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They did for Henry I[^]
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I try to bring a bit of culture to proceedings and what thanks do I get?
The death of Henry I was officially due to a 'surfeit of lampreys'[^] giving him severe humour-knack. The phrase has since had a life of its own appearing as the title of one of Ngaio Marsh's Inspector Alleyn murder mysteries and a song by Fairport Convention.
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PLAY?
"It's hard to beat someone who never quits".
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Some people do, but their mummies tell them not to. 
veni bibi saltavi
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nope!
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If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
That strain again! it had a dying fall:
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odour! Enough; no more:
'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
O spirit of love! how quick and fresh art thou,
That, notwithstanding thy capacity
Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there,
Of what validity and pitch soe'er,
But falls into abatement and low price,
Even in a minute: so full of shapes is fancy
That it alone is high fantastical.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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indeed. So?
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Food, the answer is food.
I decided to put you, and many others by the looks of it, out of their misery.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: Food, the answer is food.
Are you sure??
But what does shakespeare has to do with "Food" and how those music beats and heart are related to "FOOD"?? 
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I prefer the Mike Harding version 
veni bibi saltavi
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I'd love to answer this, but I'm too hungry. I need some REDACTED.
veni bibi saltavi
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I'll give you some bloody REDACTED young man!
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POEM?
"It's hard to beat someone who never quits".
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The closest I can get is "quaver fo[u]r semiquavering heart" -- I feel that I'm on the edge of seeing something but I can't quite make it crystallize...
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chrislst got it yesterday!
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wrt MM; each little expletive proves him Australia's naughtiest typer (8)
May not be a proper clue, but I like it
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Oh, very good. I pachyderming like that one.
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chriselst wrote: Australia's naughtiest typer
Well the only Australians I know are the Aussie cricketers.
I don't think I know the answer by any chance.
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Rage wrote: farrrrrk ?
Nah, that's just wrong. It's "faarrrkkkk". 
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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I know, I cut it to fit the number of chars.
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