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― Neil S, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
CAUTION
wouldn't fat people be worth more anyway
― iatee, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― mbvgz (how's life), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
okay some of those upside down tiles are MAKING ME CRAZY
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
wilful upside-down-ness
― Neil S, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
I don't trust scrabble tiles with point markings to tell me I can't be appraised
― :C (crüt), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
this does not have the capacity to measure your worth but if this was laid out on a scabble board with some strategically placed triple word scores I'D SMOKE YOUR ASS AHAHAHA I BEAT YOU
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
http://brightstrangethings.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/johnnydepp_attribution.jpg?w=652
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
And who can say where the road goes? Where the day flows? Only time.
― :C (crüt), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8md0aIku61ruhtb7o1_1280.jpg
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
finally a Facebook macro we can all get behind
― Neil S, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
Cautionary Scrabble arrangements really are a great parenting technique.
― jim, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
Are there a lot of people out there looking for life lessons from Captain Jack Sparrow?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
Captain Jack Scrabble Arrangement, now then you'd have something.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/563719_557611624249820_1926023677_n.jpg"Image via Real Truth Now"
Had to look him up: "John Michael Green is an American author of young adult fiction and a YouTube vlogger and educator."
― DavidM, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 10:13 (eleven years ago) link
sorry for huge:
http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/531811_10151427048800155_2096892222_n.jpg
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 10:20 (eleven years ago) link
Not caring about offending people is that how stephen fry got his nose broke
― I turned away to leave these few in thought and contemplation (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 10:25 (eleven years ago) link
lol DavidM john green is sort of a massive celebrity at this point, even before his internet thing he was one of the biggest current YA authors
every time stephen fry says something i want to stab his eyes out, but i'm glad they put that quote over a picture of him looking offended/possibly crying
― Alice 2 Chainz - "I Luv Dem Bones" (zachlyon), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 10:26 (eleven years ago) link
I can't stand that Stephen Fry quote. If it really is a quote from him, it sounds incredibly misjudged.
― dog latin, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 10:26 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/eKnN40a.jpg― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Sunday, February 3, 2013 8:35 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Sunday, February 3, 2013 8:35 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
#nodads
― ey, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 11:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151263334704422&set=a.57138104421.71649.536584421&type=1&theater
Topical (here in the UK) and at the same time vomit-inducing in more ways than one:
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― Neil S, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 11:49 (eleven years ago) link
Having SEX with EVERYONE
― I turned away to leave these few in thought and contemplation (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 12:05 (eleven years ago) link
Lucky its only americans who do dumb marriage stuff huh
also wd like to hear more about charlie sheen's pron family
― I turned away to leave these few in thought and contemplation (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
that's really hard to read. what is it saying?
― dog latin, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 12:09 (eleven years ago) link
People are still having sex
― Jaap and roids (NickB), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 12:17 (eleven years ago) link
Hollywood marriages are a sham, therefore gay marriages for all
― Neil S, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 12:18 (eleven years ago) link
because people who are against gay marriage are strong approvers of tabloid-style celebrity escapades
― mh, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://stonerschematics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/marley-cupcakes.jpg
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
i hope those are special cupcakes
― Mordy, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
things that should not rule but kind of do
― dog latin, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
do they spell out "Happy Birthday Satan"?
- Bob- Marlay
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/bobmackowycz/status/299183321135607808
― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
john green obviously has a vested interest in 13 year olds having basic literacy skills
― iatee, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
no rasta. no birthday. cry, woman. - bob marley
― © all the feelings (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
HAPPY BIRTH DOG
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry 4 tl;dr
When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value.Later, when the nurses were going through his meagre possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old man's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this 'anonymous' poem winging across the Internet.Cranky Old ManWhat do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see?What are you thinking .. . when you're looking at me?A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes?Who dribbles his food .. . ... . . and makes no reply.When you say in a loud voice . .'I do wish you'd try!'Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do.And forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe?Who, resisting or not . . . ... lets you do as you will,With bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill?Is that what you're thinking?. .Is that what you see?Then open your eyes, nurse .you're not looking at me.I'll tell you who I am . . . . .. As I sit here so still,As I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will.I'm a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother,Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one anotherA young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feetDreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he'll meet.A groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap.Remembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep.At Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own.Who need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home.A man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast,Bound to each other . . .. With ties that should last.At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone,But my woman is beside me . . to see I don't mourn.At Fifty, once more, .. ...Babies play 'round my knee,Again, we know children . . . . My loved one and me.Dark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead.I look at the future ... . . . . I shudder with dread.For my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own.And I think of the years . . . And the love that I've known.I'm now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel.It's jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigour, depart.There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart.But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells,And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swellsI remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain.And I'm loving and living . . . . . . . life over again.I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast.And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last.So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see.Not a cranky old man .Look closer . . . . see .. .. . .. .... . ME!!Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within. We will all, one day, be there, too! And if you liked this post , PLEASE LIKE THIS PAGE and continue to be inspired with sayings that lift us and jokes to laugh at. Much love to you all
One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old man's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.
And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this 'anonymous' poem winging across the Internet.
Cranky Old Man
What do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see?What are you thinking .. . when you're looking at me?A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes?Who dribbles his food .. . ... . . and makes no reply.When you say in a loud voice . .'I do wish you'd try!'Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do.And forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe?Who, resisting or not . . . ... lets you do as you will,With bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill?Is that what you're thinking?. .Is that what you see?Then open your eyes, nurse .you're not looking at me.I'll tell you who I am . . . . .. As I sit here so still,As I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will.I'm a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother,Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one anotherA young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feetDreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he'll meet.A groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap.Remembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep.At Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own.Who need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home.A man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast,Bound to each other . . .. With ties that should last.At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone,But my woman is beside me . . to see I don't mourn.At Fifty, once more, .. ...Babies play 'round my knee,Again, we know children . . . . My loved one and me.Dark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead.I look at the future ... . . . . I shudder with dread.For my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own.And I think of the years . . . And the love that I've known.I'm now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel.It's jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigour, depart.There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart.But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells,And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swellsI remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain.And I'm loving and living . . . . . . . life over again.I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast.And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last.So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see.Not a cranky old man .Look closer . . . . see .. .. . .. .... . ME!!
Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within. We will all, one day, be there, too! And if you liked this post , PLEASE LIKE THIS PAGE and continue to be inspired with sayings that lift us and jokes to laugh at. Much love to you all
― Neil S, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
So, some nurses nicked this guy's poem and it so touched them, they made a point of forgetting his name immediately.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
his name was clearly Mr Cranky Old Man, or Cranky for short.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
after a full lifetime of experiences you'd think he could write a better poem
― Mordy, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
cranky old mordy
― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
my friend's little brother posts five or six of these things about how great weed is every day
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― ehkarl, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/603094_482778761759975_1248211162_n.jpg
― ehkarl, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
Weed culture is the worst culture.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:20 (eleven years ago) link
Dealing with other people who smoked weed was what led me to stop smoking weed.
― ILM is kinda sucking these dongs (boning and meta ignore nsfw) (how's life), Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:25 (eleven years ago) link
is it bob marley's birthday today? some posts i've seen suggest that but i bet he has like 22 birthdays a year on facebook
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:26 (eleven years ago) link
its also the day marty mcfly traveled forward in time to
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
I thought it was April 20th.
― ILM is kinda sucking these dongs (boning and meta ignore nsfw) (how's life), Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:30 (eleven years ago) link