The other day I learned that if you say ‘beer can’ with an English accent, you’re saying ‘bacon’ with a Jamaican accent. Mind blown.
– MyLifeIsAverage by roneezyThe Couple Separated for the Longest Time (60 years)
Sixty years ago, Boris and Anna Kozlov were married for only three days before he had to ship out with his Red Army unit. When he returned, Anna and her family were gone – exiled to Siberia by Stalin’s purges. Then one day, on a chance encounter, they found each other again!
“I thought my eyes were playing games on me,” Anna said. “I saw this familiar looking man approaching me, his eyes gazing at me. My heart jumped. I knew it was him. I was crying with joy.” 80 years-old Boris had returned to visit his parents’ grave. As he stepped out of the car, he looked up to see Anna standing by her old house, where they had lived for the few days after the wedding. “I ran up to her and said: ‘My darling, I’ve been waiting for you for so long. My wife, my life…’”(Link)
So sweet!
oh my goshhhhhhhhh i’m dying. so cute.
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a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.
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The above phrase is described by the word Mamihlapinatapai: a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the “most succinct word”, and is considered one of the hardest words to translate.
Writes Casey Donahue: “Ran into these guys on the train. They win Halloween.”
Sorry about the location mix-up guys. As a New Yorker I should have my Metrocard revoked.








