How Interesting.

Had we, but world enough and time.

[tumbleofthoughts]

I wanted to tell you something

But I can’t remember what. Actually, I can. But it’s nothing really. I just wanted to get to talk to you

to get your attention onto me

And somehow, maybe, get you to fall in love with me.

[tumbleofthoughts]

PDA??? (in private)

All I want to be able to do right now:

Is to be able to hug my friends in public again.

Hug anyone in public, again.

How did we ever hug, in public?

I wonder:

A smile, a wave as you see them,

for the second time that month,

as you cross the road

And a semi-bodied, greeting-style hug;

ending with two pats on the back.

Pointing and yelling at them

As they make their way across a crowded pub

and then lean over the flimsy table

to hug your shoulders

beer sloshing dangerously in the beer mugs

Smiling a little too broadly, too confidently

at people you have met twice

And you quickly put your hand out

but they are quicker

and lean in to grab your waist

THE MOST awkward side hug

Watching them push the trolley out of the airport

with a terrible 5 o clock shadow creeping up their face

and leaping into their arms.

Ignoring their protests,

ignoring their airplane breath  

no shame

they had gone away for a little too long,

for shame to be present

Gone away for too long.

It has been too long since I’ve had any of those hugs

No hugs without shame, with awkwardness, with quiet greeting and/or 100% love.

And certainly none in public.

All I want to be able to do right now:

Is to hug my loved ones real tight.

And I hope that I will, soon enough.

Even if it has to come under Private (non)Displays of Affection.

[unpretty]

The Outbursts of Everett True was a comic strip that ran in papers from 1905 to 1927, wherein the aforementioned Everett True regularly beat the everliving shit out of rude people as a warning to anyone else who might consider being rude. Men have not only been taking up too much room on public transport for about as long as public transport has existed, but the people around them have been irritated about it for at least a hundred years. The next time someone tries to claim that manspreading is a false phenomenon, please direct them to this strip so that Everett True can correct their misconceptions with an umbrella upside the head.

[guyalice]

I have never before heard of Everett True, but if he “regularly beat the everliving shit out of rude people as a warning to anyone else who might consider being rude,” I have a strong spiritual connection with him.

[froginakettle]

[hotcocoachia]

I fucking love him

[jaynavajasso]

i can imagine this guy’s voice very clearly in my head but i couldn’t put a name to it 

[iamtypinglike98madmen-deactivat]

He also jabs racists in the eye!

[tumblunni]

I love the justice grandpa of fists

[cursedcharley]

I’m very lucky to own a book that’s a collection of most of these comics (sadly not all of them) and would highly recommend hunting these down if you can. Sorry for the lack of a scanner but phone photos will just have to do.

He was a enjoyable cuss who didn’t care for war mongering.

Especially profitable war mongering and excuses for it!

He certainly didn’t like selfish husbands and fathers!

Politicians who turned on their words once they got theirs weren’t safe.

He said fuck the police!

He absolutely didn’t like people ruining little things for kids.

He stood up for foreigners. Especially those doing their best to communicate with limited second language knowledge.

He was not having any tomfoolery when it came to gun safety and laws. Especially with youth involved.

You had better not abuse a animal with him nearby. He’d right that wrong real quick!

And best of all him and his wife were both prickly cusses together. Relationship goals.

[biglawbear]

I have a new role model

[briarchubnj]

😍

[runcibility]

“justice grandpa of fists”

[arquus-malvaceae-deactivated202]

It’s nice to see a fat dude in a political cartoon that’s NOT being used as shorthand for greed and corruption.

[charismat1c-megafauna]

Hes like the personification of motherfucker unlimited

[bogleech]

Reblogging this newer version of this thread with so many more strips I haven’t seen…why did this character ever disappear. Where did you go, Everett.

[tramampoline]

we need him more than ever…

[beesmygod]

wear a mask

[tumbleofthoughts]

me @someone who I’ve not met in 84 years

[tumbleofthoughts]

SUCH A GREAT TIME TO REBLOG THIS LOCKDOWN IS ALMOST OVER this will be me @my friends who I’ve not met in 84 years....but at a distance

[pocketss]

when you are just hanging out

[soultobeloved]

backstage at moschino fw20 rtw 🍰 by jamie stoker

[movie-gifs]

“Let me give you some really good advice. Be the rabbit. The humble bunny can outwit all of his enemies. He’s brave, and sneaky, and strong. Be the rabbit.”

JOJO RABBIT 2019 | dir. Taika Waititi

[madeleineengland]

Dolce & Gabbana new campaign 2020 for women

[tumbleofthoughts]

Am I casually seeing a cartoon-An introspection

You said that we're getting too close too soon And you were right It had only been three weeks of me knowing you and I was already thinking of how your belly button was the first real outie that I'd ever seen And how much easier it is to clean! I mean, great for body shots, right? (Or not)

And you had just come down from the 'happiest weekend ever' You were still stuck in the "Weekender state of mind. You know, how you told me about the GIRLS in tank tops, in shorts, in bras in India!! Taking their tops off for Opeth A band, that you hadn't known the existence of, before THIS weekend Paradise. And to come from paradise down to... this? Moi?

