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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.
yeah sorry- im a ventriloquists dummy.
that too.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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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.Corpsey wrote:Was an interesting thread, and I hadn't even got into expressing my support for ethnic cleansing and Fame Academy.
Hmm....


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.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'?
Hmm....


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!
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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