as French, it took me a while to get it...
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I didn't get it
Balzac = Ballsack
Yeah it gets ruined because we actually read the accent aigu and that removes the double meaning completely. I had to think like a non-speaker to get it, it was quick but I had to go back and think about it.
I had a student some thirty years ago whose name was Oh Yu Suk.
It was difficult for me to maintain when I first saw it.
My favourite was the guy on twitter having a meltdown because people kept asking him why he was in their shed.
Poor old Amin Yashed
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Make fun of the shitty parents instead who named their kid X-A- (ah fuck I don't know how to type that character, THE POINT IS FUCK MUSK)
Nevada Alexander Musk (May 18, 2002)
Griffin Musk (April 2004)
Vivian Jenna Wilson (April 2004)
Kai Musk (January 2006)
Saxon Musk (January 2006)
Damian Musk (January 2006)
X Æ A-Ⅻ Musk (May 4, 2020)
Exa Dark Sideræl Musk (December 2021)
Techno Mechanicus Musk (September 2023)
Twins (names unknown, born November 2021)
Don’t be jealous of the deep meaning
I believed for a long time as a kid that the toilet was invented by John Crapper.
Ha! Must have been so disappointed when you learned it was Louis Toilette!
Baseball great Albert Pujols has no doubt of their plural importance.
Well, not the WHOLE toilet, but he did invent the Floating Ballcock!
It wasn’t? I’ve believed this since I was a kid.
You did it you crazy summabich! Lemmy was worth it for me today.
I think this is best read with the voice of Matt Berry.
After all, that's his grandfather.
GRAND-FAAAAAAAAAATHEEERRRRRRRRRRR!
YE-ES
Honestly, scrotum scrutiny is a bit rude in most circumstances
And circumcisions.
Dude Balzac is my favorite author, he’s great. I recommend Lost Illusions.
get a load of this guy... loves Balzac.
Hehe, I bet his favourite drink is Le Coq hehehe
Anyone know the term for these so I can look them up
You gotta honor the cock
This reminds me of Yoshie Takeshita
I wonder what horrors Dick Trickle has lived through.