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> If you cannot understand my argument, and declare "It's Greek to me",
> you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against than
> sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall your salad days, you are
> quoting Shakespeare; if you act more in sorrow than in anger, if your wish
> is father to the thought, if your lost property has vanished into thin air,
> you are quoting Shakespeare; if you have ever refused to budge an inch or
> suffered from green-eyed jealousy, if you have played fast and loose, if you
> have been tongue-tied, a tower of strength, hoodwinked or in a pickle, if
> you have knitted your brows, made a virtue of necessity, insisted on fair
> play, slept not one wink, stood on ceremony, danced attendance (on your
> lord and master), laughed yourself into stitches, had short shrift, cold
> comfort or too much of a good thing, if you have seen better days or lived in
> a fool's paradise - why, be that as it may, the more fool you, for it is a
> foregone conclusion that you are (as good luck would have it) quoting
> Shakespeare; if you think it is early days and clear out bag and baggage, if
> you think it is high time and that that is the long and the short of it, if
> you believe that the game is up and that truth will out even if it involves
> your own flesh and blood, if you lie low till the crack of doom because you
> suspect foul play, if you have your teeth set on edge (at one fell swoop)
> without rhyme or reason, then - to give the devil his due - if the truth were
> known (for surely you have a tongue in your head) you are quoting
> Shakespeare; even if you bid me good riddance and send me packing, if you
> wish I was dead as a door-nail, if you think I am an eyesore, a laughing
> stock, the devil incarnate, a stony-hearted villain, bloody-minded or a
> blinking idiot, then - by Jove! O Lord! Tut, tut! for goodness' sake! what
> the dickens! but me no buts - it is all one to me, for you are quoting
> Shakespeare.
> -Bernard Levin

And if I think you're a wanker and say, "Shut-up, Assmunch," then I
am quoting Butt-Head. What's your point?

--
Dan Hillman dcah100-at-cus.cam.ac.uk

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