China 'covers suicide bridge in butter'


	China 'covers suicide bridge in butter'

infidel70

9-14-2009 3:06 AM

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infidel70 says:

"Since we put up the butter there have been no problems with these attention seekers."

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9-14-2009 12:58 PM

Deepti

wouldn't it have been quite a task putting butter on that bridge? just wondering...

9-15-2009 1:19 AM

BartendingBear

"Rancid Pass"

11-23-2009 1:18 PM

GridIron

The supervisor says to his workers: "OK, lets start from the bottom going up. This way you can just slide down at the end."

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