/b/ - Random

I was reading Lewis Carroll's diaries and I saw this. An entry from 1890. Where he says there is a little girl with the nickname Pussy.

Now of course, Pussy means "fat" https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/pussy
But why would a little girl's nickname be "fat"? That seems rude.

The fact that he says "capitally" also makes it soooo 19th century.
Reading his diaries– well it's a lot to get into, maybe tomorrow. There's a cool entry from Samuel Pepys diary I found I can post.

From Samuel Pepys Journal, 1600s:
Among other things, I got my Lady to let her maid, Mrs. Anne, to ride all the way on horseback, and she rides exceeding well; and so I called her my clerk, that she went to wait upon me. I met two little schoolboys going with pitchers of ale to their schoolmaster to break up against Easter, and I did drink of some of one of them and give him two pence. By and by we come to two little girls keeping cows, and I saw one of them very pretty, so I had a mind to make her ask my blessing, and telling her that I was her godfather, she asked me innocently whether I was not Ned Wooding, and I said that I was, so she kneeled down and very simply called, "Pray, godfather, pray to God to bless me," which made us very merry, and I gave her twopence. In several places, I asked women whether they would sell me their children, but they denied me all, but said they would give me one to keep for them, if I would. Mrs. Anne and I rode under the man that hangs upon Shooter's Hill, and a filthy sight it was to see how his flesh is shrunk to his bones. So home and I found all well, and a deal of work done since I went. I sent to see how my wife do, who is well, and my brother John come from Cambridge. To Sir W. Batten's and there supped, and very merry with the young ladles. So to bed very sleepy for last night's work, concluding that it is the pleasantest journey in all respects that ever I had in my life.

It's hard to tell sometimes what's meant to be funny and what isn't. Same thing with Medieval text.
I was reading King Arthur stuff, so I started in the 12th century. How many medieval documents have you read? Because I really haven't read very much, therefore what do I know about such a time? Well I was surprised to find out it's exactly like a renaissance fair, but everyone is mentally ill.
All the knight and maiden stuff is real? You just showed up to a town and took maidens from their fathers and they blushed and helped you put on armour to fight other knights with maidens?
You say, "Well it's a medieval romance story for King Arthur, it's not real." Oh, but isn't it? Is it? I wouldn't know because few people read medieval documents.

And my main problem is, I don't know if this is all suppose to be funny. Is this suppose to be funny? Or is it suppose to be cool and noble?
The opening of Chretain's story is one of the funniest things I've ever read, it's like an actual RPG encounter with a level 99 Dwarf who just keeps whipping the party. But I don't know if it's suppose to be funny!
They're trying to get passed him, and the Dwarf says literally "you shall not pass!", the queen sends out her handmaid and he whips her away, and then she sends one of the knights from the round table and he gets whipped in the face, and the Dwarf is on foot they're all on horses. And the text keeps talking about how evil and base-born and wicked the dwarf is. And I'm listening to this while reading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvW5mjzT4WQ
But there's this whole "leave the lady be!" culture, which is funny. But not to them, I guess. because girls were girls and men were men, Mr. we could use a man like King Arthur again.

Yes, I did kind of just repost a post I made on /his/ some time ago. I didn't want to rewrite it. I didn't end up finishing Chretain's Three Romances of King Arthur. So many documents to read in this world, and I haven't all the time, to know all of history which I see as the key to knowing anything.
Every ancient stone and parchment, none of them talk about monkeypeople and monkey worlds, but they all talk about Noah, they all talk about the flood. I won't get into it.

Oh you should see a really funny thing I found in Pliny the Younger's letters. Maybe if I have time to talk about the letter he wrote GUSHING over another man to one of his friends. It's interesting because he describes this man's daily routine, which you don't get a lot, only 1st century example of it I know of.

HISstory?
More like HERstory.
You ever watch the MHA abridged series? The Joyride one. The one with the feminist character, pretty funny, 8 years ago! You know 8 years ago was only 2017. Feel old and cold and so very full of mould yet?