Pretty in Pink Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 The woman in line in front of me was buying stamps. Customer: "Who is this guy on the stamp?" Postmistress: "That is Edgar Allen Poe." Customer: "Oh...what does he do?" Postmistress: "I don't know, I think he is some sort of writer." :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Okay, my 8-year old just laughed at that! (Just wanted you to know that not everyone is culturally illiterate. There IS hope!;) ) -Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 *sigh* I guess at least they get points for knowing his name. My 8 yr old laughed too. Sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 OK, don't US stamps have to be of dead people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 oy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Yeah, my 10yo flipped out when I told him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I would have been so tempted to spurt out a, "are you serious? You don't know who Edgar Allen Poe was?" (wouldn't have, just would have been tempted to) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Or you could say in a spooky voice "Quoth the Raven nevermore" - but they wouldn't get it and would probably just look at you funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Or you could say in a spooky voice "Quoth the Raven nevermore" - but they wouldn't get it and would probably just look at you funny! :lol: Yeah, they would look at you like you just flipped. The Tell Tale Heart was the spookier one for me though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I would have looked around frantically and asked them if they could hear the beating heart coming from under the floor. How sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Just looked it up and people have to be dead at least 10 years before being on a stamp. So it's kind of shocking that the postal clerk didn't even know that Poe had to be dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey in TX Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 WHAT? Even I studied him in ps...5th grade. Good grief. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 WHAT? Even I studied him in ps...5th grade. Good grief. :ack2: 7th grade here, but I remember that my grandparents had to memorise The Raven when they were in 3rd or 5th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Honestly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 The woman in line in front of me was buying stamps. Customer: "Who is this guy on the stamp?" Postmistress: "That is Edgar Allen Poe." Customer: "Oh...what does he do?" Postmistress: "I don't know, I think he is some sort of writer." :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: You're kidding me, right? Oh, how sad. My 9 yo got an Edgar Allen Poe action figure for his 8th birthday, at his request. Wow. Just.....wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 I would have looked around frantically and asked them if they could hear the beating heart coming from under the floor. :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I went and found an image of the stamp: http://stamps.about.com/od/buyingsellingstamps/ig/2009-USPS-Stamp-Releases/Edgar-Allan-Poe.htm Please note that it actually SAYS HIS NAME on the stamp. So, I showed it to my 10-year-old son and asked him who it was. He looked at me like I had lost what is left of my mind and said, "Um, Edgar Allan Poe?" Then I related your story, and he was appalled: "Some kind of writer? He was only one of the best poets to ever live!" He got brownie points for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 You're kidding me, right? Oh, how sad. My 9 yo got an Edgar Allen Poe action figure for his 8th birthday, at his request. Wow. Just.....wow. Where does one find said action figure? How bad is it that I haven't taught my 8 yr old about Mr. Poe? I'm just concentrating on teaching him to *read* but we'll get to the fun stuff soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I would have been so tempted to spurt out a, "are you serious? You don't know who Edgar Allen Poe was?" (wouldn't have, just would have been tempted to) I would have said, if my kids didn't beat me to it, "Didn't you kids watch Arthur?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Where does one find said action figure? How bad is it that I haven't taught my 8 yr old about Mr. Poe? I'm just concentrating on teaching him to *read* but we'll get to the fun stuff soon. Right here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 The Fall of the House of Usher, read it in early Dec. 1982. Twin brother died two weeks later. I have not read Poe since. 'nuff said :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamnkats Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Where does one find said action figure? How bad is it that I haven't taught my 8 yr old about Mr. Poe? I'm just concentrating on teaching him to *read* but we'll get to the fun stuff soon. We delve into so much history and poets and writers just from a daily reading of The Writer's Almanac. Today he profiled Edgar Allen Poe and we did copywork with "The Raven". The Writer's Almanac gets us into really good discussions and takes us on tangents we didn't know were possible. :) http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abreakfromlife Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Those action figures are the coolest things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanne in MN Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 :lol: Yeah, they would look at you like you just flipped. The Tell Tale Heart was the spookier one for me though.... The Cask of Amontillado (sp??) still leaves me with an icky feeling when I think of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 The Cask of Amontillado (sp??) still leaves me with an icky feeling when I think of it! Was that the one where he built a brick wall in from of a man he didn't like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 How about this guy? He's got a stamp. And was certainly one of America's greatest poets. But I wonder how many people have even heard of him, much less read his works? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 How about this guy? He's got a stamp. And was certainly one of America's greatest poets. But I wonder how many people have even heard of him, much less read his works? Bill I know him. I've read his poems. My elementary school and the surdounding neighborhood were named for him. I took dance lessons at Stone House, named for a line in one of his works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerstone Classical Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Or you could say in a spooky voice "Quoth the Raven nevermore" - but they wouldn't get it and would probably just look at you funny! "Nevermore....nevermore," as my dd(6) periodically goes around the house chanting in her mysterious voice....:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerstone Classical Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Right here! Those are *awesome* We'll have to start collecting those. We'll by one each time we finish studying one of their works!! Great Resource!;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texascamps Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Just as an aside. On YouTube there is a cute animation by Tim Burton circa. 1980's called "Vincent" about a little boy who fancies himself to be Vincent Price... references to EA Poe tickled my older ds. on youtube search Vincent and Tim Burton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I know him. I've read his poems. My elementary school and the surdounding neighborhood were named for him. I took dance lessons at Stone House, named for a line in one of his works. I guess that counts :D:D:D Well done Caroline! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyboys Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Or you could say in a spooky voice "Quoth the Raven nevermore" - but they wouldn't get it and would probably just look at you funny! :lol: I would've started singing that quietly...ala Pink Floyd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangearrow Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 lol, Well *I* know who Edgar Allen Poe is, but my kids have no clue. :o I remember being in 3rd grade, around Halloween and the librarian read Poe and we watched a video. I had nightmares for weeks. Months maybe (it was the Tell-Tale Heart - {{shiver}}. I read Poe again in middle school and maybe once in high school (when we studied his life and death). I haven't even brought him up to my kids yet. I'm thinking 7th grade... I really think I could appreciate Poe more if he hadn't been sprung on me when I wasn't ready for that kind of material. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I was introduced to Poe in grade 9. Not before that. But then, maybe it's because he wrote in English and I schooled in French.. Maybe, just maybe... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I admit my younger girls wouldn't know who Poe is. I've assumed that most American adults would know. Their conversation would have surprised me too. I thought you might be interested in this tidbit. If you ever visit Oregon, there is a hotel at the coast (Nye Beach) which has an Edgar Allan Poe room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Oh. My. Word. I want them all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 The Cask of Amontillado (sp??) still leaves me with an icky feeling when I think of it! Oh YEAH--that's his best and creepiest story of all. LOVE it. My favorite poem of his is Annabel Lee. I just read that to my littles last week. But they already think I'm a freak, so it's all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 DD and ds LOVE Poe. We read his poetry some and his stories, the kids love the spookiness of it, even at its most poignant. Scariest: The Masque of Red Death Favorite: The City by the Sea Most reccomended: "The Philosophy of Composition" If you haven't read it, and you enjoy Poe, you'll love this, it may even give you a new angle to view his work from. If you don't like Poe, because he's too dark, you should read this and find out where he's coming from and what he hoped to achieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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