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I thought they were insincere

Posted by Bob on February 17, 2004

In Reply to: I thought they were insincere posted by Word Camel on February 17, 2004

: : Someone at work mentioned her child was asking about giraffes and that reminded me of one of my favorite phrases from The Andy Griffith Show:

: : "...Boy, giraffes are selfish, just run around looking out for number one, getting hit by lightning..."
: :
: : From Episode #93, "Dogs, Dogs, Dogs"
: : home.hiwaay.net/~thefanns/barnisms.htm

:
: "The monkeys stand for honesty,
: Giraffes are insincere,
: And the elephants are kindly but
: They're dumb.
: Orangutans are skeptical
: Of changes in their cages,
: And the zookeeper is very fond of rum."

: The Zoo,

: Simon and Garfunkle 1968

See my simultaneous answer, below. Small minds run in the same gutter, they say.

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