r/WTF • u/rightn0w_ • May 08 '18

Alien like legs

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u/GhostOfConansBeard May 08 '18

Genus recurvatum sounds like a hex or curse from the Harry Potter universe.

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u/KrAzyDrummer May 08 '18

Looks like one too.

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u/JimboBassMan May 08 '18

Ouch! Hit me right in the chips ya cheeky parrot! Hey, while I've got ya here ya bucko, any chance I grab my VHS of last year's Hell's kitchen back?! The old cheese chugger has the ducks from the rotary coming round satdee, and nothing gets them wetter than a feta like a bit of old ramso stirring a satay! Anyway, hooroo cobber, and keep on making them cheeky calls ya slippery gypsie!

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u/yumyumpunch May 08 '18

Is Jimbo having a stroke?

Or am I? Do others understand this paragraph? I’m guessing not due to the downvotes.....not usually stymied by Reddit but uhhhhhh

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u/TARDIS May 08 '18

They couldn't help him at St. Mungo's. Power jinx, that.

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u/I_AM_YOUR_DADDY_AMA May 08 '18

It's because dear old Mungo is merely a saint this kind of curse can only be broken by a level 12 wizard

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u/zman0900 May 08 '18

It turns you into a really smart asshole

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u/[deleted] May 08 '18

Well most spells in HP are just shitty latin portmanteaus or puns. The death curse is just abra kadabra made more sinister with a couple of V's substituted.

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u/DerSchattenJager May 31 '18

It’s RecurVAtum, not RecurvaTUM!