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Sinister: Why AOL is bad for your health
by honey＠missprint.org 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

Sinistereenies, This will be short (for me). I've spent all day glued to my laptop and phone, trying to evade the utterly unfounded blocks AOL are putting on Sinister mail, and my hosting company's over-zealous reaction as they're terrified of AOL blocking them. My powers of negotiation are at an end. I now have evidence that two AOL users are marking Sinister mails, and indeed mails from me, as spam, and AOL take them at their word. It makes the list drop mails to all of you. I may discover who these users are soon. Blame AOL, and blame those who are doing it. To reassure you, I think the list's only dropped one very short mail because of this since I last spoke to you. I don't want there to be any more. Having spent two whole days doing this, with numerous calls to the US, it's clearly not any way to spend a life, so I've mailed then removed all AOL users from the list other than those who replied to an email I sent to them yesterday (thank you). You can resubscribe if you like, but I advise *all* AOL users to move to a new ISP now, or subscribe to Sinister via a webmail site. Those left on AOL will be missing mails probably. You might not even get this. Many lists have had to ban AOL users because of the way AOL operate their spam filters - rather than scanning content, they simply believe their own users who say they got spam. This opens the way to abuse, or mails being marked as spam by AOL users who don't know what they're doing or are just lazy. It's extremely likely I'll have to ban AOL users soon because of this - sorry, but you need to blame AOL not me. I'll be too busy blaming my hosting company for their bullied schoolchild reaction to this. The list will be moving from them soon, if I can get well enough to do it. Please see http://www.missprint.org/sinister/#aol if you want more of the sordid tale. I'll post more there but not bore the list with this if it's just an AOL matter: this list isn't a list about lists, or about AOL, or about computers - I feel guilty enough sending this. Just thought you should know. No stoning of innocent AOL users please. 2:30am. My doctor will kill me. Shh. Sinister, in spite of all this your renaissance is remarkable, and I love you for it. You're like a sleepy dragon waking up after seven years and peeking out of a cave, blowing a snort of smoke and trotting off to eat some peasants who thought you were dead. Continue to munch, please. End of boring mails from a very tired list mum. Please resume blowing up balloons for Saturday and have a lovely time. Honey +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Picnic at the Cloisters this weekend? - for NYCers
by Ana Cristina Morais 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

Ree, Thanks for the suggestion for picnic locale. I just went to the cloisters for the first time a few weeks ago (after living in the area for 20 years) and absolutely fell in love with the area. It's easily reached by subway, so it shouldn't be too much of a bother for any of us to get to. So how about it? Any NYCers want to picnic there this saturday in honor of sinister's 8th birthday? Ana -----Original Message----- From: marie elia <marieelia(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Aug 24, 2005 1:00 PM To: sinister(a)missprint.org Subject: Sinister: sweetheart alphabet, don't forget how lucky we really are darlings. good lord. i, too, never could bring myself to unsubscribe from sinister. i even went on and switched over when i got a new email address. i've been peeking through the windows at all you little ones having your tea parties and not Not wanting to join in but also wondering why i didn't recognize anyone. now i am all tear-y eyed at all this REPORTING BACK and picnic-planning and red-knicker-wearing. right, so, i'm ree, and i used to post a great deal about 5 or 6 years ago. i was in fact in attendance at willpie porter's wedding where all the sinisterines were put in a corner with the unmarried girl cousins. of course, once they were able to get away, will & his lovely lady spent a good portion of their time with the "internet friends." oh and, after years of being an unofficial nyc listee, i am now a permanent one. might i suggest the cloisters for a picnic? i attended my very first sinister picnic there 6 years ago, and it was lovely. and while the central park picnic in honor of julie sauer hewitt's birthday many moons ago was lovely, i get so overwhelmed there. right, must go re-read the FAQs which tell me to consider carefully whether or not i really think that (oh gosh could it really be) 1,000s of listees want to read my message. be well. xo, ree ______________________________ http://joannou.net/ree ______________________________ ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: has it been this long?
by kevin jackflaps 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

