Thanks, Eldo. I went to a different Nick Lowe song, obviously, but either one fits in its own way.
Of course, it’s kind of odd that “Cruel to Be Kind” didn’t pop into my head, since the phrase originated (or had its most influential usage) in “Hamlet:”
So, again, good night.I must be cruel, only to be kind:This bad begins, and worse remains behind.
Another great Nick Lowe song is “I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)”; that doesn’t really fit the context of the strip, but Lowe’s OWN Bride once upon a time was Roseanne Cash, daughter of that other “Man In Black”, further demonstrating (as if it were needed) the Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things (F.I.A.T.). (Cynthia’s father, furthermore, is likewise known for his Cash.)
HAMLET: I did love you, once.
OPHELIA: Indeed, my lord, you made me believe so.
HAMLET: You should not have believed me; for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of
it: I loved you not.
OPHELIA: I was the more deceived.
HAMLET: Get thee to a nunnery: Why, wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offences at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us.
NICK LOWE:All men are liars, and that’s the truth.
Hmmmm… Maybe Nick Lowe’s entire song catalogue is one huge coded message establishing his rightful claim to the throne of Denmark, being descended from Amleth through his (Amleth’s) marriage to the daughter of the English king (you’ll find the bigamous marriages in Saxo Grammaticus or Belleforest, although Shakespeare didn’t include them).
Call Dan Brown. I’ve got his next best-seller here…
I haven’t seen that one (I don’t have cable), but I probably ought to check it out (NetFlix), if only for completion’s sake. I can’t imagine that a 1935 version of “Dream” would be as bawdy as it should be.
“Methought I was… Methought I had…”
I DID see a live production of the play at the Globe replica in London when I was there, though. I laughed my Bottom off.
Really, Shakespeare’s comedies ARE funny, if they’re being done by people who know how…
You’re too late, N-G49. Do you really call 9 hours ”quick”?
HAMLET: Whose grave’s this, sirrah?
SEXTON: Mine, sir.
HAMLET: I think it be thine, indeed; for thou liest in’t.
SEXTON: You lie out on’t, sir, and therefore it is not yours: for my part, I do not lie in’t, and yet it is mine.
HAMLET: Thou dost lie in’t, to be in’t and say it is thine: ‘tis for the dead, not for the quick; therefore thou liest.
SEXTON: ‘Tis a quick lie, sir; ‘twill away again, from me to you.
(This scene, of course, is where Hamlet meets the skull of Jorick, the dead Yester mentioned in today’s first comments.)
(And thus the circle is closed, creating a “FIAT Loop.”)
Edcole1961 almost 14 years ago
He used to entertain the king of Sweden.
Hillbillyman almost 14 years ago
Think he’s dead anyway.
Yukoneric almost 14 years ago
Shirley, you jest.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
How come we drive on the parkway and park in the driveway?!?
If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we put metal in a microwave oven?!?
What exactly IS “processed” chicken?!?
Do we really need TWO Dakotas?!?
Why don’t they make NICE movies anymore?!?
I want answers, and I want ‘em QUICK, dammit!
Plods with ...™ almost 14 years ago
I sense a Stephen Wright fan…..
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Thanks, Eldo. I went to a different Nick Lowe song, obviously, but either one fits in its own way.
Of course, it’s kind of odd that “Cruel to Be Kind” didn’t pop into my head, since the phrase originated (or had its most influential usage) in “Hamlet:” So, again, good night. I must be cruel, only to be kind: This bad begins, and worse remains behind.
Another great Nick Lowe song is “I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)”; that doesn’t really fit the context of the strip, but Lowe’s OWN Bride once upon a time was Roseanne Cash, daughter of that other “Man In Black”, further demonstrating (as if it were needed) the Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things (F.I.A.T.). (Cynthia’s father, furthermore, is likewise known for his Cash.)
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
HAMLET: I did love you, once. OPHELIA: Indeed, my lord, you made me believe so. HAMLET: You should not have believed me; for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it: I loved you not. OPHELIA: I was the more deceived. HAMLET: Get thee to a nunnery: Why, wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offences at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us.
NICK LOWE: All men are liars, and that’s the truth.
Hmmmm… Maybe Nick Lowe’s entire song catalogue is one huge coded message establishing his rightful claim to the throne of Denmark, being descended from Amleth through his (Amleth’s) marriage to the daughter of the English king (you’ll find the bigamous marriages in Saxo Grammaticus or Belleforest, although Shakespeare didn’t include them).
Call Dan Brown. I’ve got his next best-seller here…
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
I haven’t seen that one (I don’t have cable), but I probably ought to check it out (NetFlix), if only for completion’s sake. I can’t imagine that a 1935 version of “Dream” would be as bawdy as it should be.
“Methought I was… Methought I had…”
I DID see a live production of the play at the Globe replica in London when I was there, though. I laughed my Bottom off.
Really, Shakespeare’s comedies ARE funny, if they’re being done by people who know how…
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
You’re too late, N-G49. Do you really call 9 hours ”quick”?
HAMLET: Whose grave’s this, sirrah? SEXTON: Mine, sir. HAMLET: I think it be thine, indeed; for thou liest in’t. SEXTON: You lie out on’t, sir, and therefore it is not yours: for my part, I do not lie in’t, and yet it is mine. HAMLET: Thou dost lie in’t, to be in’t and say it is thine: ‘tis for the dead, not for the quick; therefore thou liest. SEXTON: ‘Tis a quick lie, sir; ‘twill away again, from me to you.
(This scene, of course, is where Hamlet meets the skull of Jorick, the dead Yester mentioned in today’s first comments.)
(And thus the circle is closed, creating a “FIAT Loop.”)