tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7239457502046558677..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Chatting up a woman - in the 12th century!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-46503965193611725472012-03-30T17:43:07.583-05:002012-03-30T17:43:07.583-05:00Sounds like Chretien de Troyes.
The trick back th...Sounds like Chretien de Troyes.<br /><br />The trick back then was to get the Lady's name in a poem without her husband figuring it out. Because he'd come and kill you ...<br /><br />Maybe that's a good rule in general for poets: be clever or be dead. ;-)Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-31888400836982414602012-03-29T19:06:10.081-05:002012-03-29T19:06:10.081-05:00I'm not sure anything compares to reading Lysi...I'm not sure anything compares to reading <i>Lysistrata</i> out loud among a high school English class.. :Dskreidlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213887949057408692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55483442859440573292012-03-29T09:18:04.986-05:002012-03-29T09:18:04.986-05:00LittleRed1, Catullus is right up there as well, an...LittleRed1, Catullus is right up there as well, and better not to even think about Apuleius' 'Golden Ass' I still can't figure out how we were allowed to read that in a US public high-school...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-24863211327699828552012-03-29T08:47:53.250-05:002012-03-29T08:47:53.250-05:00Ever read Ovid's 'Ars Amatoria'? The a...Ever read Ovid's 'Ars Amatoria'? The art of the pick-up line goes back to ancient Rome. That and dropping stuff so you can bend over and look up . . . ahem. <br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-39972277521834040842012-03-28T21:38:50.233-05:002012-03-28T21:38:50.233-05:00Oh my! A guy used those EXACT same words on me in...Oh my! A guy used those EXACT same words on me in a saloon one time, RIGHT before my lucky day when I found a gold man's wedding band in the peanut bowl.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Thanks for the smile.Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.com