OorPancake
OorPancake t1_j28spxf wrote
Reply to comment by ChocolateConrad in TIL Archduchess Mathilde of Austria accidentally set her dress alight and immolated herself while trying to hide a cigarette from her father by Brotherdodge
Indeed.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's wife died after her dress caught light and he was so badly burned in the attempt to put it out, that he couldn't make the funeral. (His trademark beard was grown to cover the scarring.)
OorPancake t1_j28k9aa wrote
Reply to TIL Archduchess Mathilde of Austria accidentally set her dress alight and immolated herself while trying to hide a cigarette from her father by Brotherdodge
This was quite common in the Victorian era as the dresses were normally cleaned with kerosene and there were live flames everywhere. (Ballerinas it seems were particularly at risk due to wearing Tulle in the vicinity of stage lights and it's reckoned hundreds were burnt to death, sometimes spreading the fire to other ballerinas trying to help or even taking the whole theatre with them.)
OorPancake t1_j2858ff wrote
Reply to comment by crillc in I just realised my bog roll holder is sperm by Not_Not_Matt
'Bog' is a British/Irish term for a toilet.
OorPancake t1_j21n8cr wrote
It probably tastes rank rotten after 24 days.
OorPancake t1_j1puk0j wrote
Reply to TIL Sigmund Freud made the decision to flee Austria after his daughter Anna was interrogated by the Gestapo for nearly 12 hours. He was able to buy safe passage out of Austria just in time with 31,000 Reich marks in 1938 by Ok_Copy5217
He could have had Bill & Ted drop them off somewhere for free.
OorPancake t1_j1ns1vl wrote
Reply to comment by Spooky_Noodle_ in A frozen horseshoe crab at the beach by Spooky_Noodle_
I think so too, but I'd still be unsurprised if it wasn't. :)
OorPancake t1_j1nrh2e wrote
Reply to A frozen horseshoe crab at the beach by Spooky_Noodle_
They're the kind of creatures that wouldn't surprise me if they acted like nothing had happened to them when they naturally thaw out.
OorPancake t1_iy5xlf5 wrote
I doubt it affects the overall quality of your purchase.
OorPancake t1_ixr398i wrote
Reply to These ducks at my local bubble tea shop by cmnemeth
I bought a couple of these on Amazon a few weeks ago.
OorPancake t1_ixqzlsm wrote
Reply to TIL Australia sends all adults over 50 a FREE bowel/colon cancer screening test in the mail by Moronicon
They do it in Scotland as well. ("Happy Birthday, here's a jobby checker.")
The new test is better than the old one, which was made up of cardboard lolly sticks for 'dipping and scraping'. 🤮
OorPancake t1_iujb5bw wrote
r/suddenlyfrenchbulldog
OorPancake t1_iufqmzi wrote
In 2011 a balloon caused a power outage.
OorPancake t1_iu0uta7 wrote
I have one of those modern ones myself.
OorPancake t1_j29x869 wrote
Reply to comment by GolfballDM in TIL Archduchess Mathilde of Austria accidentally set her dress alight and immolated herself while trying to hide a cigarette from her father by Brotherdodge
I've worked on building sites where it was seen as a laugh to drop a lit cigarette butt in the back pocket of someone's overalls. It wouldn't catch light but it would smoulder until they noticed, which could be when there was a 6 inch hole in them, if they were working outside.