Mar 9, 2012

The Ides of March

G-Man made a brave attempt at a Friday Flash Fiction 55 synopsis, but the truth is far different . . .


Julius, Mayor of Casterbridge is in the Forum. A guy called Mark Anthony shouts he wants to borrow ears. “I’ll sell you my wife Elizabeth’s ears for V denarii” says Julius.  The crowd doesn’t like this. They stab him XXIII times.  “Oh, you brutes” he cries, expiring.  Anthony marries Elizabeth, played in the film by Cleopatra Taylor.

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12 comments:

  1. A Literary Mystery Tour with Historical Overtones? A film like that is bound to be a box office bonanza! Hehehe!

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  2. You're bringing back some memories, not that my hubcap ever offered up my ears. Ouch. You always make me think and smile at the same time. Tain't easy!

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  3. Doc...
    Methinks the Guiness Stout hath taken over!
    Excellent take on my pix
    Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End

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    1. I love your pix, G-Man! They wonderfully concentrate the mind.

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  4. Er....I am embarrassed to admit I have never read this, in the Biff Notes form or otherwise, so I have no idea how clever your 55 is Doctor. I have however read 'The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal' and highly recommend it for very silly reading!

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    1. Mary . . my synopsis is designed to save you the trouble of reading either text, the one by Thomas Shakespeare, the other by William Hardy. Both English, which probably explains a lot . . .
      Now to Amazon for "The Gospel According to Biff"

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  5. ouch ouch I am laughin' too hard!

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  6. I too turned off the word verification for the very same reason- but where oh where do I find the "feedback" button for blogger nonsense? "Help" doesn't seem to work!

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    1. Oh my ! trez confusing- Heh heh, thanks any how!

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    2. Izzy . . I had both these texts for my GCE English at school. I find they mix quite nicely.

      Kathe W. You need to use the "new" blogger interface. Fear not, the WV's will not reappear. I think you will find the "send feedback" buttons OK. You can return to the "old" style interface when you're done.

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  7. LOL! Oh, that is just twisted. See... you can't trust those cliff notes.

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  8. lol - the Biff Notes are definitely more interesting! And they do say that truth is stranger than fiction - lol! :)

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Thank you for stopping by. To make life easier for you I have turned off the new indecipherable and time-wasting verification words. Would you care to "feedback" to Blogger and complain about them, like I did?