happily ever after

created by mifflebat

(idea) by mifflebat (?) (print) ? (I like it!) 2 C!s Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:10:26

The extreme case of reality malnutrition. Leaves those involved in a state of irrevocable joy for all time. Often requires running through fields of daffodils.

(idea) by Magenta (7.3 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:10:26

Cinderella and Pinnochio and the Disney version of the little mermaid all did this, but real life (and the original Brothers Grimm mermaid) is much more cruel. This is quite an odd colloquial expression, and more evidence that English is a connotative language. "She lived happily ever after." That just doesn't make any parsing sense... What part of speech do the words ever and after represent in this phrase?

There is no happy ending	Don't assume that just because I'm gay, all I want is sex	Hopeless romantic	Falling in love
pingouin, will you marry me?	Amaterasu	Some of your peers who seem happy, popular, and self-confident are miserable	This terrain is constantly changing, but if you look closely, you can find the patterns
There's no such thing as happily ever after.	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Appreciating a day out of context	mouse castration
So...what do we do now that we're happy?	Ganymede	Throw me to the sky and let the clouds tear me up	Fairy Tale of New York
Lilja 4-ever	The Three Little Birds	The Two Brothers: Part Three	Lying and sighing and beer, oh my!
Stepmother	The Wake	Why do you want to get married?	Keep doing it, but don't call it that

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