"I shoot the Hippopotamus With bullets made of platinum, Because if I use leaden ones His hide is sure to flatten 'em."
— Hippopotamus

January 1, 1970

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Parody: American women shoot the hippopotamus with eyebrows made of platinum. — E. M. Forster, Abinger Harvest (1936), 'Mickey and Minnie'.