Monty by Jim Meddick for February 14, 2014
Transcript:
Valentine's Day again... Alone... Hhhhhhhh... Well, did you know that for much of its history, Valentine's Day had nothing to do with romance?... It wasn't until 1382 when a chaucer poem first gave it a romantic association. For this was on Seynt Volantyny's day whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make. Great. But I have absolutely no idea what making cheese has to do with romance.
quartermain almost 11 years ago
Swiss cheese with holes for our solitary Monty.
tattooedcyberidiot almost 11 years ago
I cheese my make every valentines day and she loves it
hometownk Premium Member almost 11 years ago
And the anti-matter crises does not follow into any further strips. What a dud.
hometownk Premium Member almost 11 years ago
As for Chaucer, I got pretty good at reading it and understanding it back in the day. I still have my text. I still remember the line “Out of the dunghill came those words.” I think they are pretty explanatory.
x_Tech almost 11 years ago
English Lit. would have been so much easier if Chaucer had used spell check.
Allan CB Premium Member almost 11 years ago
hahaha
beachlvr Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I miss the robot already!
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
So, make your choice, Monty! It’s been almost 700 years since that poem; why are you sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself?
pschearer Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Per tumblr.com:“For this was on Saint Valentine’s Day, when every bird cometh there to choose his mate.”
hometownk Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Actually he wrote just fine for his audience. Unfortunately, the language has evolved a lot since then. Try reading Beowulf in the original old English. I have a copy of it around somewhere. But the movies have done a great job of translating it. Mind you, I don’t know how accurate the are. lol
pschearer Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Engelish doth evolve, but thou knewest that.
vldazzle almost 11 years ago
I bought a collection of Chaucer just to stretch my mind (as I do with Garcia Mendez to not forget proper Spanish) and had no problem reading all the interesting stories. Some of his just bore me, so I can’t say I’ve read it ALL, but a good part. I prefer the spicier stories.
My new friend reads even more than I (and has a bigger collection of DVDs). I like that he’s not just TV and golf for retirement (being in theater and square dance, and now, possibly in SCA with me). We may even hook-up some of our workshop equipment and create more beautiful things (so much more fun to do things together).