SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:03 AM
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LIVE - from Pasadena California - The Official Rose Parade Thread! |
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Edited on Tue Jan-01-08 11:03 AM by SouthPasadenaDem
Everyone should feel free to watch for protestors and post your sightings here - as well as alll the dishy critique of the floats and other entries you can come up with (RONNYKMARSHALL where are you?)
It's 8:00 a.m. here in sunny Pasadena, California - LET THE PARADE BEGIN!
(edited for punctuation)
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:07 AM
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1. And with the stealth warplanes, the parade starts. |
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And the crowd cheers. No bomber this year. Just fighter planes.
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:11 AM
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The B2 is in the shop -- damn those Chinese parts!
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:11 AM
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Watching for protests. Hopefully someone will get one off that can't be missed.
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:24 AM
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4. Did the Queen just stomp on her tiara? |
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as she passed Rodin's The Thinker at the Norton Simon Museum of Art, she suddenly stands, rips the jeweled crown off her coif, tosses it on the deck and crushes it with a fierce heel stomp and a loud "Hay-yah! F*ck Turkey!" http://www.pcccourier.com/wp-content/uploads/rosecourt/index.html
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:29 AM
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:31 AM
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6. I'm walking up to the corner right now |
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I'm down about mile 3...the people have been pouring in since before dawn ( those that didn't sleep on the side walk.)
I'll send a pic later.
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:33 AM
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7. I'm watching HGTV.. no commercials! |
SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:39 AM
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8. Okay - that Honda Taxicab-to-spaceship float was cute |
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but the pollution it was spewing was appalling.
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:44 AM
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9. OMG! somebody was holding up a Ron Paul sign. Yuck. |
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Above the band that was just on. The college band that John Philips Sousa liked.
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:45 AM
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They keep holding up that Ron Paul sign.
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:47 AM
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:25 PM
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and constitution banner too
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Tue Jan-01-08 03:01 PM
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53. Paultards are everywhere! |
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I think they were sniffing a little too much flower glue.
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:47 AM
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11. Impeach and then a Kucinich |
SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:12 PM
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18. Oh good. The Impeach and Kucinich signs |
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are getting more airplay. (9:10 a.m. pasadena time.)
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 11:58 AM
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12. The Japanese "Green" band in the red shirts |
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were really good. And with an environmental message.
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:03 PM
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13. Yay. The South Pasadena float! |
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Hometown pride! This is one of only six self-built floats this year. Our volunteers never disappoint.
(This float goes up about four blocks from my place. It's fascinating to watch the process.)
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:05 PM
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:09 PM
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We've been waiting for you. I'm at home too.
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ronnykmarshall
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:04 PM
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Maybe next year. We'll be closer to Pasadena.
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:06 PM
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There are corporate floats we like, after all.
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:16 PM
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19. Oh, look. It's Mayor Ambition! |
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(Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles.)
Bet you a nickel he runs for Governor of California when Arnold's termed out.
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:16 PM
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21. You can bank on that. |
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:20 PM
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As he passed the protesters with the Impeach signs, he pointed and gave them the peace sign!
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:26 PM
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25. Definitely and in eight years I'd bet on him being a presidential candidate |
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Tue Jan-01-08 02:02 PM
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50. Will he be on the PRI or PAN line? |
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:16 PM
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20. Did you see the security around the Chinese float? |
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AND a protester got out on the street in front of it!
Tonights news should be interesting.
On a side note, the float was really cool.
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Tue Jan-01-08 03:02 PM
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54. Was that the one with the Olympics theme? |
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HGTV didn't show any protestors.
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:20 PM
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The first-ever float from our boys in blue, the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:30 PM
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Thank god you're a UCLA fan. Cuz you're gonna slap me for being a Giants fan. :hide:
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:00 PM
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30. Naah. you're forgiven. |
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You did live in San Francisco, after all.
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:23 PM
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23. Even though I'm a UCLA fan, |
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The USC marching band rocks.
