Thursday, September 23. William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day:

[Aristus]

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" I think the devil will not have me damned, lest the oil
That is in me should set Hell on fire."

The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Act V, Scene 5, Lines 35-36.

[HopeHoops]

1. He looks like the leprechaun on a box of Lucky Charms.

[nolabear]

2. To me he looks like Mikey. "He won't eat it; he hates everything."

Great quote!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Another good one, my dear Aristus...

[xchrom]

4. that's pretty perfect. nt

[Kali]

5. ok I'm ready

give me the synopsis of who said it and the circumstances

obviously somebody who has some regrets in life? (not sure that guy is capable, but I get the point)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear Kali!

It's Tony Hayward of BP. Yeah, him.

:hi:

[Kali]

7. hee hee

no, I meant the Shakespeare characters and background! or am I making a total fool of myself and these are fake quotes applied to modern assholes?:blush:

The other day, Aristus posted a quote that got me interested - never was in school, mostly because of the language issues but also I was a science geek and a stoner, so English class was one I ditched a lot. I read voraciously from a young age, so had basic skills and a general knowledge background. Passed the classes OK, (even tested into advanced English in college) I know when something is wrong and am not bad at editing, (don't judge by my internet writing!) but ask me to diagram a sentence and you will just get a blank stare.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Oh no, sweetie, you are no fool...

These are real quotes from the Bard himself.

And I hear you about diagramming! That makes my head hurt!

[Aristus]

9. Kali, my sources are:

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
The Yale Shakespeare.
The Riverside Shakespeare.
The Library Shakespeare.

As you can see, I own more complete collections of Shakespeare than anyone really ought to. And I include only actual quotes from the plays, and on very rare occasions, the Sonnets. The idea for this is not original with me. MAD Magazine used to have a feature, a long time ago, that used the exact same concept. "William Shakespeare - Film Critic"; or "William Shakespeare - Social Observer"; or "William Shakespeare - Music Critic", and so on.

I always include play, act, scene and line if anyone is interested in checking my work, or reading the quote in its intended context. If you have any questions about Shakespeare and his writing, I'd love to try to answer them for you. B-)

[Kali]

10. I DID!

I was asking about the person and context of the quote.

I am on the edge here - not interested enough to go look anything up, but enough to read a personal explanation in the lounge - so go for it! Here is your chance to convert a heathen.:P

[Aristus]

11. Okay, here it is: the character speaking is Falstaff, one of Shakespeare's

greatest comic (and also tragic, in other plays) characters. The Merry Wives Of Windsor is a comedy in which Falstaff, who is extremely fat and cowardly, attempts to swindle Mistresses Ford and Page (the merry wives) out of some money, and pretend to seduce them, as well. They are on to him from the start, and lead him on, letting him think they are falling for his charms (whatever those may be). In the last act, they make a fool of him by pretending to submit to his passions, and expose him to public ridicule.

Like I said before, Falstaff is very fat, and every character in the play sooner or later makes a reference to grease, oil, fat, lard, or tallow when talking about Falstaff. He also makes fun of his own weight, especially in this quote I used today. The wives tease him and flirt with him so shamelessly that he says the quote above. He is basically saying if he were sent to Hell for his seductions, the devil wouldn't have him because his oil, or fat, that is, would set Hell on fire.

I figured that, context or not, the words 'hell' and 'oil' would be a good poke at Tony Hayward of BP.

[Aristus]

12. Kick for the evening crowd.

:kick:

[Aristus]

13. One last kick, then into the Journal.

:kick: