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Clowns Disliked By Young Patients
CrazyRedHead
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1-18-2008 9:50 AM
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CrazyRedHead
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I hate clowns too.
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1-19-2008
6:46 AM
eemorningwood
Like Bobby Buceaux’s Mama always said Clowns are the Devil!
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