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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 10:55 AM
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Post things your pet has chewed on:
My puppy loves toilet paper and paper towells, toothbrushes, and deodorant. He has never eaten any of these, but he has chewed them up.

I move the things I would guess him to be interested in out of reach... but I never thought he would be so interested in the bathroom. And yes, I keep the toilet lid down all the time.

:shrug:

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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 11:00 AM
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1. Used tampons, CD cases, a door, my wooden clogs, a beloved stuffed animal, the arm of a
couch, paper towels and paper, album covers, their own bed.

(This is several dogs over time.)
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 11:02 AM
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2. When I was growing up we had a beagle
who ate half a bible (mostly Old Testament) and took up the tiles from the kitchen floor.
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 11:03 AM
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3. I had a dog years ago that chewed off the whole back end of a runner on a bentwood rocker
The rocker was in the corner, and not often sat in. The dog loved to sleep in that corner.

One day I plopped down on the chair and discovered why the dog really liked that corner so much!
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 11:06 AM
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4. I have cats so it's more scratching with a little chewing
Toilet paper and paper towels. But one kitty has some weird fixation with straws and will pull them out of the trash and run around with it like a bone in her mouth ...:crazy:
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Lost in CT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 11:07 AM
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5. I had a dog that ate only bibles... We thought it might be the leather cover. nt
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 11:53 AM
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6. My wife's cell phone charger cable
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 11:54 AM
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7. the dog likes Razors
steals them from the side of the tub and chews the crap out of them.

luckily she has never cut herself
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 11:02 PM
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43. Oh my!
I hope you put them some place else now. There could be a next time when she cuts her entire mouth up.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 11:57 AM
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8. the list is endless
favorites:

my bras - only the plastic clips, she leaves the rest behind
hubbies baseball hats
anything to do with paper or plastic

she has also eaten a box of tampax and a half a bag of cotton balls. I can't believe the beast is still alive. She "kills" Kongs too.
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 12:06 PM
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9. one of our cats uses hubbys Cerwin-Vega speaker boxes as a scratching post
pisses hubby off to no end

they are the huge professional style DJ speakers for when we used to DJ in college. Now they are our home speakers...

Cops have been known to come tell us to turn it down
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 12:34 PM
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10. The shorter list ...

... is what he hasn't chewed on.

Franky the Cranky Cat has decreed that everything in the home is a toy, and all toys must be chewed at some point to let them know their station.

Mostly he likes anything that resembles a string, although he has rather religiously stayed away from power cables. I suppose he senses they aren't friendly because he'll chew on cables that have no current in them that lay right next to cables that don't or that have very, very low current like headphone wires. I've had to wrap hard protective shielding around most cables of this variety in my home.

His current fascination (he goes through stages of favorites) is with brushes or brush-like things. He likes to attack and then chew on the broom, his brush, my toothbrush, etc.

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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 12:38 PM
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11. My dear undeterred...
Our beloved dog has been dead for many years now...

But I still remember one memorable chewing she did.

I had a pair of custom made sandals. She found them, and had done some chewing...

I was horrified, but then I realized she hadn't destroyed them...

She had chewed them just enough to make them into a treasured memory.

I loved that dog.

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AmyDeLune Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 01:50 PM
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12. Original Mego Captain Kirk...
puppy chewed his leg off. :D
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 02:02 PM
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13. My nose
well,this was a childhood cat that passed long ago. If you held him to close to your face, he will grab and hold your nose. Not hard enough to hurt, but yet still firm. I miss that nutty Tabby..His name was RADAR.
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 02:13 PM
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14. my cell phone, she ate part of the remote control...
she destroyed all of our coasters, and the usual - shoes, socks, underwear.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 09:41 PM
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22. Chewing electronics baffles me.
The rest I can try to understand.
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 10:35 PM
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25. yeah, me too
they must also have our scent.

She's half pit bull and has an extremely jaw.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 02:15 PM
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15. We had to get a new couch because of my Hank!
The dog pretty much ate the entire couch!!! He did leave us the frame. Thankfully, those puppy days are a thing of the past.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 11:00 PM
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42. We're on couch #3
Which has no cushion covers and half the foam missing from one pad.
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 04:28 PM
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16. q-tips, toilet paper, paper towels, newspaper
shoes, socks, class syllabi.....

dg
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 04:41 PM
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17. Shoe strings
I have to stuff the untied ends in the shoes when I take them off. But both cats will reach in and pull them out to munch on again.
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bluedigger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 04:57 PM
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18. So many things!
Shoes, doorway, chair leg, chair rung, foot of table, two of the spindles on the stair bannister, Christmas card, toothbrush, throw pillows, stuffed squeaky toys... If it's on the floor it is fair game, but I could leave a raw t-bone on the counter all day and she would leave it be, I think! :shrug: :rofl:

I finally had to spray all the woodwork in the house with a rosemary water solution from petcosmart. That stopped her. Now when I sweep, it gets into the air and makes ME gag...:eyes:

(That reminds me - I need to go sand down some wood filler... :puke: )
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davsand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 05:13 PM
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19. The cat chews on Material Girl's Barbies' feet.
Not sure why, exactly, but the cat loves to chew on Barbie feet.


:wow:


Laura
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 05:24 PM
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20. Galvanized steel bucket.
Just tore it up.
Max was a BIG German Shepherd with an awesome set of choppers.
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Mike 03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 05:27 PM
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21. My cat chewed apart a brand new book of stamps.
My dog seems to have a preference for any of my satellite radio accessories: headphones, portable units, leather or rubber carrying cases, earbuds...

