PoMHF - I shook hands with the Chinese Ambassador and all I got was this lousy inner feeling of moral objection (2212 hits)
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Submitted by Thorpe (View user info) at 2006-02-17 09:44:21 EST
Anyone in the Book Club know who has my book, by the way?
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Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-04-25 12:04:53 EDT (#)
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almost peanut butter, and Asterix rocks
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-02-18 20:30:23 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2006-12-30 13:14:39 EST (#)
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You're cracking me up, but this one froze my computer for about five minutes.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-12-30 12:34:14 EST (#)
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Fantastic
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-10-11 01:07:54 EDT (#)
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While this is undergoing a two-person revival, I have to point out that none of the Australians noticed my Castle reference. :(
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-10-11 01:02:24 EDT (#)
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Wow, this is a long image. The closest I've come is 17200, with The Disturbing Lives of Fruits and Vegetables.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-10-11 00:48:53 EDT (#)
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I remember this.
One of the longest .jpg's Uber has ever seen that was actual content.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-10-11 00:43:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-10-11 00:38:38 (#)
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You should've punched her in the nuts. That'd've shown her.
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I'm fairly sure that would have made international news bulletins.
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-10-11 00:38:38 EDT (#)
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You should've punched her in the nuts. That'd've shown her.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-10-11 00:07:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-10-10 23:52:27 (#)
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A title like this deserves so many +2s.
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It's true.
I was suddenly introduced on a whim by our local member we were visiting for some reason (we were being pushed out to make room for the ambassador), and I shook her hand and said - get this - "I've seen you on TV!"
It took about ten seconds before all the other things I should have said about human rights abuse, spying etc. came into my head. Evil bitch.
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-10-10 23:52:27 EDT (#)
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A title like this deserves so many +2s.
Submitted by LSD420 (user info) at 2006-06-25 10:59:42 EDT (#)
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for the title
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-06-25 10:30:26 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:07:14 (#)
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Well done, and that seemed to me to be a very attractive capital.
Sort of like Washington DC but without the layers of trash covering every spot you look at... and without all the abandoned buildings and bad neighborhoods... and without much risk of multiple gunshot wounds when asking for directions... and without someone trying to sell you a fake gold necklace... and without a completely failed school system... and a former mayor who got re-elected AFTER getting caught smoking fucking crack.
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Oh shit, are you serious? I work in DC, and I've asked for directions a bunch of times. Lucky I'm alive, I guess.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2006-06-17 23:41:53 EDT (#)
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John Howard! I sawed him good.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-06-17 23:11:43 EDT (#)
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http://stuff.ubersite.com/1140187461283023291/1/Woo_I_edited_out_the_green_line.JPG
For those who can't see it.
Submitted by soccer (user info) at 2006-06-14 23:11:07 EDT (#)
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+2 culture
By the way, you spelled Captain Hook wrong
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-06-14 22:48:53 EDT (#)
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I take it you can see it then?
I've emptied my cache and everything too. This is a real mystery.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2006-06-14 15:16:28 EDT (#)
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Great post!
pop pop pop
How did I miss this?
Submitted by phuzzygish (user info) at 2006-05-12 08:42:42 EDT (#)
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What the hell happened to your picture?
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2006-05-06 10:50:09 EDT (#)
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I've seen all those places hundreds of times.
Canberra is as fucking boring as bat shit. I went to a "nightclub" there one Saturday night and the fucking thing closed at 11pm.... A nightclub!
Set the place on fire and start again, methinks.
Submitted by williamson (user info) at 2006-05-06 10:21:05 EDT (#)
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I still see this fine.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-05-01 08:25:43 EDT (#)
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I missed this, and I like this.
Wash DC is another city that was built and planned specifically for gubment.
Sadly, it grew and got suburbs or whatever.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-04-24 17:54:59 EDT (#)
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AND I'M SPENT
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-04-24 17:54:49 EDT (#)
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I love your picture, Thorpe. Especially the way it's compressed into a single line a pixel wide.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-04-24 17:54:24 EDT (#)
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Hand me the bonesaw?
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-04-24 17:54:12 EDT (#)
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jk lol omg wtf
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-04-24 17:53:57 EDT (#)
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Derp
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-04-24 17:53:50 EDT (#)
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Weeps
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-04-24 17:53:42 EDT (#)
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WHAT IS THIS? I DEMAND SOME CONTENT!!
Submitted by LSD420 (user info) at 2006-04-23 10:14:12 EDT (#)
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nice picture, wtf. What happened?
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-04-23 10:07:57 EDT (#)
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What the hell has happened to my picture??
703 x 1 pixel????????
