Pop, sniff, and DIE.


	Pop, sniff, and DIE.

aculton

9-9-2007 5:28 PM

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news, popcorn, lung, chease

aculton says:

This reminds me of when I was a kid and I heard on the news that apple juice was causing cancer due to the pestasides used in the orchards.

"Nothing seems safe in this time or place, this place where nothing seems safe" EC

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