instead of a graduation speech can I submit the lyrics to “It Was A Good Day” by Ice Cube
The oldest person alive was born on April 19, 1897, meaning that April 18th, 1897 was approximately the last time the Earth was inhabited by an entirely different set of people and if you don’t think that’s the realist shit ever then you can get right on outta town.
(via fartgallery)
A young British boy reading outside the ruins of a bookshop after suffering bomb damage during the Blitz.
London - October 8, 1940.
(Source: picturesofwar, via myladymother)
swaggie: je swag, tu swags, il/elle/on swag, nous swagons, vous swagez, ils/elles swagent
passé composé: J’ai swagé, tu as swagé, il/elle/on swagé, nous avons swagé, vous avez swagé, ils/elles ont swagé
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the fire’s in the way: michaonthemoon: yaoibutts: I love how potato in French is pomme de…
I love how potato in French is pomme de terre, which pretty much means “earth apple.”
like what stupid frenchman saw this:
and said “zis petite légume looks like a, how you say, APPLE! hmmm… but it grows in ze earth… HON HON HON! MAIS OUI! C’EST UNE POMME DE TERRE!”
j’adore comment ananas se dit pineapple en anglais, ce qui veut littéralement dire “pomme de pin”, genre quel type anglais a vu ça:
et s’est dit : “ow cette étrange big fruit ressemble à une, how do you say, POMME! hmmm… mais plutôt une pomme qui pousse dans les pins… HU HU HU! OH YES, IT’S A PINEAPPLE!”
(z’avez vu, on peut le faire aussi… hon hon hon!)
so every year after the juniors finish reading The Great Gatsby my high school english teacher throws a Gatsby party at his huge house and everyone shows up in period clothing and Charlestons to 20s music and my english teacher just wears a suit and stands off to the side staring wistfully out the window the entire night
you guys think I’m joking??
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the introduction to my Paper 4 for HL History
I’m at Newark int. and a man I. A trolly went by without a horn so he had to yell BEEP over and over
I was sitting in the lobby/lounge of the hotel and my nose was running so I asked my dad for tissues and then some random nice guy was like here and gave me a pack of tissues I was like THaNK YOU why are people so nice here I like it????
