Eat Your Heart Out, Shakespeare
September 7, 2018 [walking into spotlight]
[striking dramatic pose]
Poo bee...
;)
... or NOT poo bee?
;)
That is the question.
[raising fist to the heavens]
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of outrageous fortunes,
;)
Or to take arms against a sea of tribbles!
;)
["Meep?"]
and by opposing...
END THEM.
;)
["MEEP!"]
[raising both arms and bellowing]
Tie dye!!
;)
To seep no more!
And by a sheep,
;)
today we end the heartache
;)
and the thousand natural shocks...
;)
... is that a hair?! EW!
[Ahem.]
'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished.
;)
Tie dye, to seep, perchance on buttercream!
;)
Aye,
;)
There's the flub.
Blow, winds, and crack your heartfelt thanks to Jennifer T., Janet, Carol F., Lilly P., Amanda M., Alli S., Christy L., Sarah F., Sarah Jane, Brittany B., Paige H., and Karyn T, our Shakespearean pros.
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PS: Been a while since English Lit 101? Then here, let me google that for you:
"To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer
The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,
Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them: to die, to sleep
No more; and by a sleep, to say we end
The Heart-ache, and the thousand Natural shocks
That Flesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep,
To sleep, perchance to Dream; Aye, there's the rub."
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Reader Comments (22)
'Poo Bee or not Poo Bee" Brilliant, Sharyn!
This. Was. Beautiful! I am ridiculously pleased!
This may be your cleverest post ever. I bow in deepest respect, Sharon.
Ugh. SHARYN. Sorry for the misspelling.
Hazzah to Sharyn!
May the wit and fine humor of the Lady of the Maill of Chain ever reign.
Twas a delight and a romp in fancy this early morn.
Just completely brilliant. So well done, the original text is not only superfluous but improved upon. Brava!
I rather enjoyed this one today. Something different.
Brilliant! Sure, Hamlet's uncle killed his father and married his mother, and his girlfriend killed herself, and in the end everybody dies...but, at least he never had to see these cakes...so there's that.
Shakespeare would be so proud :')
Brava Sharyn! Loved it all. You even managed to get a reference to Tribbles, without any trouble with them, wink wink.
I have to ask, Sharyn, did this come to you in your sleep in August? Was it in A Midsummer Night's Dream? Of course, we could go on and on about this, but it would be Much Ado About Nothing. Or if it got really heated, we might even have The Tempest. But Measure for Measure, these cakes are The Comedy of Errors. I can hear it now, if Wesley had been Shakespearean he would have said, "As...You...Like...It!"
And poo bee, or not poo bee? Looking at those, it seems rather obvious.
True story - that was my same fortune that was in my fortune cookie today at lunch. I was like WTF !!!
Have to say I’m loving those tribbles!!!!
Shouldn’t that be “stings” and arrows?
The tribbles are adorable! Not even a little wrecky!
Genius!! Made my day!!
Bravo, Sharyn! I bow to the Queen of Spoofs.
PS: Shakespeare would've loved this. :D
This is brilliant! More people would appreciate Shakespeare if all performances were accompanied by cake wrecks (with good cakes sold at intermission)!
I am in love with rainbow tribbles!!! They are far too cute to be cakewrecks.
*stands clapping* Bravo! Bravo! Magnificent! Inspired! Author! Author!
brilliant post. Love it!
"But soft! What light
Through yonder window breaks?
'Tis the east, and Cakewrecks is the fun!"