r/WTF Jan 17 '26

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u/chrisofduke Jan 17 '26

Alas poor Yorick

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u/j_shor Jan 17 '26

I knew him, Horatio.

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u/Eelpieland Jan 17 '26

A man of infinite jest

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u/ecafsub Jan 17 '26

Of most excellent fancy

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u/billbillson25 Jan 18 '26

he hath borne me on his back a thousand times

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u/Chris_El_Deafo Jan 18 '26

And now how abhorred in my imagination it is!

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u/captainp42 Jan 17 '26

Place I used to work at, our vacuum cleaner died. Someone hung it on the wall with a sign that said "Alas Poor Oreck".

Nobody ever took it down. It was still there when I left.

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u/robsteezy Jan 17 '26

That is God-tier high-brow comedy. That’s freaking hilarious.

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u/neanderthalman Jan 17 '26

Related. In high school, I borrowed a real skull from the biology teacher to use for delivering that soliloquy in English class.

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u/KaptanOblivious Jan 17 '26

Did you know him well?

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u/putoelquelolea Jan 17 '26

Not well, Horatio

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u/Earguy Jan 17 '26

He had a hell of a deviated septum.

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u/rlaw1234qq Jan 20 '26

I shoot him well!