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The prison officer addressed the assembled prisoners, "This mornings presentation will be given by Professor Slock, Head of the Literature Department at the University, on the subject of Keats. I don't suppose any of you bone-headed crims would have a clue what a Keat is, or what they're used for."
Back in the day, the pollsters rang up to ask what I thought of Keating. I told them I'd never keated.
Nice one!
Similarly;
Irony is writing "Your an idiot"
Well obviously I am a boneheaded woodworker,
What's a Keat?
Crocy.
Ah, now I remember you Crocy, you were sitting just to my left at that lecture!
John Keats was a poet, the prison officer was the bonehead.
Cheers,
Geoff.
Oh, excuse my ignorance, a purveyor of poetry I am definitely not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boringgeoff
Crocy.
Probably not funny, but only one of John Keats' quotes have stuck with me over the 52 years since studying his work.
...and can I ever bid these joys farewell?
Yes, I must pass them for a nobler life,
where I may find the agonies,
the strife, of human hearts.
All this culture about literature……
Reminds me of the time I asked a young girl if she liked Dickens…
She replied,,,Don’t really know, never been to one!
Probably a sign of our age when we can say that we know about Keats. :U
Going back even further (for anyone, anywhere, who was ever subjected to Latin at school)....
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As the original advise to the prisoners was verbal, it may not have been Keats but instead Keets and the talk was to be about Guinea fowl.:?
I did Latin for 5 years at High School thinking that I would need it to do Pharmacy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Brush
One of the first text books bought was "Latin for Pharmacy Students"
The only thing I can remember of Keating, is "What's the difference between Paul Keating and his Mother"???
Nothing, they both raised pigs!!!!!