Penslammeter

[Blue Blur]

Hehe. I'm printing this off with someother strips to give to my teachers at, you guessed it, school.

[IceDragon]

If they wanted to go real old school, they could go the route of Homer and have Dactyllic Hexameter Slams

[The J.A.M.]

So Millie ENJOYS being insulted, and Ozy enjoys insulting?

[Blue Blur]

Well, it explains a lot.

[Tom Flapwell]

<!--QuoteBegin-Dr. Doog+Feb 16 2006, 11:28 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Dr. Doog @ Feb 16 2006, 11:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <!--QuoteBegin-Emeraldshine+Feb 16 2006, 06:45 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Emeraldshine @ Feb 16 2006, 06:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <!--QuoteBegin-Timon of Athens by William Shakespere - Act IV+ Scene 3--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Timon of Athens by William Shakespere - Act IV @  Scene 3)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I'm not sure if that's Iambic, but oh well.<br><br>I'm new here. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>his plays weren't 100% iambic pentameter, btw. that's definitely not blank verse. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> <i>Timon of Athens</i> is especially low on iambic pentameter, which is one reason that scholars suspect that Shakespeare intended to revise it, that what we have is a rough draft.<br><br>My favorite Shakespearean insult session is not in iambic pentameter. It comes from <i>The Tragedy of King Lear</i>, Act 2, Scene 2, and is too long to post here.

[Muninn]

<!--QuoteBegin-Tom Flapwell+Feb 16 2006, 09:11 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Tom Flapwell @ Feb 16 2006, 09:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> "Gone off"? Do people even say that of cheese? The stuff doesn't explode, that I know of.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Obviously you've not read Asterix in Corsica.<br><br>And the strip is a very good one.