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not with cactus
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
not with cactus
2,052 posts
Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
Posted:
i lost a poi. people who know me or have seen me spin, may know the poi. it was red, still is. probably...
i loved that poi. its friend is very lonley without it... they taught me so much.
i used to hate having to tell people they had curled up balls of wire in the ends. now its gone i miss it.
i know where it went. this is the storey:
at about 4 o clock on sunday at beautiful days a dodgy looking fellow named oli decided he needed the loo and took a trip to the portaloo.
it was suprisingly clean. while he was urinating one of his poi which he had casually slung over his shoulder, slipped off and fell straight into the depths of the loo.
oli looked very confused for a while and started looking for the poi in disbelife. but... it had gone forever.
so the moral: allways make sure youre poi are securly fastend before entering a portaloo.
there are mk 2 red sock poi in construction.
EDITED_BY: oli (1093811212)
i lost a poi. people who know me or have seen me spin, may know the poi. it was red, still is. probably...
i loved that poi. its friend is very lonley without it... they taught me so much.
i used to hate having to tell people they had curled up balls of wire in the ends. now its gone i miss it.
i know where it went. this is the storey:
at about 4 o clock on sunday at beautiful days a dodgy looking fellow named oli decided he needed the loo and took a trip to the portaloo.
it was suprisingly clean. while he was urinating one of his poi which he had casually slung over his shoulder, slipped off and fell straight into the depths of the loo.
oli looked very confused for a while and started looking for the poi in disbelife. but... it had gone forever.
so the moral: allways make sure youre poi are securly fastend before entering a portaloo.
there are mk 2 red sock poi in construction.
EDITED_BY: oli (1093811212)
Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Awww, that is so sad.
(though your face must've been quite funny at the time
)
But, sorry for your loss.
xx
Awww, that is so sad.
(though your face must've been quite funny at the time
)But, sorry for your loss.
xx
Getting to the other side 
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6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Posted:
at least you're not making brown sock poi as replacements - I'd be veeeeeeeeerrrrrrryy worried if you did!
at least you're not making brown sock poi as replacements - I'd be veeeeeeeeerrrrrrryy worried if you did!
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feminine tiddly pom
505 posts
Location: cambs england
505 posts
Location: cambs england
Posted:
i once dropped a needle down the loo
got it back though
i once dropped a needle down the loo
got it back though
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Fireotographer on Hiatus
284 posts
Location: Cork, Ireland
284 posts
Location: Cork, Ireland
Posted:
Always keep tight grip of your balls when entering the loo could be another moral... Jeeez how lame... I am just soooo bored...
I am very sorry for you. When we were at a festival on a little Island in Ireland some weeks ago a guy stole Fabergé's striped sock poi. He tied it to his belt and ran away. As soon as we realized we climbed out of the tent and ran after him but it was too late. He was gone and so was the sock.
What did he possibly think it was!?!? A new trendy fashion accessory!??! People...
Always keep tight grip of your balls when entering the loo could be another moral... Jeeez how lame... I am just soooo bored...
I am very sorry for you. When we were at a festival on a little Island in Ireland some weeks ago a guy stole Fabergé's striped sock poi. He tied it to his belt and ran away. As soon as we realized we climbed out of the tent and ran after him but it was too late. He was gone and so was the sock.
What did he possibly think it was!?!? A new trendy fashion accessory!??! People... "I see," said the blind man.
feminine tiddly pom
505 posts
Location: cambs england
505 posts
Location: cambs england
Posted:
balls arent accessories. they're a must-have for any happenin' dude (or dudette) who wants to impress a couple of people, and have a good time..
balls arent accessories. they're a must-have for any happenin' dude (or dudette) who wants to impress a couple of people, and have a good time..
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Posted:
Good thing they weren't lit fire-poi!!
Good thing they weren't lit fire-poi!!
activist for HoPper liberation.
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Location: ffidrac
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Location: ffidrac
Posted:
Awww... that is a tragic end for a poi... but it has a legacy to fulfill, don't worry, some day your red sock poi will be unearthed (or de-soiled...) and it will provide a link through time to now, and poi will live forever!!!
I've lost one poi too today, so i can empathise.... well i say lost... it's actually under a bush in the garden, it's just too dark to find it.....
Awww... that is a tragic end for a poi... but it has a legacy to fulfill, don't worry, some day your red sock poi will be unearthed (or de-soiled...) and it will provide a link through time to now, and poi will live forever!!!
I've lost one poi too today, so i can empathise.... well i say lost... it's actually under a bush in the garden, it's just too dark to find it.....
