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Eglon, the Very Fat King

There once was a king so fat That on the night he was ambushed, The dagger could not be retracted When it was plunged into his belly. Even the handle followed the blade As his folds of flesh rolled over it, And then... the dirt came out. (The Book of Judges)

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