A Modest Apology for the Man in the Bottle (1749)

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/bottleman/

by benbreen • 5 years ago

45 7 5 years ago

pitched• 5 years ago

So many people waiting around patiently for an hour before starting to complain is crazy. People would definitely still fall for the prank today but that feels so tame for what a huge reaction there was.

Igelau• 5 years ago

Some of those long-s ligatures are wild.

jamal-kumar• 5 years ago

This is ultra funny...

And I think it's worth noting the gullible credulity of people isn't a hell of a lot better these days.

dhosek• 5 years ago

It reminds me of the Royal Cameleopard from Huck Finn.

barefeg• 5 years ago

I didn’t understand a word

Stratoscope• 5 years ago

Read it out loud (or verbally in your mind) and when a word doefn't make fence, try pronouncing the f's like s's.

tahoupt• 5 years ago

Background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bottle_Conjuror

A Modest Apology for the Man in the Bottle (1749)

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