Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for February 21, 2011

Ya live and learn …

Take it away and put it up till summer.

No, no, no. It does not beg the question. It raises the question.

She’s not people. she’s family. Or “She’s not people, she’s my auntie.”

I can’t understand why give a little toddler a weapon of any type. On yesterday’s strip and past based on Holly reading “Pride and Prejudice” By Jane Austin. I bought the book at a garage sale thought be great reading. I’m not Holly’s age almost could :( be her grandma yuk, and finally on cable got to watch the movie. I tried to follow the book an movie together. With the pictures in the book I have doesn’t work with the story line. I have to admit I had a hard time following what is written in the book. And the movie itself didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me. And I do read English. I didn’t grow up with proper English speaking parents I’m used to basic words.

I don’t know if ones comment here. I was watching because its over with talking about extreme birthday part’ies for little girls. Get this cost is $32,000 or $38,000. How much parent’s spend on their daughter’s. Reminds me of spoiled children. Then the little darlings says not what they wanted. Plus 4 small wheel car.

I LOVE “Pride & Prejudice.” The language is so rich. Even though it’s English, the phrases and expressions are quite different from what we speak and hear today.

It’s quite a romantic love story, too, as well as a commentary on the social issues of the time.

I did read the book I agree kawenakali the language is clean and different. I had to get a dictionary and see what Ms. Austin was writing about. The movie moved faster then I can read the book. From what I can remember I believe the father is against the marriages of each of the men his daughter’s has chosen for husband. Please explain more of what I am missing. The picture from the book don’t’ match what is being said. I know the text of the book is elegant and proper way of speaking. I know I don’t speak that way.

In my opinion, the best movie version is the BBC miniseries. The novel is one that can’t be shortened to 2 hours and still tell the story adequately.

The problem is more that in that day and place, women had no resources or jobs of their own and had to marry well to have a good life.

The Bennet family is not well off and so it’s extremely important for the daughters to marry well.

The story is too complex to be able to explain it to you here. Get the BBC miniseries or check out this website for a summary.

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/pride/summary.html

Kab, there are almost no books that you can read in the time you can watch the movie, but what you might try is watching a chapter of the film (with DVD’s, that’s pretty simple), and then reading the book up to that point. Then watch another chapter, and go back to the book. (It’s probably easier than trying to do it the other way around.)

I love “classic” literature - Austen, Dickens, Shakespeare, and so on - but I know the vocabulary, pacing, and styles are difficult to get a grip on. Reading old books is a skill that needs to be developed, but the rewards are worth the effort (and the more you do it, the easier it gets). So much is so different, but so much is the same, too: human nature doesn’t change. But if you’re the sort who insists that a book written in 1950 has nothing to say to you (I’m not saying you are, but there are such people), you’ll certainly be deaf to whatever a book written in 1850 (or 1700, or 1500, or…) has to say.

We use to call them Zip Guns.

THANK YOU, jdono!! I’m so sick of seeing “begs the question” used as though it means that a question begs to be asked. People, that’s NOT what it means. Look it up!!! Grrrrr.

reminds me of today’s Cul de Sac…

The Shakespeare plays I actually endorse watching a filmed version, if you can find a good one (the BBC “Complete Works” series is uneven in places, but most of the major plays are readily available through Netflix). They were written as plays, after all, and since there’s no descriptive text it helps a lot to watch and listen to someone to figure out what a line’s supposed to mean. When it’s an option, I put the subtitles on while I’m watching. The BBC “Taming of the Shrew” (with John Cleese as Petrucchio) is hilarious, but many of the roles are played with regional English accents, and combined with the speed of delivery and the archaic vocabulary it gets really hard to follow, other than in the general “what’s happening now” sense.

Thanks, jdono and Calvinsmom. I learned something new today!

There’s a good explanation of “Begs the Question” here: http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/begs-the-question.aspx

I have yet to see a rubber band shot at me that makes me say “ow!”

I thought Wally made the gun for Alix? Why does Max have it now?

sukie, you’re absolutely right. I had completely forgotten that Alix got the first demonstration of the rubber-band gun, although Max was present. Maybe he made two, so Max and Alix could have a war…?

Years ago I bought my son a repeating rubber band gun - it shot up to six rubber bands just as fast as you pulled the trigger. I still have it - when he grew up, I told him he was too old for a RB gun now.

I still play with it (great for houseflies) - it’s a kick (but don’t tell HIM).

Glad to see that Fritzoid appreciates good literature. As a lit major in HS I have always enjoyed many authors but I was not required to read many classics. I read just for the pleasure of it and I LOVE paper books- I have saved so many wonderful versions of operas and great works on various video media, only to lose them by obsolescence.

These comics are really good and always make me laugh when I’m feeling sad or down so good job author!