Beware the ides of March!

[Darth Viscera]

Hmmm....

[imported_Eve]

What chu talkin' 'bout Willis?

[HaeLari Draevyn]

Maybe he meant "eyes" of March? :rolleyes

lol

[Darth Viscera]

Sooth. Beware the ides of March.
Cæs. What man is that?
Bru. A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.
Cæs. Set him before me; let me see his face.
Cas. Fellow, come from the throng; look upon Cæsar.
Cæs. What sayst thou to me now? Speak once again.
Sooth. Beware the ides of March.


March 15th, the day of the public murder of Julius Caesar, the originator of this Julian version of the Roman calendar.

[Lord Gue]

maybe he ment the band?

[Darth Viscera]

-_-

Bring forth an educated idiot! :lol

[Lord Gue]

lol, i know what yer talkin bout, what student didnt have to read any shakespear?

[HaeLari Draevyn]

Knew it sounded familiar, but I don't remember where from and what it meant. Horrible horrible illness!

[Lord Gue]

et tu brutus? et tu...

[Michael Paine]

eh, Gue?

He caleed him Brutei, if memory serves/

[Pierce Tondry]

Pardon me, thou bleeding piece of Earth/
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!

[Domini Leveresk]

Oh, this is the poison of deep grief. It springs deep from her fathers death, and now behold! Oh Gertrude, Gertrude... When sorows come they come not single handed, but in battalions!


Err... Wait...

[Lord Gue]

Im sorry, unlike most villiatheyn of the movies, i dont read shakespear becuse i dont find it to be entertaining or intelligent, the only thing that makes it close to smart sounding is that they all have an accent

[Marcus Telcontar]

What the frell are you all talking about. Tides? Shakesphere? Away with this poncy upper class stuff!

[Live Wire]

Shakespeare is hard to read at first but once you get into it they are some of the most marvellous stories.

[Pierce Tondry]

Silence, knave, or I shall be forced to rend thee in two with my fearsome might!

[Sith Ahnk]

My scipuline is of magnificent proportion

[Marcus Telcontar]

Next you'll be quaffing champange and complaining about a lack of caviar.

Have you ever tried to have a champange, pizza and video night? Dont work. Need beer, not poncy snobby stuff. And pizza just dont go right watching men and women in weird costumes poncing about a stage.

Yes, it ia true. I put the F into Art.

[Live Wire]

you're an uncultured brute:p

[Sanis Prent]

"Out, out brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury Signifying nothing."


Shakespeare's "Macbeth", Act five, scene five, lines 23-28

:D

Those who can't dig Shakespeare = plebians.

[Pierce Tondry]

*High fives Sanis.*

Word, bizatch, Shakespeare like a motherf'er.

Or, to put it in Shakespearean...

"What fools these mortals be!"

To be, or not to be
That is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous forture/
Or take arms against a sea of troubles and by doing so/
End them.

--"Hamlet"

[Sanis Prent]

Hamlets okay, although for some reason I think my favorite would have to be "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

[Pierce Tondry]

I got to see a production of Hamlet in High School, which is why I remember it so well. I have yet to see "Midsummer Night's Dream" and have only heard references to it.

[Marcus Telcontar]

Proud to be an uncultured slob. My idea of culture is a V8 doing heli's outside the police station

[Live Wire]

I think my all time favorite will always be much ado about nothing. The interaction between Beatrice and Bendick was my favorite part of the entire play.

"Is he not approved in the height a villain, that hath slandered, scorned, dishonoured my kinswoman? O! that I were a man. What! bear her in hand until they come to take hands, and then, with public accusation, uncovered slander, unmitigated rancour,—O God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the market-place."

Much Ado About Nothing Act IV Scene I
lines 294 - 297

[Sanis Prent]

Pizza and beer???

Hmmm, nah.

Pizza and a good zinfandel, perhaps.

Beer is best for food off the grill.

Guinness + St. Louis Strip (Thats a NY Strip for you Laymen) = divine.

Although Honey Brown + any barbecue = amazing. Whiskey also fits the purpose well. Generally something agreeable like Jim Beam, or Makers Mark, for my 2 favorites. Jack is good on the grill, but I actually am not a fan of the sour mash. Single Barrel perhaps.

Ecco Domani Merlot with fish.

Chicken is well-complemented by a decent white wine, or cooked with healthy proportions of tequila, depending on the mood.

Asian ethnic is complemented well with Sapporo draft. If not available, Kirin is a fitting substitute. Do not drink Sake, it is of the devil. Certain places have a plum wine, which is quite interesting, especially with some Chinese entrees.

Mexican spice is offset well by both a good margarita or by Corona. Generally I prefer the margarita, made with Jose Cuervo and equal amounts of Triple Sec.

Lambrusco with chocolates (and even better with strawberries) There is also a Peach wine who's name eludes me that is excellent with watermelon, or any summer-season fruit. Also quite effective is a sultry mix of Amaretto, Crown Royal, and cranberry juice, aka, a Red Snapper. Its a good after-dinner shot.

[HaeLari Draevyn]

Originally posted by Sanis Prent
Hamlets okay, although for some reason I think my favorite would have to be "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

I agree fully! :)

[Marcus Telcontar]

Be gone with theses light beers. We talk of with Pizza and a decent Aussie draught of bitter, like a Crown or a Hahn Ice. Or a Carlton Cold. Or Resches.

[Sanis Prent]

eh?

Guinness is as light as a stick of uranium.

[Marcus Telcontar]

Crown Lager has an alcohol content to pole axe a mule.


