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‘“A Hallowe’en welcome, Mary Poppins! Three cheers for the Birthday Eve!”
“Hip, hip, hooray!” yelled the Bird Woman’s shadow.
“Whose birthday is it?” Jane asked.
“It’s her’s—Miss Mary Poppins’—tomorrow! Hallowe’en falls on the day before, so of course we make a night of it. Feed the Birds! Tuppence a bag!” she shouted to Mary Poppins.’
From Mary Poppins in the Park, by P.L. Travers
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Thinking about things like "notary public," "body politic," phrases where English puts the modifier after the noun like a Romance language. There must be some other examples
My entire adult life has been defined by the fallout of the financial crash and the nearly 20 years of austerity that followed, and you're telling me THOSE were the salad days???
"Painful" years ahead, think tanks warn, as living standards set to fall
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Remember when the hyenas realised all the promises Scar made to them were lies, and he’d destroyed every semblance of normalcy and stability, so they turned around and ate him? Just pointing that out for absolutely no reason at all.
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Jessica Lange talks about how much she enjoys portraying Mary Tyrone in ‘Long Day's Journey into Night.’
“I could do this part for the next 20 years and never, never, never come to the end of it.”
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I love NYC bc I can be at the gym, decide I’m over it, start searching for tickets while I’m walking out and be seated for a Broadway musical 10 minutes later 🥹🥹🥹
You could show me this video in 50 years and I’ll still laugh.
It's been 8 years, and this is still the funniest video on the internet. 😂
"SHE CAME DOWN IN A BUBBLE, DOUG!" and "AM I WRRRRONNNG?" are two of the most quoted lines between me and my older kids. The head bob with the hair movement at "THE WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST, BRO!" will never, ever not be hilarious.
And it's one of the best quick examples of the nature of male friendship to boot.


































