Eye of Newt!
Toe of frog!
Wool of bat!
1 Cup Hedgehog!
A little more Newt and you’re done, Ali S. Got a favorite original Cute Overload + Shakespeare quote? Share in zuh comments.
Secret Ingredient
June 21, 2011 By
Eye of Newt!
Toe of frog!
Wool of bat!
1 Cup Hedgehog!
A little more Newt and you’re done, Ali S. Got a favorite original Cute Overload + Shakespeare quote? Share in zuh comments.
Oh Snailio, Snailio, wherefore art thou Snailio?
Fluff-y or not fluff-y. That is the question.
Out, out damned Spot! <—works with dogs named Spot
“I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.”
–Iago from Othello
I choose to think of said beast being all sleek and whiskery like an otter.
Eeeeek! Those wheeskers teeckle!
And Caesar’s spirit, raging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice
Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war,
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.
–Marc Antony from Julius Caesar
Hmmm….clearly we need something cuter.
The corgi puppies of war?
(? Am I allowed to enter a comment which HAS no Shakespeare???)
*raises hand and waves it in the air like Horshack from
Welcome Back, Kotter*
*”ooooooh, ooooooh!!!! ONE a’ MY BESTEST FREY-unds is named NEWT!!!*
(Note: this statement is True. He lives in a mountain-y area of Georgia; and just to add a cherry on top of the story, he lives with a silly Dogue who is a wrinkled wonderful Shar-Pei named ANGUS!!!)
(sits back down, wondering if I’ll be ejected….)
For a minute there I thought the dog’s name was going to be Callista.
A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!
–King Richard, Richard III
A redonkulous mini-horse! A redonkulous mini-horse!
What was that Monty Python sketch about a rehab facility for overactors? I just remember Eric Idle very calmly and pleasantly saying “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse” while smiling sweetly.
Theresa, the genius of teh interwebs clips
Even more redonkulous, my kingdom for a mini giraffe
Opulence, you has it! Lucky you!
(actually Opulence is the name of the giraffe but everybody forgets that
A horse, a horse, my kindgom for OMGP0niesz!!!!!!111elevenBBQ
*contented giggulz*
Apropos of this cutie:
Urchins
Shall, for that vast of night that they may work,
All exercise on thee.
(The Tempest, I/2)
(Urchins = Hedgies!)
Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew and dog will have his day.
~Hamlet
In Ireland have I seen this stubborn Cade
Oppose himself against a troop of kerns,
And fought so long, till that his thighs with darts
Were almost like a sharp-quilled porpentine;
Henry VI/ 2, III/2
Wouldst thou have that
Which thou esteem’st the ornament of life,
And live a coward in thine own esteem,
Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would, ”
Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage?
Macbeth I/7
half expect to see a wee little pawsie and hear a “hewwo” from this smiling cuppa hedgie!
More like “what ho!” Or “Well met!”
Hail, Oberon!
Ha ha, just last night I was thinking about the Prickly Kid and saying to myself, “He fixed me with his cute beady eyes, and ‘Hewwo’ was all he said”.
YAY for hedgehog detectives!!!!
also: Hi, skippymom!!
Haven’t seen your name in a few days…
Res, I was on vacation all last week. Logged a lot of hours in the bed with the kitties.
oooooh, ooooooh!!
THAT sounds like Actual FUN!!!
YAY for Heros Having Fun!
Oh, yes, would love to see a wee pawsie. That would charm me.
“Cool it with a baboon’s blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.”
-Macbeth Act IV, scene I
The kitteh doth protest too much, methinks.
Friends, Romans, countrybuns, lend me your ears!
Hedge E. Hog prepares for a stirring performance in his audition for “Measure for Measure”. He hopes that if he gets cast the wardrobe mistress will give him a cup befitting the size of his part.
Where did the thumbs go??
I wanna give 260O about 50 of them!
That’s one *heaping* cup, I think.
Uh oh, there are two of us. That is quite rare!
Hmm, the recipe doesn’t say ‘Despiculate before nomming’. Dibs on earsies!
Evidently a happy hedgie instead of a fretful porpentine [HAMlet!].
There once was a girl from Nantucket…………..
oooooops ! Sorry, wrong Shakespeare. (snerk)
Roflmao
I’m fretting like a porpentine, because I have no hedgie.
If I might make so bold…
http://cuteoverload.com/2007/11/08/unleash-hell/#comment-182378
Tony James strikes like a thunderbolt!
“Kittens of consternation”
Tony James: 1
Billy Shakespeare: 0
“Give me my robe, put on my crown;”. I have to head into town.
Anthony and Cleopatra.
Bake @ 350 degrees until crunchy.
It’s actually only a half cup– Eriza’s just that tiny
I love my baby hedgie.
She’s a cutie-patootie! What is she, an Algerian Chocolate Snowflake?
[double-take] They come in flavors?
So tasty.
Whoa Whoa just a minute folks!!!!
What happened to all the “thumbs up” stuff? Is it just me, did I get my thumbs revoked? Or are we all now thumbless.
I gotta have my thumbs up fix.
I just went to Costco and picked up several spare boxes of “thumbs up” on sale to get me through June. What am I going to do with all these “thumbs ups” now. I know I can sit on one of them but what about the other 143,999 that I have sitting in boxes? =(
If they’re in boxes, just leave them where Maru can find them, and they’ll be gone soon.
Don’t know if this is some temporary glitch, but I can’t see the thumbs either. If it is on purpose, I for one am happy to see the thumbs down gone. Didn’t think it was very cute to down-thumb comments.
They should bring back the thumbs-up though. I don’t usually care to post comments (cause people usually have already said what I was thinking), so it was easier to thumbs-up their comments. Lots of goodies to thumbs-up on this Shakespeare post!
Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witches mummy, maw and gulf,
Of the ravin’d salt-dea shark,
Root of hemlock digg’d i’ the dark,
Liver of blaspheming Jew,
Gall of goat, and slips of yew,
Sliver’d in the moon’s eclipse,
Nose of Turk and Tartar’s lips,
Add thereto a tiger’s chauldron,
For the ingredients of our cauldron.
Oh! I LOVE Macbeth! It’s probably one of my favorite plays by Shakespeare. Has anyone heard the superstition that if you speak the name Macbeth inside a theater you will bring bad luck on yourself? The play is supposed to be cursed because William Shakespeare used real spells in his play.
It is referred to as “The Scottish Play”.
Aahhhhh! Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
My favorite TV show ever. HOW did they not burst out laughing?
Et tu, Maru?
Bravo.
She speaks poniards, and every word stabs:
if her breath were as terrible as her terminations,
there were no living near her; she would infect to
the north star.
Signior Benedict from Much Ado About Nothing, the Kenneth Branagh version is my favorite. Well actually any Shakespeare by Kenneth Branagh is my favorite.
Oh Ceiling Cat, that I were a pup! I’d eat his kibble ‘i the marketplace!
erm…..
(heh heh)
Yes! Henry V with Branaugh.
Me, in response:
*contented sigh of a
Historic Films with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson Geek*
Yes, I remember being all ready to go to war with him after that speech on the battlefield! And I’m truly a peaceful type!! But he inspired me!
Best Shakespearean animal: Crab the dog in “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”. Notorious for stealing every scene in which he appears.
Yes, best *written* Shakespeare animal. Best unwritten Shakespeare animals are the family of raccoons resident at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
?????
The Delacorte is where they have Shakespeare in the Park every summer. And for I don’t know how many years, these raccooneroonies of various sizes would come trooping out on the stage while the play is going on. Sometimes they would just walk straight through. Sometimes they would stop for awhile. The play would just go on. Everybody’s used to them, they’re part of the show.
Oh, the joys of animal participation in outdoor Shakespeare. We have the same problem in York’s Rowntree Park, especially with stage-struck ducks and geese.
@ Theresa,
re. raccooneroonies & Shakespeare:
“WheeeeEEEEEEEEEeeeee!!!!”
Whoa – another Yorkie (not the pupperson) on CO!
What a piece of work is Cute Overload
How noble in reason
How infinite in faculty
In form and movement how redonkulous and admirable
In action how like an angelfish
In apprehension how like Ceiling Cat
The beauty of teh world
The paragon of Qte animals
Oddsbodkins!
Lillith…bravo! thunderous applause! throwing flowers& hedgies (very carefully) on stage!
@ Lillith:
*Thunderous, appreciative applause*
Lilith – I nominate you cuteoverload court laureate.
I second!
I third!
youse literate folks is awesome!!
Exuent! Pursued by a (panda) bear.
Bear with me yet, my thoughts will soon appear clear to yon knave. Exuent!
Stage direction for Antigonus, in “A Wombat’s Tailio”
Frailty, thy name is wombat.
Get thee to a bunnery!
Pheas – Very good!
::curtsey:: Finally, some payoff for staying away in 12th-grade English!
By the prickling in my thumbs
something hedgey this way comes…
Macbeth- sorta….
Good one, Shazzie.
Why thank you Woofy’sMa
Most kind of you
Gallop apace, you fiery-footed hams,
Toward Phoebus’ lodging: such a wagoner
As NOMTOM would whip you to the west,
And bring in cloudy night immediately.
Spread thy close curtain, cute-performing night,
That itty-bitty kitties’ eyes may wink, and Maru
Leap to these arms, untalk’d of and unseen.
PS Never was there a nose of more boop
Than this cup of hedgehog and her unseen newt.
I’ve never submitted though watch CO daily, but I just have to say you peeps are truly exceptional and really entertaining with your banter and repartee. I love the cute animals too, of course, but this is a very special site – gentle, civil and often quite hilarious. Thanks for lighting up one older lady’s days up in the Great White North. Cheers, and all that!
I know if I’m feeling down or stressed myself I come to C.O. and it lightens the mood and entertains. Meg has created something special here.
“Is this a hamster I see before me?”
“What light ‘pon yonder window breaks? It is East and I am teh orunj kittayn.”
Supreme. Simply Supreme.
Starfish – “I am teh orunj kittayn.” Isn’t that a Beatle’s song?
“Come not between a Maru and his box”
(King Lear)
Thank you!
I’ve just sent this to a friend who is doing “Shakespeare Jukebox” at the Buxton Festival next month. Brill!!!
Cole Porter! Cole Porter! Cole Porter!
If it’s Cole Porter, it’s got to be good!
Forsooth, a cat hath got my tongue, for I canst not TOP these prithy puns!!!
“Wool of bat?” BWAAHAHAHA! Oh Meg, thou killst me!
That´s deadly cute. *dies*
PS:
1. “The little dogs and all,
Tray, Blanch and Sweetheart, see, they bark at ,me.”
2. “HOWL! HOWL! HOWL!”
Alas poor Yorkie!
Bwah!
I knew him, Horatio. In fact, he probably buried this bone here.
I knew him well!
Looks like he needs to be on this list!
http://www.best5everything.com/best5ListPages/smallest-animals-world-82712.php
So cute!
If cuteness be the food of love, squee on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
Most excellent!
(spray-paints ‘ded’ over ‘die’, sprints away before The Original Mel can collar me)
Hedgies are adorable even when grumpy!!! Please to view Exhibit A!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150210090298405&set=a.454129093404.251244.102583083404&type=1&theater