History Fridge / Poetry

* Tennyson's ''The Lady of Shalott'' was actually called out on its fridge moment by Sandy Stranger in ''Literature/ThePrimeOfMissJeanBrodie''. In the poem, The Lady finds a boat tied up under a tree, and writes ''The Lady of Shalott'' on it before getting in. Sandy has an imaginary conversation with her where she asks "By what means did your ladyship write those words?" The Lady explains there was a can of paint and a brush nearby, probably left there by "some heedless member of the Unemployed."

* When I was a little kid, around 4-6 years old, I loved the poem "Little Bunny Foo Foo". Reading it as a teen or young adult, I realized the title character was the equivalent of a schoolyard bully who was torturing the field mice when he scooped them up and bopped the on the head, and the "Good Fairy" then effectively lobotomized him as punishment for doing so. And then there's another version where she beheads him! You know, for kids!
** There are versions where Little Bunny Foo Foo is kissing the field mice rather than bopping them. Because, you know, sexual assault is better than physical violence?
** [[NothingIsScarier It's never mentioned what a goon is]].
*** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Foo Foo became a]] Website/SomethingAwful [[NightmareRetardant forums member]]?

** Humpty Dumpty was, in fact, a cannon.
*** Actually, despite other theories to the contrary, the most likely explanation is that [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty The rhyme was a riddle to which "an egg" was the answer.]]
* Tennyson's ''The Lady of Shalott'' was actually called out on its fridge moment by Sandy Stranger in ''Literature/ThePrimeOfMissJeanBrodie''. In the poem, The Lady finds a boat tied up under a tree, and writes ''The Lady of Shalott'' on it before getting in. Sandy has an imaginary conversation with her where she asks "By what means did your ladyship write those words?" The Lady explains there was a can of paint and a brush nearby, probably left there by "some heedless member of the Unemployed."

*** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Foo Foo became a]] SomethingAwful [[NightmareRetardant forums member]]?

* Tennyson's ''The Lady of Shalott'' was actually called out on its fridge moment by Sandy Stranger in ''ThePrimeOfMissJeanBrodie''. In the poem, The Lady finds a boat tied up under a tree, and writes ''The Lady of Shalott'' on it before getting in. Sandy has an imaginary conversation with her where she asks "By what means did your ladyship write those words?" The Lady explains there was a can of paint and a brush nearby, probably left there by "some heedless member of the Unemployed."