When I was in school, there were test days where I would be the first one to finish, but I was very self-conscious about waiting until someone else turned in their paper before I turned in mine; the way I figured, everyone notices the first person to pipe up, but nobody notices the second. Eventually I moved away for high school, and I got to play cards after tests so of course I wanted to be the first one out of the room (I failed a lot of math tests), but I suppose I never completely got over that particular habit. I'd been meaning to write, in order to break the silence around here, but what if nobody else spoke up in return? Then it would be weird. Sinister! I had despaired of our paths crossing again, or whatever the inter-net equivalent happens to be, and now it's like the old days again with picnics and that sort of thing. I even remember some of the names of people who are writing, and it is good to hear from you even though for the most part I have not gotten to know you very well. I sort of remember my eighth birthday; I went bowling and had a party. It snowed that day; I remember being really excited about that because it doesn't snow that much in November in Illinois. Now I live in The South where it doesn't snow at all. Tragic! In any event, perhaps I will commemorate the list's eighth year with bowling, since that's how I commemorated mine. Or I will hang around the apartment and play Dance Dance Revolution, because I can do that, too. In any event, I will definitely have a tiny Chapel Hill picnic, although it might end up just being me and my flatmate and the stuffed firefox who lives with us. Other than all that, I've mostly spent this past year listening to the Go! Team because they are awesome. -kevin +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Speaking of getting married
by Will Porter 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Well hello there, Archel, who doesn't know that she was my very first list crush (oh, so many years ago), mentioned getting married, which reminded me: I did, too. Got married, I mean. Some time ago, really. November, if memory serves. I'd have to ask my wife to be sure, but at any rate, an announcement suddenly seems long overdue, so here it is. The wedding was a good time and being married's lovely. The wedding was attended by a number of the Old Skool New York City Sinister Brigade, Sewing Circle And Dance (Dance Revolution) Revue, though the absence of Julie Hewitt (nee Sauer, whose contact information I will not give out, thank you very much) was noted and lamented. Can't really blame a girl who's all the way on the bottom of the world for not turning up at a wedding in New Jersey, though, I reckon. I suspect the ones who were present are among the long lost non-working email addresses on which Honey's working so diligently. xo, Will Porter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Not Married Yet.
by Amanda Wright 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Sinister-types, I just thought I should let you all know, I am not yet married. Nor do I have any immediate plans to do so. I haven't changed much, at all, in the last three years, except for now I have a cat and a different car. Life's fun that way! Wish I were picnicking with you all. Lv, Mandee May +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: the mariners revenge snog
by Jonathan Skinner 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Greetings and salubrious salutations my god i feel like i am greeting a friend who had disappeared into the amazon (Which coincidentally happened earlier this). My inbox is suddenly a flutter with sinister: emails which is nice. I have missed it so. I have consoled myself over the last few months with bowlie which is fine. Like Mr Gardiner, i just couldn't bring myself to unsubscribe from the list, out of loyalty i suppose and also for fear of missing out on a renaissance, which is a damn good thing. So the list is 8 and britpop is 10, i'm suddenly feeling old. It hit me when i was flicking on VH2 how old i actually am, i remember buying country house on the same day that my brother bought roll with it and listening to them both before admitting that i preferred oasis. I hope all is well with everyone, i know we have lost one of our numbers, and although i never met her i still have some of her list emails from the old times.... so...music....anyone catch devendra banhart and the hairy fairys on this tour? it really did blow me away, the show defied any expectations i had of him, we had the added bonus of donovan being present at our show, but contrary to reports, he did not take to the stage but according to the drummer he did get hideously drunk with them and then tried to drive home, to which the merchandise girl stopped him and crashed in one of their rooms..surreal? i'd say so stay cool jnthn +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: The worst post you've never read
by Ana Cristina Morais 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

I'd been thinking the same thing, i.e. there should be a picnic for NYCers. I'm actually over in Jersey (work in NYC), but I think I might be able to make it as well. As long as it wasn't too deep in the wilds of Brooklyn. I have a bit of a propensity to get hopelessly lost in unfamiliar territory. Ana -----Original Message----- From: Eric Brasure <eric.brasure(a)gmail.com> Sent: Aug 23, 2005 2:23 PM To: sinister(a)missprint.org Subject: Sinister: The worst post you've never read Goodness! So much activity! I can barely keep up with reading posts- a nice change, I have to say. I'm glad to see so many people planning picnics- Glasgow, Tallinn, and now Paris? I feel that there should be a NYC picnic, but I don't think there are many NYCers left. Prove me wrong? Eh, even if there was one, I'd probably be too lazy to show up. Solid, yeah- Eric +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: The worst post you've never read
by Eric Brasure 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

