tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post5661607870868998190..comments2024-03-28T16:58:17.705-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: How To Tell If You Are In An Old English PoemGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-34490352871745813022015-07-30T11:11:46.888-04:002015-07-30T11:11:46.888-04:00I liked some of the other guides, too, such as &qu...I liked some of the other guides, too, such as "how to tell if you're in a Shakespearean tragedy": "Thou art dead. Thy death was probably easily avoidable."Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-8728741833019931742015-07-30T08:40:22.158-04:002015-07-30T08:40:22.158-04:00Quite helpful. While most of the traits listed see...Quite helpful. While most of the traits listed seem to indicate that I am not, in fact, in an old English poem, I am worried about these:<br /><br />Grammatical gender is disintegrating.<br /><br />You are tricked by the [Democrats], which is to say they ask politely for a more advantageous position on the battlefield and you give it to them.<br /><br />Your fate is inexorable.<br /><br />Roman ruins are the most existentially distressing things in the world to you.<br /><br />You are doomed. Your people are doomed. Your world is doomed.<br /><br />(Also, I find it humorous that the article is accompanied by an add for Olde English "800" Malt Liquor.)Tomnoreply@blogger.com