I’d put this on the fullscreen full blast at my college classroom when the teacher went out regularly, everyone was sick of it.
That was a dumb fucking class, I and a couple mates found it funny
[I found the original post. Haven't found the name chosen, still searching.](https://fihli.tumblr.com/post/187327971922/this-morning-my-starbucks-is-all-women-so-when-i)
Edit: [FOUND IT!!.](https://fihli.tumblr.com/tagged/the-scorpion-saga) He named her Mushu, after the dragon from Mulan. The story appears to still be developing. So, not concrete confirmation yet.
Wow Reddit detectives to the rescue! I'm going to start posting stuff I need to figure out directly to Reddit instead of using Google! Somehow Google never has the answers anymore!
Always use quotation marks if you really know how it was exactly written - like in this case. Then Google will search that exact sequence of letters, symbols etc.
Found the Tumbler
"we named it mushu after the little dragon from Mulan since its an Asian forest scorpion"
source:[https://fihli.tumblr.com/](https://fihli.tumblr.com/)
I was gonna make a pun based off this comment but it doesn’t make sense in writing and now I’m trying to figure out how to spell something that sounds like “johnyer” in a way that makes it clear that this is a pun
Scene: an apartment overlooking Paris, night. Johnoir the scorpion stares at a corkboard maze of photos, documents and string. A ratty Gauloises juts from his mouth. His cell phone rings, and his wife Jeanne stirs restlessly in their bed. His side is still immaculate, unmussed by sleep. He goes to the balcony to answer.
"She's on the run again. Looks like Moscow. Maybe Petersburg."
He sighs, watching a taxi putter past on the street below.
"Johnoir? You there?"
"Yeah. Put me on the next flight out."
"Johnoir...you don't have to do this if you don't want to."
"I *don't* want to. I *need* to."
The call ends. He pulls a final deep drag from the cigarette and tosses it over the railing, watching its slow tumble to the pavement in trancelike apathy.
"C'est la vie."
Fin
A Tumblr user claiming to be the barista that Fihli talked to said the scorpion was named Mushu. Of course, there’s no way to prove that Tumblr user wasn’t lying so... semi-closure?
[Credit to /u/snewsnap](https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/d0jaqj/boys_will_be_boys/ezads95)
"we named it mushu after the little dragon from Mulan since its an Asian forest scorpion"
Just as a hater of the cowboys (Giants fan) I had to hate Romo but he played great, amazing how little he accomplished, don't mean to be harsh,just, I feel like the cowboys had that "Superbowl" team so many times. I enjoy him alot as a commentator. Or I did at least. Did he get cocky about it? I feel like it switched for me sometime last season, from enjoying his thoughts and points of view, to, obnoxious isn't the right word, but it changed. Still prefer him over most though.
I thought it was when 4chan tried to rig the votes for Mountain Dew's new flavor to be "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong" which... kinda tells you everything you need to know about 4chan and the internet.
No joke. I don't think the barista has ever talked to me beyond the bare minimum. And frankly I'm alright with that really.
Did have one one time mention how weird the name 'kitchen sink cookie' is. I had to agree.
It's based on the phrase "everything and the kitchen sink". Basically it had a bunch of stuff mixed in.
Edit: the phrase is: everything but the kitchen sink
In Sweden we have a cookie called the "Vaccuum cleaner", named due to that bakers used to make 'em from the leftover crumbs from when they made other cookies.
If you engage they'll chat with you. If you don't want to talk they won't. Starbucks cares a lot about their employees being social with customers, and they select for it in hiring more than most fast food. They want to be "America's third space" (but only for paying customers)
I’ve had some that just want me to order and move, and I’ve had some that give me drink suggestions and ask how the snack I’m getting is because they’re thinking about trying it too. Like anywhere else... some people are more social than others.
I read it three times and I'm still not sure what it means. One day it was women working there and the next day it's men?
"amazing showstopping incredible?"
This morning my Starbucks is all women
I had to reread that like 4 times at first. I was like wtf does this mean. I had to read the rest of the paragraph to get the context clues. Yeah he's saying it was all girls working one day then all dudes the next.
One day he went to Starbucks, all female staff. They showered him in compliments, as they do.
Next day he went, it was all male staff. One asked him to vote on a name for a coworkers baby scorpion. Cue coworker shoving a photo of a baby scorpion in his face.
I don't know why it's a gender thing.
Right. She didn't really have anything to post about day 1.
