sharp@aquila.UUCP (09/14/84)
Mary had a little lamb, The midwife had a fit. -- Nigel Sharp [noao!sharp National Optical Astronomy Observatories]
dts@gitpyr.UUCP (Danny Sharpe) (09/17/84)
Mary had a little lamb, The doctor had a stroke. But when Old MacDonald had a farm, The doctor really croaked!
robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) (09/24/84)
References: In Dicken's Nicholas Nickleby, there is a character who has dedicated his life to proving that Shakespear's plays have other meanings when pronounced differently. Examples (from Hamlet) given, I presume, in the novel, that appeared in the TV production: To be or not! To be that is the question. Oh what a rogue and peasant slave! Am I? [That is, "am I also a rogue and peasant slave like that one that I see?"- TDR] - Toby Robison (not Robinson!) allegra!eosp1!robison or: decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison or (emergency): princeton!eosp1!robison