Category Archives: Amusing Shakespeare

Most Shakespeare is understandable by anyone and the humor present herein is of two kinds. One directly related ti the theme and content. The other has to do with the old but perfectly understandable language that carries an inherent charge of humor

Shakespeare on Equivocation, Confusion and Meaning

Posted on September 9, 2012 by jimmie

“We must speak by the card or equivocation will undo us.” (Hamlet, act 5, sc. 1) Comments. Two historians separated in time by millennia said the same thing, A historian must describe things “as they happened” (wie es eigentlich gewesen), according to Ranke (author of the monumental History of the Popes). Much earlier on Herodotus Read More

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Shakespeare on Salad Days and Inexperience

Posted on September 5, 2012 by jimmie

“Those were my salad days, When I was green in judgement.” (Antony and Cleopatra, act 1, sc. 5) Tips for Use.   Unless you are really old you can often attribute your errors to inexperience and get away with it. Though for many the salad days extend far longer than when the days were salad. A Read More

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Shakespeare’s Insult on Appearance, both Physical and Metaphorical

Posted on September 4, 2012 by jimmie

“…not honour’d with A human shape.” (Tempest act 1, sc. 2) Tips for Use.  Good insult or characterization of someone whom you despise intensely, either physically but, more likely, metaphorically. Or apply self-effacingly to yourself when you show up in dirty attire or similar at a formal event, due to unforeseen circumstances. This and other Read More

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Seven Ages of Man, take 6, Advanced Middle Age

Posted on August 26, 2012 by jimmie

“… The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide For his shrank shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again towards childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound…” (As You Like It, act 2, sc. Read More

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Shakespeare on Aging Gracefully, Wine & Laughter as Medicines

Posted on August 17, 2012 by jimmie

“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come, And let my liver rather heat with wine Than my heart cool with mortifying groans, Why should a man whose blood is warm within Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?” (Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. 1) Tips for Use. A good answer to a question Read More

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Shakespeare on Middle Age and Flowers for Middle Aged Men

Posted on August 15, 2012 by jimmie

“….Here’s flowers for you; Hot lavender, mints, savoury, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi’ the sun And with him rises weeping: these are flowers Of middle summer, and I think they are given To men of middle age. You’re very welcome.” (Winter’s Tale.4.4) Tips for Use. In Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets flowers are Read More

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Shakespeare on Recognition and Name Recognition

Posted on August 14, 2012 by jimmie

“… and every tongue that speaks But Romeo’s name, speaks heavenly eloquence.” (Romeo and Juliet, act 3, sc. 2) Tips for Use. It could be an answer to ‘Have you heard of So and So?’ where So and So is a lady of interest to you, e.g. ‘every tongue that speaks but (So and So’s) Read More

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Shakespeare on bagpipe and bagpipes, musical taste, likes and dislikes

Posted on August 9, 2012 by jimmie

“Some men there are love not a gaping pig; … And others, when the bagpipe sings i’ the nose Cannot contain their urine.” (Merchant Of Venice, act 4, sc. 1) Tips for use.  Perfect repartee should you dislike the subject instrument and be asked about your related opinion. With some artistic license you can apply Read More

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Shakespeare on Boredom, Boring Speaker, Lengthy Event and Polite Insults

Posted on August 7, 2012 by jimmie

“This will last out a night in Russia, When nights are longest there“ (Measure For Measure, act 2, sc. 1) Tips for use.  A sentiment that, no doubt, many of us have felt or acquired when exposed to interminable presentations by a particularly boring speaker. Or when we have been obliged by politeness to attend Read More

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Shakespeare, on Hair Loss, Baldness and Positive Thinking

Posted on August 5, 2012 by jimmie

ANTIPHOLUS of Syracuse. Why is Time such a niggard of hair, being, as it is, so plentiful an excrement? DROMIO of Syracuse. Because it is a blessing that time bestows on beasts; and what he has scanted men in hair, he hath given them in wit. ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE Why, but there’s many a man Read More

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