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Lake closed after fish bites woman
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8-17-2009 5:10 AM
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Shut the Pacific Ocean. I was nipped by a crab.
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8-17-2009
7:47 AM
shaor
I was stung by a starfish in the south pacific, does that count!?
8-17-2009
7:48 AM
tabsey
yep. we'll shut it down.
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