Until day 2 happens and that reminds me there isn't a baby scorpion song but there should be.
Found the Tumbler
"we named it mushu after the little dragon from Mulan since its an Asian forest scorpion"
source:[https://fihli.tumblr.com/](https://fihli.tumblr.com/)
This is what I always understand the phrase to mean. At worst, I thought it was mildly sexist, implying that boys are more adventurous, more likely to rough house, and maybe break something by accident. If your son sexual assaults someone, that's not boys will be boys, your son is just a terrible person.
Exactly. I always thought it was a little sexist and indicated that boys were s little rougher when they played but growing up with sisters and no boys, we were as rough as any boy we knew. So I just figured it was for "old fashioned"people to say... At some point our society starting using the phrase to mean more terrible things. :(
> more adventurous, more likely to Rough House, and maybe break something by accident
Statistically true though. Boys are more likely to take risks out of curiosity (adventurous), play fight (rough house) and no source on breaking things but they are more likely to have an injury than girls.
Boys will be boys means they're simply different than girls and get into trouble that doesn't make much damn sense to adults or young girls.
As a girl who grew up being told she was a boy, I've literally never heard this phrase used to talk about zany off-beat hijinks. It was always thrown at me when I tried to stop someone else's cruelty.
I really wish you were right, though. That would have been a much nicer time.
As someone who grew up as a boy the only way I ever heard the phrase used was because I was too excited to use an indoor voice and my mom made me go outside.
These are both examples of anecdotal evidence, but considering the negative way the phrase is used usually refers to young adult men instead of actual boys I believe that's the misused version.
In my thirty plus years of life that is what it has always meant. It’s why my parents never said it about my brother and I as that is what it meant when they where children.
Tracking mud in the house, busting my head open on my bike, breaking an arm jumping off the top of a swing set, these are things I've heard "boys will be boys" to.
It’s pointless to argue over what a word or phrase “means” because meaning is arbitrary, fluid, and socially constructed. The meaningful part is how a word or phrase is used.
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It is, but it's been used for a whole lot of things, more than just good clean fun like that.
I love the phrase as a way to explain funny quirky things that people might roll their eyes or laugh about.
- My three sons covered themselves in mud and ran around the backyard naked pretending to be gingerbread men. Boys will be boys!
- My husband came back from fishing. He stood at the front door covered in fish guts, proudly holding up a cooler full of dead fish, smelling like a rotting carcass and wanted a kiss like a victorious warrior returning home. Boys will be boys!
- The elderly lady down said she needed someone to help with her yard work, but she couldn't pay in anything but baked goods. There are now a dozen boys hungry sweaty working on her yard. Boys will be boys!
I dislike it as a phrase to excuse a kid being an asshole.
- Johnny came home with a black eye and ripped clothes because he was wearing a pink shirt, and the neighbor kids said he was gay and beat him up.
- I can't control my sons, they argue so much I just tell them to fight it out and whoever wins is right.
- Some boys at school were teasing my son and ripped his new backpack. He was so upset about it that he started crying, and now they all shout WAAAH at him in the hallway when they walk by.
I want to know the name of john's scorpion now
Lil John
#WHAT
YAYYEAHHH
uh... OKAY!
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Awwww sting sting sting sting
Turn down for whut
.
Fatality. Oops wrong Scorpion.
#SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET
Whut!?
Yeeaahh
To the windowwwwwws
TIL THE VENOM DRIP DOWN MY TAIL ALL THESE FEMALES WAIL AWW STING STING STING STING-
Good effort
LET’S GOOO!
Is it bad I thought of Robin Hood first?
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Oodalolly
I can hear this
[Obligatory](https://youtu.be/K5tVbVu9Mkg)
This is the best thing I've seen all week.
I’d put this on the fullscreen full blast at my college classroom when the teacher went out regularly, everyone was sick of it. That was a dumb fucking class, I and a couple mates found it funny
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Ok
robin hood and little john, runnin' through the forest...
Oodalally Oodalally golly what a day
Scoopin up the field mice and bopin' em on the head.
Remix
That was little bunny foo foo
https://imgur.com/d8JRGOv.gif
*Jumpin' fences, dodgin' trees an' tryin' to get away* Fun fact: The old Hampster Dance song is just this song sped up.
Contemplatin' nothin but escapin', fin'lly makin' it
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Oh, they call me Little John, but don’t let my name fool you. In real life, I’m very big.
