February 2012
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“Linda Stoch: What is wrong with that boy?
Stephen Stoch: I don’t know,...”
– Southpark
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“A risk to own anything; a car, a pair of shoes, a packet of cigarettes. Not...”
– Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee. (via lizzinafrica)
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“She’s hot, can’t stop, up on stage, doing shots, Tip the man...”
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Theory of a deadman- Bad Girlfriend
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“I spent my life waiting
For that famous final scene
I believe you know the one...”
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Poison- Lay your body down
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Strange (but funny) Phobias...
Boogers (any type of nasal/oral musus) - Blennophobia
Peladophobia - Fear of Bald People
Pentheraphobia - Fear of Mother-in-Law
Defecaloesiophobia - Fear of Bowel Movements
Dutchphobia - Fear of Dutch people
Phronemophobia - Fear of thinking (…I think I know a few people with this)
Sesquipedalophobia - Fear of long words
Mnemophobia - Fear of Memories
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20 Weird Superstitions
1. A bird in the house is a sign of a death
2. A loaf of bread should never be turned upside down after a slice has been cut from it.
3. Never take a broom along when you move. Throw it out and buy a new one.
4. If the first butterfly you see in the year is white, you will have good luck all year.
5. If a black cat walks towards you, it brings good fortune, but if it walks away, it takes...
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Vrouemonument- Bloemfontein, South Africa
http://antonshots.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/vroue-monument/
http://www.kestell.co.za/history.html
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In My Sky At Twilight- Pablo Neruda
In my sky at twilight you are like a cloud and your form and colour are the way I love them. You are mine, mine, woman with sweet lips and in your life my infinite dreams live. The lamp of my soul dyes your feet, the sour wine is sweeter on your lips, oh reaper of my evening song, how solitary dreams believe you to be mine! You are mine, mine, I go shouting it to the afternoon’s wind, and...
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“Pray good people be civil, I am the Protestant whore”
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Nell Gwyn- Mistress of King Charles II
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The Literary Canon
The term “literary canon” refers to a classification of literature. It is a term used widely to refer to a group of literary works that are considered the most important of a particular time period or place. For example, there can be a literary canon comprised of works from a particular country, or works written within a specific set of years, or even a collection of works that...
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“Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself. (1.1.140)”
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Henry the eight - William Shakespeare
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Gareth Cliff, South African DJ
Gareth Cliff is a South African radio DJ at 5FM. He currently presents the early morning weekday show on 5FM. Cliff started his radio career at Radio TUKS. He then moved on to Radio 702 as a producer for a year before taking a DJ spot. Cliff has been a judge on the television show Idols since 2003.
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Spanish Royal Family
The Monarchy of Spain, constitutionally referred to as The Crown and commonly referred to as the Spanish monarchy or (historically) Hispanic Monarchy, is a constitutional institution and a historic office of Spain. The monarchy comprises a reigning King or Queen of Spain, their family, and the royal household organization which supports and facilitates the monarch in the exercise of his royal...
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“Locked in my skinny box,
I want to be at least
one of the branches
leaning...”
– Terrance Hayes, from “Clarinet” (via the-final-sentence)
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“***
Ons liefde het gesterf met die oggendstond,
En ons het haar begrawe, bleek...”
– (via digitalskittles)
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