Lessons from lore

[ckd]

In folktales and ballads, if someone were to refuse to fulfill (or worse, actively try to counter) the dying request of a wise old woman I'm pretty sure it would not turn out well for them.

Also, despite the name, Poe's character Prince Prospero is not the winner in his story.

(I'm not a literature major, but even I know this stuff....)

Comments

[minoanmiss]

Two awesome references!

[pameladean]

It's really very elegant, isn't it, if viewed from a sufficient distance.

You may not be a literature guy, but you are certainly a reader.

P.

[kore]

TRUTH

[cmcmck]

That horse will be the death of you............

I studied literature in my first degree before I caught history.

[keshwyn]

Somebody passed on to me, "I guess R.B.G. won her first court case in Heaven."

But yeah - this is extremely obvious and they are extremely stupid. Even to the point of admitting it.
“There was a panic before this started, but now we’re sort of the stupid party,” said Edward J. Rollins, co-chairman of the pro-Trump super PAC Great America. - source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-virus-spreads-across-gop-ranks-some-republicans-say-party-will-pay-price-for-stupid-approach/2020/10/03/12e1c484-0585-11eb-b7ed-141dd88560ea_story.html

[flexagon]

Apparently reporters now have to talk about the "White House cluster", meaning cluster of virus cases. It must be KILLING them to not add one more syllable to the end of that.

[bibliofile]

I know, right? Some people never learn.