Great Bleps in History

Massachusetts, 1683: For the crime of “lascivious blepping, and other scandalous acts of depravity that may like cause offence among the publick,” Miss Hester Hysse spends the afternoon in the town stockade.

A black kitten sits inside a wooden box with holes in the front. The kitten's head can be seen and one paw dangles through a hole. The kitten's tongue pokes slightly out of its mouth.
Prithee, release me!

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10 thoughts on “Great Bleps in History”

  1. allein 🐾 August 25, 2026 / 4:26 pm

    Is she a witch? Does she weigh the same as a duck?

    • Georgiana August 25, 2026 / 5:12 pm

      Monty Python for the win!

      • Kar August 26, 2026 / 11:03 am

        Did you dress her up as a witch?

  2. DEBG August 25, 2026 / 4:44 pm

    Tongue Out Tuesday is as much fun as Wombat Wednesday!

  3. AJ August 25, 2026 / 5:17 pm

    I so needed this post, this was epic. “lascivious blepping, and other scandalous acts of depravity” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 After getting out of the stocks will she have to wear a scarlet letter as well?

    • Recherche August 25, 2026 / 8:32 pm

      I mean you can try to put a scarlet cone of shame on her, but I suspect Mistress Hysse will have some opinions on that and those opinions will come with claws.

  4. Duckie 🐥 August 25, 2026 / 6:57 pm

    “that may like cause offence among the publick”
    Mike, I snorted an ice cube.
    Allein, I weigh the same as a duck that is getting ready to hibernate.

    • allein 🐾 August 25, 2026 / 7:47 pm

      Well, you are a duck so whatever you weigh is what a duck weighs…right?

      • Duckie 🐥 August 25, 2026 / 8:18 pm

        Logically.

        • Debg August 26, 2026 / 12:27 am

          I mean, that’s just science.

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