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The origin of "cabbages and Kings" comes from Lewis Carroll's "The Walrus and the Carpenter", which combined a quote from King Richard II and a take-off on the quote in the play "Richard II" by Shakespeare...in this order: Richard II: "For God's sake, let me sit on the ground and tell bad stories about cabbages and things." Shakespeare's Richard II: "Let's talk of graves and worms and epitaphs... For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground/And tell sad stories of the death of kings." Carroll's poem: `The time has come,' the Walrus said, `To talk of many things: Of shoes -- and ships -- and sealing-wax -- Of cabbages -- and kings -- And why the sea is boiling hot -- And whether pigs have wings.' http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080304003140AA2AEsM The full poem "The Walrus and The Carpenter" by Lewis Caroll (1872) - http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/walrus.html
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King Cabbage...who else?
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