"O that she were an open-arse and thou a popp'rin pear"
Innuendo
Act 2,
Scene 1
Lines 34-39
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Mercutio
Mercutio makes fun of Romeo, saying that since love is blind, Romeo did not “hit” his mistress’ “mark” and instead wishes that she were a medlar fruit and that he were a popp’rin pear, which resembles the male genitalia and whose name sounds like “pop her in”.