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South Africans Outraged Over New Secrecy Bill

22.11.2011,  0 comments

Sketchy’s field correspondent reports: Citizens of South Africa have taken to the streets in protest of the new read more

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South Africans Outraged Over New Secrecy Bill

Posted on November 22, 2011 in Current Affairs, News, People by Rhyan

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Sketchy’s field correspondent reports:

Citizens of South Africa have taken to the streets in protest of the new Protection of State Information Bill passed Tuesday, 22 November 2011.

The Protection of State Information Bill, which makes it illegal to possess or publish classified government documents regardless of whether or not they are incriminating of a greater evil, has had mixed responses throughout the nation. Supporters of the bill, which include government officials and pretty much no one else, are highly satisfied with the outcome of the vote.

Limpopo MP, Mr. Leo Nswako, had this to say: “Finally I can sleep easy tonight. The secrecy bill means I no longer have to be careful about who I appoint to office. Now all I am worried about is how to choose which nephew I like the most in time for Christmas – this will make a great present!”

South African citizens are not stupid, however.

Critics of the bill argue that – if made law – this will radically undermine investigative journalism and eventually put an end to all forms of whistleblowing.

Pretoria resident, Kobus Stein, comments: “They can take our right to information, but they will never take our whistles. How can we play rugby if there is no one to blow the whistle?”

Another citizen, Sipho Mthethwa of Soweto, is similarly concerned: “Does this mean Vuvuzelas are out too?”

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Economy Boosted by Increase of Minimalists

10.06.2010,  0 comments

A new trend of “not spending much” has resulted in a much needed boost to the world economy. read more

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Economy Boosted by Increase of Minimalists

Posted on June 10, 2010 in Funny, People, Shopping by Stuart

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A new trend of “not spending much” has resulted in a much needed boost to the world economy. Minimalists everywhere are spending money hand over fist to buy the latest minimalist paraphernalia.

Sales of Minimalist books have gone through the roof, with minimalists around the world spending their money to find out how not to spend their money.

We spoke to one such minimalist, known to his friends as “Frugal Bill”, to ask him what he had done recently to free himself from the tyranny of consumerism.

“Well I’ve bought a new greenhouse, so I can grow my own food and not have to go to the supermarket. And we’ve replaced all our furniture with stuff from Ikea, you know, with those little baskets where you can hide your junk. I’ve also built a chicken coop out of ice cream sticks. Man we ate a lot of ice cream that month.”

Bill’s wife Esther explained how their habits had changed since adopting a minimalist lifestyle. “Oh we’re so much kinder to the environment now. Instead of our horrible, fossil fuel powered gas heating, we spend our evenings around a good old wood burner, just like the old days.”

“It’s so nice to be free of possessions, to live our lives as nature intended.” added Bill, as they drove off down the public road in their manufactured car.

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Clowning Around

Clowns and Baby Make Sketchy

22.08.2009,  0 comments

Today I’m blogging about sketchalous ways to make some quick pesos or quick coins outside your regular day read more

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Clowns and Baby Make Sketchy

Posted on August 22, 2009 in Baby, Business, Deals, Funny, Memories, People, Random, Sport, Video by Mumford

Clowning Around

Today I’m blogging about sketchalous ways to make some quick pesos or quick coins outside your regular day job.  Now, a preface might be that these options might only work in certain areas of the world, but it’s especially doable in the Mexican city where I’m currently living. 

Clowning Around

The reason I’m writing this post is because in the town where I’m living, it’s a regular thing to bump into clowns. I will see them waiting for a bus, applying condiments to a recently bought hot dog at the local convenient store, and sometimes I will see (two) clowns walking hand in hand down the street.  They come in similar shapes and sizes– post-high school age with sparkles and stars and other shapes painted on their faces.  They always have the rubbery clog size shoes; and the clowns always have the big red noses and their suspender get-up that we all recognize in a clown outfit.

So that’s the general description of a clown that I will see in town.  Sounds like a normal clown, no?  

Now the other day I was getting on the bus and two clowns got on also to make some spare pesos– or, and most likely, to make their hourly wage– they do this by singing, making jokes, etc., just like regular clowns.  Again pretty normal for clowns.  They did their routine and people whipped out change and placed it in their palms once their routine had ended.  I´m somewhat cheap, (hey I’m Jewish ok?) and I didn´t understand the routine because it was en Español, but even I gave the clowns some pesos.