Oh, I jst realised I do know SOME culture. But Tolkein is just plain cool to read, so i dont count that as culture

[Max Norman]

quick question though, did this have a point visc or were ya just on some sorta shakespear high and wanted to share? :)

[Sanis Prent]

I thought the point was obvious

Ides of March = March 15th = Today = Painfully relevant :)

[Max Norman]

maybe to you, but your talkin to an idiot

[Live Wire]

at least you're smart enough to know you're an idiot

[Max Norman]

but then again isnt that a paradox?

[Taylor Millard]

No wonder I can't get anything in regards to email to work...or maybe I'm just techincally illiterate...nah...

Oh does this 'Reformat Hard Drive' mean?

*Click!

[Live Wire]

that was the whole point

[Sith Ahnk]

Unlike some people here.

Stop staring at me.

[Ryu Warusa]

Shakespear sucks, everyone regarded him as a genius. He made up words so that it all fit, my baby cousin can make up words that doesn't make her a genius.

[Marcus v4]

Cite away, Ryu.

[Figrin D'an]

Originally posted by Ryu Warusa
Shakespear sucks, everyone regarded him as a genius. He made up words so that it all fit, my baby cousin can make up words that doesn't make her a genius.


You might want to try researching the evolution of modern English before you start making bold statements like that...



I enjoy Shakespeare's work, and while I do like his more popular works (ie. Hamlet, MacBeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, etc.), some of his lesser works have a lot to offer as well. For example, Twelfth Night is one of my personal favorites... a comedy about mistaken identity and confused romantic intentions... very clever in plot and character development.

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them!" - Malvolio, Act III, Scene IV

One of the best lines in the play, when the appropriate 'gestures' and context are observed. ;)



Besides... Shakespeare isn't meant to be read... it's meant to be watched. When it is performed well, it's incredibly entertaining.

[Arya Ravenwing]

Romeo, Romeo...wherefore art thou, Romeo?

:) I love that play. I'm a sappy romantic, I'll admit it. Its so tragic! :cry

[Taylor Millard]

Bah...Hamlet, Othello, MacBeth, and Henry IV rock...action and treachary are where it's at. ;)

[Kajeela Tarruurri]

Romeo and Juliet was a snore imo - give me Richard III - so much bloody murder and plottings. (you ARE a romantic too LD lol)

That and Hamlet.

Othello is cool too.

Im not one for the comedy's either. Though, cant say Ive really read much of them.

[Taylor Millard]

Henry V too. Man I read both parts of that for fun! :-D Great reading.

[Darth Viscera]

heh. I started a 44-post thread just by saying "hmmm" :D

[Gav Mortis]

Originally posted by Darth_Viscera
heh. I started a 44-post thread just by saying "hmmm" :D

You're the next Itala. :)

One of my favourite quotes from a Shakespeare play.

"He hath disgraced
me, and hindered me half a million, laughed at
my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my
nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends,
heated mine enemies; and what's his reason? I
am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a
Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affec-
tions, passions? fed with the same food, hurt
with the same weapons, subject to the same dis-
eases, healed by the same means, warmed and
cooled by the same winter and summer, as a
Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?
if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison
us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we
not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we
will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a
Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. If a
Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance
be by Christian example? Why, revenge. The
villany you teach me I will execute, and it shall
go hard but I will better the instruction."

Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene I

At the moment I'm enjoying Marlowe's "Edrward II" - it's a great read, I recommend it for anyone who is fond of SHakespeare.

[Marcus Telcontar]

About the only Shakesphere play I enjoyed is A Midsummer Night's Dream

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

Pyramus and Thisby is a wonderful sub-story :)

DT, for some reason you strike me as more of a Chaucer fan ;) I think you two would get along nicely.

[Marcus Telcontar]

Who is Chaucer?

[Anbira Hicchoru]

hoo boy....:eek

Okay...however possible, I suggest you read the Canterbury Tales.

Its about the common folk of Medieval England. Crude, uncouth, a bit dirty...and would make more sense to an Aussie :)

Its also some of the funniest literature ever penned.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

What about the movie Shakespeare in Love? As a hapless romantic, I also enjoyed that movie, even if it did take license with the true story. :p

[Anbira Hicchoru]

Shakespeare in Love, however, is anal effuse, smeared onto film.

Hated it.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

:lol

Ice Age, however, rocked!

Go see it! Immediately! And the trailer for EP 2 on the big screen is....Well, its GREAT! :D

[Figrin D'an]

Originally posted by Marcus Q'Dunn
Who is Chaucer?

*** smacks DT on the back of the head ***

Damn, boy, you weren't kidding when you said uncultured slob.

And yes, Charley is quite right... The Canterbury Tales are hilarious at points. It takes a bit of adjustment to get used to the Middle-English prose (and getting a version with a "translation" helps somewhat), but once you get into them, they're pretty entertaining.

[Marcus Telcontar]

HEY!!!!

:: Smacks Figrin with FORCE ALPHA!!!!::

Just because the thing I am reading right now is the mechanic's handbook to one of my cars doesnt mean I an THAT much of an uncultured slob!!!

Look at this Yogurt!! It has culture!!

[Figrin D'an]

Originally posted by Marcus Q'Dunn
Look at this Yogurt!! It has culture!!

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Multiple cultures, actually.... which is more than I can say for you. :p



Seriously, though, reading Shakespeare and Chaucer does not a wise man make.... I know plenty of people who can quote Shakespeare that are total morons on anything technology-oriented... or for that matter, anything related to common sense... ;)

[Marcus Telcontar]

Multiple cultures, actually.... which is more than I can say for you

I take that as a compliment :lol


Seriously, though, reading Shakespeare and Chaucer does not a wise man make.... I know plenty of people who can quote Shakespeare that are total morons on anything technology-oriented... or for that matter, anything related to common sense...

Some people are just plain educated beyond their intelligence