# So Pigs CAN Fly! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2000, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817 "2000-10-29T15:34:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/81 "2000-11-07T08:32:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\*DRY, you’ll lay your head where? 😛 > \*\* “Do you think I meant country matters?” –Hamlet, Act 3, Scene ii [sub] on the other hand, if you stick that tongue out, I’m sure we can put it to use[/sub]😛 \*\* > [@](#): > > And I’m busy Sunday, engineering and work. But we can still flirt outrageously through e-mail. > \*\* “here’s our own hands against our hearts. Come, I will have thee; but, by this light, I take thee for pity.” –Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5, Scene iv \*\* > [@](#): > > mrblue understands. > \*\* “an honest fellow enough, and one that loves quails, but he has not so much brain as ear-wax” –Troilus and Cressida, Act 5, Scene i ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/82 "2000-11-07T08:35:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\*Bad Dan! No cookie! \*\* “Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?” 😛 –Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene iii ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/83 "2000-11-07T12:59:04Z")
You are so good, suitor mine. How now, mrblue? Can’t let him get away with all that, can you? ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/84 "2000-11-07T13:34:37Z")
> [@](#): > > How now, mrblue? Can’t let him get away with all that, can you? Well, let’s see… Rosebud’s not talking to me… (Sorry if you think I came on too strong–'twas all in good fun.) DRY, out of some infantile desperation or jealous protective instinct, feels the need to hound me at every turn… (I can take a joke, but can you say “overkill” children? I knew you could…) Meanwhile, you’re busy with your head in his lap. I’ll take my cue and my leave… Fare thee well, m’ lady. ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/85 "2000-11-07T13:55:21Z")
Or his head in your lap. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/86 "2000-11-07T15:52:44Z")
Oh Steve! even I know how to answer that. “Hist! Romeo, hist!-O for a falconer’s voice, To lure this tassel-gentle back again! Bondage is hoarse, and may not speak aloud; Else would I tear the cave where Echo lies, And make her airy tounge more hoarse than mine With repetition of my Romeo’s name.” -R&J A. II, sc. iii ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/87 "2000-11-07T16:25:29Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by mrblue92 \* \*\* > [@](#): > > Rosebud’s not talking to me… (Sorry if you think I came on too strong–'twas all in good fun.)\*\* Heavens no, I’ve just been busy (class & work) and haven’t been able to check in as often as I would like! I enjoy a round o’ good fun 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/88 "2000-11-07T17:45:13Z")
“Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death!– Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide! Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy sea-sick weary bark! Here’s to my love! [Drinks.]–O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick.–Thus with a kiss I die.” R & J, Act 5 scene iii ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/89 "2000-11-07T20:41:16Z")
Can we still use ICQ as a medium? _big worried eyes_ ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/90 "2000-11-07T21:32:35Z")
What, you’re not going to follow me with the dagger?! Now my ghost will have to haunt you forever on ICQ. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/91 "2000-11-08T03:17:56Z")
Well, guys~ You don’t have to be concerned about **DRY** ’s “protective instincts” at the moment, as he is…ahem…“otherwise occupied” shall we say? Right now I am feeding him apricocks and dewberries (with purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries), over in the hot tub. [sub]Or, I WILL be if I can figure out where to GET some of those things! Does anyone know where I can find an exotic fruit stand at THIS time of night?[/sub] And I THINK that Rosebud is waiting to do a lap dance for him over at poohpah chalupa’s house, IIRC. I don’t _think_ that “protective” is his overriding emotion at the moment. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/92 "2000-11-08T03:28:46Z")
I would be thrilled if anyone finds a verse anywhere in Shakespeare that seems to have anything to do with lap dancing 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/93 "2000-11-08T03:41:24Z")
“protective” is a code word, Scotti. Shh. Don’t tell. He just wants to cover you. _grin_ mrblue, as much as I love R&J I promised an old friend I was never going to harm myself. I’m honorable that far. I’ll pine a lot though. Speaking of pining, where is my beloved DRY? ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/94 "2000-11-08T04:05:54Z")
A ghostly voice whispers… "PETRUCHIO Thou hast hit it: come, sit on me. KATHARINA Asses are made to bear, and so are you." - Taming of the Shrew, Act II, scene i ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/95 "2000-11-08T04:23:07Z")
:eek: Thou hast rendered me speechless, mrblue92! ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/96 "2000-11-08T04:53:14Z")
“I dreamt my lady came and found me dead,– Strange dream, that gives a dead man leave to think!– And breath’d such life with kisses in my lips, That I reviv’d, and was an emperor. Ah me! how sweet is love itself possess’d, When but love’s shadows are so rich in joy!” –Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene i ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/97 "2000-11-08T05:07:15Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by mrblue92 \* \*\* > [@](#): > > DRY, out of some infantile desperation or jealous protective instinct, feels the need to hound me at every turn… (I can take a joke, but can you say “overkill” children? I knew you could…) > \*\* :rolleyes: “The lady doth protest too much, methinks” –Hamlet, Act 3, Scene ii Feel the need to hound you? Right. I simply was exchanging what I **thought** was witty repartee. Much as I assumed you were doing in your birthday thread. Overkill? I thought we developed a nice pattern–you make a (good natured–or so I thought) barb and I toss one back your way. “Overkill” would be if you actually stopped posting to a thread and yet the other person continued to take shots at you. (I think I recall a thread where that actually happened.) I did not mean to give offense. I won’t joke with you any more. I made the mistake of thinking you could take what you dish out. I’ll be more careful, in the future, to joke with those who **can**. “Haste still pays haste, and leisure answers leisure, Like doth quit like, and Measure still for Measure.” –Measure for Measure, Act 5, Scene i ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/98 "2000-11-08T05:53:27Z")
Okay, unrelated tangent, but still… I tried to call you Dan. I failed. But I do love you! ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/99 "2000-11-08T05:56:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\*Okay, unrelated tangent, but still… > > I tried to call you Dan. I failed. But I do love you! > > \*\* Call me what? 🙂 Try again. (By the time I could find an appropriate Shakepearean cite, it’d probably be too late for you to call.) ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817/100 "2000-11-08T06:09:00Z")
I felt I tried to be good natured, but think I received some uncalled for returns. I realize I started this, but I also tried to temper it with the very innocuous “Retract thy contempt” post and you seemed intent on continuing, most harshly in this last round. The only real insult I gave you was that you were _possibly_ evolved from a monkey, as I said possibly did Cecil himself (in case you aren’t aware, that evolution argument was a reference from the movie _Gettysburg_). Meanwhile, you’re slashing haphazardly at my manhood and intelligence. Regardless of your intent, a predominantly one-sided exchange gets old rather quickly. As far as the other thread goes, I expected you to return after parrying your seemingly unprovoked attack, and didn’t think I ever seriously insulted you there. I’m sorry if you were offended by that. I would hope we can forget this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-pigs-can-fly/38817.md?page=6)