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Brittania waives the rules.
I do know I heard that joke long before 1998.
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- Jody -
9/27/2012 2:19:48 PM
Brittania waives the rules.
- ER -
9/27/2012 3:37:39 PM
On the other land, a Scot
- bowser -
9/27/2012 5:33:55 PM
I do know I heard that joke long before 1998.
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9/27/2012 4:19:59 PM
Re: I do know I heard that joke long before 1998.
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