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Aristus

(66,294 posts) Thu Nov 20, 2014, 09:32 PM Nov 2014

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Having dinner and drinks with Will Shakespeare.

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Having dinner and drinks with Will Shakespeare. (Original Post) Aristus Nov 2014 OP

Did you two watch the President's speech? CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2014 #1

I didn't get to see it. But I understand the President nailed it. Aristus Nov 2014 #2

Yes, he nailed it! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2014 #3

"Pegeen, lass! Oceans of love, angel mine!" Aristus Nov 2014 #4

Ah, Will........you'll turn my head with such talk! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2014 #5

"Nay, nay, dearest. Aristus Nov 2014 #6

Ah...I was unaware of your ......thoughts... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2014 #7

He's such a smoothie... Aristus Nov 2014 #9

He IS very smooth, but you are NO fool, my dear Aristus! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2014 #10

Can Mister Shakespeare discuss how people are illegal? rurallib Nov 2014 #8

"'Zounds and confound your eyes! People un-legal? Aristus Nov 2014 #11

I have been learn'd rurallib Nov 2014 #14

Why do the seasons seem so short? In_The_Wind Nov 2014 #12

"Each season's time of delight is short. Aristus Nov 2014 #13

One can see the beauty. In_The_Wind Nov 2014 #15

Why the hell did you invent the ballpoint pen? Xipe Totec Nov 2014 #16

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,525 posts)

1. Did you two watch the President's speech?

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 09:34 PM

Nov 2014

And if you did, what did Will think of it?

And you too, for that matter?

Enjoy your dinner and drinks!

Aristus

(66,294 posts)

2. I didn't get to see it. But I understand the President nailed it.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 09:37 PM

Nov 2014

Will still can't get his head around democracy.

"God's wounds, mate! Is this true? The common people choose your monarch?"

See?

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,525 posts)

3. Yes, he nailed it!

Reply to Aristus (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 09:46 PM

Nov 2014

Oh boy...Will is too far removed from the way we do things here to really get it, ever.

It's OK. We still love him!

Aristus

(66,294 posts)

4. "Pegeen, lass! Oceans of love, angel mine!"

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #3)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 09:51 PM

Nov 2014

Thou'rt Muse to my most unworthy pen-scratchings!"

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,525 posts)

5. Ah, Will........you'll turn my head with such talk!

Reply to Aristus (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 09:53 PM

Nov 2014

Your pen-scratchings are light years ahead of anything I might scribble...

Aristus

(66,294 posts)

6. "Nay, nay, dearest.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 09:59 PM

Nov 2014

Like Sappho art thou, in storied Lesbos, bending head to pen poetry to shake the Grecian columns. I kneel at thy feet, your most reverent worshipper!"

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,525 posts)

7. Ah...I was unaware of your ......thoughts...

Reply to Aristus (Reply #6)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 10:01 PM

Nov 2014

I am humbled, and thank you for them...

Aristus

(66,294 posts)

9. He's such a smoothie...

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #7)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 10:06 PM

Nov 2014

And I, rude fool to the master's folly...

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,525 posts)

10. He IS very smooth, but you are NO fool, my dear Aristus!

Reply to Aristus (Reply #9)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 10:08 PM

Nov 2014

rurallib

(62,387 posts)

8. Can Mister Shakespeare discuss how people are illegal?

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 10:05 PM

Nov 2014

I am somewhat confused by the concept.

Aristus

(66,294 posts)

11. "'Zounds and confound your eyes! People un-legal?

Reply to rurallib (Reply #8)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 10:10 PM

Nov 2014

God prohibit it! Un-learn'd, un-letter'd, un-classed and un-haired. But un-legal? God save and protect all under his broad sky, that we might learn and love the more."

rurallib

(62,387 posts)

14. I have been learn'd

Reply to Aristus (Reply #11)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 10:32 PM

Nov 2014

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

12. Why do the seasons seem so short?

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 10:27 PM

Nov 2014

Aristus

(66,294 posts)

13. "Each season's time of delight is short.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #12)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 10:30 PM

Nov 2014

Blessed are they whose happiness endures, for each season bears its tedious days most heavily."

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

15. One can see the beauty.

Reply to Aristus (Reply #13)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 10:51 PM

Nov 2014

Even on the coldest days.

Xipe Totec

(43,888 posts)

16. Why the hell did you invent the ballpoint pen?

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 10:52 PM

Nov 2014

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