AUSTRALIA at last HONOURS a FUZZY WUZZY ANGEL


	AUSTRALIA at last HONOURS a FUZZY WUZZY ANGEL

leevardi

7-23-2009 6:54 AM

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leevardi says:

It is a national disgrace that it has taken so long. We should be giving 1000's of Honourary medals

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