What was sketchy this time around was that these two clowns were trolling around with a child!  This child was part of their act and the niño could not have been older than 15 months.  NO, their mini-clown was seriously only 13 months.  Clown number two had mini-clown the entire time wrapped under her arm and in the back of the bus while Clown number one passed a hacky-sack between eachother in addition to the spanish routine.  Let me just say I felt the scene  was sketchy.com-worthy. 

I googled some images to find pics and/or videos of such acts.  Instead, I stumbled upon the following video on Bess and Kyle´s “On our Own Path” blog that seems like an account of their whirlwind of adventures across the world.  They have been traveling for 570 days, having done the leg of Mexico and Argentina in a year.  Now they´re teaching in South Korea.

Bess and Kyle´s video is quite funny to me considering I have seriously witnessed each¨”cheap” way to make extra pesos here in Mexico.  I would definitely say that each in the video are pretty sketchy—- and their entire list goes on to other bizarre ideas like poking sleeping men on the boardwalk to pirate ships.

To be quite honest, every time a singer or a mariachi band or a banjo player or a clown boards one of my buses, even if I don´t place a peso in their hand, you can bet that I´ve come very close to jumping up and singing and/or joking with them– or atleast taking up the idea to become a sketchy clown on the side JEJE,,, but definitely not quitting one of my day jobs.  LOLz.

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Awkward Turtle meets Sketchy Clam

20.08.2009,  1 comment

I love the awkward turtle.  In fact, I only remembered it now when I discovered a fabulous new read more

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    I came to know it as the random clam, used for when someone burts out something really random.

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Awkward Turtle meets Sketchy Clam

Posted on August 20, 2009 in Current Affairs, Deals, Food, Funny, Memories, People, Snack by Mumford

aaaawwwwkkwarrdd :-/

aaaawwwwkkwarrdd :-/

I love the awkward turtle.  In fact, I only remembered it now when I discovered a fabulous new way to express your level of uncomfort with magic hand motions.  They are magic because they help describe how you feel at a given b-zaro moment.  I would first like to introduce Miss Awkward Turtle, (genders and titles can of course vary).

From urban dictionary:

Awkward Turtle 558 up, 46 down love it hate it
During an awkward moment, this hand gesture is used to mark the situation as awkward, and, depending on the situation, makes it more awkward or clears the air. The awkward turtle is made by putting one hand on top of the other with the thumbs sticking outward and rotating forward. The speed of the rotating thumbs depends on the degree of awkwardness.
Boy- “I love you.”
Girl- “Um…that’s cool…”
Boy- *AWKWARD TURTLE*
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by <3 curse of curves <3 May 29, 2007 share this
I forget which friend first introduced me to awkard turtle,,, probably a Jewish friend of mine— but I know my friends in Philadelphia, Allyn and Hot Dog, would love to know that I’m blogging sketchiness and referencing hand animals like the Awkward Turtle.  Oh and I can’t forget Katie Tay in DC too!  (She introduced me to what are called “sexual tension” or “sexual harassment” animals, but they are less about expressing one’s awkwardness and more about making someone else feel awkward.  LOLz.)

IMPORTANT: whenever you use or introduce awkward turtle, you should say it like, “AAAAWWKKwwarrd,” and always accompany it with this facial expression  :-/

There’s even a facebook page for the Awkward Turtle!
Here’s a video that shows the proper ways to use Awkward Turtle!:

Soooo, now that you have met awkward turtle, I now give you Sketchy Clam, via again, the urban dictionary:
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The lesser-known cousin of the awkward turtle. Used when a situation is sketchy. The motion is two closed fists, joined at the wrist, making a clapping motion.

The Maharishi University of Management attracts large numbers of hippies, but still exhibits strong class division. *sketchy clam*

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There seems to be less info out there about our Sketchy Clam, so if you find anything, comment b-low.  And,,, thanks for meeting Awkward Turtle and Sketchy Clam.  Mucho gusto jejeje :)   Now go wait for an uncomfortable moment and rock out with the Awkward Turtle or wait for a sketchy moment and pop out with the Sketchy Clam!!  Later, I will introduce you to Katie Tay’s animals that make your friends feel uncomfortable LOLz.  She has taught me of the salmon, the scorpion, the giblet and they are sort of friendly.  But not at first! JEJE.  Check the wikipipedia page and look under “Other Awkward Animals”.   Kthnxbyz!
1. sketchy clam 1 up, 1 down love it hate it
The lesser-known cousin of the awkward turtle. Used when a situation is sketchy. The motion is two closed fists, joined at the wrist, making a clapping motion.
The Maharishi University of Management attracts large numbers of hippies, but still exhibits strong class division. *sketchy clam*

get this def on a mug Mug

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  • Nick Grady - 22.03/10

    I came to know it as the random clam, used for when someone burts out something really random.

