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High on Mout Sinai? Dope or God?
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3-4-2008 2:00 PM
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Ayahuasca...?
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3-4-2008
2:31 PM
Antara
Sounds pretty plausible to me ....
3-5-2008
1:11 AM
ratilfar
That explains the burning bush!
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