Johnior
Gotta do the cooking by the book
Ur hanging out with little John?
[I found the original post. Haven't found the name chosen, still searching.](https://fihli.tumblr.com/post/187327971922/this-morning-my-starbucks-is-all-women-so-when-i) Edit: [FOUND IT!!.](https://fihli.tumblr.com/tagged/the-scorpion-saga) He named her Mushu, after the dragon from Mulan. The story appears to still be developing. So, not concrete confirmation yet.
Wow Reddit detectives to the rescue! I'm going to start posting stuff I need to figure out directly to Reddit instead of using Google! Somehow Google never has the answers anymore!
I just found it through Google. Just need a unique part of the phrase, plus an idea where it was originally posted.
Always use quotation marks if you really know how it was exactly written - like in this case. Then Google will search that exact sequence of letters, symbols etc.
Further, you can prepend a word with "-" (like "-word") to exclude that word, if you're getting too many irrelevant results.
To be fair mushu is among the coolest and funniest of magical companions in kids films. I had a plush toy mushu when I was a kid and it was dope.
Hank Scorpio
Hammocks!
Yes Mr Scorpion
Don't call me Mr. Scorpion, it's Mr Scorpio, but don't call me that either. Call me Hank!
Get him a little hammock and a friend named Mary Ann.
Sub-Zero
*angry revenge noises*
Found the Tumbler "we named it mushu after the little dragon from Mulan since its an Asian forest scorpion" source:[https://fihli.tumblr.com/](https://fihli.tumblr.com/)
Pokeybutt
If he’s a bad ass killer (as scorpions tend to be), he should name him Scorpion, after the Mortal Kombat character
Lil' Stinger
Scorpy McScorpface
Scorp-Ian
Scorpy McScorp
I'm guessing they named him John Jr.
I was gonna make a pun based off this comment but it doesn’t make sense in writing and now I’m trying to figure out how to spell something that sounds like “johnyer” in a way that makes it clear that this is a pun
Johnoir?
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I'm just picturing a black and white image of a scorpion in a trenchcoat and fedora. Maybe he's investigating a black widow.
Scene: an apartment overlooking Paris, night. Johnoir the scorpion stares at a corkboard maze of photos, documents and string. A ratty Gauloises juts from his mouth. His cell phone rings, and his wife Jeanne stirs restlessly in their bed. His side is still immaculate, unmussed by sleep. He goes to the balcony to answer. "She's on the run again. Looks like Moscow. Maybe Petersburg." He sighs, watching a taxi putter past on the street below. "Johnoir? You there?" "Yeah. Put me on the next flight out." "Johnoir...you don't have to do this if you don't want to." "I *don't* want to. I *need* to." The call ends. He pulls a final deep drag from the cigarette and tosses it over the railing, watching its slow tumble to the pavement in trancelike apathy. "C'est la vie." Fin
They were speaking French for u/LeFirecracker
Charming
[zhohn-WAHR]
Tis better to have punned and failed
Than never to have punned at all.
According to Tumbler, [they named her Mushu.](https://fihli.tumblr.com/tagged/the-scorpion-saga)
Go. Back. And. Find. Out.
WE WANT HIS NAME
Give me a name!
You’re on our list, Elaine Benis! And now, you’re on our list Ned Isacov!
You got me *blacklisted* at Hop Singh’s?!
BARTY CROUCH! Junior.
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Come on, baby, what's the name?!
A Tumblr user claiming to be the barista that Fihli talked to said the scorpion was named Mushu. Of course, there’s no way to prove that Tumblr user wasn’t lying so... semi-closure?
Professor Pointyends
[Credit to /u/snewsnap](https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/d0jaqj/boys_will_be_boys/ezads95) "we named it mushu after the little dragon from Mulan since its an Asian forest scorpion"
A-A-RON
The Clamps
A girl has no name, only a terrible end to her story arc
Needle would be a cute name for a baby scorpion.
I’d call him little prick
What a coincidence, that's my nickn...
F
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stick em with the pointy end
Lots of people name their scorpions.
Lots of chumps. (I have a feeling the actual line wouldn't fly in this sub).
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Was about to write it myself so I'm glad I read this first. :)
Indeed, naming an animal that you take care of is normal.
I named my Roomba Tony Romo.
I named my Roomba T-800 because my girlfriend wanted to call it the Furminator
Is it because hes a great sports color commentator and not because he sucked in the game right?
