better known as tom thumb, this is a picture on his 18th birthday. exploited since the age of 5 by p.t. barnum he was a mischievous young man and world renown 'mack'! as if being a "little person" wasn't hard enough (???!!!). let's think about this for a second, consider what was happening in 1856:
1. during the 1850's, a total of 2,314,000 people arrive in the US. almost all come from germany, ireland, england, scotland and wales.
2. famine
3. yellow fever
4. The Fugitive Slave Bill that required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
...and you think you have it bad with your "occasional" penicillin shot, the recall on the soy milk for your grande machiatto, the line "3 cars deep" in the drive-thru to your supersize value meal and your "micromanaging" boss who "sweats" you to stay off instant messaging long enough to perform "your job"!
so think about our lil' 2 foot, 6 inch friend as you hustle to barely make your lexus payment, sitting on college furniture of your 500 sq ft efficiency apartment, hoping NOT to have to fall back on cruising cougars at the neighborhood watering hole at happy hour. general tom thumb (as he was known to his friends) pulled it on alot less --- amongst cholera outbreaks and all ---respect due.
p.s. this picture scares the shit out of me.
1 comment:
oh my god.
hahahahaha.
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