It's a full time job keeping anything of value out of reach.
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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 09:58 PM
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23. Well, there are three 4-legged culprits in my house
The Schnauzer: A 12 pk of toilet paper (shredded--that taught us to lock up the TP!)and anything that is in the bathroom trashcan or kitchen trash bag that she can find.

The Jack Russell: several chapstick containers but first she sucks the chapstick out of them...she must have the smoothest intestines/poop in the neighborhood; my daughter's underclothing/shoes (don't feel bad for my daughter--she KNOWS better than to leave the aforementioned stuff from being in doggie reach, I'm long past having any sympathy, I just toss the shredded thongs in the trash and don't mention it to her anymore)

The poodle/terrier: doesn't seem to target anything that I can tell, anyway...he just stands/watches the other 2 get into all the mischief.


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Mollis Donating Member (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 12:40 AM
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46. My dog used to do that...
chew up all my underwear. She is part Jack Russell, too. lol
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 10:20 PM
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24. Fortunately, her chewing days are over, but most of my gardening tools bear the scars
of her puppyhood teething days.
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 10:39 PM
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26. One crazy mutt we had once ate a down comforter from his crate...
He bumped it from a corner in my bedroom over to our bed and chewed it up. The entire house was filled with down feathers for months afterwards. That same dog (before we began to use a crate) also ripped down and shredded some new custom blinds in our bay windows. We eventually gave him to some friends who had a farm where he was MUCH happier (turns out he was part sheltie).

Now our doxies have eaten pretty much anything but aren't as bad as they used to be. They have have eaten shoes, expensive motorcycle boots and gloves, glasses, numerous toys, video game covers, a nebulizer, backpacks, zippers of any kind, etc. These damn dogs are like miniature rottweilers.
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kedrys Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 06:34 AM
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27. The kitties used to floss with any available electrical cable
Cost me close to $500 replacing power adapters for computers and laptops and such.

And Plato flattened the end of a co-ax cable once. :wow:
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cherish44 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 06:54 AM
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28. Dead animals
My farm dogs loved to chew on whatever unfortunate creature they found or caught for days. And usually they'd do it right at the front door. My cocker spaniel was particularly proud of his captures. Anytime I'd step outside he'd run and find his latest rat or bird and bring it to me with tail a-wagging
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 06:54 AM
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29. Anything that gets dropped on the floor and not snatched up prior to the three second rule.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 09:30 AM
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30. Computer internet line.
It was wrapped in critter-proof wire-wrap. The rabbit cut it in half with two bites. Delicious wires-nom nom.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 10:26 AM
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32. Were there "packets" spilled all over the place?
:hide:
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 10:28 AM
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33. Packets? nt
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 10:55 PM
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41. Data is sent over the internet in packets.
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 09:45 AM
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31. The younger dog here has chewed up a few pairs of earphones, ...
... numerous toothbrushes (she even climbed up to the medicine cabinet to get one of them), and the earpieces of at least five pairs of glasses. The older one was fond of chewing the fringe of the rug, and basically ruined the arms of our old sofa when he was young.
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 10:30 AM
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34. The maintenance guy
Back in 2003, a maintenance guy entered my apartment without my knowledge so my cat was not put away. She attacked him and he had to get four stitches as a result. They wanted me to pay but I told them I would fight it because he had entered without my consent and they dropped it.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 10:52 AM
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35. When my pup was new, he bit a piece of my shoe. I had a job interview, and no other shoes.
:eyes:
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 01:30 PM
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36. A first edition of "The Caine Mutiny" in very good condition.
She completely destroyed it to eat the glue holding the pages in (I think, anyway).

It belonged to someone else.....

mark
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LibertyLover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 01:50 PM
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37. My various dogs over the years have chewed, among other things
1. the fringe on a Kerman oriental rug,
2. two comfortable armchairs in our bedroom
3. too many pillows to count
4. several blankets and comforters on our bed
5. a down bedpillow
6. the rungs on a dining room chair
7. a stuffed koala bear
8. corners of furniture and
9. bedposts of a 4-poster canopy bed
10. a door mat, the filament of which got caught in the Siberian Husky's intestines requiring life-saving surgery and the removal of 4 or 5 inches of his intestine and
11. too many little plastic toys to count

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northernlights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 07:49 PM
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38. I was just thinking how good my new puppy has been
other than a catalog and one corner of my pillow, he hadn't chewed up anything.

And then tonight while I was showering, he stole my undies and chewed them up into pieces. Some taste, that one has :rofl:
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 08:34 PM
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39. Shoes, glasses, handmade lamp, violin bow
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 12:19 AM
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44. Damn! Fiddle bows are EXPENSIVE!!!!
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 08:40 PM
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40. When I was a kid we had a dog
Who ate the handles off the wheelbarrow, and chewed a hole in the wall.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 12:21 AM
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45. Small dogs.
I heard this one second hand from my brother in law:

He had a dark siamese, male, named Fu Ching.

Fu Ching got hungry and killed a chihuahua.

Second time, he killed a small terrier.

I think after that they learned to keep him away from dogs.

That's the only time I have heard of a cat that kills dogs.
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stewartcolbert08 Donating Member (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 03:11 AM
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47. My ex's Pay check!
LOL they chew on everything anyway but that was the worst because he was so pissed about it! LOL He was like "I trusted you w/ that" WTF dude I didnt chew it up!!! LOL Now its funny though! :rofl:
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 03:23 AM
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48. My dog steals my pillows.
Good thing I have extras. Little shit ass!
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 03:23 AM
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49. oops! dupe
Edited on Tue Mar-17-09 03:27 AM by Lil Missy
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