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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Coffee-Stain-Police-Violence Rejection

Posted on 3:44 AM by humpty
So much craziness going on in one little rejection.  I am tempted to point out all the fun here, but I think I'll let you mice have at it.  What do you see? Let's rorschach that coffee stain!
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