Sunday, April 12, 2009

Biology

We are reading Julius Caesar and we pass the part where Brutus says there is no need to kill Mark Antony in addition to Caesar. This passage contains some difficult language, so I slow it down to make sure everyone is on the same wavelength.


Me: "Brutus says basically that if you chop off the head of the beast, the arm will die. Mark Antony is like the arm--he's useless without Caesar--"

Monique: "--is that true?"

Me: "..." [confused stare]

Monique: "Will your arm stop moving if you chop off someone's head?"

Me: "Um. Yes. You will be dead."

Monique: "Man cartoons are a bunch of bullcrap!"


Glad to see we're all on the same wavelength.
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Roughly Speaking... said...

You know, perhaps in the 1950s, there were few enough decapitations in the news that this could be chalked up to mere idiocy. But Daniel Pearl and a few al-Qaeda hostages, another VT killer, and the other nutjobs who have been on the news have all made beheadings en vogue.

Then again, she may be good evidence that a human doesn't need a brain to survive.

April 13, 2009 6:45 AM

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