Today is Plough Monday, the first Monday after Epiphany! This was traditionally the first day back to work, effectively. Yesterday was Plough Sunday, when the plough would be blessed at church. Today, the plough would be paraded around with the usual merriment, singing and dancing, and money collected for the decorated plough. If you didn't pay up, the ploughboys might just plough your garden! This is one theory as to why some Morris dancers wear blackface- to disguise themselves.
While most of us don't work in farming anymore, it would be nice to make this a holiday when we went on Sunday to church to be blessed for our work in the coming year, and then on Monday had marches to celebrate both everyone's work, and of course the agricultural work that still goes on in our countryside. With all the traditional English merriment of course! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ (couldn't get my picture of a decorated plough to work, so here's a picture of a local church)
Here's the thread in question and the meme. The meme text says this:
>Top: Me, a Michgander
>Bottom: Watching seccessionist Texans deal with two inches of snow
The top comment points out Michigan has secessionists too:
>Dude, your seditionists tried to kidnap and murder their own governor.
A couple of comments are Texans mocking their own grid, and a Chicagoan suggesting running the water so pipes don't freeze:
>Some advice for TX from Chicago: y'all better run the water in your pipes or you'll be looking at some in-the-wall explosions. It only needs to be a steady, pencil-thin stream of water.
The rest of the comments immediately devolve into outrage and self-pity about redditors mocking Texans, including this one just five comments deep:
>Haha families are without power and freezing - Take that rednecks!
>>Well they were told to upgrade their power system for winter weather multiple times and chose not to. Just like California didn't rake their forests or whatever stupid fucking reason they gave for denying federal aide. I think they deserve help and feel bad for them, but the hypocrisy is pretty bad here. I guess it's good we don't have a vindictive regime at the moment.
>>>The interior of my house is currently 42 degrees. My power went out on Monday at 2:14 am. There are no signs that it will turn on again soon. I have 2 children, a dog and 3 fish tanks.
>>>The fish and coral are long gone. The kids are cold. But fuck, they're probably hypocrites that propose secession at every opportunity.
>>>Fuck idiot politicians.
>>>This victim-blaming "lol-look-at-the-cold-people-that-are-cold-Lol-People-are-dying-What-idiots" bullshit is beyond unhelpful.
>>>>Sir this is advice animals
Outraged comment thread 2 pointing out reddit's intolerance of other views:
>This is the kinda stuff that makes me hate Reddit. Thereโs absolutely no compassion for anyone anymore that may potentially share a
... keep reading on reddit โกPhil
Sudden Lee
Go post NSFW jokes somewhere else. If I can't tell my kids this joke, then it is not a DAD JOKE.
If you feel it's appropriate to share NSFW jokes with your kids, that's on you. But a real, true dad joke should work for anyone's kid.
Mods... If you exist... Please, stop this madness. Rule #6 should simply not allow NSFW or (wtf) NSFL tags. Also, remember that MINORS browse this subreddit too? Why put that in rule #6, then allow NSFW???
Please consider changing rule #6. I love this sub, but the recent influx of NSFW tagged posts that get all the upvotes, just seem wrong when there are good solid DAD jokes being overlooked because of them.
Thank you,
A Dad.
So far nobody has given me a straight answer
..... Will get a reward.
Because they work on many levels
Well, toucan play at that game.
Windows
Argon does not react.
Martin Freeman, and Andy Serkis.
They also play roles in Lord of the Rings.
I guess that makes them the Tolkien white guys.
She said apple-lutely
'Eye-do'
This is my first post pls don't kill me lol.
The people in the comment section is why I love this subreddit!!
Cred once again my sis wants credit lol
Keep in mind, my son is 4 years old, so everything is an original to him.
I had to work late into the evening yesterday, and he was just going to bed when I got home. I had left home for the office nearly 14 hours prior, had a long day, lots of meetings, traffic, etc.
When I walked through the door, I was exhausted, run down, and starving. My wife hugged me and asked how my day was, and I replied, "Done. It was a good day, but has got me exhausted. I just want to grab a bite and go to bed. I'm hungry."
From my son's bedroom, I hear him shout, "Hi Hungry! Nice to meet you!"
Not only did it make me laugh, but I completely forgot about how hungry and tired I was. I went to his bedroom, and we laughed together about it. It was exactly what I needed.
Edit: Thanks for all the awards, kind strangers! I'll let my son know y'all enjoyed his joke too!
I heard parents named their children lance a lot.
First post please don't kill me
Edit: i went to sleep and now my inbox is dead, thank you kind strangers for the awards!
To get to the... Bottom...
(as told by my 5yo son, I'm so proud)
Japan.
"No, the regular kind!" I laughed.
it's Hans free now..
second hand stores!
Old Neeeeiiiiighvy
10+10 is twenty and 11+11 is twenty too
A buck-an-ear!
I Thank ye kind Matey for the booty! I be truly overwhelmed! Thank you!
Holy cow! Thank you everyone for the upvotes and awards! I wasnโt expecting this!
He should have a good vowel movement. His next diaper change could spell disaster though.
and not:
Making it all the way home and realizing that they forgot one of the containers:
Riceless
