2007-10-22 00:47:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
hearing someone describe a fully covered muslim woman as a 'letterbox in mourning'
still makes me chuckle.
2007-10-22 01:35:27 · answer #1 · answered by Dale W 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The lecturer's take on the plot of the story of Grisellda (popular 18th century opera)
Gisellda is a servant. The king marries her. Then decides to test her.
He pretends to kill their two children. And then informs Grisellda that he wants her to be a servant again, and tells her to prepare the house for his new bride. She accepts all this without a harsh word, such is her love for her husband (!)
Then the husband reveals that the new bride was really her daughter, and that her son is also alive, and that she has past the test, and can continue to be his wife. The opera ends with her thanking him.
This is the 18th century conception of perfect womanhood. Hilarious!
2007-10-22 00:58:03 · answer #2 · answered by Faith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Grandson, just for being a good boy today while I've been looking after him, then again when I took him to the park and he said that mummy won't take them to the park. Now I know, I'll have to have a little word with her!!
2007-10-22 01:03:42 · answer #3 · answered by Jelly B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seeing the smile on our daughters' face when we gave her a Rudolph mobile phone cover. Its nose flashes red when she gets a call through on her mobile! We smiled when we bought it coz in Tesco it said it was 97p but when it went through the checkout it came up as costing 1p! When the check-out operator asked her supervisor to check the price n she scanned another one it came up as 1p too so we bought that one as well! We wanted to buy some more but they wouldn't let us! lol.
2007-10-22 01:30:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Remembering that yesterday I bought a £890 handbag for only £311!!!!
2007-10-22 00:52:56 · answer #5 · answered by pirate_princess 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I got to work to find an e-mail from a friend I went to school with and haven't seen for 16 years - ah the joys of Facebook!
2007-10-22 00:51:42 · answer #6 · answered by flyingconfused 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Watching my two cats playing while I sit at the computer reading some interesting questions.
2007-10-22 00:51:21 · answer #7 · answered by rednine 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I will start to smile after my first cup of coffee.
2007-10-22 01:08:44 · answer #8 · answered by nowyouknow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A cheeky email from one of my 360 contacts, he's very good at cheering you up when you're feeling a bit low.
2007-10-22 01:17:21 · answer #9 · answered by Kirsty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My son. it's his 5th birthday today, and his face when he opened his presents was a picture I would have dared anyone not to smile at it :-)
2007-10-22 00:54:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Looking for my jeans for about 20mins only to find them on the (pregnant) wife in bed. She didn't want me to go to work & trying to get them from her resulted in fits of giggles!
2007-10-22 00:54:02 · answer #11 · answered by Bulldog 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