The expense of spirits is a crying shame
Feb. 8th, 2007 12:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nameandnatureThe Magistrate is in a lyrical mood today, publishing the full text of the sentencing in a tragic case (not one of his own), from which I learned the meaning of the word "condign". The comments on that entry reflect my own contradictory reactions to the case. The judge's words sound majestic, but the offender will probably be out in 3.5 years.
After that, we need a little light relief. The Magistrate goes on to quote his favourite sonnets, on philandering and post-coital guilt. Harry of Chase Me Ladies has his own amusing take on the latter sonnet, but Harry's commenters come up trumps, with Wendy Cope's adaption of it. I also liked her Wasteland limericks, though not quite as much as the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladysisyphus's previously-posted Harry Potter version.
After that, we need a little light relief. The Magistrate goes on to quote his favourite sonnets, on philandering and post-coital guilt. Harry of Chase Me Ladies has his own amusing take on the latter sonnet, but Harry's commenters come up trumps, with Wendy Cope's adaption of it. I also liked her Wasteland limericks, though not quite as much as the
ladysisyphus's previously-posted Harry Potter version.
