Shakespeare: On the money

Noop · 11-19-2004, 01:13 PM

Post of the year.

Franklinnoble · 11-19-2004, 01:19 PM

Emperor Palpatine did the same thing in Star Wars: Episode II.

I blame Jar-Jar.

DeToxRox · 11-19-2004, 01:39 PM

caesars aged fairly well

KWhit · 11-19-2004, 01:58 PM

What's up with the dude holding the quote though? Couldn't he have just like typed it in or something?

BTW, Billy Shakes rox!

DeToxRox · 11-19-2004, 01:59 PM

i remember the lyrical masterminds of LFO came up with this gem..

"billy shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets"

and you know what? it's true

Router Help · 11-19-2004, 02:07 PM

Sorry to rain on the parade: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/caesar.htm

portnoise · 11-19-2004, 02:14 PM

That rocks. Here's another quote:

"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don't want war: neigher in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger."

--Hermann Goering, Luftwarre Commander, Nuremberg Trials, 1946.

portnoise · 11-19-2004, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Router Help

Sorry to rain on the parade: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/caesar.htm

Dola--Shakespeare's a poet, not a freakin' journalist. The fact that Caesar didn't say it doesn't mean there's no truth to it.

Ksyrup · 11-19-2004, 02:19 PM

Pizza! Pizza!

Quit quoting Shakespeare and work on bringing some more free agents to Detroit, slacker.

DeToxRox · 11-19-2004, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by portnoise

Dola--Shakespeare's a poet, not a freakin' journalist. The fact that Caesar didn't say it doesn't mean there's no truth to it.

i thought his point was that if you read the site it could've been made up a few years ago, and thus the significance is nill because they just made it up during this conflict.

again, i only glanced at that site but thats what i thought he meant.

QuikSand · 11-19-2004, 02:21 PM

It's a shame that something like factual accuracy is just a tiny little footnote in (yet another) discussion like this.

rkmsuf · 11-19-2004, 02:21 PM

There's no way Ceasar would have stood for last Monday's MNF opening.

korme · 11-19-2004, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by QuikSand

It's a shame that something like factual accuracy is just a tiny little footnote in (yet another) discussion like this.

hahaha, yea, that sucks that it's not correct.

discuss anyways!

portnoise · 11-19-2004, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by QuikSand

It's a shame that something like factual accuracy is just a tiny little footnote in (yet another) discussion like this.

Aaah... yes... but there's truth to it nevertheless. Anyone like my German thing? Huh? Huh?

DeToxRox · 11-19-2004, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by rkmsuf

There's no way Ceasar would have stood for last Monday's MNF opening.

nor would alexander the great... though if it had been TO... well thats open for discussion

rkmsuf · 11-19-2004, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by portnoise

What?

No one's attributing this quote to Caesar: not Shakespeare, not the guy in the picture, not Shorty...

Poetry. Essential truth. Someone wrote the words and there's truth in them; doesn't matter who.

So why doesn't the guy hiding behind the quote in the picture sign his name to it.

rkmsuf · 11-19-2004, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DeToxRoxDVHStyle

nor would alexander the great... though if it had been TO... well thats open for discussion

Ceasar was no dummy. The only women dropping towels in his kingdom will be for Ceasar himself.

Router Help · 11-19-2004, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by portnoise

No one's attributing this quote to Caesar: not Shakespeare, not the guy in the picture, not Shorty...

The guy in the photo thinks it's Shakespeare, The title of the thread implies that it is Shakespeare. . .

I like the quote, and the only reason I researched it was because I wanted to put it on my website.

portnoise · 11-19-2004, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Router Help

The guy in the photo thinks it's Shakespeare, The title of the thread implies that it is Shakespeare. . .

I like the quote, and the only reason I researched it was because I wanted to put it on my website.

Yes. You're right.

But the Nazi thing is really Nazi.

judicial clerk · 11-19-2004, 04:05 PM

Maybe the guy holding the quote is named william shakespeare. Of course, the guy known as william shakespeare didn't write all of those play anyways. They were actually written by some minor noble whose name escapes me.

Desnudo · 11-19-2004, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by judicial clerk

Maybe the guy holding the quote is named william shakespeare. Of course, the guy known as william shakespeare didn't write all of those play anyways. They were actually written by some minor noble whose name escapes me.

Sandwich? I thought that idea was uncomfirmed theory.

