4,444,444 Queenslanders at 4.44am


	4,444,444 Queenslanders at 4.44am

zadoz

10-20-2009 7:29 AM

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10-22-2009 9:18 AM

celestialdancer

urrrgh!!! I have to find somewhere else to live

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	THERE are now 4,444,444 Queenslanders.
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