I mean, it's believable. My grandpa has a picture of himself straddling an artillery cannon.
I have a picture of my myself straddling a LAW.
Some things are simply timeless.
so the tumblr post is recent. and is a verbatim copy of the title from an r/ArtefactPorn post
Actual translation.
“I have come from the city. I bring you a welcome gift with a sharp point that you may remember me. I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able [to give] as generously as the way is long [and] as my purse is empty,”
on r/ArtefactPorn by u/QueenChoco
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I have a picture of my myself straddling a LAW.
Some things are simply timeless.
Actual translation.
“I have come from the city. I bring you a welcome gift with a sharp point that you may remember me. I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able [to give] as generously as the way is long [and] as my purse is empty,”
on r/ArtefactPorn by u/QueenChoco