The bust (if you even can call it that...) pictured in the article is terrifying!
Photogrammaton 6 hours ago [-]
The plaque is identical in two of the photos (one from Ireland, one from Luxembourg), and the wording is identical in those two plus a third (from Western Australia). That makes me curious.
wccrawford 8 hours ago [-]
You don't think this is just a joke that multiple people thought of independently?
Some of them might be in reaction to a local event, or even a worldwide event that had no local impact. But I think they're mostly just jokes.
clickety_clack 6 hours ago [-]
Was it in a Monty python sketch or something?
TRiG_Ireland 7 hours ago [-]
The Futility Closet website (and, formerly, podcast) is an amazing treasure trove of fascinating facts.
alucardo 1 hours ago [-]
Yes! and thank you for making me remember its existence
bckr 8 hours ago [-]
My great grandmother taught me that “nothing doing” meant something similar to “there’s nothing for it”.
arjie 7 hours ago [-]
I’m in my late thirties and it was still in common use in India, and perhaps specifically among Anglo Indians? But it meant more like “no chance”.
“Can I go out to the movies with my friends?”
“Nothing doing! You have an exam tomorrow”
Or failure to do something.
“I tried to fix it myself but nothing doing”.
HappMacDonald 7 hours ago [-]
Looney Toons / Merry Melodies also bear out this connotation quite well
rzzzt 7 hours ago [-]
1897 seems like an important year.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1ra_Cimrman
Some of them might be in reaction to a local event, or even a worldwide event that had no local impact. But I think they're mostly just jokes.
“Can I go out to the movies with my friends?”
“Nothing doing! You have an exam tomorrow”
Or failure to do something.
“I tried to fix it myself but nothing doing”.