Thursday, January 19, 2012
[1736 - Sir James Watt, engineer, inventor, born in Greenock, Firth of Clyde, Scotland]
[1798 - Auguste Comte, philosopher, born in Montpellier, France]
[1807 - Robert E. Lee, Civil War Confederate General, born in Stratford, Virginia]
[1809 - Edgar Allan Poe, writer, poet, born in Boston, Massachusetts]
[1813 - Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor, born in Charlton, Hertfordshire, England]
[1943 - Janis Joplin, singer, born in Port Arthur, Texas]
[1980 - William O. Douglas, US Supreme Court Justice, dies at age 81]
The Hippopotamus is a mighty large critter.
Walks to and fro on the bottom of the river.
He frequently comes up just to take the air, and,
Eats a ton of food a month, which is hardly fair.
Now the Hippo's BMI marks him clearly obese.
His weight control problems may never cease.
He is now on a low-carb, Adkins fat-free diet.
If you live in the zoo, you might also try it.
William's Whimsical Words:
Do you think this Hippo looks concerned about his body image?
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