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New Contributors

19.08.2009,  2 comments

We recently added several new contributors and we’re getting a feel for just how sketchy they are… If read more

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    Do these new contributors also delete comments?

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    No but the admin can because he’s sketchy like that… I had some issues with the spam filter we’re using and recent comments may have been lost when I did a mass delete… As you can imagine, we get a ton of spam comments and I have to review them so if they look like spam they could get nuked.

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Posted on August 19, 2009 in People by admin

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We recently added several new contributors and we’re getting a feel for just how sketchy they are… If you are interested in contributing to sketchy.com, please register today and drop me an an email.

We really don’t have a plan for where this site is heading but we can assure you it will feature a regular amount of sketchiness for your enjoyment.

  • Justin - 20.08/09

    Do these new contributors also delete comments?

  • admin - 20.08/09

    No but the admin can because he’s sketchy like that… I had some issues with the spam filter we’re using and recent comments may have been lost when I did a mass delete… As you can imagine, we get a ton of spam comments and I have to review them so if they look like spam they could get nuked.

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Richard Hatch Went to Prison Because He Was Gay?

18.08.2009,  0 comments

There’s a new video up online today with TV’s most famous fat naked gay man.  The one, the read more

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Richard Hatch Went to Prison Because He Was Gay?

Posted on August 18, 2009 in Business, Current Affairs, Deals, Funny, Memories, People, Random, Video by Mumford

Hi, Remember Me?  I'm Richard Hatch, the First Winner from Survivor.

Hi, Remember Me? I'm Richard Hatch, the First Winner from Survivor.

There’s a new video up online today with TV’s most famous fat naked gay man.  The one, the only, Richard Hatch.  Kind of an idol for me.  Well, my must-see favorite TV program is Survivor.  So, naturally, I’m a fan of Hatch. Most people, however, see him as one sketchy bastard.

But today Hatch is clothed and hanging out poolside with NBC’s Matt Lauer and Hatch proposes that he was sent to prison not because of the tax evasion, but because of discrimination against him for being gay.  (Also, take note of the close up of his fancy ankle bracelet).

But wait,  who discriminated against him?  Well the jury and the judge of course when he was at trial!  *shakes my head in confusion*

Watch Hatch and Lauer chat poolside and you be the judge:

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Even Hatch admits that he was cocky and arrogant since winning the million dollar prize money.  But now, he says, he’s not as cocky and arrogant as he once was.  He thinks going to prison has changed him– but, despite being changed for the better– he doesn’t think he deserved to go to the maximum and high level security prisons that he went to for four years.  While he was definitely convicted guilty in some shady tax evading, Hatch says it was definitely not his fault. :( sadface

And moreover, Hatch has lost all his money because of all this shadiness.  The 1 million dollars that existed back in 2000 when he won the first Survivor is neither the same worth now in 2009 and neither around period.

Regardless, Hatch won that million by being a sneaky, manipulating, arrogant player in one of TV’s most fascinating games– as Matt Lauer suggests, maybe Hatch is only simply trying to pull another one over our heads. :)

Smell sketchy or no?  Either way, I’m still a big fan of Hatch.  JEJEJE.

What do you think?  You can also read more of Rich’s sad story HERE on People.com

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Groped by a Mustached Taxi Driver

16.08.2009,  0 comments

I walk my white french poodle every day around lunch time.  Lunch time in Mexico is around 3pm.  read more

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Groped by a Mustached Taxi Driver

Posted on August 16, 2009 in Business, Deals, Dog, Memories, People, Random, Shopping, Snack by Mumford

Yes, you read correctly

Yes, you read correctly

I walk my white french poodle every day around lunch time.  Lunch time in Mexico is around 3pm.  Yesterday the two of us were strolling down the Malecon (a cemented boardwalk here, pronounced Mal-ah-cone) when we passed a corner of three or four taxi drivers waiting for their next jolly tourist.  I had no idea at the time, but I was about to be violated by the oldest taxi driver!!!  I’d say he has about 58 years– despite my preference being a little on the older side, still a bit too old for my taste.

