Who said this?

[Shaun]

The filtering cock-up led to a lively half hour the other morning, so I thought I'd see if you could work out who said this and in which play?

*ow *a**y some o'er ot*er some ca* be!
T*roug* At*e*s * am t*oug*t as *a*r as s*e.
But w*at o* t*at? *emetr*us t***ks *ot so;
*e w*ll *ot k*ow w*at all but *e *o k*ow.
A** as *e errs, *ot**g o* *erm*a's eyes,
So *, a*m*r**g o* **s qual*t*es.
T***gs base a** v*le, *ol***g *o qua*t*ty,
Love ca* tra*s*ose to *orm a** **g**ty.
Love looks *ot w*t* t*e eyes, but w*t* t*e m***;
A** t*ere*ore *s w**g'* Cu*** *a**te* bl***.
*or *at* Love's m*** o* a*y *u*gme*t taste;
W**gs a** *o eyes, **gure u**ee*y *aste;
A** t*ere*ore *s Love sa** to be a c**l*,
Because ** c*o*ce *e *s so o*t begu*le*.
As wagg*s* boys ** game t*emselves *orswear,d f n h j p i
So t*e boy Love *s *er*ure* everyw*ere;
*or ere *emetr*us look'* o* *erm*a's ey*e,
*e *a*l'* *ow* oat*s t*at *e was o*ly m**e;
A** w*e* t**s *a*l some *eat *rom *erm*a *elt, Helena
So *e **ssolv'*, a** s*owers o* oat*s *** melt.
* w*ll go tell **m o* *a*r *erm*a's *l*g*t;
T*e* to t*e woo* w*ll *e tomorrow **g*t
*ursue *er; a** *or t**s **tell*ge*ce
** * *ave t*a*ks, *t *s a *ear ex*e*se. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
But *ere** mea* * to e*r*c* my *a**,
To *ave **s s*g*t t**t*er a** back aga**.

 

[Mr Pig]

More telling will be who cares :0)

 

[Abitrary]

That to me sounds like bonj tied up and gagged in a wheelchair whilst buggi goes at him with a blowtorch.

 

[betty swollocks]

Helena in 'Midsummer Night's Dream':-

How happy some o'er other some can be!
Through Athens I am thought as fair as she.
But what of that? Demetrius thinks not so;
He will not know what all but he do know:
And as he errs, doting on Hermia's eyes,
So I, admiring of his qualities:
Things base and vile, folding no quantity,
Love can transpose to form and dignity:
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind;
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind:
Nor hath Love's mind of any judgement taste;
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste:
And therefore is Love said to be a child,
Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.
As waggish boys in game themselves forswear,
So the boy Love is perjured every where:
For ere Demetrius look'd on Hermia's eyne,
He hail'd down oaths that he was only mine;
And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,
So he dissolved, and showers of oaths did melt.
I will go tell him of fair Hermia's flight:
Then to the wood will he to-morrow night
Pursue her; and for this intelligence
If I have thanks, it is a dear expense:
But herein mean I to enrich my pain,
To have his sight thither and back again.

 

[yenrod]

..and heres me thinking it was the off-shoots of the barny of the absintheminde and linford that created the other section when people have a 'problem'

 

[purplepolly]

The filtering cock-up led to a lively half hour the other morning, so I thought I'd see if you could work out who said this and in which play?

*ow *a**y some o'er ot*er some ca* be!
T*roug* At*e*s * am t*oug*t as *a*r as s*e.
But w*at o* t*at? *emetr*us t***ks *ot so;
*e w*ll *ot k*ow w*at all but *e *o k*ow.
A** as *e errs, *ot**g o* *erm*a's eyes,
So *, a*m*r**g o* **s qual*t*es.
T***gs base a** v*le, *ol***g *o qua*t*ty,
Love ca* tra*s*ose to *orm a** **g**ty.
Love looks *ot w*t* t*e eyes, but w*t* t*e m***;
A** t*ere*ore *s w**g'* Cu*** *a**te* bl***.
*or *at* Love's m*** o* a*y *u*gme*t taste;
W**gs a** *o eyes, **gure u**ee*y *aste;
A** t*ere*ore *s Love sa** to be a c**l*,
Because ** c*o*ce *e *s so o*t begu*le*.
As wagg*s* boys ** game t*emselves *orswear,
So t*e boy Love *s *er*ure* everyw*ere;
*or ere *emetr*us look'* o* *erm*a's ey*e,
*e *a*l'* *ow* oat*s t*at *e was o*ly m**e;
A** w*e* t**s *a*l some *eat *rom *erm*a *elt,
So *e **ssolv'*, a** s*owers o* oat*s *** melt.
* w*ll go tell **m o* *a*r *erm*a's *l*g*t;
T*e* to t*e woo* w*ll *e tomorrow **g*t
*ursue *er; a** *or t**s **tell*ge*ce
** * *ave t*a*ks, *t *s a *ear ex*e*se.
But *ere** mea* * to e*r*c* my *a**,
To *ave **s s*g*t t**t*er a** back aga**.

Did you actually sit there putting all the * in?

 

[Shaun]

No ... flippin 'eck, that would've taken ages.

I got someone else to do it ...

 

[Shaun]

Helena in 'Midsummer Night's Dream'

You found the clues then?

 

[Keith Oates]

Only a woman would have the patience to put all those * in place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[betty swollocks]

You found the clues then?

Stirred distant memories!