Made-up Flowers from Boris Vian’s Novel Heartsnatcher

In the order they appear:

Amizaltzes

Powaroses

Marienbud

Yellowplush

Dreamrape

Fenellacas

Ninastangas

Astrakhan

Marazardins

Seacrocus

Bruinzozos

Bazabobos

Petaleaves

Translated from the French by Stanley Chapman

Orchidaceae — Ernst Haeckel

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Slavoj Žižek Hates Tulips

This video cracks me up. I understand why Žižek is such a divisive thinker, but I just love to hear him ramble on disparate subjects. And really, this is too charming for words. Transcript—

My relationship towards tulips is inherently Lynchian. I think they are disgusting. Just imagine. Aren’t these some kind of, how do you call it, vagina dentata, dental vaginas threatening to swallow you? I think that flowers are something inherently disgusting. I mean, are people aware what a horrible thing these flowers are? I mean, basically it’s an open invitation to all insects and bees, “Come and screw me,” you know? I think that flowers should be forbidden to children.