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The No-Winter Olympics

by Vanderleun on February 12, 2018

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tim February 12, 2018, 10:17 AM

Would love to know what wax he’s using.

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Bunny February 12, 2018, 10:34 AM

As my husband always deadpans during the best part of the movie, “That can’t really happen.”

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Eskyman February 12, 2018, 1:26 PM

Too bad this technology can’t be used for something important, like making me look young & handsome. Oh, and rich, too!

It really is getting hard to tell what’s real.

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ghostsniper February 12, 2018, 6:10 PM

The next video that came up was Firefall – So Long

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Year upon year in Earth’s darker forests,
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The wolfman by silver in bone.
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