I Drank That Coffee Waaay To Fast

I think I'll blog about Romeo and Juliet.

We read this book last year but I think it'll be good because it's relevant to the topic(for once) and I can make fun of it! Erm...I mean, discuss how I felt about it...

-Coooooooough-

Frankly I don't understand why this book is considered to be one of the greatest plays ever.

It's just...Ugh.

I mean it talks about how the two families have hated each other for so many years and blah blah blah and how they're fighting in the city and stuff. So you if you think about it there has had to be some past casualties and city disturbences but apparently the King or Duke or whatever he was just gets angry at this last one.

Why?! Why is it that last one?! Is the ruling guy all of a sudden like "Man, I wish those guys would stop fighting, it's really irritating. Someone should stop it."

Then one of his ad visors would be all like "Well sir...You are the ruler."

"OH YEAH! Hahaha! Totally forgot about that for the last few years! OOPS! Haha."

That alone in itself has got to make you wonder if he's been walking around with a paper bag on his head. Or maybe he was just like "Oh look, two of the most powerful families in the land are fighting...Well, it's not like it's my job to get involved or anything. Oh look they killed more innocent bystanders! Haha! Those jokesters. Always know how to make me laugh. Oh haha! They've destroyed more public property! Now I can oppress the peasants even more to pay for all that!"

And if that isn't enough to make you wonder about what these people were thinking Romeo and Juliet certainly are.

If anything I think they're parents would've been trying to hook them up. Why you ask? TO SAVE THEIR MORONIC LITTLE HINIES! Yes, I did just say hiney.

Hope I spelled that right.

Didn't people use marriage as a way to stop fighting or at least prevent it?

I know they hated each other but if the families didn't want to die they could at least sacrifice the stupid lusty children.

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. Los Angeles: Cyber Classics, 1997.