After reading the responses to Chipolata's post re. Sir Russell Brand, I thought I'd pose the the same question re. the 'Bard'
I'm in two minds about William Shakespeare. I think he was tremendously talented, with a wildly original mind. When I see his comedy plays he can be great. At the same time, he tends to use silly phrases like, "Et tu, Brute?", "To be or not to be", "beware the Ides of March," - not to mention the ridiculous:
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog
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Was he a ranting Gordon Ramsey?
Or just an actor/writer pansy?
I may be kicking up a stink
What do other people think?
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