I can’t think of a better way to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday than by parodying his most famous line.

Well, I can’t say for sure it is Shakespeare’s birthday. That fabled baptismal record could be just that: a fable. But let’s play along and say today is the playwright’s 462nd birth anniversary. And, as the story goes, his 410th death anniversary.

What I can say for sure is that I’m not the first person to parody Shakespeare’s most famous line. Who knows, maybe Shakespeare himself did it after Hamlet premiered in 1600.

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