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In a proverbial sort of way

So there we are. All my eggs in one basket. Because a bearshits in the woods.

June 24, 2011


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The wisdom of our favourite pastime, applied to real life

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Matt Cundy
Matt Cundy
I don't have the energy to really hate anything properly. Most things I think are OK or inoffensively average. I do love quite a lot of stuff as well, though.
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