
With bullets made of platinum
Cause if I used ones made of lead
His hide would surely flatten 'em
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Cause if I used ones made of lead
His hide would surely flatten 'em

We laugh at how he looks to us,
And yet in moments dank and grim,
I wonder how we look to him.
Peace, peace, thou hippopotamus!
We really look all right to us,
As you no doubt delight the eye
Of other hippopotami.
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And yet in moments dank and grim,
I wonder how we look to him.
Peace, peace, thou hippopotamus!
We really look all right to us,
As you no doubt delight the eye
Of other hippopotami.

Then rose to the surface again,
A regular army of Hippopotami
All singing this haunting refrain.
Mud! Mud! Glorious mud!
Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood.
So, follow me, follow, down to the hollow,
And there let us wallow in glorious mud
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A regular army of Hippopotami
All singing this haunting refrain.
Mud! Mud! Glorious mud!
Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood.
So, follow me, follow, down to the hollow,
And there let us wallow in glorious mud

the HP-quoted poem above is by Hilaire Belloc.
What a culturally enriching Friday we're all having.
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Fri 8 Aug 2003, 12:03,
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What a culturally enriching Friday we're all having.

listening to Radio 4, Flanders and Swan, Round the Horne, Listen with Mother....
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I'm not afraid of Pussy Cats
They only eat up Mice and Rats
But a Hippopotamus
Could eat the Lotofus!
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They only eat up Mice and Rats
But a Hippopotamus
Could eat the Lotofus!

About Cousin Mae falling through the parlour floor one day.
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And tasted it, and found it good!
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.
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Fri 8 Aug 2003, 11:56,
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And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.

I like Stevie Smith:
Croft sits aloft
In the loft
He is soft.
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Fri 8 Aug 2003, 11:58,
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Croft sits aloft
In the loft
He is soft.

but I can't remember who wrote it though.
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from the Bad Child's Book of Beasts?
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Fri 8 Aug 2003, 12:01,
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...on the Serengheti plains.
I screamed for help but it was too late.
You'd never think that George from Rainbow and his ilk could be capable of such slaughter.
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I screamed for help but it was too late.
You'd never think that George from Rainbow and his ilk could be capable of such slaughter.