So let’s take on a little Hamlet here. Something you might want to use when your English teacher asks, “What’s your favorite quote from Hamlet?” Since you don’t want look like an idiot, quoting, “To be or not to be.” Try this from Act 3 Scene 1 when Hamlet beats up on his girlfriend and says, “Get thee to a nunnery.” That is a downright dirty thing to say to Ophelia. She is not Gertrude. She is Ophelia. It’s not her fault for the dastardliness going on in Castle Elsinore.
Oh, sure. She broke a date with him. Because her daddy and her big bro didn’t want her to date a prince. She broke the date in a nice way and she let the star of the show know she still cared for him. Hamlet went over the top. The things he said to her were not nice. Not nice at all.
Well, Uncle Bardie has a list of suggestions for an Ophelia response. Then maybe the Hamster would have calmed down and played nice.
1. Get thee to an aviary. What you’re saying is for the birds.
2. Get thee to a brewery. You need a drink.
3. Get thee to a creamery. Ice cream can work miracles on a bad day.
4. Get thee to a dysentery. You’re way too backed up.
5. Get thee to an eggery. You are laying a big one.
6. Get thee to a fan-nery. You really need to cool down.
7. Get thee to a greenery. A little nature will help your unsavory behavior.
8, Get thee to a hug-gery. You need a hug bad, and I’m not in a hugging mood.
9. Get thee some imagery. Then you can think of better places you should go like Hades. Just in case you don’t know. That’s the Greek word for the Bad Place, thank you very much.
10. Get thee to see Mick Jaggery. ‘Cause you ain’t got no satisfaction.
11. Get thee to a Larry. Or a Moe or a Curly. You’ll fit right in.
12. Get thee to a laboratory. Frankenstein needs a new monster.
13. Get thee to a moanery. Then you can complain all you want.
14. Get thee to a notary. Maybe they’ll give you a seal of approval for bad behavior.
15.. Get thee to an owlery. You could use some wisdom.
16. Get thee to a punnery and stop pun-ishing me.
17. Get thee to a quizzery. You’re asking too many questions.
18. Get thee to a revelry and have some fun.
19. Get thee to a summary. You talk too too much, saying the same thing over and over.
29. Get thee to a topiary. Edward Scissorhands is a real cut up.
21. Get thee some upholstery. Your apartment needs some dressing up.
22. Get thee to a vacation-ery. You need it, buster.
23. Get thee to a winery. It doesn’t matter whether it’s red or white. Just as long as you drink yourself silly.
24. Get thee to xystery. Nothing like a scraping of the bones to cheer one up.
25. Get thee to a yadda-yadda-yaddary. They’ll appreciate your speechifying.
26. Get thee to a zootsuitery so you can look mahvelous. Simply mahvelous.