andyortlieb@lemmy.sdf.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 23 hours agoWhat are your favorite old-timey and historical insults and incredulous expressions?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down10
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your favorite old-timey and historical insults and incredulous expressions?andyortlieb@lemmy.sdf.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 23 hours agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·20 hours ago“Oh rabbits” sounds like something Wallace and Gromit would say.
minus-squareJonnyprophet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 hours ago“Oh, Rabbits!” is actually an Australian curse much like Americans say, Oh, Rats. It comes from the Great Rabbit plague. Never heard of it? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_plagues_in_Australia
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agoI’ve heard of the rabbit plague but never would’ve made that connection. Always found it akin to the perfect example of Murphy’s Law that humans are the one invasive species that doesn’t thrive well there.
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoReminds me of Butters from South Park, he says “Oh hamburgers!”
“Oh rabbits” sounds like something Wallace and Gromit would say.
“Oh, Rabbits!” is actually an Australian curse much like Americans say, Oh, Rats. It comes from the Great Rabbit plague. Never heard of it?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_plagues_in_Australia
I’ve heard of the rabbit plague but never would’ve made that connection.
Always found it akin to the perfect example of Murphy’s Law that humans are the one invasive species that doesn’t thrive well there.
Reminds me of Butters from South Park, he says “Oh hamburgers!”