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All Modern Men are descended from a Wormlike creature but it shows more on some people.

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Will Cuppy
Age: 65 †
Born: 1884
Born: August 23
Died: 1949
Died: September 19
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William Jacob Cuppy
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The Ancient Egyptians considered it good luck to meet a swarm of Bees on the road. What they considered bad luck I couldn't say.
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Male penguins are unfaithful up to an advanced age, a phenomenon sometimes attributed to the sea air.
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The Love bird is one hundred percent faithful to his mate-who is locked into the same cage.
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The wren-box problem is becoming more acute each year, for wrens now demand better housing conditions and labor-saving devices.
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It is because of his brain that he [modern man] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above.
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If you annoy the Hog-nosed Snake enough, he will roll over on his back and play dead. If you turn him right-side up, he will roll over to prove that he is dead... While he is playing dead, you can go straight up to him and step on his head or smash him with a big club.
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Three million alligators were killed in Florida between 1880 and 1900. Goody!
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[Footnote:] The female of any species is generally regarded as a relatively anabolic organism, more passive than the male, who is relatively katabolic and active. The fact remains that one frequently runs across a rather katabolic female.
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The hippopotamus looks monogamous- he looks as if he would have to be.
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Cæsar might have married her [Cleopatra], but he had a wife at home. There's always something.
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I borrow to pay my honest debts and not to squander foolishly. What's more, I confine my borrowing to those who can well afford it. I don't go around sponging on widows and orphans unless they have plenty.
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The moral of the story of the Pilgrims is that if you work hard all your life and behave yourself every minute and take no time out for fun you will break practically even, if you can borrow enough money to pay your taxes.
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To the seeing eye life is mostly Sparrows.
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The sloth lives his life upside down. He is perfectly comfortable that way. If the blood rushes to his head, nothing happens because there is nothing to work on.
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Aristotle described the Crow as chaste. In some departments of knowledge, Aristotle was too innocent for his own good.
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Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
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They [the Pilgrims] believed in freedom of thought for themselves and for all other people who believed exactly as they did.
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Humor springs from rage, hay fever, overdue rent and miscellaneous hell.
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The Chameleon's face reminded Aristotle of a Baboon. Aristotle wasn't much of a looker himself.
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Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.
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