Maybe Willy Shakespere had it wrong, maybe he should hath wrote,

Arctic Dave

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Sat Oct-17-09 10:19 PM
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Maybe Willy Shakespere had it wrong, maybe he should hath wrote,

Edited on Sat Oct-17-09 10:33 PM by Arctic Dave

"First, kill all the CEOs".

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Gabi Hayes

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Sat Oct-17-09 10:26 PM
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1. should had

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tblue

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Sat Oct-17-09 10:27 PM
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2. should hath?

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WCGreen

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Sat Oct-17-09 10:28 PM
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3. Me Thinks...

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Arctic Dave

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Sat Oct-17-09 10:38 PM
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6. "Should hath" sounds much better.

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aquart

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Sat Oct-17-09 10:31 PM
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4. There were no CEOs.

But the big bankers were the Medici and every right-thinking Briton wanted them dead.

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Catshrink

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Sat Oct-17-09 10:35 PM
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5. First, kill all the bankers.

bankers, CEOs, lawyers. I don't know that I'd want them killed, but they're making a killing off bonuses and fees in this redistribution of wealth we're experiencing.

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aquart

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Sun Oct-18-09 05:25 AM
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9. Well, what do you think would work to regulate their outrageous behavior?

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Arctic Dave

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Sat Oct-17-09 10:53 PM
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7. Maybe we need a modern day WS to write a new masterpiece.

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enlightenment

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Sun Oct-18-09 12:22 AM
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8. It would work just as well . . .

maybe say 'usurers' or 'moneylenders' instead of CEO's.

It would still be one of the funniest bits of dialogue in Shakespeare!

HENRY IV, Part 2. Act 4, Scene 2.

Drum. Enter CADE, DICK the Butcher, SMITH the Weaver, and a Sawyer, with infinite numbers

CADE

We John Cade, so termed of our supposed father,--

DICK

Or rather, of stealing a cade of herrings.

CADE

For our enemies shall fall before us, inspired with
the spirit of putting down kings and princes,
--Command silence.

DICK

Silence!

CADE

My father was a Mortimer,--

DICK

He was an honest man, and a good
bricklayer.

CADE

My mother a Plantagenet,--

DICK

I knew her well; she was a midwife.

CADE

My wife descended of the Lacies,--

DICK

She was, indeed, a pedler's daughter, and
sold many laces.

SMITH

But now of late, notable to travel with her
furred pack, she washes bucks here at home.

CADE

Therefore am I of an honourable house.

DICK

Ay, by my faith, the field is honourable;
and there was he borne, under a hedge, for his
father had never a house but the cage.

CADE

Valiant I am.

SMITH

A' must needs; for beggary is valiant.

CADE

I am able to endure much.

DICK

No question of that; for I have seen him
whipped three market-days together.

CADE

I fear neither sword nor fire.

SMITH

He need not fear the sword; for his coat is of proof.

DICK

But methinks he should stand in fear of
fire, being burnt i' the hand for stealing of sheep.

CADE

Be brave, then; for your captain is brave, and vows
reformation. There shall be in England seven
halfpenny loaves sold for a penny: the three-hooped
pot; shall have ten hoops and I will make it felony
to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in
common; and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to
grass: and when I am king, as king I will be,--

ALL

God save your majesty!

CADE

I thank you, good people: there shall be no money;
all shall eat and drink on my score; and I will
apparel them all in one livery, that they may agree
like brothers and worship me their lord.

DICK

The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.

CADE

Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable
thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should
be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled
o'er, should undo a man? Some say the bee stings:
but I say, 'tis the bee's wax; for I did but seal
once to a thing, and I was never mine own man
since. How now! who's there?

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Arctic Dave

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Sun Oct-18-09 12:37 PM
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10. Bravo! Bravo! Claps hands in delight.

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