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Happy Birthday, Jacob Grimm
On this date in 1785. He became famous for being transformed by cosmic rays into the Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed...
... Sorry. Wrong guy. This Grimm, and his brother Wilhelm, collected Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Different approach from normal: What fairy tales bug you the most? For me, trying to describe the plot of Rumplestiltskin is like trying to describe the plot of The Rocky Horror Show. It makes absolutely no frickin' sense at all.
... Sorry. Wrong guy. This Grimm, and his brother Wilhelm, collected Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Different approach from normal: What fairy tales bug you the most? For me, trying to describe the plot of Rumplestiltskin is like trying to describe the plot of The Rocky Horror Show. It makes absolutely no frickin' sense at all.
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It makes sense if you translate it into the original meanings..
Spinning straw into gold is SILLY!
Spinning flax strick (the interior of the flax plant) - (the plant itself *looks* like straw) into thread as fine as modern sewing thread (which was worth it's weight in gold)
Makes MUCH more sense..
Of course the original Rupunzel had Rupunzel complaining that her clothes were getting too tight after all of those visits from the Prince. They were getting tight because she was pregnant!
Katheryne