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BearyGoosey t1_j9jp25r wrote
Reply to comment by Dehvi616 in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
>He even slept with his son's wife and his son literally gave the comment that he couldn't blame his wife for it.
Whaaaaaaaat‽
TheGazelle t1_j9jokr9 wrote
Reply to comment by wicko77 in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
They will, but this being Reddit I feel like without OP's early comment, we'd still have a comments section filled with titlegore comments.
staatsclaas t1_j9jnzdj wrote
Reply to TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
So he did anything but finish the book?
This saying gets butchered so much. 😣
Frydendahl t1_j9jnx1f wrote
Reply to comment by perfcon2 in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
From other posts here "procrastinate" seems to just mean going to the brothel.
LichStarfiter t1_j9jngmt wrote
Reply to comment by danielcw189 in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
Good luck buddy. I have a feeling you're very proud of that confusing sentence.
maxj_795 t1_j9jmzyc wrote
Reply to TIL: Since 1199, two counties in England will annually hold a competition event called "Atherstone Ball Game", in which participants from each towns fighting over a giant football for 2hrs. The only two rules are 1. It has to be held at the certain street and 2. No killing. by poclee
similar to ashbourne shrovetide which was held yesterday
Hell_Yeah_Brethren t1_j9jmx67 wrote
Reply to TIL - That avocado seeds are so large because they depended on extinct megafauna to eat and disperse them. by byronhadleigh
Now we skewer them with toothpicks and watch them die on the counter.
e0nblue t1_j9jms51 wrote
Reply to comment by crazyhadron in TIL The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird used an Astro-inertial Navigation System to track Stars and determine its position and altitude. At Mach 3, the navigation system was accurate enough to limit drift to 1,000 feet (300 meters) off course. by shamelessterminator
The emoji version is better
dark_hypernova t1_j9jmd2s wrote
Reply to comment by blerg1234 in TIL - English physician William Harvey was a prominent skeptic regarding allegations of witchcraft. He was one of the examiners of four women from Lancashire accused of witchcraft in 1634, and as a consequence of his report, all of them were acquitted. by wendalltwolf
Two Monty Python references in TIL today so far , must be a good day.
pf30146788e t1_j9jlgb2 wrote
Reply to comment by So6ored in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
When I read George I first thought of Castanza because he would try something like this to avoid procrastinating.
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Reply to TIL: Since 1199, two counties in England will annually hold a competition event called "Atherstone Ball Game", in which participants from each towns fighting over a giant football for 2hrs. The only two rules are 1. It has to be held at the certain street and 2. No killing. by poclee
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MillerLitesaber t1_j9jj1fk wrote
Reply to comment by Van_GOOOOOUGH in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
Esmirelda gets hanged and then it is described that in her tomb are two skeletons. One of her and the other deformed, implying that Q crawled in there and hugged her corpse until he just died too.
Salty_Paroxysm t1_j9jistu wrote
Reply to TIL - That avocado seeds are so large because they depended on extinct megafauna to eat and disperse them. by byronhadleigh
Does that mean OP's mum can be categorised as 'megafauna'?
simonwales t1_j9jicui wrote
Reply to TIL Titanic’s Tender (Ship to Shore Ferry), SS Nomadic is the only surviving White Star Line Ship; it has been restored to its original livery (ship’s paint scheme) and serves as a museum. by theAusterityClinic
The titanic museum in Belfast is great. Besides the actual exhibits, you can walk down the massive ramp that the ship was built on and put to sea from. Feels like you're in a steampunk movie.
Voodoocookie t1_j9jh7rs wrote
Reply to TIL: Since 1199, two counties in England will annually hold a competition event called "Atherstone Ball Game", in which participants from each towns fighting over a giant football for 2hrs. The only two rules are 1. It has to be held at the certain street and 2. No killing. by poclee
Bring a pitchfork. Poke people's butts to make room.
Yrouel86 t1_j9jh0l0 wrote
Reply to TIL lemurs get high on millipedes by belledujourr
Lemurs getting high: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYXoCHLqr4o
Show-Me-Your-Moves t1_j9jh020 wrote
Reply to comment by Dehvi616 in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
imagine how many STDs he had
BoskoMondaricci t1_j9jgop7 wrote
Reply to comment by _pupil_ in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
"You can't yadda yadda literature!"
kAlb98 t1_j9jgo96 wrote
Reply to comment by Alternative-Flan2869 in TIL that Milton Bradley originally had been in the business of selling pictures of celebrities. After his biggest seller Abraham Lincoln grew his iconic beard and rendered his entire stock of lithographs worthless and had customers demanding their money back, MB switched to selling board games by Loki-L
I’d be selling the original rookie card
daughtcahm t1_j9jgnq2 wrote
Reply to comment by Old_Sport7920 in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
You just goofed the word "anything", should have used "nothing".
>...forced him to do nothing but finish writing the book
But I think we all figured it out
seamustheseagull t1_j9jg22k wrote
Reply to TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
We talk about ADHD and Autism and such being "new". But then you hear about a guy who was so worried about needing six months to write 900 pages that he locked himself in his house.
And you realise these have been around for millennia.
AusCan531 t1_j9jfzsw wrote
Reply to TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
I read this as "making him unable to go outside and procreate"
MattyKatty t1_j9jfme2 wrote
Reply to comment by BlueKnightBrownHorse in TIL - That avocado seeds are so large because they depended on extinct megafauna to eat and disperse them. by byronhadleigh
Try thousands of years ago, and they weren’t really “around”, they were just on a few islands in low populations comparatively
wicko77 t1_j9jp6k1 wrote
Reply to comment by TheGazelle in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
Maybe. Doesn’t really matter tho. Those who get it, get it. Those who don’t, don’t. Those who title gore have tiny pee pees.