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Re:Why bumblebees love cats and other beautiful relationships by quesera on Friday April 16, 2021 @11:05AM (#26834782)
And similarly:

  For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
  For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
  For want of a horse the rider was lost.
  For want of a rider the message was lost.
  For want of a message the battle was lost.
  For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
  And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
This formulation appears to be at least a few hundred years old. Antecedents are recorded back to the 1300s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Want_of_a_Nail

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Re:Why bumblebees love cats and other beautiful relationships by bori5 on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:00PM (#26839524)
I first heard this on a Todd Rundgren DVD https://youtu.be/luHRsRWSdoU
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Re:Why bumblebees love cats and other beautiful relationships by throwmeaway1717 on Saturday April 17, 2021 @07:40AM (#26843499)
And I read it first as some nursery rhyme brought back from from Java-land, arranged in Steve Yegge's "Execution in the kingdom of nouns"

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/execution-in-kingdom...

(high concentration, pure pleasure, java trolling material)

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