tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post6776975204918798566..comments2024-03-28T11:03:41.050-05:00Comments on Unlocked Wordhoard: Chaucer-Themed CruiseDr. Richard Scott Nokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348275071082514870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-19553627071114526112010-08-27T22:07:10.276-05:002010-08-27T22:07:10.276-05:00Ah, the Chaucer themed cruise. A friend of mine a...Ah, the Chaucer themed cruise. A friend of mine and I went on one last year. We were offered our choice of the Wife of Bath's suite during the day when all the guests were having fun, or at night when everyone was asleep. My friend, to his dismay, selected the Wife of Bath's suite during the day and had to share time with a warty woman who snored.<br /><br />I, being wiser, told the hostess that I would accept whatever she deemed best. I spent the rest of the journey in the company of a lovely woman in the Honeymoon suite.Christian Lindkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12381310217234123318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-39309342870249272602010-08-24T15:23:37.078-05:002010-08-24T15:23:37.078-05:00On the Old English cruise, they make you stir the ...On the Old English cruise, they make you stir the ice-cold sea with your hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-86718431593976193532010-08-23T16:37:35.101-05:002010-08-23T16:37:35.101-05:00I remember a 1960s film review in which John Simon...I remember a 1960s film review in which John Simon smacks a film for making the same mistake: a child prodigy is said to be able to recite flawless Old English, and then proceeds to intone something in Middle English. Perhaps it was <i>The Sandpiper</i>, with Burton and Taylor?N.E. Brigandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601573470596905112noreply@blogger.com