Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Magic Shake-Ball


Dear Magic Shake-Ball:

I haven't heard from Michelle since she left for Disney World. Has she been swallowed up by the Magic Mountain? Has she been shrunk down into a teeny tiny Small Person in the Small World?

Answer:

Not marble nor the gilded monuments
Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme,
But you shall shine more bright in these contents
Than unswept stone besmeared with sluttish time.

(Sonnet #55)

Interpretation:

Oh my God! She's been turned into stone by the Wizarding World of Harry Potter! Michelle! Michelle!! Use the Force! Wait, no, that only works in the films I grew up with. If only my kids had been ambitious enough to read the Harry Potter books, maybe I'd be able to help her! Oh, God, I'm a terrible parent, and now Michelle is going to be stuck in the Magic Kingdom forever!

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