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Submitted by Fat Paul on Thu, 01/13/2005 - 9:23am. Um...

"Something's fishy... in Denmark."

-My boss, talking to an employee about something that involves neither fish nor Denmark.

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Posted by daen on Thu, 01/13/2005 - 6:57pm.

Ah, I recognise the rags of a poorly-remembered classical education; he must have been misquoting Hamlet.

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To thine own memory be true

Posted by Mike on Sat, 01/15/2005 - 10:50am.

"Misquoting Hamlet? But I thought I knew him well!"

Mmm, trivial.

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Pet subject

Posted by steff on Sat, 01/15/2005 - 4:34pm.

"Alternatively, Barnum's rival Adam Forepaugh reportedly observed that a sucker was born every minute during a newspaper interview.

hee. and that is, verifiably, a direct quote.

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Band name!

Posted by Jon on Fri, 01/14/2005 - 8:55am.

Misquoted Hamlet would be a great band name...

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Hee

Posted by Apple on Fri, 01/14/2005 - 7:35am.

Thanks, Daen! I've been hurting my brain trying to remember what was misquoted. For some reason, Inspector Clouseau kept staying at the front. Anybody know why, possibly??

I'm Apple, and I approve this message.

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Derailed

Posted by MaeveEnRoute on Sat, 01/15/2005 - 2:55pm.

Because Clouseau (sp?) reminded you of Poirot, who is Belgian, which is very much like being Danish in that it involves coming from somewhere small that usually gets mistaken for somewhere else.

Ergo, Denmark -> Clouseau, eventually.

At least, that's how my train of thought went.

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You and umption

Posted by peegee on Sun, 01/16/2005 - 12:26am.

I have not been able to rigourously prove this, but doing some preliminary research on the matter, there seems to be some evidence that "Something's fishy...in Denmark" is indeed a quote from an Inspector Clouseau movie. Never underestimate Apple, her memory exceeds even her own expectations.

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