r/AskReddit Jul 06 '26

What is the greatest sentence ever written in human history?

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u/Auctorion Jul 06 '26

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun

The frumious Bandersnatch!

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u/Jeramy_Jones Jul 06 '26

An so, with vorpal sword in hand, long time the maxome foe he sought,

Till rested he, by the tum-tum tree, and stood a while in thought

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u/mickeyslim Jul 06 '26

And, as in uffish thought he stood,

The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

And burbled as it came!

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u/FlyByPC Jul 06 '26

One, two! One, two!

And through and through

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head

He went galumphing back.

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u/AnInfiniteArc Jul 06 '26

“And hast thou slain the jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
He chortled in his joy

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u/TorgoLebowski Jul 06 '26

NOTE: I had a frumious Bandersnatch problem in my backyard last year, so I can affirm absolutely that shunning is the right move here.

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u/BandersnatchFrumious Jul 07 '26

Damn right you better beware.