There was an old man of Thermopylæ, <br />Who never did anything properly; <br />But they said, "If you choose, To boil eggs in your shoes, <br />You shall never remain in Thermopylæ."<br /><br />Edward Lear<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/there-was-an-old-man-of-thermopylae/