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Crossing Rubicon Excerpts

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The Rubicon River flows into theAdriatic Sea
Julius Caesar crossed the Rubiconin 49 B.C.
Billy Bob and Joe Fortunas werenew-found friends
Rubicon made Billy Bob and Joe Fortunasan offer they couldn't resist
Rubicon was a grand masterof feigned reluctance
Billy Bob and Joe Fortunassounded like trained parrots
Rubicon said that he was in theFourth Quadrant
Wouldn't want to become aspace cadet
Rubicon's secret was ared herring
Lucy with diamonds in the skyis a song
The secret would be known by fourand soon by four score more
When King Midas picked up his babythe baby turned to gold
In class, Billy Bob and Joe Fortunassnickered in unison
Blind Pew has to be the most compellingbeggar in English literature
Rubicon would be competing againststudents in grades 8- 12
Rubicon decided to change hisidentity
Mr. Gulliver was adamantthat Aliens do not exist
Aliens do exist Rubicon decidedbecause I say that they do
The teachers believed that Rubiconhad been trapped in a hallucination
Wouldn't say shiver if mymouth was full of it
Rubicon wished to examine theconcept of identity
You are who other peoplethink you are
I went from Rubicon natty nerdto Rubicon elevator doesn't reach the top floor
What you believe about yourselfis essential to who you really are
Identity is azero sum game
Before you could say Jimmy crackcorn the student body was on its feet
At bat Billy said that Rubicon wason a secret mission for the CIA
Some of the girls found it difficultto alter their feelings of disbelief
Steveston is a suburb ofVancouver
Like Icarus, Rubicon failed to noticethat he was too high
This is one time that Rubicon didn't surfacesmelling like a rose
Millicent and Rubicon used todrive their parents bananas
Little green men with big earsnever call home
The sun rolled up out ofthe ocean
Like a gigantic basketballit bounced into the sky
Rubicon regretted doing somethingbefore he actually did it
On our planet, we preferto have our regrets first
They do their time, then they receivepermission to commit the crime
Our physicists tell us thatspace is not round but a trapezoid
Marco Polo rode on a rocket shipfrom China back to Florence
If a would be perpetrator decidesnot to do the crime, he is paid
On Udopia, we don't allowswearing
If you swear on Udopia you musthave a deficient vocabulary
To avoid regrets on Earthhave sincere thoughts
The Commander liveseverywhere and no where
Rubicon was certain of one thinguncertainty
cut to the chase means to godirectly to the centre of the action
Treasure Island begins with an oldsea dog who wears a wicked scar
The speed of sound depends onatmospheric pressure and temperature
Rubicon told the judges that therewas method in his madness


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