You know what I mean, right?

My white french poodle and I passed very close to the three or four taxi drivers when the 58 year old mustached taxi man said, “Ay what a prettty poodle, can I touch it?”

Sometimes I run into some obsure people on the malecon, but it’s hard to just say “beat it pal,” when someone asks to pet your poodle.  BUT before I even gave mustache man permission, he reached up under the back of MY shirt and grabbed my TUCHAS, disregarded my white french poodle altogether and said, “Ah, muy bonito”.  My french poodle is female.  I think the 58 year old mustache taxi man was referring to ME and my beautiful behind.

I was left too confused to feel violated. 

Oh, and I saw mustache man again today.  He didn’t talk to me or my white french poodle.  But just as the above grafitti from Portland, OR states, “F U mustache man…I still hate you.  And you know exactly what you did.  Playa.”

See you tomorrow, Playa.  :-/

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When Clothes Disappear

15.08.2009,  0 comments

So, today I discovered urban dictionary.  They seem to have all kinds of definitions from the street and read more

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When Clothes Disappear

Posted on August 15, 2009 in Current Affairs, Deals, Funny, Memories, People, Shopping by Mumford

Clicking on the image will let you watch those shady eyes shift

Clicking on the image will let you watch those shady eyes shift

So, today I discovered urban dictionary.  They seem to have all kinds of definitions from the street and the like.  The tag line reads, “The dictionary you (write). Define your world.”  I was feeling lucky on google and that’s how I found it.  Turns out there are about 65 varying “definitions” of sketchy.  I liked the following and then I’ll tell you why.  OK?

Sketchy Definition #33:

Someone who does really shady things and who’s eyes shift a lot. Someone not to be trusted with ANYTHING.

Sketchy sentence:

Pamela is soooo sketchy. She’s probably stealing someone’s clothes right now…

Written by bharath

So here’s why I liked it and why I needed to share it.  Because it made me LOL in a tea and pie shop.  That, and the visual I got of friends and “friends” I know whose eyes pirate walk a little too much, you know what I mean, right?  Jeje.

As of last week, I made a new friend that works as a hairdresser here in Mexico and also goes house to house for the cuts.  I’m really about a 55% on whether this new friend is a real person or someone shady, as defined by the above—sometimes I catch his eyes shifting, you know?  Oh, and he knows about as much English as I know Spanish—which isn’t much, but while it’s definitely manageable, it still won’t help me know whether or not my clothes might disappear when he comes over for dinner tonight. Zomg. Jeje.

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End of Recession Bad News for Man in Wigan

15.08.2009,  1 comment

The economic recovery is the good news most of us have been waiting for. But not Jim Bishop, read more

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End of Recession Bad News for Man in Wigan

Posted on August 15, 2009 in People, Random by Stuart

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The economic recovery is the good news most of us have been waiting for. But not Jim Bishop, from Wigan, UK. For the last 10 months, he has been enjoying life on the dole in his tiny bedsit.

After losing his job as a carpet fitter last year, Jim has enjoyed getting up late and playing Halo 3 in his underwear.

“I’ve been having the time of my life!” he told Sketchy.com in an interview. “The recession has given me time to do all the stuff I never had time for before.” Jim showed us a cupboard he had cleared out, his alphabetized DVD collection, and the new bag he had put in the vacuum cleaner.

“Now that the recession is coming to an end, I’m going to have to get a job again.” he sighed. “I don’t know how I’m going to get the time to do all these kind of things any more.” Jim hopes the recovery can hold off just long enough for him to complete Fallout 3.

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Finding red Mexican Mr. Roo

14.08.2009,  0 comments

So, I think it´s a rooster, but you be the judge.  I´ll refer to the animal here on read more

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Finding red Mexican Mr. Roo

Posted on August 14, 2009 in Breakfast, Business, Dog, Parent, People, Random, Shopping, Snack by Mumford

not my neighbor around the corner

not my neighbor around the corner

So, I think it´s a rooster, but you be the judge.  I´ll refer to the animal here on as red Mexican Mr. Roo.

Some of my sketchy posts might be flavored with some spicy spice from Mexico.  I live here.  But, I only moved south from Washington, DC about three months ago.  Anyway, back to the rooster, I live around the corner from this red Mexican Mr. Roo and its owner.  It’s more or less three blocks from my stoop.  The owner sells trinkets and thingamabobs all day while red Roo hangs out.

