Mein Gott Ze Were Ruderers!

Mein Gott ze were Ruderers!

“Rowers”, c.1908 by Ludwig von Hofmann (1861-1945). German painter. Hamburger Kunsthalle. oil on canvas

You've grown as a person and we are very proud of you

Me when I remember something I said ages ago that was wrong or my values no longer align with

For the love of God

DON'T MICROWAVE RAW EGGS

They will actually explode, sometimes even after you already taken out so you get steaming hot egg goo all over your face and upper body.

y'all... I thought they were tiddies...

I love how Mary Jane sounds like she forgot her line halfway through.

the 60′s spidey animated television series was truly a gift

Philadelphus (affectionate)

VS

Philadelphus (derogatory)

Couldn’t get over “the ancient Egyptian site of Philadelphia” so I looked up the origin of the name of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to see if it was developed independently or named after that Ptolemic Egyptian city, because “the city of brotherly love” didn’t seems like a particularly Egyptian or Ptolemaic value but who knows

Anyway it was a secret third thing: Philadelphia PA was named after a Hellenic Turkish city.

The Turkish city of Philadelphia was named after the king Attalus II Philadelphus, who according to ancient historians earned the title Philadelphus “he who loves his brother” because of his loyalty to his older brother the king during his reign. Attalus II was the army commander under his brother’s reign and he rejected his army’s proposal to stage a coup and make him king, and when his brother was reported dead in foreign battle, Attalus II married his brother’s widow Stratonice and ascended to the throne—and when it turned out his brother was alive, Attalus divorced Stratonice and ceded the throne to his brother again without a challenge.

For his loyalty he earned the title Philadelphus which he carried on after his brother died and he became king.

Philadelphia in Egypt was named after a completely different guy, pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus, and, well,

I'm going to find a way to bring it into the conversation.

Be sure about it.