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that's not what Beam Me Up Scotty means


* BeamMeUpScotty: This is the origin of the phrase, "[[Trivia/{{Chess}} The world's your oyster]]" - and of course, the phrase bears only a minor resemblance to the source;
-->'''Pistol''': Why, then the world's mine oyster. Which I with sword will open.
** ...and it ''[[LostInTranslation doesn't]]'' mean "[[MoneyForNothing I can have anything I want]]", it means, "I can ''[[MightMakesRight take]]'' anything I want."
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* ExecutiveMeddling: If an urban legend is true, literally--and in the cause of {{shipping}}, to boot: The existence of the (most likely untrue) urban legend that [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Queen Elizabeth]] ordered Shakespeare to write a play where her favorite character Falstaff falls in love does at least show that fans meddling in fictional characters' love lives was not a foreign concept in the 16th century.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: If an urban legend is true, literally--and in the cause of {{shipping}}, to boot: The existence of the (most likely untrue) urban legend that [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Queen Elizabeth]] ordered Shakespeare to write a play where her favorite character Falstaff falls in love does at least show that fans meddling in fictional characters' love lives was not a foreign concept in the 16th century.century.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: This is the origin of the phrase, "The world is my oyster" - and of course, the phrase bears only a minor resemblance to the source;

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* BeamMeUpScotty: This is the origin of the phrase, "The world is my oyster" "[[Trivia/{{Chess}} The world's your oyster]]" - and of course, the phrase bears only a minor resemblance to the source;
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* BeamMeUpScotty: This is the origin of the phrase, "The world is my oyster" - and of course, the phrase bears only a minor resemblance to the source;
-->'''Pistol''': Why, then the world's mine oyster. Which I with sword will open.
** ...and it ''[[LostInTranslation doesn't]]'' mean "[[MoneyForNothing I can have anything I want]]", it means, "I can ''[[MightMakesRight take]]'' anything I want."
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* ExecutiveMeddling: If an urban legend is true, literally--and in the cause of {{shipping}}, to boot: The existence of the (most likely untrue) urban legend that [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Queen Elizabeth]] ordered Shakespeare to write a play where her favorite character Falstaff falls in love does at least show that fans meddling in fictional characters' love lives was not a foreign concept in the 1700s.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: If an urban legend is true, literally--and in the cause of {{shipping}}, to boot: The existence of the (most likely untrue) urban legend that [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Queen Elizabeth]] ordered Shakespeare to write a play where her favorite character Falstaff falls in love does at least show that fans meddling in fictional characters' love lives was not a foreign concept in the 1700s.16th century.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: If an urban legend is true, literally--and in the cause of {{shipping}}, to boot: The existence of the (most likely untrue) urban legend that [[TheVirginQueen Queen Elizabeth]] ordered Shakespeare to write a play where her favorite character Falstaff falls in love does at least show that fans meddling in fictional characters' love lives was not a foreign concept in the 1700s.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: If an urban legend is true, literally--and in the cause of {{shipping}}, to boot: The existence of the (most likely untrue) urban legend that [[TheVirginQueen [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Queen Elizabeth]] ordered Shakespeare to write a play where her favorite character Falstaff falls in love does at least show that fans meddling in fictional characters' love lives was not a foreign concept in the 1700s.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: If an urban legend is true, literally--and in the cause of {{shipping}}, to boot: The existence of the (most likely untrue) urban legend that [[TheVirginQueen Queen Elizabeth]] ordered Shakespeare to write a play where her favorite character Falstaff falls in love does at least show that fans meddling in fictional characters' love lives was not a foreign concept in the 1700s.

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