Big Dave
24th July 2009, 16:39
Shakespeare was big on portents.
The Oxford says a portent is ‘a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen’
In Mc**** for example, an apparition of a dagger and the sound of a bell are clear messages to the main character that he must kill the King.
‘The bell invites me, hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell, that summons thee to heaven or to hell.’ And remember what happened to Caesar when he blew the Ides of March gig?
What has this to do with a motorcycle test you ask?
Well, the portents for this one struck me as altogether Shakespearean as the last three minutes of the journey to Silver Fern Imports, in fabulous downtown Takininni, en route to collect the 2009 Victory 8 Ball motorcycle, were with the strains of Elvin Bishop’s rock classic ‘Fooled Around and Fell in Love’ emanating at force eleven from the radio.
This proved portentous indeed. As did....blah blah blah
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Do I say the Mc**** or 'the Scottish play'?
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The Oxford says a portent is ‘a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen’
In Mc**** for example, an apparition of a dagger and the sound of a bell are clear messages to the main character that he must kill the King.
‘The bell invites me, hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell, that summons thee to heaven or to hell.’ And remember what happened to Caesar when he blew the Ides of March gig?
What has this to do with a motorcycle test you ask?
Well, the portents for this one struck me as altogether Shakespearean as the last three minutes of the journey to Silver Fern Imports, in fabulous downtown Takininni, en route to collect the 2009 Victory 8 Ball motorcycle, were with the strains of Elvin Bishop’s rock classic ‘Fooled Around and Fell in Love’ emanating at force eleven from the radio.
This proved portentous indeed. As did....blah blah blah
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Do I say the Mc**** or 'the Scottish play'?
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