Burning Rome (Nero's Fiddle?)

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In article <17...@gatech.CSNET> zo...@gatech.UUCP (Melinda M. Fox) writes:
> Be it ever som crumbly, there's no place like Rome..
> Nero, he was the emperor, and the palace was his home..
>
> But he liked to play with matches, and for a fire yearned,
> So he burned Rome to ashes, and fiddled while it burned.
> ^^^^^^^

Unfortunately, the fiddle hadn't been invented yet. It is a matter of
historical record (I'm told) that Nero *was* an accomplished bagpiper
(along with other notables such as Henry VIII).

Bizarre image: Nero piping while Rome burns!
(Playing "A Flame of Wrath...", perhaps?)

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ask what your country is going to do to you!"