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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Created by purple octopus. Last Edited by purple octopus. Tagged as: Books, Film, Quotes
Something Wicked This Way Comes

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"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." Macbeth Act IV, scene 1. Spoken by witch #2, pertaining to Macbeth.

Being Shakespeare, "something wicked this way comes" has been used often in popular culture including as the name of a reasonable novel by Ray Bradbury, and its subsequent film, the excellent 4th studio album by The Herbaliser, it is a stage show by Derren Brown, is included in many song lyrics (Sting, Bruce Dickinson, 2Pac, Harry Potter, etc.) and has been adapted for other uses: 'Something Wal-Mart this Way Comes' (South Park); 'Something Stupid this Way Comes' (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy); 'Something Wicked this Way Hops' (Wallace & Gromit and The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) and shall continue to pop up everywhere!

 

 

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Finrod
Finrod posted about 1 year ago

'Something wicked' describes a candle.

PO, you're still being an apoatrophe (sic) terrorist! Wink

purple octopus
purple octopus posted about 1 year ago

Groan and damnit! respectively.

Finrod
Finrod posted about 1 year ago

Well, at least you cleared up the apoatrophe trouble.

Finrod
Finrod posted about 1 year ago

'Something Wicked This Way... Sidles?'

Hmmm...