You Know (Cough Cough) I'd (Cough) Be There If I Could (Hack Hack)
TAKING a couple sick days, not because I'm sick, but because I was sick, and now I have to catch up on the work I didn't do when I did have a legitimate excuse. My Poor Wife'll vouch for me. Really.
The internets have the answer. The faits use of bated is
What should I say to you? Should I not say 'Hath a dog money? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats?' Or Shall I bend low and in a bondman's key, With bated breath and whispering humbleness, Say this; 'Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last; You spurn'd me such a day; another time You call'd me dog; and for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much moneys'?
Glad to hear you're in the pink again, Mr. Riley. I await your next post with bated breath.
ReplyDeleteWhat does bated mean?
ReplyDeleteThe internets have the answer. The faits use of bated is
ReplyDeleteWhat should I say to you? Should I not say
'Hath a dog money? is it possible
A cur can lend three thousand ducats?' Or
Shall I bend low and in a bondman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness, Say this;
'Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last;
You spurn'd me such a day; another time
You call'd me dog; and for these courtesies
I'll lend you thus much moneys'?
From Shakespear
where bated means abated
All right, enough of this self- and wife-indulgence. You have an audience that needs you.
ReplyDeleteHey, DR, get -- er, got well.
ReplyDeleteSounds like Krauthammer Flu, my friend.
ReplyDeleteThe Flypaper Theory of Illness; tell 'em you're sick and they'll flock to your blog.
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