She: Finally. I’ve posted.
He: Great work as usual, love. But, you know, since you’re always insisting on celebrating 19th-century writers …
She: Huh?
He: … wouldn’t it be simple fairness, every once in awhile, to say that you’ve melvilled? Or hawthorned? Or even that you’ve done something austentatious?
She: What are you talking about?!?
He: Instead of always saying that you’ve Poe-sted? Not that he wasn’t a great writer, mind you, but his range was a bit limited. All macabre, all the time. And a fat lot of good it did him; he hardly ever made enough money with his writing to buy dinner. An early Victorian blogger, he was. And you know what they called a hungry Poe, don’t you?
She: No, and I …
He: Raven-ous.
She: And do you know what they call punny amoebae?
He: No, and I …
She: Extirpated!
I have germicide and I will use it!
But I love you. 😉
No, Quilly! Not the hexachlorophene! Nooooo …
😉
It’s just hot mint tea. Sheesh. Talk about melodrama!
Whaddaya mean “what a melodrama”? Trust me, one of those big ol’ watermelons lands on you, you’ve got drama.
If it’s going to land on me, hon, that doesn’t explain why you’re having drama.
This is so funny! Austentatious just killed me!
.-= Mama Zen´s last blog ..Sky In Bloom =-.
I’m sure it would have killed Jane, too, Mama. Or maybe make her wish to kill somebody. On stage, even.
Lordy, what you live with. Funny, but Poe isn’t all macabre. He wrote romance as well and humor almost as well. Quilly, that’s some gold bug you’ve got there.
.-= Doug´s last blog ..Dance =-.
All true, that about Poe’s writing, Doug. But in the name of Art (surely you know Art), I took some poe-etic license.
Stop the puns?! Nevermore!
.-= Mocha with Linda´s last blog ..You Can Still Wear Cute Shoes Review & Giveaway =-.
Absolutely right, Linda. There are no moa. Ask any New Zealander.
UGH! This is the pits! (watch out for the pendulum!) Things are feeling a little Poe-ish over on my blog too…. oh wait… that WAS a raven… never mind!
.-= Melli´s last blog ..Snow Fun! =-.
What’s all this tintinnabulation, Melli?
I liked “austentatious” too, LOL!
.-= Barbara H.´s last blog ..Friday’s Fave Five =-.
Thanks, Barbara. I wish I could claim originality …
Oh boy, po’ all of us! Usher me out of here, warp speed!
😛
(I used to live a walk away from his grave — one of my heroes I admit!)
What, Susan? Are you afraid you might be Tarr’d and Fether’d? 😉
Only in Friday Harbor…oh wait I take that back. It happened in Honolulu as well. LOL Too funny
.-= Thom´s last blog ..Guess Whose Back? =-.
Thanks, Thom. May theBus be with you.
And also with you 🙂
.-= Thom´s last blog ..Guess Whose Back? =-.
Wackos!
13 Characters from Rose and Prince Brendan
.-= Nessa´s last blog ..Far To Go =-.
indeed!
He sure makes you and me THINK! haha.
.-= gigi-hawaii´s last blog ..A foodie’s challenge =-.
Gigi — are you aware that he posted this? He’s tricky in more ways then one!
Funny as usual. The two of you should take your act on the road.
.-= Silverneurotic´s last blog ..I Wish I Felt Nothing =-.
Like say from Honolulu, Hawaii to Friday Harbor, Washington?
I could not possibly compete with the 2 of you!
.-= kcinnova´s last blog ..Random Dozen, LOST edition =-.
my only functionong brain cell had to work overtime
does this make me protozoan?
😀
.-= polona´s last blog ..survivor =-.