Very like a whale...   Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Act 3, Scene 2, Page 17: LORD POLONIUS: My lord, the queen would speak with you, and Presently. HAMLET: Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel? LORD POLONIUS: By the mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed. HAMLET: Methinks it is like a weasel. LORD POLONIUS: It is backed like a weasel. HAMLET: Or like a whale? LORD POLONIUS: Very like a whale.