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-20 05:19:10 EST (#)
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Good write up. I wont go to Australia though. It's God's joke country. I mean why is there such a concentration of insanely poisonous animals there? It's not just the spiders and snakes, you've got duckbilled platipi (really - that's the plural?), stone fish, jelly fish, sea snakes, sharks and probably poison killer frogs too.
SURPRISE - that's poisonous too!
Threats from nature in England.
Wasps (the reason for the invention of tennis rackets)
Bees (like tiny furry stinging cows)
Hornets (I've never been stung by one)
Ants (itchy)
Adders (there aren't that many - and the usual medical advice is 'get to a hospital within a few days or it could be painful'
The Wolf Spider (I CONSIDER THIS AN INSULT TO MY NATION - A VAGUELY POISONOUS SPIDER THAT CAN PIERCE THE SKIN!)
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-02-20 04:58:22 EST (#)
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Submitted by junyer (user info) at 2006-02-20 04:02:45 (#)
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Did you visit Cafe Macchiato and Bourbon Bar or not?
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Yep. But I didn't drink anything :P
Submitted by junyer (user info) at 2006-02-20 04:02:45 EST (#)
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Did you visit Cafe Macchiato and Bourbon Bar or not?
Submitted by crazyaardvark (user info) at 2006-02-20 01:01:38 EST (#)
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Auto +2 Aussie.
Wow. Canberra is almost as exciting as Perth. Almost.
Submitted by The_Cyst_Master (user info) at 2006-02-20 00:40:15 EST (#)
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I think where I'm going has something to do with Cairns. Hopefully I'll be there june 21. When the time draws near we'll discuss it. And by the way, I'll be more than happy to cartoon you and electro having sex or whatever.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-02-19 23:14:44 EST (#)
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thorpe87.at.gmail.com
JCU is in north Queensland though isn't it? I'm in Brisbane.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2006-02-19 21:32:57 EST (#)
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That is interesting, my Commonwealth brethren.
Submitted by Amorphous (user info) at 2006-02-19 21:25:25 EST (#)
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+2die
Submitted by The_Cyst_Master (user info) at 2006-02-19 21:16:02 EST (#)
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Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-02-19 05:41:40 (#)
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Submitted by The_Cyst_Master (user info) at 2006-02-18 01:56:56 (#)
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Thorpey,
I'm coming to Queensland (James Cook University) in June.
What's kind of ghey shit should I get into?
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All sorts. Chuck me an email when you get here, I'll drink some beer and you can draw a wacky cartoon of me drinking beer and getting a blowjob from Electro or something.
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Thorpey,
What's yo email nigga?
Are you in Queensland/area?
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-02-19 05:41:40 EST (#)
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Submitted by The_Cyst_Master (user info) at 2006-02-18 01:56:56 (#)
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Thorpey,
I'm coming to Queensland (James Cook University) in June.
What's kind of ghey shit should I get into?
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All sorts. Chuck me an email when you get here, I'll drink some beer and you can draw a wacky cartoon of me drinking beer and getting a blowjob from Electro or something.
Submitted by williamson (user info) at 2006-02-18 21:56:53 EST (#)
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Nice.
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-02-18 02:55:45 EST (#)
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Quality stuff Thorpe.
I had to stop reading Bryson as he makes me want to visit places I can't afford.
-Dave
Submitted by Bob_Dole (user info) at 2006-02-18 02:53:23 EST (#)
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fucking awesome,
and auto +2 for bill bryson. i learned everything i need to know about the entire planet from 4 of his books. fuck em all i'm moving to australia.
Submitted by The_Cyst_Master (user info) at 2006-02-18 01:56:56 EST (#)
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Thorpey,
I'm coming to Queensland (James Cook University) in June.
What's kind of ghey shit should I get into?
Submitted by teakettle (user info) at 2006-02-18 01:43:53 EST (#)
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You should have gone to Questacon. It's (relatively) good. Truthfully Canberra is not as bad as people think.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-02-17 18:47:31 EST (#)
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As far as random arcitecture goes (OMG spelling) that floatig ball thingys pretty cool.
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-02-17 17:46:09 EST (#)
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+2 for not being an alter.
And also for the pears.
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2006-02-17 17:13:34 EST (#)
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My fiance and I wanted to go to Australia for our honeymoon... but then remembered the small detail that it will be winter there when we would be going. Dammit.
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2006-02-17 16:46:02 EST (#)
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I started PoMHF
I fucking rule
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-02-17 16:45:28 EST (#)
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i love travelogues
Submitted by NerfHerder (user info) at 2006-02-17 16:41:20 EST (#)
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Actually held my interest throughout.
Australia is more rockin' than i thought.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-02-17 16:36:11 EST (#)
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Submitted by fried-green-potatoes (user info) at 2006-02-17 12:26:00 (#)
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What's that "other flag" above the Habeeb appeal? (It isn't a boxing kangaroo, so I'm out of guesses.)
