Then will two at once woo one.
That must needs be sport alone.
And those things do best please me
That befall prepost’rously.
– William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 2. The Lord of Mischief Puck is delighted at the confusion and disorder he has caused among the Athenian lovers. He is positively delighted that two of the men will pursue one young woman at the same time. The most ridiculous things are what entertain Puck most, he says.