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Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Woe betide those who prank Everett True (August 4, 1916) (lemmy.world)
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Seek what is True here: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?date1=1777&rows=50&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Outbursts+of+Everett+True&y=13&x=19&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&sort=date

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[–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Love to see the proper use of "Woe Betide", let's bring it into more frequent use. Example: Woe betide she who spills my pumpkin spice latte!

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
  • "O gentle Aaron, we are all vndone. / Now helpe, or woe betide thee euermore." -shakespeare
  • "Woe betide the Subſcribers, their Children and Wives, / This Action ſhall coſt 'em five hundred Folks Lives." -w.pittis
  • ""God save us!" cried the captain, / "For naught can man avail; / Oh, woe betide the ship that lacks / Her rudder and her sail!["] -jg whittier

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/woe_betide