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The Aboriginal flag. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_flag
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-02-17 16:11:32 EST (#)
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Submitted by shandythedog (user info) at 2006-02-17 15:02:05 (#)
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goodness, i felt a hint of moisture in my eyes seeing my fair city portrayed in such an affectionate manner
i'm off to the coast now (1 1/2 hours drive to most heavenly coastline in australia)to collect a puppy, but will return to this post for further comment. must take you to task over museum. it is a disgrace.
what was the aids ad involving babies? i only remember the bowling alley one.
WONDERFUL TO SEE AUNTIE JACK - i didn't know she was there, must go and pay hommage.
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It was the bowling alley one - the Reaper bowls down a woman holding a baby. She keels over while the baby seems to spin wildly in the air for a few seconds before succumbing to gravity. It's great! It makes me wish I had AIDS!
Submitted by shandythedog (user info) at 2006-02-17 15:02:05 EST (#)
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goodness, i felt a hint of moisture in my eyes seeing my fair city portrayed in such an affectionate manner
i'm off to the coast now (1 1/2 hours drive to most heavenly coastline in australia)to collect a puppy, but will return to this post for further comment. must take you to task over museum. it is a disgrace.
what was the aids ad involving babies? i only remember the bowling alley one.
WONDERFUL TO SEE AUNTIE JACK - i didn't know she was there, must go and pay hommage.
Submitted by digdug (user info) at 2006-02-17 12:41:29 EST (#)
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So, were you like the only person in the city?
Submitted by fried-green-potatoes (user info) at 2006-02-17 12:26:00 EST (#)
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What's that "other flag" above the Habeeb appeal? (It isn't a boxing kangaroo, so I'm out of guesses.)
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2006-02-17 12:11:48 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2006-02-17 11:19:14 EST (#)
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I'm impressed (and slightly disturbed) that as you were making your way down some random dirt track you had the foresight to take some pics, no doubt with the thought that 'this'll get me some good +2s on Uber. Sweet.'
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2006-02-17 11:17:53 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2006-02-17 11:03:30 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2006-02-17 11:01:58 EST (#)
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Still me.
No-one's told me to send it on yet, and I'm not going to let it out of my hot little hands until they do.
SOMEONE EMAIL ME, FOR FUCKS SAKE.
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:53:42 EST (#)
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I won't ruin the +2 streak, but I wish you would have been bitten by a brown snake while walking on that trail.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:47:02 EST (#)
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What Razor said.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:28:32 EST (#)
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........So you guys DON'T travel around by kangaroo pouch?
When did y'all start using cars?
Submitted by phuzzygish (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:26:07 EST (#)
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It's posts like these where the 'view all reviews' button came in handy.
Submitted by phuzzygish (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:18:21 EST (#)
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Holy shit - I started a 'day' theme. That's brilliant.
And so's this post. I can't wait to go to Oz. To be honest, I don't think I'll go to Canberra though. Except to see the scale model of the soldiers geting shot to shit as they go over the trenches. The guy facing the wrong way, ass toward bullets, is particularly amusing...
Nice one thorpey.
Submitted by ozzy (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:14:34 EST (#)
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Auto PoMHF +2.
But seriously, you went to Canberra on your own free will?
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:13:46 EST (#)
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This was cool.
Submitted by hairycoo (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:09:09 EST (#)
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quality stuff young man. you've done your country proud
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:07:14 EST (#)
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Well done, and that seemed to me to be a very attractive capital.
Sort of like Washington DC but without the layers of trash covering every spot you look at... and without all the abandoned buildings and bad neighborhoods... and without much risk of multiple gunshot wounds when asking for directions... and without someone trying to sell you a fake gold necklace... and without a completely failed school system... and a former mayor who got re-elected AFTER getting caught smoking fucking crack.
Submitted by Mike00295 (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:06:53 EST (#)
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Before I read this I knew jack shit about Australia.
Now I know slightly more than that.
Thanks
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:04:52 EST (#)
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She'll be right,no worries.
Australia and WW1 tanks kick ass. I think it's a British 'Mother' Mk1, but the picture isnt too clear
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:03:20 EST (#)
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cool, wow, etc.
Submitted by w_t_a_y_s_t_r_m (user info) at 2006-02-17 09:56:51 EST (#)
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Very cool
Submitted by MichaelJackson (user info) at 2006-02-17 09:52:34 EST (#)
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Oh and I weep for your father - Houstan is the worst place I have ever been.
Submitted by MichaelJackson (user info) at 2006-02-17 09:51:27 EST (#)
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What? No Russell Crowe?
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2006-02-17 09:49:32 EST (#)
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COOL!
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2006-02-17 09:48:35 EST (#)
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nice.