Re: Meaning of quote

[Mary Van Sell <vansell@oakland.edu>]

I can't answer your question, but have something relevant to pass along:
A man with a fatal disease was told by his doctor there was one cure: the
sick man needed to go to an Australian hospital, named the Mercy Hospital to
be cured.  There, the doctor said, the man would receive a tea made from
koala bear hairs that would cure him.
The man flies to Australia and locates Mercy Hospital.  The nurse gives him
the tea.  The man sees actual koala hairs in it and asks the nurse to please
strain it.
The nurse replies: "The Koala Tea of Mercy is not strained."
Charles.Robb@kdla.net wrote:
> What does "the quality of mercy is not strained" mean?  I thought I spoke
> English, but . . .