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  • * scampers arownd unner mantul peas catchy fings as dey fawl awf *

    Oh Noes - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • I kin see Elijer es Elisha is runnin 'arter him, -- kin see de cheryot es it kum down, see Brer Jasper es he wuz pintin' ter de cheryot es it riz in its grand flight up de skies, -- see Elijer es he flung his mantul out es he went up, and I tell yer when Brer Jasper began ter sing 'bout goin 'up ter heaven in a cheryot uv fire I cud see everything jes' es bright es day, and de people riz such a shout dat I thought all de wurl 'wuz shoutin'.

    John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher William Eldridge 1908

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