Comments | lightningflash: Some are born to greatness, some acheive greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.

lightningflash

Some are born to greatness, some acheive greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.

Jul 14, 2007 18:04

I must have more Saturdays in my life. I just love them so.

Today I spent 4 hours at Volunteer Park in Capital Hill watching Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will (in an hour-long production), and Two Gentlemen of Verona, under the delicious, if crazy-hot sunshine. I'm a little bit crispier (how do you like your Ashley? over easy? well done? deep- ( Read more... )

weekend of win, ashleyland

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jennicole01 July 15 2007, 02:06:52 UTC

Aw, I LOVE The Secret of NIMH!! So cute... I love Mrs. Frisby. Have you read the book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH? So good -- one of my favorite books when I was a kid!

lightningflash July 15 2007, 02:39:46 UTC

I've read the book a ton of times, but never seen the movie. I think I like the book a bit more, I don't remember it being so "flashy" with magic and stuff, it was mostly the rats' intelligence and strength. But then, it's been like a 10 years since I read it. But I read the sequels too, and those were cute, too.

scearley July 15 2007, 02:18:21 UTC

"Nay, that's certain; they that dally nicely with
words may quickly make them wanton."
"I would, therefore, my sister had had no name, sir."

Twelfth Night is one of my favorite examples of English Teachers in high school trying to tell you that Shakespeare was an incrediblly brilliant joke teller; but when you get down to it they're all just fart and pee jokes. Like this one, from Act II between Viola and the Clown; it's essentially
"Who was that lady I saw you with last night?"
"That was no lady, that was my sister!"

My favorite use of Shakespeare is using it to quote to old drunks who hassle you for whatever is on their drunk minds. (e.g. Dad - "Hey boy, boy, BOY! Look at the moon! Look at the MOON!" "Yeah, dad, but my mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun." "Huh. Ain't that the way." ad then dad meanders into the next room) That and to smack people down in seattle while still remaining classy. ;)

lightningflash July 15 2007, 02:53:01 UTC

Shakespeare was indeed a dirty, dirty old man, who apparently wrote excessively about sex.

Hamlet:
That's a fair thought to lie between maids' legs
Ophelia: What is, my lord?
Hamlet: Nothing.

Also, I particularly like the scene from Hamlet where they are asking him what he did with Polonius, he's "at supper." And then he tells Claudius to go straight to hell.

scearley July 15 2007, 04:29:27 UTC

Don't forget The Merry Wives of Windsor with the whole "Latin Case" bit: (Act IV, Sec 1, Row 14, Seats 3 and 4)

Mistress Quickly: 'Hang-hog' is Latin for bacon, I warrant you.
Sir Evans: Leave your prabbles, 'oman. What is the focative case, William?
Wm Page: O,--vocativo, O.
Sir evans: Remember, William; focative is caret.
Mistress Quickly: And that's a good root.
Sir Evans: 'Oman, forbear.
Mistress Page: Peace!
Sir Evans: What is your genitive case plural, William?
Wm Page: Genitive case!
Sir Evans: Ay.
Wm Page: Genitive,--horum, harum, horum.
Mistress Quickly: Vengeance of Jenny's case! fie on her! never name her, child, if she be a whore.
Sir Evans: For shame, 'oman.
Mistress Quickly: You do ill to teach the child such words: he teaches him to hick and to hack, which they'll do fast enough of themselves, and to call 'horum:' fie upon you!

Get it? Caret? Meaning "to insert?" "focative" case! It's a GOOD ROOT! THESE ARE THE DICK JOKES PEOPLE ( ... )