Yesterday was the first time that I saw a bottle of water sliced in half to serve as a drinking cup for red Mexican Mr. Roo. I thought, wow, what  a clever invention.

So, besides the fact that the slice of the bottle w/water gave me a good idea for my thirsty dog when we go for walks, I did have to think to myself, “cruel or sketchy?”  This bird is tied up all day!  Once again, you be the judge. Say hello to red Mexican Mr. Roo.  Leave a comment and I´ll be sure to pass the message to Mr. Roo and/or his owner!  Kthnxbye.


***UPDATE***
Today I intended to snap a shot of red mexican Mr. Roo, but he was not chained up where he usually is.  This could of course mean a number of things,,, but here’s to hoping nothing sketchy or shady happened to red mexican Mr. Roo in the last 24 hours.  He’s been with his owner and the half sliced bottle of water all week, so I hope nothing too terrible has come of this red Roo. :-X

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The Small Toilet

14.08.2009,  1 comment

This is my first post.  YAY! I stumbled on this picture from google images that had been submitted read more

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    Wow. And here’s me thinking they were wasting their time trying to do stuff like cure cancer.

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The Small Toilet

Posted on August 14, 2009 in Breakfast, Business, Dinner, Funny, Lunch, Memories, People, Random by Mumford

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This is my first post.  YAY!

I stumbled on this picture from google images that had been submitted in a contest of extremely teeny electron micrographs a couple years back. The contest had been part of a 2005 conference on “Electron, Ion, Proton and Beam Technology of Nanofabrication.”

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What you’re looking at is an SEM, a Scanning Electron Micrograph, with an integrated circuit fabrication at 15,000X magnification.  zomg.

I took plenty of science courses a decade or so ago, but this sort is kind of in a league of their own…nevertheless, the contest posted their “grand prize winners”, “honorable mentions” and of course, their “most bizarres”.   Submitted by Takahashi Kaito, is the winner of “MOST BIZARRE,” but I think it also deserves title of “most sketchy”.   Jeje.

Behold, the world’s smallest toilet.   Jeje.

  • Stuart - 14.08/09

    Wow. And here’s me thinking they were wasting their time trying to do stuff like cure cancer.

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Are you sure I’m a Tiger?

Are you sure I’m a Tiger?

12.08.2009,  0 comments

If you a grown mutha f&%cka, AND you get killed, AND you get killed by a tiger, AND read more

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Are you sure I’m a Tiger?

Posted on August 12, 2009 in Funny, People, Random, Video by leather17

Are you sure I’m a Tiger?

If you a grown mutha f&%cka, AND you get killed, AND you get killed by a tiger, AND you get killed by a tiger in a zoo, AND you get killed by a tiger in a zoo in San Francisco…I think God’s Will has been done for your life. I think that’s exectly what was supposed to happen and I think he wanted me to laugh about it a whole lot.

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What the hell is Eddie Vedder saying?

11.08.2009,  0 comments

Don’t get me wrong, I love Pearl Jam…but I don’t think it’s because their music is particularly compelling.  read more

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What the hell is Eddie Vedder saying?

Posted on August 11, 2009 in People, Random by leather17

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Don’t get me wrong, I love Pearl Jam…but I don’t think it’s because their music is particularly compelling.  I think it’s because I like being confused and entertained at the same time. 

I don’t mean, “what is his message?” or “what is the deeper meaning of his lyrical genius?”

I mean, “what the f%$k words are coming out of his mouth?”  I can’t understand what he is saying…

Dude…I’ll give a dollar to anyone that can tell me why the song that has NO WORDS is called “Brother”…what the hell?

(not really…I don’t ACTULLY care that much…but it was funny how many people pulled up Google while reading that sentence)

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Children of the Corn

11.08.2009,  0 comments

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Children of the Corn

Posted on August 11, 2009 in Funny, Parent, People, Random by leather17

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There is no fear like that of a parent who rolls over in the middle of the night to a “children of the corn” munchkin standing at the side of their bed, staring at them.

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Hot Chicks with Douchebags

29.07.2009,  0 comments

You have to check out the Hot Chicks with Douchebags site, they have pictures of hot chicks with read more

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Hot Chicks with Douchebags

Posted on July 29, 2009 in People by admin

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You have to check out the Hot Chicks with Douchebags site, they have pictures of hot chicks with total and complete douche bags, with commentary… Very amusing and rather sketchy to say the least.

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