An elderly man whose enjoyment of drink was as equal to the pleasure he took from great works of literature, was taken before the bench in a small town.
“You are charged with being drunk and disorderly” the magistrate told him brusquely. “Have you anything to say about why sentence should not be pronounced ?”
“The quality of mercy is not strained” the old man began, waxing lyrical, “I am not so debased as Poe, so profligate as Byron, so ungrateful as Keats, so intemperate as Burns, so timid as Tennyson, so vulgar as Shakespeare, so….”
“That’s quite enough” interrupted the magistrate. “Seven days. And, officer, round up those other fellows he mentioned. They sound as bad as he is.”
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Twitter ID: RhondaAlbom
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LOL – how did he make judge without reading?
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Twitter ID: bethere2day
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Sack him I say LOL 🙂
Oh my God! That Magistrate must have failed English. LOL.
Have a Shakespeare of a day my friend. See ya.
Cruisin Paul
Twitter ID: bethere2day
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Too be or not to be? that is the question Paul 😀
Twitter ID: mycomedyplus
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That magistrate is not the brightest candle in the box is he. Bwahahahahahahahaha.
Have a fabulous day Steve. 🙂
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Twitter ID: bethere2day
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I think the flame went out a while back Sandee 🙂
Twitter ID: TonyMcGurk1
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That magistrate must’ve got his law degree from inside a cereal box
Have a magistratastic day Steve
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Twitter ID: bethere2day
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LOl thanks Tony 🙂
Are you sure he’s not from Louisiana? Heeheehee!
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Twitter ID: bethere2day
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LMAO 🙂