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Old 01-24-2007, 05:27 AM   #3351
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Old 01-24-2007, 07:59 AM   #3352
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Old 01-24-2007, 10:11 AM   #3353
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Old 01-24-2007, 04:22 PM   #3354
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Old 01-24-2007, 06:22 PM   #3355
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Old 01-24-2007, 07:53 PM   #3356
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Old 01-25-2007, 12:44 AM   #3357
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Kate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
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Where is Julia?
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Old 01-25-2007, 01:02 AM   #3358
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where is julia?
she has yet to be crowned and
sit on her throne
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Old 01-25-2007, 02:04 AM   #3359
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Old 01-25-2007, 02:52 AM   #3360
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Kate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKate Thornton is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Don't push that button
The big red one with the lights
The one marked good bye
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Old 01-25-2007, 06:02 AM   #3361
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The one marked goodbye
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Old 01-25-2007, 06:28 AM   #3362
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a slow haul tonight
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Lord I need to shed some of that baggage
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Old 01-25-2007, 08:05 AM   #3363
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Old 01-25-2007, 05:30 PM   #3365
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Old 01-25-2007, 07:25 PM   #3366
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Can you feel my glands?
Am I going to get better?
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Old 01-25-2007, 10:46 PM   #3367
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Bones, he does shake them awake
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Old 01-26-2007, 01:04 AM   #3368
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Old 01-26-2007, 01:05 AM   #3369
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Old 01-26-2007, 01:40 AM   #3370
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No, I like yours!

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Or does it just bleed
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Old 01-26-2007, 03:25 AM   #3372
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