"A clearly-expressed wish was uttered," as
In fact the right-hand one was originally a Gravatar in a 17th-century blogger interface, and the artist recycled the woodcut.
Bonus 1617 Gravatars:
And this scene doesn't really belong in the deck at all; it illustrates the popular backlash against a 1608 attempt to place a tax on Zorbing. These three gentlemen are saving half-a-thaler each by riding on top of the Zorb instead of inside, but they're wishing they had hand-holds to help them stay on.
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As a person headed to Las Vegas (Lost Wages) for the Ides of March, I feel this post has enhanced my luck.
Thank you, ladles and jelly-spoons of Riddled!
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P.S. Best not to taunt the orbs by poking them with sticks.
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"The man who overcooks Hollandaise is shown by an arrow shot into a sand clock dividing goose from gander."
Ha ha, the horn-tooting skeleton is so stinky the plants have wilted.
You know what scares me?
Skeleton geese with things sticking out of them with seemingly random do-hickies stuck on the things, while the skeleton geese stand on a strange orb or other thing that has a shape and that might symbolize something.
That sorta thing really rattles, ya know.
shudder
I had clean forgotten about Jim Skellington and his Horns of Doom. Sadly out of place in 1980's Aramoho the kids said,"We don't don't give a damn about some trumpet playin' band. It ain't what we call rock 'n roll."
Shooting arrows into the crowd did not win new fans, marketing department.
an arrow shot into a sand clock
I mistook it for a badly-drawn tulip. My bad.
Skeleton geese with things sticking out of them with seemingly random do-hickies stuck on the things, while the skeleton geese stand on a strange orb
I imagine that as a scene in a Svankmajer movie.
Hello, thaler.
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