Tumblr (3.0; @raspy-goggles)http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3d5os06qi1rpp04po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><em><span class="hps">In the nineteenth century</span><span>,</span><span> </span><span class="hps">a</span><span> </span><span class="hps">morbid and</span><span> </span><span class="hps">curious</span><span> </span><span class="hps">custom</span><span> </span><span class="hps">has spread to</span><span> </span><span class="hps">various</span><span> </span><span class="hps">parts of the world</span><span>:</span><span> </span><span class="hps">the photos</span><span> </span><span class="hps">were</span><span> </span><strong><span class="hps atn">”</span><span>Post</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Mortem</span><span>”</span><span>.</span></strong></em><br/><p><em><span class="hps atn">”</span><span>Post</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Mortem</span><span>”</span><span> </span><span class="hps">comes from Latin</span><span>, meaning</span><span> </span><span class="hps"><strong>after death</strong>.</span></em><br/><br/><em><span class="hps">The photos</span><span> </span><strong><span class="hps atn">”</span><span>Post</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Mortem</span></strong><span><strong>”</strong> apparently</span><span> </span><span class="hps">originated</span><span> </span><span class="hps">in England</span><span>,</span><span> </span><span class="hps">when Queen</span><span> </span><span class="hps">Victoria</span><span class="hps"> asked</span><span> </span><span class="hps">to</span><span> </span><span class="hps">photograph</span><span class="hps"> </span><span class="hps">the corpse of</span><span> </span><span class="hps">an acquaintance</span><span> </span><span class="hps">or</span><span> </span><span class="hps">a relative,</span><span> </span><span class="hps">so she</span><span class="hps"> can keep</span><span> </span><span class="hps">as a souvenir.</span></em><br/><em>soon after,<span> this idea </span><span class="hps">spread</span><span> </span><span class="hps">around the world</span><span>,</span><span class="hps"> keeping </span><span class="hps">a</span><span> </span><span class="hps">morbid</span><span> </span><span class="hps">reminder of </span><span class="hps">loved ones that have passed on.</span></em><br/><br/><em><span class="hps">Even</span><span> </span><span class="hps">today</span><span>,</span><span> </span><span class="hps">as strange as</span><span> </span><span class="hps">it may seem</span><span>,</span><span class="hps"> some places</span><span> </span><span class="hps">still</span><span> </span><span class="hps">have</span><span> </span><span class="hps">this custom</span><span>.</span></em></p> <p><strong>The girl who is standing in the photo is the one who is dead.</strong></p> <p><em>This is a classic example of photographic art. </em></p> <p><strong><em>Notice the hands</em></strong></p> <p>for people wondering how the corpse is standing up, there is a posing stand supporting the body it’s very hard to see but the stand is supporting the neck, arms and back.</p> <p><img height="475" src="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o145/10chris11/Screenshot2012-07-02at115013PM.png" width="275"/></p> <p>the girl in this picture has her eyes open, but in some cases the photographer will paint pupils on the eye lids to make it seem like they are wide awake</p> </blockquote>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/31394841068http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/31394841068Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:26:43 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9uofrNclk1rpsryao1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9uofrNclk1rpsryao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9uofrNclk1rpsryao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9uofrNclk1rpsryao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://unfamiliarterritory3.tumblr.com/post/31338935901/alixjay-captainominous-is-that-top-pic-her" target="_blank">unfamiliarterritory3</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://alixjay.tumblr.com/post/30942613024/captainominous-is-that-top-pic-her-and-her" target="_blank">alixjay</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://captainominous.tumblr.com/post/30937560604/is-that-top-pic-her-and-her-girlfriend-omg-can-it" target="_blank">captainominous</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>is that top pic her and her girlfriend omg can it be can we start shipping them let’s ship them</p> <p>i ship it</p> </blockquote> <p>THIS REDEFINES HEAD CHEERLEADER DATING THE QUARTERBACK!!!!</p> </blockquote> <p>Love.</p> </blockquote>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/31339559995http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/31339559995Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:18:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma06ntop7i1r24z09o1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma06ntop7i1r24z09o2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/31229506944http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/31229506944Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:17:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4i1pcgkMi1qcb7zqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/31005094394http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/31005094394Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:50:34 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9i0790osT1r47okqo5_r1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9i0790osT1r47okqo1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9i0790osT1r47okqo2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://takeahitofdis.tumblr.com/post/30899847764/ha" target="_blank">takeahitofdis</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>HA</p> </blockquote>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30900551418http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30900551418Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:05:19 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9uldu88Ru1rclho0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30900534095http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30900534095Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:05:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8v46wzSO91qman23o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>A possum broke into an Australian bakery and ate so many pastries it couldn’t move. This is how they found him.</p> </blockquote>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30900451963http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30900451963Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:03:55 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz54woafqa1r2hytwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30900390988http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30900390988Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:03:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9s81sPFDP1qjm9bpo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://verseau-magnifique.tumblr.com/post/30832139211/the-last-one-is-hard-with-her-via-imgtumble" target="_blank">verseau-magnifique</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>the last one is hard with her.<br/><br/>(via <a href="http://www.rubbledev.com/imgtumble" target="_blank">imgTumble</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30832172392http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30832172392Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:16:32 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9p9rhypD81qcmdojo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30699883653http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30699883653Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:08:15 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8y6qv5Mkp1qcu0ewo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cruello.tumblr.com/post/29684840142/photo-mila-kucher" target="_blank">cruello</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><small>Photo: Mila Kucher</small></p> </blockquote>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30689325604http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30689325604Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:23:18 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m568oybXLV1qgwqw9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://verseau-magnifique.tumblr.com/post/30684784742/via-imgtumble" target="_blank">verseau-magnifique</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://www.rubbledev.com/imgtumble" target="_blank">imgTumble</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30686881182http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30686881182Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:42:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2vjhmcwQo1ruppv6o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30686848748http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30686848748Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:41:41 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9p18yvHW21qjm9bpo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30686771078http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30686771078Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:40:23 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4mhgeeLKY1qgow9fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30686747196http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30686747196Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:39:58 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydnorvLWE1r5sqr6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30686659750http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30686659750Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:38:31 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m82cq0Nw0A1qgs2pmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30675493116http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30675493116Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:34:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ut12SGGe1qb9ff2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cuntakinte.tumblr.com/post/30664701165/petitedino-cuntakinte-prom-was-fun-explain" target="_blank">cuntakinte</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://petitedino.tumblr.com/post/30663303404/cuntakinte-prom-was-fun-explain-yourself" target="_blank">petitedino</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cuntakinte.tumblr.com/post/26773136680/prom-was-fun" target="_blank">cuntakinte</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>prom was fun</p> </blockquote> <p>explain yourself</p> </blockquote> <p>Just love me</p> </blockquote>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30664762576http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30664762576Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:40:32 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9m6x1eoe61qg3j6jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dear future wife: please make sure there’s lots of room in our closet for my shoe obsession. If we’re the same size, that’s just a plus :)</p>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30590205233http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30590205233Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:54:33 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrmxf31po31qzjqrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30590143747http://raspy-goggles.tumblr.com/post/30590143747Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:53:07 -0400