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binarymax on July 19, 2013 | parent | favorite | on: Fuck Off As A Service (FOAAS)

Feature request:

     /shakespeare/:name/:from

returns ':name, Thou clay-brained guts, thou knotty-pated fool, thou whoreson obscene greasy tallow-catch! - :from'

e.g. /shakespeare/Falstaff/Prince%20Henry returns 'Falstaff, Thou clay-brained guts, thou knotty-pated fool, thou whoreson obscene greasy tallow-catch! - Prince Henry'

philip2156 on July 19, 2013

http://foaas.com/shakespeare/Falstaff/Prince%20Henry

_dark_matter_ on July 19, 2013

I was thinking:

  /python/:from

returns 'Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! -:from'

Not quite as classy, though.

keninglis on July 19, 2013

In the spirit of Postel's Robustness principle, please also handle Shakespeare, Shakespear, Shakspeare and Shakspere

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