Until that time, as Fracastoro notes, syphilis had been called the "French disease" in Italy and Germany, and the "Italian disease" in France. In addition, the Dutch called it the "Spanish disease", the Russians called it the "Polish disease", the Turks called it the "Christian disease" or "Frank disease" (frengi) and the Tahitians called it the "British disease".
So even if it doesn't kill you or turn your brain into swiss cheese, it still promotes jingoism.
Madness, piles o' bodies, imperial subjects suddenly enjoying a newfound pride in their respective homelands... sounds like the makings of the end of an empire to me.
You know what? I've had up to (waving my arm to signify an area over my head) fucking here with all of this French bashing. What gives anyone the right to talk shit about the French
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Until that time, as Fracastoro notes, syphilis had been called the "French disease" in Italy and Germany, and the "Italian disease" in France. In addition, the Dutch called it the "Spanish disease", the Russians called it the "Polish disease", the Turks called it the "Christian disease" or "Frank disease" (frengi) and the Tahitians called it the "British disease".
So even if it doesn't kill you or turn your brain into swiss cheese, it still promotes jingoism.
Madness, piles o' bodies, imperial subjects suddenly enjoying a newfound pride in their respective homelands... sounds like the makings of the end of an empire to me.
The Syph for The Win.
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Syphilis: dying slowly and tragically, with rouged cheeks and a long aria.
Ottoman Empire: giant guys cut you in half with scimitars.
Ottomans for the win.
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Viva la france!
(And the funny thing is, I'm not French either).
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Syphilis! Syphilis! HAH! HAH! HAH!
There once was a man with syphilis
Whose mind became quite perliferous
He'd talk to a tree
Not just while he'd pee
Which made all the women quiferous
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