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Stretching The Hippo Metaphor…
A press that will challenge the status quo strike feat into the corrupted politician or regal courier service. A subversive adversary: Snappy, bad-tempered, and perhaps a bit lazy… Just as the Lion is to the King, insect to the lowly, bird to the free, pack bully to the wolf, the elephant is to the obvious…
Hippo-Launch
Foreword from the editor Professor Michael Armadillo To the reader, the writer and those in the Hippo-commune It is no secret that we live in the age of the individual, this is a magazine aimed at the masses via individualistic means. What better format is there, than to thrash it out online, with a small…
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