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Post by parson » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:55 pm

you tryna say caper, slums?

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Post by forensix (mcr) » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:57 pm

his keyboard has a lisp


A gaper is a stone head, often depicting a black man, on the front of a building in the Netherlands.

It was used to indicate that this building is a pharmacy.

The literal translation of gaper would be yawner; the figure is always displayed with an open mouth, and sometimes you can see a pill he has taken resting on his tongue. In fact he wasn't yawning, but opening his mouth to take medicine.

The existing "gapers" in Amsterdam are almost all of Moorish appearance but this wasn't always the case and earlier ones, now in museums, show white Dutch faces as the gaper. The gaper represents the assistant of the travelling apothecary, the forefather of today's pharmacist. The apothecary would attend market days all over the country and his assistant would play the character of an ill man. After taking the pill, the assistant (often a Moor) would all of a sudden feel much better and perform a dance.

It is also said (on the Dutch wikipedia) that the southern appearance of the gaper was a symbol for the origin of the ingredients of the medications. This exotic link might also have suggested effectiveness.

Later, when pharmacists opened shops instead of travelling through the country, the symbol of the Moorish man (often depicted with a pill on his tongue) would tell the illiterate audience that this was the home of a pharmacist.

Nowadays these symbols are rare, outside museum collections, fewer than 50 can be seen on buildings, some have now lent their names to cafes such as the Gevulde Gaper in Amsterdam.

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Post by dj slums » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:59 pm

yeah sorry- im a ventriloquists dummy.

forensix (mcr) wrote:his keyboard has a lisp


A gaper is a stone head, often depicting a black man, on the front of a building in the Netherlands.

It was used to indicate that this building is a pharmacy.

The literal translation of gaper would be yawner; the figure is always displayed with an open mouth, and sometimes you can see a pill he has taken resting on his tongue. In fact he wasn't yawning, but opening his mouth to take medicine.

The existing "gapers" in Amsterdam are almost all of Moorish appearance but this wasn't always the case and earlier ones, now in museums, show white Dutch faces as the gaper. The gaper represents the assistant of the travelling apothecary, the forefather of today's pharmacist. The apothecary would attend market days all over the country and his assistant would play the character of an ill man. After taking the pill, the assistant (often a Moor) would all of a sudden feel much better and perform a dance.

It is also said (on the Dutch wikipedia) that the southern appearance of the gaper was a symbol for the origin of the ingredients of the medications. This exotic link might also have suggested effectiveness.

Later, when pharmacists opened shops instead of travelling through the country, the symbol of the Moorish man (often depicted with a pill on his tongue) would tell the illiterate audience that this was the home of a pharmacist.

Nowadays these symbols are rare, outside museum collections, fewer than 50 can be seen on buildings, some have now lent their names to cafes such as the Gevulde Gaper in Amsterdam.
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Post by shonky » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:07 pm

forensix (mcr) wrote:you have the musk of someone who frequently urinates himself
Misk is a combination of musk and piss so I suppose it makes sense
Hmm....

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Post by forensix (mcr) » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:09 pm

Shonky wrote:
forensix (mcr) wrote:you have the musk of someone who frequently urinates himself
Misk is a combination of musk and piss so I suppose it makes sense
by god you are onto something old boy

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Post by ana » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:40 pm

Will its return be announced? Will it be buried under all of the threads that have been posted in since it went offline?

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Post by corpsey » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:43 pm

Was an interesting thread, and I hadn't even got into expressing my support for ethnic cleansing and Fame Academy. :x

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Post by shonky » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:48 pm

Corpsey wrote:Was an interesting thread, and I hadn't even got into expressing my support for ethnic cleansing and Fame Academy. :x
I thought they put the two together and came up with X-factor - you know they wanted to call it swastika factor but the head of ITV thought it might be a little bit edgy for a family, eugenicist, talent show.
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Post by corpsey » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:52 pm

Is that why they measure the craniums of every contestant and generally prefer those who sing parts of Wagner's 'Ring' cycle over those who sing 'Oops I Did It Again'?

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Post by showguns » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:52 pm

Shonky wrote:
forensix (mcr) wrote:you have the musk of someone who frequently urinates himself
Misk is a combination of musk and piss so I suppose it makes sense
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Post by shonky » Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:02 pm

Corpsey wrote:Is that why they measure the craniums of every contestant and generally prefer those who sing parts of Wagner's 'Ring' cycle over those who sing 'Oops I Did It Again'?
Yup that's it. Cowell's remarkably high trousers cover a stomach tattoo of Hitler smiting the zionist menace in the discotheque. Oh and I hear rumour that his pubes are shaved into an inverted hitler tache. Or maybe it was just Sinnita tittle-tattling like the desperate attention whore she is.
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Post by corpsey » Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:27 pm

Ooh I like those jumpers

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Post by contakt » Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:29 pm

-BLADE- wrote:Image
That to me looks suspiciously like John Voigt on the left and Robert de Niro on the right.
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Post by shonky » Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:30 pm

Corpsey wrote:Ooh I like those jumpers
They're pretty sweet knitwear it has to be said.

I think those spatulas might be a bit unwieldy though but I'm no Jamie Oliver. Which is handy for dinner guests as they're not going to get loads of spit in their food.
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Post by jackieboi » Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:47 pm

so the unpopular opinions thread has been temporarily taken down eh?

jesus what did you guys write, these forums arent normally monitored by p-c christian pensioners there must have been some pretty saucy stuff in there!
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Post by paolo » Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:05 pm

Shonky wrote:What is the polite SFW term for lady underbits so I don't have to go through this palaver again?
Foofoo
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Post by shonky » Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:10 pm

paolo wrote:
Shonky wrote:What is the polite SFW term for lady underbits so I don't have to go through this palaver again?
Foofoo
That's intriguing. It's not far off Fofo either which is ironic considering his behaviour lately
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Post by elementalism » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:32 pm

Large up the crew who posted in the thread, it's good to hate sometimes.

I'm quite proud that my thread got red carded though. Large up Shonky, good to have that little bit of banter with you son.

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Post by flashharry » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:35 pm

sexism huh.. and u wonder why ur all single! at least pretend u dont think ur a superior gender, then u mite get some.

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