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“Tiny pug happy food dance”

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Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

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I have been waiting for this post all my life.

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They are indeed purple, But one thing you’ve missed: The concept of “purple” Didn’t always exist.

Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

So roses are red. Violets once were called blue. I’m hugely pedantic But what else is new?

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My friend you’re not wrong About Homer’s wine-ey sea! Colours are a matter Of cultural contingency;

Words are in flux And meanings they drift But the word purple You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple, My friends, is old And refers to a pigment once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs From the wine-dark sea You make a dye: Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome, to wear purpura was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’, for clothes so fancy, Entered English By the ninth century

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Why then are voilets Not purple in song? The dye from this mollusc, known for so long

Is almost magenta; More red than blue. The concept of purple is old, and yet new.

The dye is red, So this might be true: Roses are purple And violets are blue

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While this song makes me merry, Tyrian purple dyes many a hue From magenta to berry And a true purple too.

But fun as it is to watch this poetic race The answer is staring you right in the face: Roses are red and violets are blue Because nothing fucking rhymes with purple.

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Hirple - To limp or walk awkwardly

Cirple - An old Scots word for the hindquarters of a horse

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“Roses are red, violets are purple,

My boner for you has caused me to hirple.”

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My, how romantic!

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Otter teaches human how to pet him.

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me asking for attention and affection

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I just lost my entire shit

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Fucking superb you funky little death omen

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French Bulldog argues bedtime

cherryclit

I AM TOO FILTHY TO WATCH SOMETHING AS PURE AS THIS

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c00tiebreath

HE WENT RIGHT TO SLEEP IM UGLY CRYING

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this is so funny

May your next period be light and end quickly

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This is literally now my favorite post ever, because its become thousands of reblogs consisting of passing on good fortune. Meanwhile many of y’all added your own comments saying your thanks, and continuing the chain by adding your own little bit of wishful thinking. You are all wonderful.