TJOct 18
elle
being afraid to say "guillotines" online now & referring to them instead as "the tall French goodbye"
Oct 18 at 6:01pmWeb
Show thread🏳️‍🌈 Bri 🌞🚴🌱✨Oct 18
@ElleGray Kaiju cigar slicers.
Show threadBen ToddOct 18
@ElleGray

A short French hair cut
Show threadBartoszOct 18
@ElleGray sudden decapitalisation
Show threadPince sans rireOct 18
@ElleGray Son surnom était " La racourcisseuse"...
Show threadEnara ❔Oct 18
@ElleGray Algorithmic Newspeak is out of control
Show threadEVHasteOct 18
@ElleGray a protest sign this summer used the euphemism “the people’s scissors”, I thought that was pretty good
Show threadInstant Car Rental ZanzibarOct 18
@ElleGray
Show thread🚀 Ⓛ Ⓐ Ⓤ Ⓡ Ⓔ Ⓝ Ⓣ 🛸 🪐Oct 18
@ElleGray just write about the marvelous invention of Doctor Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
Show threadLyle Solla-YatesOct 18
@lfourrier @ElleGray I was thinking “Dr. Guillotin’s special recipe” 🧑‍🍳
Show threadIƧΛΛC aka isaacOct 18
@ElleGray as per Dickens:
https://mas.to/@isaactly_s/114139306586464360
Isaaaaaaªªªªªª 😱🎃 (@[email protected])

"It was the popular theme for jests; it was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented hair from turning grey, it imparted a peculiar delicacy to the complexion, it was the National Razor which shaved close: who kissed La Guillotine, looked through the little window and sneezed into the sack." #guillotine #CharlesDickens #ATaleOfTwoCities

mas.to
Show threadLog 🪵Oct 18
@ElleGray
+ Cravat trimmer
+ Hereditary title mover
+ Radical bodyectomy tool
+ XXL safety razor
+ Political wedge issue
+ Gordian necktie solver
Show threadacbOct 18
@ElleGray Life imitates obscure Polish sci-fi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koalang
Koalang - Wikipedia

Show threadtoa5tOct 18
@ElleGray @lisamelton The Parisian Haircut.
Turbo Tonsure-er.
Ms One-chop.
Short back, sides and front, please
Show threadAlan BucknamOct 18
@ElleGray ah the fashionable French Haircut
Show threadCowboy Who?Oct 18
@ElleGray "... oh him? He had an appointment with the Tall French Doctor ..."
Show threadIvesOct 18

@ElleGray It goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, .... guillotine!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orlbo9WkZ2E

Death Grips - Guillotine (It goes Yah)

YouTube
Show threadFaraiweOct 18
@ElleGray Le Ka-chunk was right there
Show threadgnateOct 18

@ElleGray
"The French Mistake"

For when it's NOT good to be the king!

Show threadCondor Puma SerpienteOct 18
@ElleGray the ol' working-class haircut
Show threadgkrnoursOct 18
@ElleGray the french bite
Show threadVirginicusOct 18
@gkrnours @ElleGray Oh, no, that won’t work at all! 🍆 https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bite
bite — Wiktionnaire, le dictionnaire libre

Wiktionnaire
Show threadPassengerOct 18

@ElleGray

What's wrong with the classic terms?

> Central Park Choppyboi

> Device For Determining Whether The Wealthy Are Made Of Cake

Show threadlispwizardOct 18
@ElleGray By analogy with "French press", "French chopper".
Show threadpunIssuerOct 18
@ElleGray chop creators
Show threadKrazyKatOct 18
@ElleGray 😏
Show threadMcDyerOct 21
@ElleGray
At my house it's just the Choppy Choppy.