What would Shakespeare say?

Ladies and gentlemen

Hobos and tramps

Cross-eyed mosquitoes

And bow-legged ants

Pull up a chair

And sit on the floor

And I'll tell you a story

I've never heard before

One bright day

In the dead of night

Two dead boys

Got up to fight

Back to back

They faced each other

Drew their swords

And shot each other

A deaf police man

Heard the noise

And came and killed

The two dead boys

If you don't believe

This lie is true

Ask the blind man...

He saw it too.

What would the Glass man say?

I recently found an old glass fronted cabinet at work. All the shelves were missing, but I thought it would look great to put my models in, and I could just buy some glass shelves cheaply.
So, I put the unit on the wall. Measure up for the shelves. They are 300mm x 160mm, so pretty small. i need 9 of them.
I rang the first local glass company, and maybe it's my fault for asking for 6mm glass with beveled edge, but the price was £216.  £216!!!! Are they insane!
The next company I went to I asked for normal glass. I did get a better price. £12 per shelf. That's £108!!! If I wanted the edges smoothed it would be considerably more.
I couldn't believe it.
In the end I went online and found this site: http://www.sheetplastics.co.uk/
I ordered 9 shelves, 5mm thick (which was probably a bit too thick) in clear acrylic.
Delivered for under £30.