I mean, not gonna lie, you did get me thinking about why I got so attached, so fast And why I liked you Was it your long flat face that had an uncanny resemblance to an ironing board? Or your huge ears, the first thing that I'd noticed in your profile even before your 6'3" height? Or was it your nose Long, elegant, poking against my eye as you kissed me

….I guess I’ll have you to thank for my thing for noses now

[mykelll]

A special thank you to @ljza for doing these cute drawings of my kitties!! They turned out so so cute, I love them! ♥️

[sersh]

Saoirse Ronan for Interview Magazine

“My mom has always been so wonderful and she’s always said to me exactly what you said: to always trust your instincts. And whether it’s about a script or whether to live in this city or live in that city, if you’re questioning it, maybe it’s not quite right for you. Even the way I work is very instinctive. It’s always been based off of instinct. Anytime it feels like it’s not, then it feels wrong to me.”

[tumbleofthoughts]

A (non) haiku to the boy who sends me Baby Yoda memes.

Me first you think of when in your feed, pops up the meme. Grateful, I am. (This is the only relationship we’ll ever have)

[racingbarakarts]

I used to have geese so here’s a tip for everyone:

If a goose is attacking you, don’t run. No matter what, stand your ground. They can fly but when they’re mad, they don’t usually try to fly. Hold your hands in front of you, ready to grasp. When the goose gets close, grab it by the neck bit closest to the head and squeeze. Not tight enough to choke the goose, but tight enough so they can’t break free. You can hold them until they calm down or just do the next step right away. The next step is literally just to chuck them as far as possible and run for your life. It makes the goose know you’re in charge and you have a better chance of getting away. Trust me I’ve done this so many times that I’ve lost count

[myblogisnotinteresting]

I can’t tell if this is a shitpost or actual advice. But I do know geese are the fucking worst.

[racingbarakarts]

Actual advice! Just yeet a goose

[61below]

Yeet the geese

[racingbarakarts]

I’ve been reading the replies to this so here’s an update!

DO NOT KICK A GOOSE. Geese are very important for nature as they maintain insect populations and they help pick weeds that try to kill useful plants! Geese are good, they’re just grumpy. Never kick one because you could fatally injure them. They do not have the bone structure to survive a strong kick.

I had to deal with this a lot because my family bred geese. Geese are not happy about their eggs being taken so after you take one, they remember for their whole lives. We had a farm, we did what we had to do in order to survive. We loved our geese and our geese loved us, just not when we were taking their babies.

Do not kill Geese just because they’re mean. Please

Yes you could crawl towards them, but that only works if it’s one goose. If it’s more than one attacking you, you can yeet them as they get close.

This post was about white geese, which is what we bred, but you can do this for Canadian geese too! Because attacking a Canadian goose can get you a fine and even jail time, this is a much nicer approach to being attacked by a goose.

Also for some reason a lot of replies are saying this can break a goose’s neck???? It can’t??? Don’t spread lies. Geese are built to be picked up by the neck and they have tons of muscles in their necks to support being thrown. This is how they fight each other. It doesn’t hurt them. Just stuns them.

DO NOT DO THIS TO SWANS!!!!!!! SWANS ARE EVIL IF YOU ARE BEING ATTACKED BY A SWAN JUST ACCEPT YOUR DEATH. THEY WILL NOT BE STUNNED. THEY WILL NOT FORGET. THEY WILL FOLLOW YOU HOME AND MURDER YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. SWANS ARE DEMONS

[askfordoodles]

Actually, I have picked up a swan by just, slotting in under my arm; once their wings are held in place they just sorta hiss a bit and accept their fate. It’s how wildlife centres and rspca deal with them. They just use swan-bags, I’M NOT kidding, that completely neutralizes them. LOOK AT ALL THESE DEMONIC BULLIES BEING DEFEATED BY BEING CHIHUAHUA-HANDBBAGGED.

In fairness, in MY CASE, this was a juvenile male, but old enough that the dad had evicted it from the lake. He was in my way, hissing and refusing to move; and if you hiss at me, that’s a challenge, baby!

[kedreeva]

Most birds will accept their fate once you have their wings (geese will, in my experience, chill once you have them under an arm too, I pick them up like that). They transport peafowl in sacks like that too:

[disc80s]

sohyun___n

[makeuphall]

[cidham]

amir khusrow (1253–1325 CE)

[juniqs-blog]

this changed my life

[gaydine-ross]

this was written before the printing press was invented and it still sounds like a modern day shitpost

[okmeghana]

a form of indian poetry, keh (say) mukarni (denial) is an interesting genre of riddles played between two young women, where one of them describes something in a way that it is mistaken by the other girl as her beloved, and finally turns out to be something completely different

[arbitrary-stag]

@sodomymcscurvylegs

[thewonderfullurkerofoz-deactiva]

what is poetry if not the memes for our foremothers

[hiranyaksha-deactivated20220613]

Amir Khusrow btw was a man who frequently explored writing in the feminine voice, where he often professed his relentless love for his spiritual guide Nizamuddin Auliya. It’s rare to see his more comical works, but pleasant nonetheless.

[tumbleofthoughts]

back to back

Blue, white, gold.

HELLO! I’ve been away, #adulting. I won’t be the first to tell you that working (at a job) sucks cock, better than me!!!! And almost 90% of my “creative expression” has been eroded.

SO. I’ve been trying to get things back to life by giving myself a mini-project to do. This is it.

I do a lot of travelling for my job, and most of it is in the small but ferocious autorickshaws with their equally fierce drivers, trying their best to fleece you. But I’ve always loved riding in them-- colourful seat and roof covers, excessive ventilation and speedy arrival at your location--no taxi could outdo them, in my mind. And so I’ve decided to document what I see, as a passenger, on the daily.  Here’s the result. 

Check it out, and gimme suggestions on how I could probably expand on this because it does need expanding. Thanks and tata.