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eppur_se_muova

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2. I can't vouch for the attribution here ... I've heard other variations on this:

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 06:39 PM

10 hrs ago

My grandpa notes the worlds worn cogs
And says we're going to the dogs.
His grandpa in a hut of logs
Vowed things were going to the dogs.
His grandpa in the Irish bogs
Swore things were going to the dogs
His grandpa dressed in caveman's togs
Moaned things were going to the dogs.
Now this is all I have to state
The dogs have had an awful wait.

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by G.W. Schill

https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/s96gio/help_found_an_old_handwritten_poem_in_this/

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Yeah, you little whippersnapper, you should have turned to drugs like we did Warpy 10 hrs ago #1

I can't vouch for the attribution here ... I've heard other variations on this: eppur_se_muova 10 hrs ago #2