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  I have eaten
  the webpage
  that was on
  the server

  and which
  you were probably
  hoping
  to retrieve

  Forgive me
  it was juicy
  and tart
  on my tongue.
Similarly, I wish people would stop writing third-rate parodies. Swapping a few words out from a famous song or poem to make it relate to your chosen subject is also not a great artistic achievement.



> Swapping a few words out from a famous poems or song to make it relate to your chosen subject is also not a great artistic achievement.

It certainly can be, if the re-imagining and the juxtaposition created are creative and surprising enough. But of course usually they aren't. Sturgeon squared.




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