What navel-snipper wiped and washed you as you squirmed about, you crack-brained creature?
τίς ὀμφαλητόμος σε τὸν διοπλῆγα
ἔψησε κἀπέλουσεν ἀσκαρίζοντα
ἔψησε κἀπέλουσεν ἀσκαρίζοντα
Original text (Ancient Greek)
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