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She slithered across the grainy ash tray leaving her drool and spit behind. Had she not picked up the cigarette that first time after her boyfriend ripped her dreams away she

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"Grok, tell joke. How many Neanderthals it take to make fire?"

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A pneumatic odour was in the air when Psulus woke up. And he couldn't stop sneezing. His monocle fell off and shattered into 6,,900 pieces. Would the dog eat them? Leia watched as

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