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  • Here we sample but a few examples of this corpulant genre...

    31 Days of Halloween: Day 6: Spooky Tunes: Dracula on Broadway Prof. Ravensdeath 2008

  • Heavy humongus Hastert has shown the entire nation that he is a corrupt corpulant crud!

    Think Progress » Hastert Defends Profits by Claiming $207 Million Parkway Provides No Benefits for Nearby Homeowners 2006

  • Sir Robert was as corrupt as he was corpulant, as Ev'ryone knew.

    I call Barack Obama to account for picking another bland, midwestern pretty boy. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Post 25 it is all the caviar they eat and gallons of champagne to wash it down makes them very corpulant and plump lol.

    Think Progress » Exxon-Backed Pundit Compares Gore To Nazi Propagandist 2006

  • His corpulant flesh extended below the line of his shirt.

    Archive 2008-09-01 2008

  • His corpulant flesh extended below the line of his shirt.

    traveler's story 2008

  • Though Odin was far from a joyous being, and his sometimes severe sense of justice was often beyond the ability of mortals to comprehend, he bore a superficial resemblance to the modern image of Santa Claus in that he was often depicted in the Germanic myths as resembling an elderly (albeit quite robust) man with a white beard, though unlike the modern image of Santa Class (often referred to today as "Sinter Klass" in some Northern nations), Odin wasn't corpulant, and was missing one eye (he sacrificed it to the Well of Mimir in exchange for the gift of omniscience), thus causing him to wear an eye patch.

    The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public 2008

  • Though Odin was far from a joyous being, and his sometimes severe sense of justice was often beyond the ability of mortals to comprehend, he bore a superficial resemblance to the modern image of Santa Claus in that he was often depicted in the Germanic myths as resembling an elderly (albeit quite robust) man with a white beard, though unlike the modern image of Santa Class (often referred to today as "Sinter Klass" in some Northern nations), Odin wasn't corpulant, and was missing one eye (he sacrificed it to the Well of Mimir in exchange for the gift of omniscience), thus causing him to wear an eye patch.

    The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public 2008

  • Though Odin was far from a joyous being, and his sometimes severe sense of justice was often beyond the ability of mortals to comprehend, he bore a superficial resemblance to the modern image of Santa Claus in that he was often depicted in the Germanic myths as resembling an elderly (albeit quite robust) man with a white beard, though unlike the modern image of Santa Class (often referred to today as "Sinter Klass" in some Northern nations), Odin wasn't corpulant, and was missing one eye (he sacrificed it to the Well of Mimir in exchange for the gift of omniscience), thus causing him to wear an eye patch.

    The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public Cypresso 2008

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