On Feb 1, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Martin Wohlert wrote: > Matthew Walsh <walshm at ipfw.edu> wrote: >>> FRIEDA2133.aol.com wrote on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:58:11 EST >> [ snip ] >>> Vlad speaking to Savn: >>> Savn glanced back at him, but still wasn't certain if he were >>> joking. 'It's easy to tell the difference,' he said, 'When you make >>> the seedblocks and leave them in the coolhouse in barrels, the >>> true, true salad flax will melt--' >> Ouch. I didn't notice that one before. And what's worse, now the >> whole exchange looks to me like an excuse for that pun. >> >> This should be filed as a joke/allusion to /Hamlet/ on C&S, right? > > That confused me more than it explained anything, care to illuminate > me? One of Hamlet's soliloquies -- Act 2, Scene 1 -- starts off with the line, "O, that this too too solid flesh would melt..." - - Matt - -