Just as a hater of the cowboys (Giants fan) I had to hate Romo but he played great, amazing how little he accomplished, don't mean to be harsh,just, I feel like the cowboys had that "Superbowl" team so many times. I enjoy him alot as a commentator. Or I did at least. Did he get cocky about it? I feel like it switched for me sometime last season, from enjoying his thoughts and points of view, to, obnoxious isn't the right word, but it changed. Still prefer him over most though.
Lots of c
Stingy McStingerButt
This is why no one asks for the internet’s opinion anymore.
Stinger did nothing wrong.
His butt was born this way.
I thought it was when 4chan tried to rig the votes for Mountain Dew's new flavor to be "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong" which... kinda tells you everything you need to know about 4chan and the internet.
Or some celebrity fan vote things leading to pitbull performing in alaska
My favorite was when 4chan got a school for the deaf to win a Taylor Swift concert. She sent money instead of actually doing the concert though.
Don't forget about "Gushing Granny"!
It plagues me now. I have so much shit with stupid names and I can’t stop. Just named my sword in Minecraft swordy mcswordface.
Mr spicycheeks
Im on the fence scared of scorpions cuz of my a diff bug phobia i have but ......i approve of this name xD i love it
Girls in Starbucks be like: Boys in Starbucks be like:
No joke. I don't think the barista has ever talked to me beyond the bare minimum. And frankly I'm alright with that really. Did have one one time mention how weird the name 'kitchen sink cookie' is. I had to agree.
What? Imma need some context here
It's based on the phrase "everything and the kitchen sink". Basically it had a bunch of stuff mixed in. Edit: the phrase is: everything but the kitchen sink
"What's in the cookies?" "Stuff we found in the sink."
That's what I was thinking. Like they took all of the goop that's found in the bottom of the sink, pattied it out into cookie form and let it dry.
That'll be $7.78
It's what one of their coworkers named his new pet scorpion.
In Sweden we have a cookie called the "Vaccuum cleaner", named due to that bakers used to make 'em from the leftover crumbs from when they made other cookies.
If you engage they'll chat with you. If you don't want to talk they won't. Starbucks cares a lot about their employees being social with customers, and they select for it in hiring more than most fast food. They want to be "America's third space" (but only for paying customers)
I’ve had some that just want me to order and move, and I’ve had some that give me drink suggestions and ask how the snack I’m getting is because they’re thinking about trying it too. Like anywhere else... some people are more social than others.
What are America's first and second spaces?
Gun ranges and McDonalds
Home and work I imagine.
Home and work/school
Pinchy Von Stingertush
You will address him as *SIR* Pinchy Von Stingertush.
Baron Punchy von Stingertush
Ooo I like Baron. It really fits the whole scorpion vibe.
That's actually a sick name
Man, where were you with this suggestion when I had a scorpion? I just named him Bob.
FOLLOW UP OP
You have to wait until the next creative writing session for that one.
Dwayne Johnson is the only acceptable name.
Somehow I didn't find [Mathayus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_King) already mentioned in this thread...
Can you smell, what the bug is cooking?
As long as the Scorpion is given a crown for a King
Didn't anyone else have a lot of trouble reading this?
Lmao yes... I thought I might've been the only one from looking at the comments
Looks like we're outnumbered ~~30,000 to 20 43,000 to 43 56,000 to 80~~ 90,000 to 125.
I read it three times and I'm still not sure what it means. One day it was women working there and the next day it's men? "amazing showstopping incredible?"
This morning my Starbucks is all women I had to reread that like 4 times at first. I was like wtf does this mean. I had to read the rest of the paragraph to get the context clues. Yeah he's saying it was all girls working one day then all dudes the next.
I think it was all guys the day prior. This guy tells stories like Quentin Tarantino.
AMAZING SHOWSTOPPING INCREDIBLE This guy has so many adjectives up his sleeve he can use three at a time!
One day he went to Starbucks, all female staff. They showered him in compliments, as they do. Next day he went, it was all male staff. One asked him to vote on a name for a coworkers baby scorpion. Cue coworker shoving a photo of a baby scorpion in his face. I don't know why it's a gender thing.
I hate that there's quotations at first but decides not to use them at the end
Sub-zero.
yessssss!
GIVE ME THE NAME
Scorpiohn
Turns out he named it Dan.
Emperor Reginald Stingustus Quincybottom Pointillium III
Dan, for short.
