Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

I cannot believe that in her; she’s full of  most blest condition.

 

Roderigo

Othello, The Moor of Venice         Act II, Scene i, Line 252

 

Iago has just spent thirty lines or so convincing Roderigo that Desdemona is in love with Michael Cassio (all part of his scheme to get Othello convinced that his wife is cheating on him) and today’s line is Roderigo’s response. Roderigo is right, of course, but what I really like is Iago’s retort to this.

Blest fig’s-end!

Blessed fig’s end. I wonder if… word used with a rude gesture (of the thumb between the first tow fingers of a fist). That’s out of my Shakespeare app’s glossary. So it might have been recognized as a very inappropriate expression in the day, might’ve even been akin to F you. However, no one’s going to recognize that today, so you can use it to your heart’s content.

Blest fig’s-end!

And here are the remnants of last night's project to replace the water shut-off valve on the toilet; a job that started as the task of just turning the water off so that the toilet could be drained to be cleaned better.

Two hours, and a trip to the Deeps later!

Blest figs-end!!