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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsUgh. Had a relapse. Will Shakespeare is sitting up w/a sick friend. Ask us anything.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)I"m so sorry you're ill...
But at least you have THE Will Shakespeare to sit up with you, commiserating with your current lousy state...
Does he have any particularly appropriate texts that will help you feel better?
Aristus
(66,388 posts)I sure hope so; my condition could use a little gentling...
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)And I know that line! From the St. Crispin's Day speech in Henry V!
That speech made me want to join up and fight, and I'm a pacifist!
Take care, my dear Aristus...
Aristus
(66,388 posts)But I'm always moved by the lines immediately preceding:
"We few, we happy few..."
Kenneth Branagh teared up saying those words in the film. (Wow; okay. Now I'm doing it...) He made it seem as if Henry knew he was going to die, but was glad to be in the company of men who wanted to be there. That's some powerful acting...
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)So sorry. May it go away and soon.
Aristus
(66,388 posts)Yeah, that pretty much describes it...
Thank you for saying 'hi', Bertha...
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)Sorry.
Do get better.
elleng
(130,974 posts)Hamlet:
What, the fair Ophelia!
Queen:
[Scattering flowers] Sweets to the sweet, farewell!
I hop'd thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife:
I thought thy bride-bed to have deck'd, sweet maid,
And not have strew'd thy grave.
Aristus
(66,388 posts)I'm not ready for my grave just yet, but if it is imminent, I'll try to die as prettily as Ophelia...
elleng
(130,974 posts)but y'a know, Will doesn't ALWAYS comply!!!
Aristus
(66,388 posts)I'll provide some examples for you sometime...
Grantuspeace
(873 posts)Get well soon!
Aristus
(66,388 posts)1. The weight of the refrigerator.
2. The weight of the magnets in the aggregate.
3. The location and relative density of magnet placement on the surface of the refrigerator.
Let's all get out our slide-rules...
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Aristus
(66,388 posts)Denninmi
(6,581 posts)"O true apothecary!
Thy drugs are quick."
Romeo and Juliet (V, iii, 119-120)
I hope for your sake they are quick, but with none of the unpleasant side effects Romeo experienced at that moment.
Aristus
(66,388 posts)Ibuprofen and Dr. Max Bedrest.