Andrew: "In sooth, thou wast in very gracious fooling last night, when thou spok'st of Pigrogromitos, of the Vapians passing the equinoctial of Queubus."
(Act 2 Sc. 3 Lines 20-23)
Andrew is talking to Feste who apparently told a story about Vapians and Pigrogromitos and such the night before. Sir Andrew is not the brightest bulb on the tree and doesn't really realize that while Pigrogromitos, Vapians, and Queubus sound like real astronomical terms they are really just Feste making fun of astronomical unnecessarily long names. When Andrew says "very gracious fooling" he is complimenting Feste on his show of wit last night.
What is a bulb on a tree? A light bulb? A Christmas light bulb? Or, an organic plant bulb? So, is your final assessment that Andrew knows that Feste was lunatical? Or that Andrew's compliment is misguided?
ReplyDelete"brightest bulb on the tree" means that Andrew isn't particularly smart. I suppose it is a reference to christmas tree lights...I have never really thought about before...it's just a saying that I grew up with.
ReplyDeleteMy final assessment is that Andrew's compliment was misguided because he did not realize that Feste's story was untrue.