On occasion, Cole would wander the streets with a cow's teat poking through the open fly of his trousers; once he judged he had caused optimum outrage, he would cut off the offending protrusion with a pair of scissors.
There once was a prankster named Horace, who thought the stage play was quite borious. He conspired to seat, those whom’s heads were shaved neat, and reflected a swear off their foreheads.
My favorite part of this is the way you made me pronounce forehead in my head. Like far-eds. I don't know how to spell it out, but it was very Yankee, and that was a treat for my southern brain
According to another story he bought tickets for particular seats at a theatrical performance he considered pretentious and distributed them to eight bald men whose heads, painted with a single letter, spelled out the word "B-O-L-L-O-C-K-S" (another source claims it was four men's heads making the word F-U-C-K), which was legible from the circle and boxes above.
17 Comments
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 85 pts · 1y
This legend needs to be remembered.
Chozo@fedia.io · 39 pts · 1y
I'm slow today. My dumb ass over here was trying to figure out who was named Bottomshit.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
Lord Bradley Bottomshit kindly asks that you not disparage his family’s name any further.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
Lord Bradley Bottomshit, of the Boston Bottomshits?
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 25 pts · 1y
So it wasn't just a swearword for the sake of it, he wanted the actors to know what he thought of their play 😂
iusearchbtw@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 1y
why is there an image of former prime minister of the united kingdom, ramsay macdonald
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 1y
Pic of standard olde Englishman makes the story more believable
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_de_Vere_Cole
tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 1y
Anyone else try to read it as a limerick?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 1y
There once was a prankster named Horace,
who thought the stage play was quite borious.
He conspired to seat,
those whom’s heads were shaved neat,
and reflected a swear off their foreheads.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 1y
My favorite part of this is the way you made me pronounce forehead in my head. Like far-eds. I don't know how to spell it out, but it was very Yankee, and that was a treat for my southern brain
LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe · 9 pts · 1y
We should all respect trolls more instead of just banning them.
homoludens@feddit.org · 19 pts · 1y
If they were trolling at this level, I would.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
Unfortunately most trolls:
breakingcups@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
Man this dude was a legend.
CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
Reminds me of this theatre spoiler prank https://youtu.be/VS3RekvYqM8