LOL You Say

May 14, 2008 09:50

Via eldritchhobbit comes this link to LOL Manuscripts

ye olde Mission Statement

Many of you may know of the Internet phenomenon that is LOLCats. Slightly less of you may know how crazy/awesome early modern woodcut illustrations and frontispieces can be. But what joins these two disparate worlds? Well, it may surprise you to know how popular LOL-ing was in the Renaissance.

Check out the New Ways to Die in England map.

you don't say?

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