la vie de gargantua et de pantagruel
[FULL DISCLAIMER: i lost my virginity to the life of gargantua and of pantagruel by françois rabelais (as translated by thomas urquhart) and regret nothing.] here are some of the fictional books that are referenced in this masterwork. also, let us not forget that THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN 1532 »

Abbots’ Donkey-Size Pricks
Advanced Asslicking, for Graduate Students
And Cheese, Too
Antipericatamentanaparbeugedamphibricationes, or Discussions on All Manner of Subjects by Shit Monks
Fairy Tales of the Law
Folk Dances for Heretics
Forcible Removal in Matters Requiring a Conscience
Fun With Dice
Heroes’ Elephant Balls
How a Vision of Saint Gertrude Appeared to a Nun, at Poissy, When She Went into Labor
How Priests Say No
How to Keep It Up Till You’re Ninety
How to Make a Nobleman Shut Up
How Virgins Shit
Judges’ Bulging Bellies
Lawyers’ Complaints about the Abolition of Bribes
On the Clownishness of Country Priests
Perpetual Almanac for Those Afflicted with Gout or the Pox
Poetasters’ Bellybuttons
Rear-Flapping Trousers for Shitheads
Worm Powder for the Poor

each and every one of these faux titles would make for a great blog name.
also: the accompanying absurdist woodcut was done in 1565 most likely by françois desprez. more can be found at the 5 star (on a 4 star scale) bibliodyssey site.

la vie de gargantua et de pantagruel

[FULL DISCLAIMER: i lost my virginity to the life of gargantua and of pantagruel by françois rabelais (as translated by thomas urquhart) and regret nothing.] here are some of the fictional books that are referenced in this masterwork. also, let us not forget that THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN 1532 »

  • Abbots’ Donkey-Size Pricks
  • Advanced Asslicking, for Graduate Students
  • And Cheese, Too
  • Antipericatamentanaparbeugedamphibricationes, or Discussions on All Manner of Subjects by Shit Monks
  • Fairy Tales of the Law
  • Folk Dances for Heretics
  • Forcible Removal in Matters Requiring a Conscience
  • Fun With Dice
  • Heroes’ Elephant Balls
  • How a Vision of Saint Gertrude Appeared to a Nun, at Poissy, When She Went into Labor
  • How Priests Say No
  • How to Keep It Up Till You’re Ninety
  • How to Make a Nobleman Shut Up
  • How Virgins Shit
  • Judges’ Bulging Bellies
  • Lawyers’ Complaints about the Abolition of Bribes
  • On the Clownishness of Country Priests
  • Perpetual Almanac for Those Afflicted with Gout or the Pox
  • Poetasters’ Bellybuttons
  • Rear-Flapping Trousers for Shitheads
  • Worm Powder for the Poor

each and every one of these faux titles would make for a great blog name.

also: the accompanying absurdist woodcut was done in 1565 most likely by françois desprez. more can be found at the 5 star (on a 4 star scale) bibliodyssey site.




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