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The Purist
by Ogden Nash
 
I give you now Professor Twist,
A conscientious scientist,
Trustees exclaimed, "He never bungles!"
And sent him off to distant jungles.
Camped on a tropic riverside,
One day he missed his loving bride.
She had, the guide informed him later,
Been eaten by an alligator.
Professor Twist could not but smile.
"You mean," he said, "a crocodile."
1 posted on 04/23/2017 5:56:10 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

He should have had one chambered.


2 posted on 04/23/2017 5:59:28 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives.have diseased minds.)
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To: EveningStar

They knew they had the right crocodile because he was wearing a pair of human skin boots.


3 posted on 04/23/2017 6:07:30 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: EveningStar

I still think it was

Suicide!


4 posted on 04/23/2017 6:08:51 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: EveningStar

Big game hunter became big game.

Crocodiles gotta eat too.


7 posted on 04/23/2017 6:25:57 PM PDT by boycott
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To: EveningStar

Maybe the guy wanted to get his nose stretched out by the crocodiles of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River.


9 posted on 04/23/2017 6:33:46 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: EveningStar

Never
Smile
At a
Crocodile.


13 posted on 04/23/2017 7:00:00 PM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: EveningStar

Crocodiles whistle when you shoot them.

Sometimes it’s “I’ve Been Working On The Railroad”, but usually it’s “Purple Rain”.


19 posted on 04/23/2017 7:30:00 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: EveningStar

Is so much fat good for crocodiles?


20 posted on 04/23/2017 7:33:30 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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