[Bob434]

A Little Break from all the nonsense being perpetrated by the left lately. Pretty cool painting showing over 100 'common sayings' acted out, like 'swimming against the tide' and 'banging one's head against the wall'- see how many you can find. (Note, some are dutch sayings, so they are a little different than what we would say today- but most are very similar or the same)

Here is a larger version of it that you can scroll in on to see it better:

https://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/netherlandish-proverbs-1559

[Bob434]

Dang, here’s the link:

https://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/netherlandish-proverbs-1559

[Red Badger]

PinGGG!......................

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

OOPs!...............................

[Red Badger]

[a fool in paradise]

>>We all know and love these common, American proverbs. Sometimes ironic, often silly and amusing, these sayings test our brains—and our wit. And it’s not just in English. Playing with language in literature, conversation, and art has been a hallmark of different cultures for centuries. With this in mind, over 450 years ago, Dutch master Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted his incredible Netherlandish Proverbs.

Unfortunately the common culture is being torn asunder.

Students aren’t exposed to the Bible anymore and Shakespeare is old hat too now. American history? Nope. Foundational documents (including the basis of law that built upon the civilations that led to Western Civilization...

[Big Red Badger]

“Why does
The Heathen Rage?”
.
Should be in It.

[the_Watchman]

One hundred years ago, Rudyard Kipling wrote “The gods of the Copybook Headings”. It was based on the fact that previous generations had learned penmanship by copying old proverbs from the tops of each page of a copybook. Thus, they learned the proverbs at the same time that they practiced penmanship.

Kipling’s poem lamented that each generation turns from the common sense proverbs and tries to forge their own path through life ignoring them. The poem is brilliant and highly relevant for today.

http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_copybook.htm

I memorized this poem in fifth grade back in the 1950’s.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

In Don Quixote, Sancho Panza could speak whole pages in nothing but parables. He could not help himself.

[pepsi_junkie]

Is that guy with a crossbowman failing to hit the broad side of a barn? I’d be surprised if that dates back so far but if it’s not that I have no idea what it could be.

[Colorado Doug]

That’s racist and transphobic and should be replaced by a 450 year old Mau Mau painting with 100 tribal proverbs instead. It should also have been painted by one of the other 85 sexes instead of a man or woman too.