, well, that everyone was pretty much going to die.

[bespecledcow]

I did! I learned that when I was little, back when everyone was still singing it, so it would really creep me out.

Ever notice that there are a lot of nursery rhymes about creepy shit? Like the Elizabeth Borden thing, how she murdered her family. Ring around the rosie, Mary Mary, hell, even Jack and Jill!

[taranova]

Oh, yes. Nothing is funnier than two children laboring away to fetch water, when one of them falls and breaks his head open.

[PuzzleChick]

Nov 29, 2010 21:21:10 GMT -5 taranova said:

Anyone here know that "ring around the rosy" is about the Black Death? The "ring" was an early symptom, commonly a rash that spread all across the body; "pocket full of posey" alludes to flowers meant to keep the stench of death away; "ashes, ashes" refers to the mass burning of corpses; "we all fall down" means, well, that everyone was pretty much going to die.

I didn't know it at first, but I think I found out fairly early, because I was kind of fascinated with the Black Death's history. To this day that song creeps me out, especially if it's being sung in that creepy little child voice. >.>;

[bespecledcow]

Who besides me didn't know that Chanticleer from Rock a Doodle is based off of Geffory Chaucer's Nun's Tale in 'The Canterbury Tales'?

[neoeevee]

Nov 27, 2010 23:54:42 GMT -5 lianjinshushi said:

It took me forever to figure out what OTL meant.

Oh thank God, I'm not alone. xD

[amythista]

I think whoever made up nursery rhymes and such had a sick, sick sense of humor. :/ If you look up the original versions of fairy tales, you seriously wonder what was wrong with them. My favorite example is 'The Little Mermaid,' which was my favorite fairy tale as a child, and one I day I read the original version and criiied.

[Mina Murray]

Dec 25, 2010 18:19:05 GMT -5 amythista said:

I think whoever made up nursery rhymes and such had a sick, sick sense of humor. :/ If you look up the original versions of fairy tales, you seriously wonder what was wrong with them. My favorite example is 'The Little Mermaid,' which was my favorite fairy tale as a child, and one I day I read the original version and criiied.

Welllll... keep in mind that a lot of the stories that we consider "fairy tails" or "childrens stories" really really aren't.
They're oral traditon tales that are more than likely watered down mythology and folklore that date back centuries and have pagan origins.
Also a lot of those tales that are now considered gruesome and scary, weren't considered so in the Middle Ages. Because death was literally all around you.
We're talking about an era where 40 was considered old, and people lived in constant fear of supernatural forces killing them or worse. Plus there was the Black Death, witch and werewolf trials, Spanish Inquistion, and serfs being put to death because they shot a deer or ate an apple that was in a nobles forest. So if you lived in a world like that, a witch/bad person being put to death in a gruesome way wasn't that terrible. It was actually considered karmatic justice, and a nice change of pace from reality. Where, more likely than not, the innocent paid dearly just for being a serf who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
They were only labled "children's tales" by publishers because they had magic in them, which in the 19th century was only considered for children, because a logical adult mind doesn't believe in witches, fairies, and magic.

[MeandMyIdeas]

OK, who besides me didn't know that the song in Mrs. Doubtfire is actually called/saying "man looks like a lady?" I just found that out like a week ago.