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LudwigPastorius

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95. The leaf blower is certainly up there on the list.

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 11:04 PM

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It's unconscionably loud, and the way it is mostly used, all it does is take your problem and make it someone else's problem.

However, I'm going to go with Thalidomide.

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