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You know what’s ridiculous? What’s ridiculous is that we’re still doing things like ASKING PEOPLE OUT ON DATES instead of JUST \u00a0MAKING EYE CONTACT AND WORDLESSLY AGREEING THERE’S A MUTUAL INTEREST. How am I supposed to get my mouth to make the appropriate \u00a0words? What if I open my mouth and nothing comes out? What if something DOES \u00a0come out but it’s just a long, protracted scream? What then?<\/i><\/p>\n
For those \u00a0similarly afflicted, \u00a0look no further than Shakespeare’s entire body of work. If you’re asking someone out, and your mouth goes dry and your brain blank, \u00a0try:<\/p>\n
1. “Will you dine<\/a> with me to-morrow?”<\/p>\n 2. “What say you to Thursday<\/a>?”<\/p>\n 3. “I prithee<\/a>, let me bring thee where crabs grow; and I with my long nails will dig thee pignuts.”<\/p>\n 4. “Sir, I entreat you home with me to dinner<\/a>.”<\/p>\n 5. “If thou wilt, go with me to the alehouse<\/a>.”<\/p>\n 6. “I love you well<\/a>; I’ll give you gold.”<\/p>\n 7. “To-night we hold a solemn supper sir, and I’ll request<\/a> your presence.”<\/p>\n 8. “Against my will I am sent to bid you come in to dinner<\/a>.”<\/p>\n 9. [Throws a stone<\/a> at him]<\/p>\n 10. “Grant me the combat<\/a>, gracious sovereign.”<\/p>\n 11. “Will you sup with me to-night<\/a>, Casca?”<\/p>\n 12. “I prithee<\/a>, pretty youth, let me be better acquainted with thee.”<\/p>\n 13. “If you deny me, fie upon your law<\/a>!”<\/p>\n 14. “Fear no colours<\/a>; go with me to dinner.”<\/p>\n 15. “The dinner is on the table<\/a>; my father desires your worships’ company.”<\/p>\n 16. “What answer<\/a> makes your grace unto my suit?”<\/p>\n 17. “What sayest thou? speak suddenly; be brief<\/a>.”<\/p>\n 18. “Ha, ha! what sayest thou<\/a>?”<\/p>\n 19. “I beseech<\/a> you, grant me this boon.”<\/p>\n 20. “Dost grant<\/a> me, hedgehog?”<\/p>\n 21. “I beseech you next to feast<\/a> with me and see me at my tent.”<\/p>\n 22. “I like thee well: wilt thou forsake thy fortune<\/a>, bequeath thy land to him and follow me?”<\/p>\n 23. “I prithee, and I’ll pay thee bounteously<\/a>.”<\/p>\n 24. “With all my heart<\/a>, and think me honoured to feast so great a warrior in my house.”<\/p>\n 25. [Trumpet<\/a> sounds]<\/p>\n Looking for more Shakespeare Out of Context? Try \u00a0Shakespeare Quotes for When Your Relatives Ask What You’re Doing with Your Life<\/a> and 30 Shakespeare Quotes That Would Make Conversation Starters<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You know what’s ridiculous? What’s ridiculous is that we’re still doing things like ASKING PEOPLE OUT ON DATES instead of JUST \u00a0MAKING EYE CONTACT AND WORDLESSLY AGREEING THERE’S A MUTUAL INTEREST. How am I supposed continue reading<\/span>