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Much still remains to be learned about his sex life because the Hummingbird is quicker than the eye.

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Will Cuppy
Age: 65 †
Born: 1884
Born: August 23
Died: 1949
Died: September 19
Critic
Humorist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Writer
Auburn
Indiana
William Jacob Cuppy
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Hummingbird
Much
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Life
Quicker
Remains
Sex

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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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An Ant on a hot stove-lid runs faster than an Ant on a cold one. Who wouldn't?
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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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The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for.
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Henry VIII had so many wives because his dynastic sense was very strong whenever he saw a maid of honour.
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During his fifteen years in Italy, Hannibal never had enough elephants to suit him. Most of the original group succumbed to the climate, and he was always begging Carthage for more, but the people at home were stingy. They would ask if he thought they were made of elephants and what had he done with the elephants they sent before.
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