From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1600:

[blanikdog]

From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1600:

JULIET:
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.

There ya go spooky, a rose is a rose. A bit like a post I just did about foreshots are foreshots, by any other name.

[Samohon]

From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1600:

JULIET:
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.

There ya go spooky, a rose is a rose. A bit like a post I just did about foreshots are foreshots, by any other name.

Just recited from it from the screen to Mrs Sam Blanik...
She's pouring me a cool one for being such a romantic.... Keep it comin man, who knows what might happen...

Sorry for hoggin patch...

[Mr.Spooky]

From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1600:

JULIET:
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.

There ya go spooky, a rose is a rose. A bit like a post I just did about foreshots are foreshots, by any other name.

as quoted by a true gentleman. hats off blanikdog
spooky

[blanikdog]

I wonder how I managed to post this here instead of in the pink vodka made with rose petals post??? Doesn't matter, it seems to be working better here.

[ammo man]

The rest of the story:

"A story, much favoured by tour guides, and as such highly suspect, is that in this line Shakespeare was also making a joke at the expense of the Rose Theatre. The Rose was a local rival to his Globe Theatre and is reputed to have had less than effective sanitary arrangements. The story goes that this was a coy joke about the smell. This certainly has the whiff of folk etymology about it, but it might just be true."

Bert

[Peter_Muir]

The rest of the story:

"A story, much favoured by tour guides, and as such highly suspect, is that in this line Shakespeare was also making a joke at the expense of the Rose Theatre. The Rose was a local rival to his Globe Theatre and is reputed to have had less than effective sanitary arrangements. The story goes that this was a coy joke about the smell. This certainly has the whiff of folk etymology about it, but it might just be true."

Bert

Hey Bert,

It's true that Shakespeare may have been compairing the Rose Theatre to a privy, but I'm not sure that It ever would have been played that way by even his contemporary actors as it subtract away from the story. Anyway, I think he filled the verse with enough Base humour by having a 14 year old girl refer to "Any Other Part Belonging To A Man"