Emily’s NEW positivity and being nice to each other thread

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

And don't forget the brandy.

He made a nice pastry though.

Brandy, you're a fine wine, what good drink you will be.

 

[MelissaBaby]

And don't forget the brandy.

Brandy, you're a fine wine, what good drink you will be.

I don't drink anymore, but I will seriously fuck up some pastry.

 

[Bramblethorn]

He fucking invented the narcissistic Napoleon complex, blew the nose of the Sphinx, destroyed his own arm, kept the world at war for 12 or 13 years.

I expect that's a lot of what his fans admire about him. Give or take the army bit.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

I expect that's a lot of what his fans admire about him. Give or take the arm bit.

Army, not arm. I have to go fix that.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Army, not arm. I have to go fix that.

Ah, that makes more sense. Thought you were referring to the story (seems to be apocryphal) that he'd injured his hand in battle and that was why he was often painted with it hidden in his jacket.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Ah, that makes more sense. Thought you were referring to the story (seems to be apocryphal) that he'd injured his hand in battle and that was why he was often painted with it hidden in his jacket.

He was secretly flipping off Wellington.

 

[MillieDynamite]

He may have wanted everyone to think he was rubbing his dick. "My, what an enormous cock the Emperor has."

Ah, that makes more sense. Thought you were referring to the story (seems to be apocryphal) that he'd injured his hand in battle and that was why he was often painted with it hidden in his jacket.

 

[Bamagan]

How to duck around
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5e/e1/39/5ee139d5c5655be072fd6d52fbb1b564.gif

 

[lavendersilk]

How to duck around
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5e/e1/39/5ee139d5c5655be072fd6d52fbb1b564.gif

...and find out.

 

[StillStunned]

Ah, that makes more sense. Thought you were referring to the story (seems to be apocryphal) that he'd injured his hand in battle and that was why he was often painted with it hidden in his jacket.

The version I heard a while ago was that it was an artistic style. When he was young, he was often painted in dramatic poses, but as he grew older he wanted to be seen as a mature statesman.

During the Enlightenment, if I'm remembering this correctly, a trend developed to adopt the idea of the classical orators not to use their hands to emphasise their arguments. Let their words do the talking, not their bodies. They'd stick their hands in their togas just to prove it.

So in the 18th and 19th centuries, this conceit was copied by people who wanted to show how serious they were.

 

[AchtungNight]

Wish was a great if predictable Disney movie. Hoping to see Poor Things and Migration later in the year.

 

[lavendersilk]

Wish was a great if predictable Disney movie. Hoping to see Poor Things and Migration later in the year.

I want to see Migration. It looks so darn cute!!!

 

[Zootonius]

Good to see no porn pics lately,
https://media.tokopyramid.com/Amoeba-Porn-Flicks-500x587.webp

 

[Voboy]

I'll say nice things in contrast to un-nice things.

You don't realize how polite the average AHer is until, every now and then, a Dark Influence surfaces to harsh the local mellow. When that happens, I count on all the wonderful diehards here to return this forum to sanity ASAP and, hopefully, keep it there with wit and booby references.

Well done, everybody.

 

[EmilyMiller]

This is a foolish thread.

It’s about foolish things. Being goofy. Making each other laugh. Occasionally saying something nice about someone else (let’s get that vibe going again maybe). All foolish things, that don’t amount to a hill of beans. Things that serious folk might look down on. This thread serves no authorial purpose. It doesn’t help us hone our craft. It doesn’t increase the collective wisdom of humanity. Maybe the opposite.

But jokes, and kindly-intended jibes, the odd bit of encouragement (not that kind), and plain silliness are also the stuff that community is forged from. To be goofy is to be human. It might be our best defense against the rise of the machines.

Emily (who needs to work on her oratory, or something beginning with ora…)

 

[Zootonius]

This is a foolish thread.

It’s about foolish things. Being goofy. Making each other laugh. Occasionally saying something nice about someone else (let’s get that vibe going again maybe). All foolish things, that don’t amount to a hill of beans. Things that serious folk might look down on. This thread serves no authorial purpose. It doesn’t help us hone our craft. It doesn’t increase the collective wisdom of humanity. Maybe the opposite.

But jokes, and kindly-intended jibes, the odd bit of encouragement (not that kind), and plain silliness are also the stuff that community is forged from. To be goofy is to be human. It might be our best defense against the rise of the machines.

Emily (who needs to work on her oratory, or something beginning with ora…)

Ask not what Emily's thread can do for you, but what you can do for Emily's Thread?

 

[Voboy]

This is a foolish thread.

It’s about foolish things. Being goofy. Making each other laugh. Occasionally saying something nice about someone else (let’s get that vibe going again maybe). All foolish things, that don’t amount to a hill of beans. Things that serious folk might look down on. This thread serves no authorial purpose. It doesn’t help us hone our craft. It doesn’t increase the collective wisdom of humanity. Maybe the opposite.

But jokes, and kindly-intended jibes, the odd bit of encouragement (not that kind), and plain silliness are also the stuff that community is forged from. To be goofy is to be human. It might be our best defense against the rise of the machines.

Emily (who needs to work on her oratory, or something beginning with ora…)

I did mention booby references.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I did mention booby references.

And it was noted

 

[Zootonius]

I did mention booby references.

Let's not rehash @onehitwanda's obsession

 

[lavendersilk]

I fear I am a day late sharing this but...

 

[SimonDoom]

I fear I am a day late sharing this but...
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To be followed, of course, by the Waxed Gibbous Moon.

 

[Bamagan]

Sometimes getting through the week is like
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a6/ff/9c/a6ff9c6be0619bb5d5c6ec26c2614cfd.gif

 

[MrPixel]

I fear I am a day late sharing this but...
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My spousal unit just inquired regarding the etymology of “beaver” as it came to be vernacular for the female nether region.

(And I wonder how far back it goes. The producers of Leave It to Beaver had to know this!)

 

[Bamagan]

My spousal unit just inquired regarding the etymology of “beaver” as it came to be vernacular for the female nether region.

(And I wonder how far back it goes. The producers of Leave It to Beaver had to know this!)

beaver (n.3)

"female genitals, especially with a display of pubic hair," by 1927, British slang, ultimately from beaver (n.1), perhaps transferred from earlier meaning "a bearded man" (1910), or directly from the appearance of split beaver pelts.

I prefer "Map of Tasmania"

 

[djrip]

beaver (n.3)

"female genitals, especially with a display of pubic hair," by 1927, British slang, ultimately from beaver (n.1), perhaps transferred from earlier meaning "a bearded man" (1910), or directly from the appearance of split beaver pelts.

I prefer "Map of Tasmania"

Or, finding North Harbor in Tar Valon...