Destroy Life with Plastic Bags


	Destroy Life with Plastic Bags

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8-31-2007 3:19 PM

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<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">1 plastic-aluminum crisp packet</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">2 English supermarket bags</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">7 various colored dustbin bag bits</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">7 transparent plastic bags</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">1 plastic food wrapper</LI>
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