Mirthless Laughter
@mirthlesslaughter.bsky.social
Translator. Editor. Copywriter. Occasional voiceover bloke. Planning to return to cartooning after a brief 35-year hiatus. Posts in français and svenska may occur.
“The future adults who were running the brothels”?
January 23, 2026 at 5:56 PM
“The future adults who were running the brothels”?
Tbf, it’s not intended for children - it’s from Mots D’Heure: Gousses, Rames (which said out loud sounds like Mother Goose Rhymes in a French accent); in the foreword, the narrator claims he’s discovered a medieval manuscript without realising it’s nursery rhymes transposed to sound like French.
January 22, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Tbf, it’s not intended for children - it’s from Mots D’Heure: Gousses, Rames (which said out loud sounds like Mother Goose Rhymes in a French accent); in the foreword, the narrator claims he’s discovered a medieval manuscript without realising it’s nursery rhymes transposed to sound like French.
Not even close! It’s just phonetic!
January 22, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Not even close! It’s just phonetic!
![The words to “Humpty Dumpty” transposed into cod French: “Un petit d’un petit/S’étonne aux Halles…” from the collection Mots D’Heures: Gousses, Rames [Mother Goose Rhymes]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lr2af32wvspd24f6hcygvj74/bafkreiaklpktlgcvlvlyduwzh7d7nzmmdys2chdym3ky3iybi7jgulgpcu@jpeg)
NATO secretary general Mark Rutte saying “Daddy’s home” in reference to Trump’s return. 🤢
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 PM
NATO secretary general Mark Rutte saying “Daddy’s home” in reference to Trump’s return. 🤢
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte referred to Trump as “Daddy” in the most cringeworthy moment of the organisation’s existence
January 21, 2026 at 4:09 PM
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte referred to Trump as “Daddy” in the most cringeworthy moment of the organisation’s existence
Great metaphor, though
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Great metaphor, though
They gave one to Kissinger, causing Tom Lehrer to say political satire had become obsolete
January 16, 2026 at 5:55 AM
They gave one to Kissinger, causing Tom Lehrer to say political satire had become obsolete
The One Other Thing is Soylent Green
January 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The One Other Thing is Soylent Green
I mean we’ve all seen Sisu
January 15, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I mean we’ve all seen Sisu
Happy birthday, and a happy 2026!
January 15, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Happy birthday, and a happy 2026!
Reposted by Mirthless Laughter
do you know how hard it is to get a legacy comic strip pulled from the newspaper? they run Peanuts daily and it's been in repeats for a quarter century. Beetle Bailey signed up for the Army before the Korean War. Blondie is about a fucking flapper.
January 13, 2026 at 5:34 PM
do you know how hard it is to get a legacy comic strip pulled from the newspaper? they run Peanuts daily and it's been in repeats for a quarter century. Beetle Bailey signed up for the Army before the Korean War. Blondie is about a fucking flapper.