Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Hippo Was Hungry …[ Humor/Humour; Food; Hippopotamus; Shopping; Short; Inspired By My Growling Belly! ] Comments

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I was shopping at the grocery store when in walked a hippopotamus.
It was my first time seeing a ‘hippo' there, and management made such a fuss!
They checked first to see if it'd tracked in river mud ….or something WORSE.
AND they watched to see if Miss Hippo would put a watermelon in her purse.
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Laurie Van Der Hart 02 November 2017

Very funny, Bri! Did you see a large woman in the store that give you the idea...? Thank you for the U.K. Trolley. Amazon.com has done quite a good job of educating us, though, with Add to your cart... A hippo eating another animal? Really? They certainly do kill other animals, but I hadn't heard of them eating meat. Have you read my Gentle Giant?

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Stephen Katona 02 November 2017

I can picture this healthy hippo and the shocked look on the cashier's face. Love the idea of a shoplifting hippo putting a melon in her purse and the sagging basket.

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Douglas Scotney 01 November 2017

as always Bri, what's in the poem is more vital than what's in the title

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Bri Edwards 01 November 2017

again, PH seems to be removing the spaces i leave between sentences and between the day's date and year's date. hmm? ! oh well. the site STILL is free for me! ! ! bri :) :) bri

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