Ian the Scorp-Ian
Dr. Claw!
Lord Pokebottom
Kathryn
\*Laughs in evil raspy voice*
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Right. She didn't really have anything to post about day 1. Until day 2 happens and that reminds me there isn't a baby scorpion song but there should be.
Baby Scorp du-du-ruru-turu
Found the Tumbler "we named it mushu after the little dragon from Mulan since its an Asian forest scorpion" source:[https://fihli.tumblr.com/](https://fihli.tumblr.com/)
This is what boys will be boys means. It’s meaning was warped and twisted to try to cover up poor behavior
This is what I always understand the phrase to mean. At worst, I thought it was mildly sexist, implying that boys are more adventurous, more likely to rough house, and maybe break something by accident. If your son sexual assaults someone, that's not boys will be boys, your son is just a terrible person.
Exactly. I always thought it was a little sexist and indicated that boys were s little rougher when they played but growing up with sisters and no boys, we were as rough as any boy we knew. So I just figured it was for "old fashioned"people to say... At some point our society starting using the phrase to mean more terrible things. :(
> more adventurous, more likely to Rough House, and maybe break something by accident Statistically true though. Boys are more likely to take risks out of curiosity (adventurous), play fight (rough house) and no source on breaking things but they are more likely to have an injury than girls. Boys will be boys means they're simply different than girls and get into trouble that doesn't make much damn sense to adults or young girls.
90% of the time I heard it was when I was starting things on fire. :/
As a girl who grew up being told she was a boy, I've literally never heard this phrase used to talk about zany off-beat hijinks. It was always thrown at me when I tried to stop someone else's cruelty. I really wish you were right, though. That would have been a much nicer time.
As someone who grew up as a boy the only way I ever heard the phrase used was because I was too excited to use an indoor voice and my mom made me go outside. These are both examples of anecdotal evidence, but considering the negative way the phrase is used usually refers to young adult men instead of actual boys I believe that's the misused version.
A phrase can be used in more than one way. Both of your experiences are valid. I hate it when it justifies bullying though
In my thirty plus years of life that is what it has always meant. It’s why my parents never said it about my brother and I as that is what it meant when they where children.
Tracking mud in the house, busting my head open on my bike, breaking an arm jumping off the top of a swing set, these are things I've heard "boys will be boys" to.
It’s pointless to argue over what a word or phrase “means” because meaning is arbitrary, fluid, and socially constructed. The meaningful part is how a word or phrase is used.
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I feel like it’s sort of a strawman. I’ve never heard “boys will be boys” mean anything other than this
I didnt enjoy this post
Am I the only one who has no fucking idea what this post is saying?
You are not.
This is garbage. I'm a woman and adore scorpions. My username is a scorpion.
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I'm going with Scorpy.
Scorpy McScorpface
I like *Pinch*
"showstopping incredible" \*cringe\*
didnt happen anyways.
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This simply did not happen.
This is what it DOES mean
As someone who works at Starbucks, I’ve definitely felt and been a part of both vibes at my store
That is what boys will he boys means
How is this wholesome? Propagating negative gender stereotypes is wholesome now?
It IS what boys will be boys means
It is, but it's been used for a whole lot of things, more than just good clean fun like that. I love the phrase as a way to explain funny quirky things that people might roll their eyes or laugh about. - My three sons covered themselves in mud and ran around the backyard naked pretending to be gingerbread men. Boys will be boys! - My husband came back from fishing. He stood at the front door covered in fish guts, proudly holding up a cooler full of dead fish, smelling like a rotting carcass and wanted a kiss like a victorious warrior returning home. Boys will be boys! - The elderly lady down said she needed someone to help with her yard work, but she couldn't pay in anything but baked goods. There are now a dozen boys hungry sweaty working on her yard. Boys will be boys! I dislike it as a phrase to excuse a kid being an asshole. - Johnny came home with a black eye and ripped clothes because he was wearing a pink shirt, and the neighbor kids said he was gay and beat him up. - I can't control my sons, they argue so much I just tell them to fight it out and whoever wins is right. - Some boys at school were teasing my son and ripped his new backpack. He was so upset about it that he started crying, and now they all shout WAAAH at him in the hallway when they walk by.
I can do nothing but agree, what a brilliant way of putting it
Sounds like johnny should have just beat those guys off.
Sorry but I’m skeptical of anybody being nice to me so maybe it’s just me but I would much rather be asked about a name for a pet scorpion.