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ronnykmarshall
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:29 PM
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I was just saying the same thing.
Good luck, SC.
But I'm always a Bruin fan.
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:41 PM
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28. In re the Lion's Club float |
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What on earth is "Uva Grass"? Pronounced "oovah".
Is that the fuzzy stuff on the lion's beard?
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Tue Jan-01-08 12:43 PM
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29. I look for Illinois to surprise everyone in the Rose Bowl. |
SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:04 PM
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Under two hours total.
If anyone planned to follow the parade in protest, they sure got lost in the crowd evacuating the bleachers.
I'm curious to know - there were supposed to be spontaneous protest "events" along the parade route - not just in front of the cameras at Orange Grove and Colorado. Any news?
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:06 PM
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32. I saw some the Freedie Phelps types |
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I've got CH 5 on and they are running the whole parade again.
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:10 PM
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33. Yeah. The end-of-the-world-repent-now people |
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Edited on Tue Jan-01-08 01:14 PM by SouthPasadenaDem
have been at the end of the parade every year I can remember, even from my childhood, and I'm over 40.
I was hoping some better freaks, like maybe the protest zombies or something else in costume (since fabulous costume would go otherwise unnoticed then and there.) Sigh.
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Tue Jan-01-08 02:08 PM
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51. Yes I have friends who sent out emails with pictures of their signs. |
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I just now saw one. I have it on tape, It's at the 56 minute mark.
Wait - not one. THREE Impeach signs. Woohoo!!
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:14 PM
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34. Repeat on the Travel Channel |
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For anyone who missed it.
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ronnykmarshall
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:16 PM
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This is my favorite parade.
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:25 PM
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Where was Stephanie Edwards? I missed her entirely.
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ronnykmarshall
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:52 PM
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She's a tradition.
I love her and miss her.
Bastards!
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:15 PM
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35. So this seemed more equestrian and Western than |
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previous parades. There was also very little international participation than in the past other than the Chinese presence. I'm surprised the Saudi family didn't have a float.
The weather was pleasant however.
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:16 PM
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37. Was it last year or the year before ... |
SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:22 PM
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The year Sandra Day O'Connor was the Grand Marshall.
It poured. First time in 50 years. Coincidence or divine retribution? You be the judge.
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:49 PM
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46. Here's some protests pics! |
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SouthPasadenaDem
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:21 PM
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38. There were a lot of equestrian units. |
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Can you just imagine a Saudi float?
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:21 PM
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39. That's a lot of horse poop. |
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The equestrains, not the Saudis.
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Tue Jan-01-08 02:50 PM
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52. Rumour is that all new white-suits (tournament volunteers) |
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must do horse poop duty their first couple of years. Everyone.
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:29 PM
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42. It was like they were being used for filler for the lack |
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of float entries. It seems we are being boycotted by the international community that formerly had entries. I wonder why? :sarcasm:
If the Saudi float had belly dancers, it could be fun.
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:33 PM
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44. Did you hear how many total floats they had? |
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There were only six self-built ones which seems like half as many as usual.
There were years in the early 90's when there were over 100 floats.
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Tue Jan-01-08 03:03 PM
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With * kissing a sheik's butt.
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Tue Jan-01-08 09:39 PM
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58. That I would have paid to see! LOL! n/t |
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:32 PM
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43. Great Parade. Loved the Impeach sign. |
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I didn't see the Kucinich sign but it's playing again for the 2nd time.
I really liked these two hosts. They weren't on camera and making total idiots of themselves. Good job KTLA.
:bounce:
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:53 PM
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48. Yeah, but no Stephanie Edwards! |
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I do like the new lady, but Stephanie should be there.
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:41 PM
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45. Favorite float sub-thread. Post yours. |
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Edited on Tue Jan-01-08 01:43 PM by SouthPasadenaDem
I really liked the day-of-the-dead float. The one Raoul Rodriguez and his parrot rode. And a mariachi band.
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Tue Jan-01-08 01:54 PM
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I also liked the one with the Hula Frog.
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