Fantastic Voyage, minus Raquel Welch


	Fantastic Voyage, minus Raquel Welch

lizil

3-26-2007 1:21 PM

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nano, canadian, martel, blood vessels

lizil says:

"This is startling and perhaps more than a little
scary. Can assassination by nanobot be far behind?"
Cheers, paranoid Bill (thanks Bill)

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