alchemico:

kaching:

Fabulous Tumblr Article on Art

tranquilturmoil:

hominisaevum:

Netherlandish Proverbs (also called Flemish Proverbs, The Blue Cloak or The Topsy Turvy World) is a 1559 oil-on-oak-panel painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder which depicts a land populated with literal renditions of Dutch/Flemish proverbs of the day. (high-res)

The picture is overflowing with references and most of the representations can still be identified: as well you’ll see.

To even be able to tie the devil to a pillow (Obstinacy overcomes everything)

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To bang one’s head against a brick wall (To try to achieve the impossible)

One foot shod, the other bare (Balance is paramount)

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To bell the cat (To carry out a dangerous or impractical plan)

To be armed to the teeth (To be heavily armed)

To put your armor on (To be angry)

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The herring does not fry here (It’s not going according to plan)

To fry the whole herring for the sake of the roe (To do too much to achieve a little)

To get the lid on the head (To end up taking responsibility)

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To sit between two stools in the ashes (To be indecisive)

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To crap on the world (To despise everything)

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To be pissing against the moon (To waste one’s time on a futile endeavour)

To have toothache behind the ears (To be a malingerer)

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To shave the fool without lather (To trick somebody)

Two fools under one hood (Stupidity loves company)

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To toss feathers in the wind (To work fruitlessly)

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To gaze at the stork (To waste one’s time)

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To wipe one’s backside on the door (To treat something lightly)

To go around shouldering a burden (To imagine that things are worse than they are)

One beggar pities the other standing in front of the door (Being afraid for competition)

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If the blind lead the blind both will fall in the ditch (There is no point in being guided by others who are equally ignorant)

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To crap on the gallows (To be undeterred by any penalty)

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Who knows why geese go barefoot? (There is a reason for everything, though it may not be obvious)

If I am not meant to be their keeper, I will let geese be geese (Do not interfere in matters that are not your concern)

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To hold an eel by the tail (To undertake a difficult task)

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To take the hen’s egg and let the goose’s egg go (To make a bad decision)

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To have to stoop to get on in the world (To succeed one must be willing to make sacrifices)

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To confess to the Devil (To reveal secrets to one’s enemy)

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And you can see the rest here.

Rock ‘n roll.

Questo lo vidi dal vivo a Berlino.
Che quadro assurdo ragazzi miei, che quadro assurdo.

socialismartnature:

The Only 22 Countries in the World Britain Has Not Invaded (not shown: Sao Tome and Principe)

The countries never invaded by the British:

• Andorra
• Belarus
• Bolivia
• Burundi
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo, Republic of
• Guatemala
• Ivory Coast
• Kyrgyzstan
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg
• Mali
• Marshall Islands
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Paraguay
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Sweden
• Tajikistan
• Uzbekistan
• Vatican City

Ma guarda, per il vaticano fare pure eh. Non fate complimenti.

Moio 😀

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kon-igi:

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kon-igi:

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libutron:

Tityus adrianoi

Female with babies, Minas Gerais, Brazil

photo: by Arthur Anker

Un giorno vi racconterò del tristo esperimento mater scorpionum.

Perché ‘un giorno’? ORA!

Perché pensavo importasse sega. Lo studio ufficiale è questo, il soggetto era “una” tipa di questo genere qua. Nel rapporto larva-madre si voleva sapere, fra le tante cose, come la madre ritrovasse/riconoscesse i piccoli per caricarseli sul dorso.

Il prof fece varie prove (tipo accecare la madre) ma la femmina riusciva comunque ad orientarsi verso le larve. Quando il prof “spennellò” alcuni piccoli con una sostanza offensiva e altri con una sostanza tipo cibo, la madre scaraventò via i primi (piuttosto schifata, a detta del prof) e i secondi se li pappò, mentre i restanti li fece salire senza problemi.
Morale della favola, la madre riconosce i piccoli tramite chemiorecettori.   

Sono intristito dall’antipucciosità della scienza.

Solo a me e’ venuto da pensare a “Il profumo”, di Suskind ?

Prima regola della sicurezza sul lavoro: le protezioni che installerai su una macchina non saranno mai abbastanza. Un cretino sara’ sempre piu’ ingegnoso delle misure che tu inventerai per impedirgli di farsi del male.