[im in ur icebox eatin ur plumz]

[marginalia]

omg chaucer hath killed me.

THYS IS JUST TO SAYE

by Nostre Trespuissant Kynge Richard II

We haue had y-slayn
the knightes
that were in
Newgate

And which
ye were probablie
wisshyng
vs to pardoun

Forgyveness
nevir!
The lawe of Engelonde is ower will and lieth in ower breest, knave.

(adoration and plums to be sent to chaucerhathblog)

Comments

[talcotts]

Wow. Just- Wow :-D

And this might now get exposed to a whole class of Freshmen.

We're talking about intertextuality/parody on the monday after spring break, and I was already going to use "The Is Just To Say", "Variations On A Theme By William Carlos Williams" and the long string of these when Billy Collins was on A Prairie Home Companion.

I'm half tempted to go to the grocery store and buy plums for the whole class. (rumor has it that we have a $2.00-per-student allowance for food each semester)

[marginalia]

oh -awesome-! i knew you were going to use it, but i didn't know if that class had come and gone or what :)

[starfishchick]

YOUR ICON FTW!!!

[marginalia]

isn't it awesome? i covet it liek whoah :)

[talcotts]

hehe, thanks :-D

Once I saw the meme, I just had to