Goodness! So much activity! I can barely keep up with reading posts- a nice change, I have to say. I'm glad to see so many people planning picnics- Glasgow, Tallinn, and now Paris? I feel that there should be a NYC picnic, but I don't think there are many NYCers left. Prove me wrong? Eh, even if there was one, I'd probably be too lazy to show up. Solid, yeah- Eric +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: twee huggers
by stacey dahling 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

oooh picnic! i'll be there baby (as should you linda! yes!) with red knickers on (i'm wearing some today in anticipation!) tho i'd rather be in tallinn. i've been itching for a baltic visit for ages. and sweden as well. tho luckily we have a little bit - and a gorgeous bit at that - of sweden winging his way here... JENS. mmmmm dreamy. wouldn't miss him for the world.. so i might just meet the duke! this week just gets better and better... you should ALL organise picnics, even if it's with you and your dog. any excuse to get to a park and be twee should be embraced openly. speaking of twees (you like what i did there?), so far i have 12 monkeys lining up for a swing from the sini tape tree. any other takers? all names by saturday please! i just took one of those suspicious online personality tests which revealed i am the anal retentive perfectionist organised type. whowouldathunkit? i hope this doesn't mean i get nominated as picnic mummy... tho i'll probably bake the cake. mmm cake. *hugs to honey* (okay, to you too... i'm an equal opportunity hugger) -stacey _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: All those Jehovas in their pullovers they ain't no Casanovas, like you and I
by robin stout 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

Okay kids, you asked for it. Here are my TOP TEN BELLE AND SEBASTIANS: 1. Johann Sebastian Bach: During my GCSE music examination we were required to listen to pieces of classical music and identify them as Baroque, Classical, Romantic or Modern. The Baroque one was by JS Bach. The Modern one featured a wind machine. Call this an exam? Kids these days don't know they're born etc. etc. yawn yawn. JS Bach is famous for writing the theme music for The Antiques Roadshow, a Rock Opera featuring Hugh Scully as the Electric Gymnast. 2. La Belle Epoch: During which the French invented the bicycle, the beret, the stripey jumper and the stupidly long loaf of bread. Before these extraordinary advances, France had merely been known as "South Belgium". 3. John Sebastian: Lead singer with the Lovin' Spoonful, John was also the inventor of the Troob pedal, designed to make your guitar "sound like a baby". 4. Saint Sebastian: And Lo! he was attacked by arrowse, but he was okay cos he was a saint. Or perhaps he was Batfink in disguise. Ah, they never thought of that did they? The whole of world religion perishes before my keen mind. 5. Belle the big soggy dog: In the television programme "Belle and Sebastian", Belle was a big soggy dog and Sebastian was a humble accountant, trying to balance the books while Belle nibbled on his biros and shat in his bottom drawer. The name "Belle and Sebastian" was later adopted by a pop group, who used to do much the same thing. 6. Sebastian Coe: When I was young I used to get confused between Sebastian Coe, Linford Christie and Steve Cramps, because my sister had told me "oh, Sebastian Coe's the one with the yellow shoes. It took me ages to realise they *all* had yellow shoes. Sebastian Coe is now a Lord. If you're ever in Westminster, he's the one wearing the yellow shoes. 7. Belle de Jour: A film in which we get to see Catherine Deneuve's lovely bottom. I can't remember much else about it, really. 8. Mini Baby Bel: Official cheese of Captain Scott's expedition to the South Pole, the Mini Baby Bel has the advantage of being able to be used as a candle due to it being mostly composed from wax. Of course, Scott hadn't banked on cheese being the favourite food of the Husky dog, thus causing catastrophe after his dogs scoffed the lot then ran about sniffing each other's bottoms. Thus the expedition was DOOMED, as the only food left was cream crackers, rendered inedible due to the lack of cheese. 9. Sebastian Forks: An author who wrote a book called Birdsong about a sparrow who loses his hat and sings a sad sad song. 10. Bell End: Situated near to that wonderful town of Kidderminster, this village provided a popular destination for girls at my school who often confessed to going down there at the weekend. If the girl's boyfriend was lucky, she might take him on a short trip to Lickey End. See: http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=390000.794068583&Y=2… Well, that's enough of that. I'm off to put my red underpants in the wash. Toodle-oo Robin x +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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