The man playing the guitar in the one I poted earlier - he’s also a paleontology nerd, lol, so I shared it with him - thanks for posting!
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Franko
January 26, 2021, 2:52pm
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just when i think it’s played out…
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Also:
(Can you tell I follow a lot of Trekkie accounts on Twitter?
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chgoliz
January 26, 2021, 5:28pm
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My personal favorite from that genre:
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Franko
January 26, 2021, 7:35pm
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beat me to it – just saw this, lol
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kxkvi
February 1, 2021, 10:30pm
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More realistic than the actual monster of that week.
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jerwin
February 3, 2021, 7:30pm
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“Daddy’s sulking because he never came up with a good Bernie meme.”
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I think my dad would’ve liked Bernie. I’m not quite sure why, though; I mean, I can think of some things but then I’m not quite certain , that’s it, if they would’ve been amenable to him.
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Franko
February 12, 2021, 7:29pm
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it was inevitable, but i still laughed.
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I thought a shanty was something poor Irish folks lived in, and that when they were out to sea they sang a chanty?
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Apparently, the song is both shanty or chanty?
A sea shanty, chantey, or chanty is a type of traditional folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor on board large merchant sailing vessels. They were found mostly on British and other European ships, and some had roots in lore and legend. The term shanty most accurately refers to a specific style of work song belonging to this historical repertoire. However, in recent, popular usage, the scope of its definition is sometimes expanded to admit a wider ran...
But it also IS a reference to the kinds of homes my ancestors might have lived in…
Lace curtain Irish and shanty Irish are terms that were commonly used in the 19th and 20th centuries to categorize Irish people, particularly Irish Americans, by social class. The "lace curtain Irish" were those who were well off, while the "shanty Irish" were the poor, who were presumed to live in shanties, or roughly-built cabins.
Neither term was complimentary. Aside from financial status, the term "lace curtain Irish" connoted pretentiousness and social climbing, while the "shanty Irish" wer...
But it’s also an unlicensed pub in Australia!
Things we learn!
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