More Than A Feilding

More Than A Feilding

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Poor old Syphilis

Poor old Syphilis

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David Slack
Aug 16, 2022
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Poor old Syphilis. As we know from our studies, Syphilis was the guy who had to push a rock up a hill every day because he had sex with King Lear’s daughter Gonorrhoea. [Ed: have you actually bothered to check any of this Dave?]

And when he got caught, they gave Syphilis a choice:
Your punishment is either to spend eternity pushing a hill rock up a hill …

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