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sub native { return; }

/Canterbury(.*)/g;  # yea, this is bad...

&date( "2001 Jul 21 18:00:00" )->{ dream };

unlink( "~usher/house" );  # This is even worse...

print "<FONT COLOR=\"red\">A</FONT>\n";

$moheicans[-1];

$list[-1]->{game};

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(And spoilers, I hope...)
Return of the Native
Canterbury Tales
A Midsummernight's Dream
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Scarlet Letter
Last of the Moheicans
Ender's Game

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It's not what you know, but knowing how to find it if you don't know that's important

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Re: Re: Great Perl Literature
by nefertari (Chaplain) on Oct 30, 2001 at 15:10 UTC
    A little bit nitpicking:
    Isn't midsummer day on June the 21st?
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      I've always been under the impression that June 21 (while being the Summer Solsist) was concerned as the first day of summer by most calenders. July is definely in the 'middle' of summer so it was a better choice here.

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      Dr. Michael K. Neylon - mneylon-pm@masemware.com || "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain
      "I can see my house from here!"
      It's not what you know, but knowing how to find it if you don't know that's important

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        Interesting definition, i never thought about it in this way. It seems that in Scandinavia the celebrate June 23rd as Midsummer. <a href=http://www.ingebretsens.com/archive/scan_midsummer/archive_scan_midsummer.htm">Here they write:

        <quote>Midsummer, an observation of the longest day of the year, is celebrated in each of the Scandinavian countries. Midsummer, originally a pagan holiday, is celebrated on the day of John the Baptist and is now held on the weekend closest to the summer solstice.</quote>

        But which date Shakespeare meant, i don't know.

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