Thought some of them were pretty funny when I read them in high school…’course, they always told me I read at an advanced level, and, really, a lot of it went over my head.
Obviously the two girls are setting up Mindy. They let her overhear them to set her up to tutor him, all alone in his room, where kissing might fallow.
I wonder the chances that he knows exactly what he is doing when it comes to Mindy. I know he is usualy aloof and lacking in any kind of guile, but it has been a while and he has gotten to know her by now.
“With othes grete he was so sworn adoun
That he was holde wood in al the toun;
For every clerk anonright heeld with oother.
They seyde, “The man is wood, my leeve brother”;
And every wight gan laughen at this stryf.
Thus swyved was this carpenteris wyf,
For al his kepyng and his jalousye,
And Absolon hath kist hir nether ye,
And Nicholas is scalded in the towte.
This tale is doon, and God save al the rowte!”
Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licóur
Of which vertú engendred is the flour;
etc.
🙂
This is giving me PTSD to read. I often wonder what USEFUL pieces of information might be resident in that area of my brain if they were not crowded out by this stupid prologue I have never been able to forget.
Thought some of them were pretty funny when I read them in high school…’course, they always told me I read at an advanced level, and, really, a lot of it went over my head.
I liked the one where the the clueless husband crashes through the attic in his boat.
Why do I smell a setup?
Yes, But who’s setting up Whom? Hmmmmmmm.
Obviously the two girls are setting up Mindy. They let her overhear them to set her up to tutor him, all alone in his room, where kissing might fallow.
This does seem suspicious
I wonder the chances that he knows exactly what he is doing when it comes to Mindy. I know he is usualy aloof and lacking in any kind of guile, but it has been a while and he has gotten to know her by now.
SOMEBODY’S getting tricked into at least smooching….
These two nerds together? That ship is practically building itself!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tc7MH5ZXbg
↑Are ya talking about something like this↑❓
“With othes grete he was so sworn adoun
That he was holde wood in al the toun;
For every clerk anonright heeld with oother.
They seyde, “The man is wood, my leeve brother”;
And every wight gan laughen at this stryf.
Thus swyved was this carpenteris wyf,
For al his kepyng and his jalousye,
And Absolon hath kist hir nether ye,
And Nicholas is scalded in the towte.
This tale is doon, and God save al the rowte!”
Translated from the original Elvish.
I wish Tolkien had a more modern translation, but I can’t find it.
I think I almost got that. It helps that I know what it means to be “swyved”. Why the carpenter’s wyf, I’m not sure. Google, here I come.
Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licóur
Of which vertú engendred is the flour;
etc.
🙂
This is giving me PTSD to read. I often wonder what USEFUL pieces of information might be resident in that area of my brain if they were not crowded out by this stupid prologue I have never been able to forget.
Menin aeide thea Peleiadeo Achileos
Oulomenen. He muri Akaiois alge etheke.
Pollas dipthimus tsukas Aidi proiapsen!
Bud: Yeah. I was there. Wimps. Jin told me not to hit on Hector or it would have repercussions. Should never have listened to her…
Convenient.
Dumbells are sneaky, precious
Also…”Dude, you’re my friend.” (Sigh) Still clueless after all these years.
🤔Hiroshi has been looking a lot ^more^ japanese , recently, than he did for awhile after he was introduced to us by name.
Side note: Paranormal Club t-shirt please
His tutor indicated that she gets bored easily, so she probably figured Mindy would be better suited to the task regarding ”The Canterbury Tales”