n. A sacred rite of such efficacy that he who finds himself in heaven without having undergone it will be unhappy forever. It is performed with water in two ways—by immersion, or plunging, and by aspersion, or sprinkling.
But whether the plan of immersion
Is better than simple aspersion
Let those immersed
And those aspersed
Decide by the Authorized Version,
And by matching their agues tertian.
—G.J.
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(1845 – 1923) German physicist who discovered electromagnetic waves or X-rays.
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A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor.
Noun. A calm and wise individual skilled in the art of profound contemplation, often found seeking serenity amidst misplaced car keys and existential dilemmas.
(also: humans)
(also: humans)
Our prostrate brother, Homo ventrambulans.
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Having the quality of magazine poetry. (also: FLUMMERY)
(also: pantaloons)
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.”
― Victor Hugo
― Victor Hugo
swiss psychiatrist of the early 20th century. for some reason, he drew an awful lot of pictures of my parents fighting.
The negligible factor in problems of legislation.
Something god prohibit me to do or else I will be so powerfull.
more than meets the eye, robots in disguise!
Government by those who are wise in personal property and good in real estate.
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A place to collect expensive games, only to end up with none that you want to play. (also: water vapor)
(n.) the red-tinted stepchild of precious metals, a mutt born of wanton copper and petulant, abrasive tin.
ever in the shadow of its more accomplished siblings gold and silver, bronze lived an unromantic yet functional existence as a material for weaponcrafting, until it reached high school in the 13th century and was bullied out of existence by steel
ever in the shadow of its more accomplished siblings gold and silver, bronze lived an unromantic yet functional existence as a material for weaponcrafting, until it reached high school in the 13th century and was bullied out of existence by steel
(also: tragedy)
n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable. Liability to attacks of laughter is one of the characteristics distinguishing man from the animals — these being not only inaccessible to the provocation of his example, but impregnable to the microbes having original jurisdiction in bestowal of the disease. Whether laughter could be imparted to animals by inoculation from the human patient is a question that has not been answered by experimentation. Dr. Meir Witchell holds that the infectious character of laughter is due to the instantaneous fermentation of sputa diffused in a spray. From this peculiarity he names the disorder Convulsio spargens.
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