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Dumbing down of Gransnet?

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jinglbellsfrocks Wed 19-Mar-14 08:44:34

On the front page of Gransnet, for Shakespeare Week (on at the moment of course) there is a selection of "gransnetters' top quotes". All of them "funny". Which is fine as far as it goes, but come on!!! Shakespeare is about a lot more than that! Why not some quotes with a bit more profundity? A bit more beauty???

Is this supposed to reflect the depth of Gransnetters' thinking? hmm

jinglbellsfrocks Wed 19-Mar-14 22:37:15

confused just doesn't do it.

WTF just might.

Galen Wed 19-Mar-14 22:42:25

I give up woth you then

Ana Wed 19-Mar-14 22:43:14

I think Shakespeare's overrated.

jinglbellsfrocks Wed 19-Mar-14 22:47:54

shockshockshock

annodomini Wed 19-Mar-14 22:49:15

Galen, thou are a genius. grin

jinglbellsfrocks Wed 19-Mar-14 22:49:22

Is woth a Shakespearean word? Or just fat finger?

jinglbellsfrocks Wed 19-Mar-14 22:50:04

And what have I actually done now?

jinglbellsfrocks Wed 19-Mar-14 22:52:44

a nno It's my poem, not yours.

Shove orf.

Galen Thu 20-Mar-14 10:17:46

Woth was vodka

Ariadne Thu 20-Mar-14 10:28:25

I feel September coming, subtle, slow;
The promise of the springtime now is mine.
I wonder, though, if ever autumn's glow
Equals the clear brightness of springtime?
I think not. But the difference is all;
Both gold and green are beautiful to see,
And all the golden leaves that softly fall,
In dying, will bring life back to the tree.
Fall gently then, and let the springtime go.
Let old leaves fall and let the new ones grow.

( Me c2005)

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 20-Mar-14 10:32:46

I'm crying now! Thanks for that. hmmwink

(It's very good) smile

rosesarered Thu 20-Mar-14 10:41:41

Are we making them up now, then?here is a worthy bit of verse[ though not mine]
I eat my peas with honey,
I've done it all my life,
it makes the peas taste funny,
but it keeps them on the knife!
[Spike Milligan.] smile

Ariadne Thu 20-Mar-14 11:00:56

Thank you, jings! It's a Shakesperian sonnet so thought it appropriate.

rosesarered Thu 20-Mar-14 11:02:55

Ariadne! Thought you had composed it yourself.

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 20-Mar-14 11:07:31

I thought it was yours A! So glad I did n't judge it to be rubbish! grin

Anne58 Thu 20-Mar-14 11:12:23

Lovely!

I thought a sonnet was 14 lines, or have I got confuddled again?

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 20-Mar-14 11:16:29

she did write it!