Umm…one hesitates to step forward,as one fully expects certain parties to instantly deride or lay into poor ickle moi…but,Jem,there was a playwrite of some note also ‘doing the rounds’ during Shakespeare’s time…a chap Named Christopher Marlowe. Or Ben Jonson,if you prefer darker modes of writing-and even Thomas Dekker,although to be fair,he never reached the dizzy heights of enduring fame of people such as Thomas Middleton. [this doth be where ye doth look puzzled and sayeth “Who?”] {sorry,Jem}
My brother in law is a dentist Spitty, he entered the dentist of the year contest, he missed out on the cup, he came second and got the plaque.
I stand corrected Pug, so there were a couple of other writers around that time, but I’ll bet Willie was the Kings favourite and got all the breaks.
Didn’t male actors play all the female parts back then? I believe women were not allowed on stage.
Umm,it was actually Elizabeth 1,Jem,not a king,during ‘oor Wullie’s’ time.
But yes,t’is true,no females were allowed on stages at the time.
…which means young Molly 'M’s brass boobs would have remained beside the beach,as she sold sea shells on the sea shore. [The cockles and mussels for which she was famed had all been sold,y’see]
What a delightful change of tone and timbre in our latest literary discourse.
I took the part of Shylock in our school play, Merchant of Venice. My homage to Catatonia.
Contrary to perceived opinion Will was, if not a plagiarist, an inveterate magpie-like collector of the best bits of other’s stories, legends and traditional material.
He didn’t need to for he merely invented words when there wasnt one already in existence when needed. 1600 new words at the last count.
Oh, and he was born in 1564, along with Christopher Marlowe & Galileo Galilei,
Yea, lay off Pug, whoever you are…
oh,dear,RJ … SORRREEEE!
well they’ve been staging it up ever since?:shock:
he’s an ‘attention seeker’ and would do well in a Willie play - might I suggest Bottom??
"willie he play won’t he play - oh please take me to the ball - all around my hat I will wear the green willow O! or is that willie - oh balls to all of that!
I must admit my favourite Willum play is robin Hood - ah now I see why they called that fellow Little John - he had a little john!
Nb: excusay moi - it’s five in the morn and I’m feeling a little light headed - keep still miss headed I can’t find the light!
funny that being born along with?? - his mother must have got quite a shock - triplets in deed a will; marlowe and galileo all rolled into one - what a christening - weddings christenings and funerals are all such more fun - boozing; cruising and snoozing - I love chatting up all the wenches that have seemed to have grown out in all directions - and bottom pinching and fondling are one of the many sports. and having make up conversations with relatives that you can never quite put a face too!
yes they can bring families together and also rip them apart! I used to call them “pugsie parties” - no relationship with our current one of course - or as they say at the end of filums - all characters portrayed are fictitous and bear no relationship to the real thing!!
Pug, you have misunderstood me
I was defending you
OH!
Ahh…errm…I say,old chap,I do SO apologise!
I was proffering unworthy rectificatonal plauditory apologies for my somewhat overly-prone abilities to evoke incandescent exposulations…I’m somewhat unused to discovering affiliative personas,mon brave! oops…
…but,THANK you! Having a defensive guardian is somewhat discombobulative to me,RJ. So do please excuse my non-realisation,old bean…
Confucius he say
“Never complain, never explain”
I would add
“Never again”
I agree.
No idea what I am agreeing to, as I have got lost in words.
But I agree anyway.
he also said “try to refrain” or did he say “with a sweet refrain”?
Someone mention Sweet?
NO just lookin for a meat pie actually?
PS: ditch your russians friends - they’ve become a liability?
Ah refrain, I often think of home dee-ol-ee-ay, when I am all alone with Carole Grey.
The old refrain, an old sweet song always requested from old one leg Willie on a Saturday night in Mick’s Bar, he had his own words of course, God bless ya Mick.
At the present I am refraining from having sugar in my coffee as a lent offering for my sins, a small sacrifice to pay for all the enjoyment I got from the sins.
I’m thinking now of those old News of the World investigative reporters, always when investigating brothels and prostitutes, and just when it comes to the nitty gritty bit, they make their excuses and leave. who are they kidding? you can’t put the pin back into the hand grenade.;-)
A horticultural friend of mine invented a new type of vegetable, he was also a great man for quoting John Keats, anyway he had managed to cultivate this new creation by splicing a cauliflower and a melon, he was delighted with himself and even recited a poem in the local about it, forget how it went but I do remember the name of the poem, it was called “Ode to Melancholy”
well to be sure to be sure if that isn’t the most delightful smorgasbord I’ve seen in many a long year - incidentally smorg =butter
gas = goose or lump of butter
bord = table
so a lump of butter on the table suddenly becomes = a type of Scandinavian meal, originating in Sweden, served buffet-style with multiple hot and cold dishes of various foods on a table. well as I was saying at the start to be sure to be sure and to be sure - although I’ve never come across one with a meloncholy on it??
I’ve actually have sat next to a swede at a smorgasbord table and I do believe there were melons too oh and sweetie pies of course or mince pies although I have always been puzzled about the lack of mince? but I must confess Jem old dear I would never sit next to a tart - of course!
spittie any thoughts or lexicons or word salads perhaps??
sarcasm will do!!
That reminds me.
When clearing the table in olden days, things would be put to one side. It was called siding the table.
The things sided were put on a board by the wall to keep them out of the way. This board later had shelves and doors and drawers added, but still served the same purpose as storing the stuff sided to leave the table clear for other usages.
Thus was invented the side-board.
Viking ships had a gert big oar near the blunt end on the right hand side. This was known as the steer-board, which is how that side of the ship was eventually named, starboard.
Is it pub trivia night yet?