"For the benefit of those ladies who ask the right to smoke in public."
Puck magazine, 1908.
The nightmare of some Edwardian chaps; women having the same fun they were having!
But if you allow women to smoke... whatever next?!
Let's look at a few details, thread;
A widow, in stead of hiding indoors crying and mourning all day she's off to the pub, reading a police newspaper... did she bump off her husband?
Ah no, pesky kids, coming to bother mum while she's having a few drinks and smokes.
Go ask your dad!
The artist is showing us the hellish vision of women doing... well what a lot of chaps were doing!
What a self report ;)
These ladies are following the latest news that is coming in via a ticker... but shock horror, they're not worrying their pretty little heads over politics or something but over SPORTS!
That's man's stuff!
The name of the pub is quite shocking, the owner... appears to be... A WOMAN!
Shock horror!
They're even fighting... because that will happen if you allow women to smoke...
And this is the ultimate insult... the men are stuck in the backroom, out of the way, not bothering the women having their smokes, they can just sit in the parlour and talk about fashion or something.
All this and it's not even about women getting the vote...
Either way, this looks like an awesome pub.
Sorry gents, you get to sit in the parlour, ladies, join me at the bar, first round on me, bring your own smokes.
Oh final addition; I shall be smoking this pipe a dashing flyboy once gave me as a gift, can you see what it is supposed to be?
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Isometric sketch of a sauna stove made by master builder Heinrich Schickhardt in connection with the construction of a sauna in Stuttgart in 1616. Above the arches (A) there is space for the stone packing, on which water can be poured from the bathroom onto the stones through the openings (B). However, this stove is without the characteristic half-walls along the side walls, which are found in southern German saunas and in Næstved. After Tuchen 2003, p. 311 academia.edu/9791712/Badstu…
Yes I'm doing some random research and this is now a thread of what I find.
Nordic bathhouse, 1555.
Oven in middle, vat with water next to it, pipe bring the water to a basin, chap rinsing twigs for a thrashing, chap drinking from horn while enjoying cupping therapy.
Schachtafelen der Gesuntheyt, 1533, you know when nobody bathed...
Lovely image of a bathhouse.
Just so you know, if you see this guy in a video, the odds are high that you're about to be told something iffy.
Dr. Roy Casagranda is all over social media but his research abilities leave a little to be desired.
In short: street sewers were mostly for rain & other liquids, generally not serious icky waste.
They generally didn't throw their human waste out of the windows.
They made sure to keep their wells and water sources as free from pollution as they could.
Cholera wasn't a huge problem in Europe till the 19th century.
They drank lots of water, drank beer because it's more nutritious, tastier & more fun.
The alcohol level was very very low, so they weren't drunk all the time.
Medieval people washed, bathed, used soap, did laundry and tried to smell nice because they were terrified of bad smells.
They wore linen under their woollen clothing so they weren't always itching, also some wool was quite fine and smooth. fakehistoryhunter.net/2019/09/10/med…
Let's review another youtube video by The Infographics Show, yes that lot again... they have 14 million subscribers.
This one is called:
How Did Bubonic Plague (Black Death) Actually End?
It was seen by almost 5 million people...
Can you see the first error already?
Yes, of course.
The plague doctor with the bird beak mask wasn't around during the Black Death.
Also, the title is already misleading.
The Black Death was a specific outbreak of the bubonic (and pneumonic) plague, so Black Death & Bubonic Plague don't mean the same.
Mixing them up is like saying war in general is the same as the second world war.
Found another gem on the Dutch real estate website Funda, but it also made me angry because modern people have done modern stuff to it and somehow that's not a reason to put them in jail apperantly.
Weird.
Anyway, MEDIEVAL house!
Sort of. funda.nl/detail/koop/wo…
So although altered many times, it originally was built in the 14th century.
What do you reckon, are those tiles old?
The ceiling is gorgeous but the decor and that weird glass wall... ew.
Gorgeous fireplace, splendid ceiling, horrific kitchen.
When will they ever learn?
Old house = no do modern stuff!
NO.
Bad interior designer, bad owners, no treats.
I found several examples online but most of them mention no source, publication date or any other details that make the examples trustworthy, some claim to be from Penthouse.
They do appear genuine though.
This 1942 article was found by @RealDanGill, sadly I can't find the whole issue online so can't read what happens in the story:
One of the many things we think are weird/gross about the middle ages is the idea of people sharing their homes with animals, especially cattle.
But is this true?
Did they really have cows & sheep walking around their living room?
Let's research.
A thread.
I regularly hear this being mentioned as just another bit of evidence of how dirty & backwards medieval people were and that it's no wonder they got all those diseases, were covered in filth all the time, etc.
Especially this image is often used, it's nice but is it accurate?
Let's first think about it logically and rationally.
Would you like to have animals walking around your home?
Do you think medieval people wouldn't mind the feces & urine splattering on their precious belongings, clothing, bedding, etc?