Saturday, August 04, 2007

Dinner conversation tonight

Husband and I got into a discussion of the phrase "The best laid plans of mice and men do often go awry"... which he knew was actually:

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy!

From there I googled the entire poem, "To a Mouse, On Turning Up Her Nest with the Plough". We amused ourselves by practicing reciting the poem with a thick Scottish brogue.

Great fun was had by all.

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