With every civic problem in Chicago long since solved, Mayor Richard M. Daley is free to turn his attentions to whimsical celebration. He's declared Thursday to be "Talk Like Shakespeare Day," so that Windy City denizens can observe The Bard's 445th birthday in eloquent fashion. So, sure, a silly idea which will no doubt be more honored in the breach than the observance, but consider this: what if Rod Blagojevich's Senate soliloquy had been a bit more Shakespearean?
Shall they not offer me what worth requitesIt would have put a whole different complexion on things, right?
I'll keepst the treasured seat in mine own sites
A place in yonder chamber's dearly bought
You just don't give that shit away for naught.
"Truly, sir, all I live by is with the awl." -- The cobbler, Julius Caesar.
"but this blow
Might be the be-a[wl]l and the end-a[w]l..." - MacBeth
A tale told by an idiot. Full of sound and fury. Signfying nothing.
You got a problem with that?
In Illinois country matters are local matters.
You taught me language, and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse.