I certainly can't claim credit for thatbut I can't remember who wrote it though.
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HP hasn't been here in aaaaaages,
Fri 8 Aug 2003, 11:54,
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Was it not Hillaire Belloc?from the Bad Child's Book of Beasts?
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MissPrism,
Fri 8 Aug 2003, 12:01,
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