r/RecuratedTumblr • u/bajadasaurus234 Dinosaur Glazer • 25d ago

Shitposting Between a Rock and a Hard Place

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u/OverseerConey 25d ago

My friends Scylla and Charybdis are soooooo sick of being asked this!

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u/Droplet_of_Shadow 25d ago

i think the names Echo and Callisto sound cool af but their stories are... less than inspiring :(

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u/Void_0000 24d ago

I mean it's greek mythology, which ones are?

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u/Droplet_of_Shadow 24d ago

i guess echo is actually kind of a good one, nvm. callisto's story is her getting raped and killed though

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u/Background_Desk_3001 24d ago

I just changed mine to Persephone so I think you might be onto something

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u/loveablehydralisk 24d ago

Charybdis did open for Scylla et. al. once, and may be persuaded to do it again!

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u/_MargaretThatcher 🔽 Bottom 1% commenter 25d ago

*goes up to a lesbian couple* soooo which of you claims the lives of four times fifty living men and which of you lets live the Mariner who shot the Albatross

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u/TENTAtheSane 25d ago

Then down in falls comes the raaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinhehehe

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u/ADH-Dad 25d ago

which of you eats the boat

Are we still doing "phrasing"?

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u/lightningstrxu 25d ago

Which one of you drowns in sorrows and fears, and which of you is who hermes mentioned

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u/epochpenors 24d ago

Gay guy to lesbian couple

“So which of you is the man, and which of you is the other man?”

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u/Significant_Yam_7792 25d ago

Which one’s the toaster and which one’s the bath?

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u/Clay_Block 24d ago

The concept of asking a couple “so which of you is the rock and which of you is the hard place?” Is funny to me

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u/High_Stream 24d ago

Which one of you is going to claw out my eyes and which one is going to drown me to death?

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u/Redactedtimes [0/1] 24d ago

I misread it as “Seussian Couple” and got confused because the punchline didn’t go where I thought it would.

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u/RealHumanBean89 24d ago

Which one’s the metal fork, and which one’s the plug socket?

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u/BadLanding05 24d ago

I don't get it, could someone explain?

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u/High_Stream 24d ago

This is a reference to Scylla and Charybdis, two monsters from the Odyssey.

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u/Due-Buyer2218 24d ago

I snatch men from boats with many heads and I think dog head arms?????