Over at Instapundit he had this link:
http://laurencejarvikonline.blogspot.co ... l?spref=tw
The thrust of it was how a line from "Hamlet" applied to Hillary. In the comments section lines from other plays were rephrased to be applicable. It strikes me that politics of the day is a current target rich environment for a rephrase the Bard game.
"..Full of sound and fury and signifying nothing, a typical Social Justice Warrior."
"..If I were bound in a nutshell I would still count myself as a king of infinite space if I didn't think the government would take over my Internet Service Provider."
"Out damn spot and take Bo with you." From the " Portuguese Sonnets ."
The rephrase the Bard game.
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"Lay on, MacDuff, and cursed be he who first cries, Nay! Your speech offends me!"
"Neither a borrower or a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and credit rating, and borrowing sharpeneth edge of federalism."
"Neither a borrower or a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and credit rating, and borrowing sharpeneth edge of federalism."
Note to self: start reading sig lines. They're actually quite amusing. :D
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"Soft! What light through yonder window breaks! 'Tis the- sweet Lord, 'tis Lena Dunham without clothes! Hot pokers! I need hot pokers to destroy the eyes which have beheld such fleshly oblivion and to dash out the brains which now know far too much!"
Remember, folks, you can't spell "douche" without "Che."
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“PET PARENTS?” You’re not a “pet parent.” You’re a pet owner. Unless you’ve committed an unnatural act that succeeded in spite of biology. - Glenn Reynolds
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"Wherefore art thou Romeo, you don't answer my texts!"
"The armory was even better. Above the door was a sign: You dream, we build." -Mark Owen, No Easy Day
"My assault weapon won't be 'illegal,' it will be 'undocumented.'" -KL
"My assault weapon won't be 'illegal,' it will be 'undocumented.'" -KL
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"All the Lords and Ladies must as chimney sweeps or barristas be employed."
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"Alas, poor Vince Foster, we knew him well, many was the time he bore Hillary heavily upon his back in the Courtrooms, and now 'tis such that a Special Prosecutor should be appointed!!"
I'm not old--It's too early to be this late.
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"Something is rotten in Chappaqua, in the State of New York--are we surprised?"
I'm not old--It's too early to be this late.
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"The former First Lady doth protest too much, methinks."
"Our elections now are ended. These our politicians' promises,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And like the baseless fabric of this vision,
shall dissolve."
"Our elections now are ended. These our politicians' promises,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And like the baseless fabric of this vision,
shall dissolve."
Note to self: start reading sig lines. They're actually quite amusing. :D
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"Shrillary's but a walking harridan, a poor player, that struts and frets her lies upon the stage, and then is heard too much; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying corruption."
Man, this is EASY.
Man, this is EASY.
I'm not old--It's too early to be this late.
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"'A horse! A horse! My Kingdom for a horse!' and that was how I met your mother in Chicago.'"