All Hail Boll Weevil on Guy Fawkes Night!
The Weevil is to King Cotton as Fawkes is to King James I.
Fawkes took too long (seconds) to light the fuse and the Weevil took too long (150 years) to walk up from Mexico.
And like Fawkes, the Weevil is about to get it.
Fawkes took too long (seconds) to light the fuse and the Weevil took too long (150 years) to walk up from Mexico.
And like Fawkes, the Weevil is about to get it.
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