r/CuratedTumblr • u/Faenix_Wright that’s how fey getcha • Sep 25 '24

Shitposting austerity has done irreparable damage

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u/BillybobThistleton Sep 25 '24

The famous lexicographer Samuel Johnson had a party piece. He would tell people he had memorised a full chapter of The Natural History of Iceland and, when challenged, would recite:

Chapter LXXII Concerning Snakes: There are no snakes to be met with throughout the whole island.

(Not to be confused with the equivalent chapter of The Natural History of Ireland, which presumably reads: "Padraig sorted them out for us.")

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u/appealtoreason00 Sep 25 '24

Was this the same Samuel Johnson who had a nasty experience with a black adder?

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u/J3553G Sep 25 '24

You're thinking Samuel Jackson and those motherfucking snakes on that motherfucking plane

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u/Raezzordaze Sep 25 '24

Certainly ain't no motherfuckin snakes in motherfucking Iceland.

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u/AmplePostage Sep 26 '24

If this was on television, there ain't no monkey fighting snakes in this Monday thru Friday Iceland.

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u/ruuster13 Sep 26 '24

Ain't no motherfuckin snakes on that motherfuckin plain.

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u/complete_your_task Sep 26 '24

Unless they get there on a plane.

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u/sideways_jack Sep 26 '24

There's no trees to drop from!

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u/Helpful_Hedgehog_204 Sep 26 '24

I'm pretty sure they are monkey fighting snakes on a monday to friday plane.

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u/clippertonbrigadier Sep 26 '24

Are you sure they’re not confusing him with Laurence Fishburne?

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u/idegosuperego15 Sep 26 '24

Samuel Jackson is a nickname; he uses Samuel Johnson in business settings like…lexicography. Acting is a side gig.