A baby weighing 9 lps, 9 oz, a 9 minutes after 0 on 9/9/09 was born ... in LaCrosse Wisconsin.
Clearly, this is the Dolly Llama.
Or, maybe it's the Beatles's Baby. Number 9, Number 9, Number 9 ....
Or maybe ... No, wait, wait, if this baby had been weighed using the Metric System, it would be 4.337 kilograms.
...
Never mind...
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Dalai...Lama? Am I missing the joke?
The one-l lama,
He's a priest.
The two-l llama,
He's a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three-l lllama.*
*The author's attention has been called to a type of conflagration known as a three-alarmer. Pooh.
Destined to work for the emergency services in the UK
(we use 999 instead of 112 in emergencies)
The whole thing is a joke, Kieran.
You silly goose... everybody knows Dolly was a sheep, not a llama....
http://hellodollyllama.blogspot.com/