Jacke (Jack) Wilson
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 3 Aug
Jacke (Jack) Wilson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Hello, we begin today with a quote.
If I profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle fine is this.
My lips, two blushing pilgrims ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
That's Romeo, of course, talking to Juliet at the ball.
After some witty banter, extending the metaphor, Romeo says, Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.
He kisses her, and she responds, Then have my lips the sin that they have took.
And Romeo says, sin from thy lips, O trespass sweetly urged.
Give me my sin again.
And Juliet says, you kiss by the book.
You kiss by the book.
And we might say he kisses in the book, in the play, on the page.
They kiss.
It's exciting because we love Shakespeare and we love these characters and we want them to kiss.
It's exciting whenever we encounter a romantic kiss in photographs, in film, in song lyrics, on the stage, or yes, in our beloved literature.
Romance is fun and kissing is the emblem of it.
Kissing is fun to do.
It's meaningful.
It's fun to read about.
We all love kissing, don't we?
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