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	Barbecue Shock

skwirlinator

5-24-2008 10:46 AM

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5-24-2008 6:14 PM

danrox77

and I thought that Down Under only had such unbelievable food prices...

5-24-2008 9:54 PM

tanyamm

If that guy is so worried about cost than why is he buying paper plates.

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