LloydLungs · 11-19-2004, 05:14 PM

"Beware the agenda-driven fool who doesn't even bother to match the writing style of the dude he's trying to pretend to quote. And beware all the smug pseudo-intellectuals who apparently have never actually read a single one of my ding-dong plays. I mean, seriously."

--William Shakespeare

sabotai · 11-19-2004, 05:53 PM

"I am the walrus."

-- William Shakespeare

judicial clerk · 11-19-2004, 06:10 PM

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Sandwich? I thought that idea was uncomfirmed theory.

Not Sandwich, ***judicial clerk searches internet*** Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

BigJohn&TheLions · 11-19-2004, 06:27 PM

Something in the writing just did not scream "Shakepeare" to me. Could be that there were no "Ho!" "Hither" "Thus" "Thy" "Thee"

It was too clearly written!!!

Shkspr · 11-19-2004, 11:32 PM

I'm not supposed to be taking any of this personally, right?

RendeR · 11-19-2004, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by judicial clerk

Not Sandwich, ***judicial clerk searches internet*** Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

no matter the name, its still a completely unsubstantiated theory. We just went over shakespeare and the numerous theories regarding who really wrote his plays, there is no real evidence that anyone other than shakespeare did the writing, although it was brought to light that he wrote 90% of his love sonnets about a gay noble that he spent immense amounts of time with.....

QuikSand · 11-20-2004, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by judicial clerk

Not Sandwich, ***judicial clerk searches internet*** Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

Sure, there's a somewhat supported theory that people other than WS wrote some/many of the works attributed to him... but let's not jump ahead and claim this as establiished fact. There are tender, impressionable ears in this thread.

ctmason · 11-20-2004, 11:23 AM

Yeah, and we don't want anyone screwing around with our ideas about our fishing gear!

11-19-2004, 01:13 PM	#2
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Florida	Post of the year. __________________ Living in an Oligarchy.

11-19-2004, 02:19 PM	#10
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Pizza! Pizza! Quit quoting Shakespeare and work on bringing some more free agents to Detroit, slacker. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

11-19-2004, 02:21 PM	#13
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	There's no way Ceasar would have stood for last Monday's MNF opening. __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

11-19-2004, 06:27 PM	#26
BigJohn&TheLions College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New York	Something in the writing just did not scream "Shakepeare" to me. Could be that there were no "Ho!" "Hither" "Thus" "Thy" "Thee" It was too clearly written!!! __________________ In the immortal words of a great alcoholic, "Can't we all just get along?"

11-19-2004, 01:19 PM	#3
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Emperor Palpatine did the same thing in Star Wars: Episode II. I blame Jar-Jar.

11-19-2004, 01:39 PM	#4
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	caesars aged fairly well

11-19-2004, 01:58 PM	#5
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	What's up with the dude holding the quote though? Couldn't he have just like typed it in or something? BTW, Billy Shakes rox!

11-19-2004, 01:59 PM	#6
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	i remember the lyrical masterminds of LFO came up with this gem.. "billy shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets" and you know what? it's true

11-19-2004, 02:07 PM	#7
Router Help Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ferndale, MI now in Chicago, IL	Sorry to rain on the parade: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/caesar.htm

11-19-2004, 02:14 PM	#8
portnoise H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Toronto	That rocks. Here's another quote: "Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don't want war: neigher in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." --Hermann Goering, Luftwarre Commander, Nuremberg Trials, 1946.

11-19-2004, 02:21 PM	#12
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	It's a shame that something like factual accuracy is just a tiny little footnote in (yet another) discussion like this.

11-19-2004, 04:05 PM	#21
judicial clerk College Benchwarmer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Portland, OR	Maybe the guy holding the quote is named william shakespeare. Of course, the guy known as william shakespeare didn't write all of those play anyways. They were actually written by some minor noble whose name escapes me.

11-19-2004, 05:14 PM	#23
LloydLungs College Prospect Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ponchatoula, LA	"Beware the agenda-driven fool who doesn't even bother to match the writing style of the dude he's trying to pretend to quote. And beware all the smug pseudo-intellectuals who apparently have never actually read a single one of my ding-dong plays. I mean, seriously." --William Shakespeare

11-19-2004, 05:53 PM	#24
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	"I am the walrus." -- William Shakespeare

11-19-2004, 11:32 PM	#27
Shkspr College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Amarillo, TX	I'm not supposed to be taking any of this personally, right?

11-20-2004, 11:23 AM	#30
ctmason High School JV Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Mesa, AZ	Yeah, and we don't want anyone screwing around with our ideas about our fishing gear!

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