I'm pretty sure "Now We Are Six" is the only poem I've ever memorized (when I was six, as a party trick), and I've still pretty much got it.
Very convincing. Makes me completely want to put myself under government control. Please take me to where you can make me unconscious and naked.
Riley ,'Help'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Dec 15, 2014 6:47:20 am PST #12606 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t - Dec 15, 2014 6:47:27 am PST #12607 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I can get through the first speech of Schneewittchen that my German class performed in 1984. Less useful than "donde esta la biblioteca", probably.
sumi - Dec 15, 2014 6:53:59 am PST #12608 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
When I was an undergrad at the U of I - bluebooks were provided but in grad school we had to purchase them.
ION - 3d printed spindle!. Nice combination of new and old tech.
Zenkitty - Dec 15, 2014 6:57:33 am PST #12609 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I used to have lots of poems memorized. Poe's "Annabelle Lee" was a favorite in my brief Goth-before-Goths-were-cool period.
-t - Dec 15, 2014 7:00:11 am PST #12610 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Mmm, Poe.
Connie Neil - Dec 15, 2014 7:05:45 am PST #12611 of 30000
brillig
"To be or not to be" is stuck in my head, or at least half of it. I should re-memorize the bit from The Scottish Play (I actually had the real name half typed before I changed it) about tombs yawning and corpses walking.
I think it's a quote from a Peter Wimsey story that says poetry is lovely stuff to think with.
JZ - Dec 15, 2014 7:15:25 am PST #12612 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Email exchange:
Me: You are receiving this email because you have attended at least 5 sessions of our weekly CME course in the last six months, and the CME office would like you to fill out this brief evaluation form for the course.
Doctor who's been to 13 sessions so far: Jacqueline, I'm not quite sure why I received this.
I... what... how else do I say... is he saying, "Why do you trouble me with this nonsense, I'm too important to waste time ticking off tickyboxes" or does he not understand that 13 is at least 5, or is he just fucking with me?
JZ - Dec 15, 2014 7:16:57 am PST #12613 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Also:
What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, in form and moving how express and admirable. In action how like an angel; in apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world, the paragon of animals.
(thank you, Hair)
tommyrot - Dec 15, 2014 7:19:28 am PST #12614 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
(thank you, Hair)
For me, it's thank you Withnail & I.
Connie Neil - Dec 15, 2014 7:36:09 am PST #12615 of 30000
brillig
Something there is that doesn't love a wall, that sends the upper stones tumbling in the sunlight.
I think I messed up the latter part of that. I need to dig out my poetry books.