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Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
veteran
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Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
Posted:
I once dropped my flashlight down the loo at camp (we call them cybos).... It was around 2 in the morning, and it got very dark... Stumbled my way back to the tent >.<'
That was really shittay.
~ Bobo
I once dropped my flashlight down the loo at camp (we call them cybos).... It was around 2 in the morning, and it got very dark... Stumbled my way back to the tent >.<'
That was really shittay.
~ Bobo
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stranger
38 posts
Location: Australia
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Location: Australia
Posted:
I can sympathise Bobo, and oli too of course... cos when I was on camp once I dropped a friends torch down a drop-dunny in the middle of the bush... the walk back wasn't quite so dark because the toilet was beaming like something out of a sci-fi movie!
I can sympathise Bobo, and oli too of course... cos when I was on camp once I dropped a friends torch down a drop-dunny in the middle of the bush... the walk back wasn't quite so dark because the toilet was beaming like something out of a sci-fi movie!
~*PiPeR*~
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Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Posted:
Anyone taking lit firepoi into to a portaloo slung over their shoulders deserves a lot more than just a lost poi.
Nonetheless, sorry to hear of your loss Oli, but knowing you the Red Mk II's will be even better.
Written by: Patrick of the Dreaded Badgers
Good thing they weren't lit fire-poi!!
Anyone taking lit firepoi into to a portaloo slung over their shoulders deserves a lot more than just a lost poi.
Nonetheless, sorry to hear of your loss Oli, but knowing you the Red Mk II's will be even better.
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
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spiny norman
314 posts
Location: Cincinnati,damn it, USA
spiny norman
314 posts
Location: Cincinnati,damn it, USA
Posted:
oh, that is tragic!!!!!!!
i was in a portaloo once when some naughty lads outside started to consider pushing it over, luckily i had a trusty friend outside to save me from this horrible fate, it was at one off those weird massive, multiple house parties were they get portaloos cause they dont want to let you in their house
just for the sake of knowing, how much does it cost to get one of those?
things which i have droped into the toilet:
a stuffed animal, a toothbrush, a comb, a sock, a hairbrush, the cap to a tub of toothpaste...eh, thats all that comes to mind at the moment, oh... and i think my cat once, he didnt like that
peace
oh, that is tragic!!!!!!!
i was in a portaloo once when some naughty lads outside started to consider pushing it over, luckily i had a trusty friend outside to save me from this horrible fate, it was at one off those weird massive, multiple house parties were they get portaloos cause they dont want to let you in their house
just for the sake of knowing, how much does it cost to get one of those?
things which i have droped into the toilet:
a stuffed animal, a toothbrush, a comb, a sock, a hairbrush, the cap to a tub of toothpaste...eh, thats all that comes to mind at the moment, oh... and i think my cat once, he didnt like that
peace
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Posted:
hehe. my friend was in a public toilet on bexhill seafront and she dropped her mobile down the loo, after she had just done a wee in it. she wuddnet fish it out, so the other friend had to put her hand in ashtons wee to retrieve her phone
hehe. my friend was in a public toilet on bexhill seafront and she dropped her mobile down the loo, after she had just done a wee in it. she wuddnet fish it out, so the other friend had to put her hand in ashtons wee to retrieve her phone
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Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
i have wrap around pants, which yes, involve ties....now its hard enough to make sure the ends of those ties dont end up in toilet bowls....let alone when you're drunk.....
i have wrap around pants, which yes, involve ties....now its hard enough to make sure the ends of those ties dont end up in toilet bowls....let alone when you're drunk.....
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Ooh this puts me in mind of my favourite lost poi story
*wanders off to find it*
[Old link]
That took a lot of searching. Not exactly a chemical toilet but i think it's funny all the same...
Ooh this puts me in mind of my favourite lost poi story
*wanders off to find it*
[Old link]
That took a lot of searching. Not exactly a chemical toilet but i think it's funny all the same...
Meh
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not with cactus
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
not with cactus
2,052 posts
Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
Posted:
awww.. it all ends happily ever after
awww.. it all ends happily ever after
Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Be sure to remind shibaki about it if you ever see him around the site (or indeed the world).
Be sure to remind shibaki about it if you ever see him around the site (or indeed the world).
Meh
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Tantamount to fatuity
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Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Story doesn't have an e in it by the way...
Story doesn't have an e in it by the way...
Meh
Miss Whippy
1,262 posts
Location: Cornwall & Oxford
1,262 posts
Location: Cornwall & Oxford
Posted:
Aww oli you silly monkey man you! fancy dropping your poi in a portaloo! honestly!
I am sorry, those poi were lovely, no doubt the successors will be even nicer and easier to isolate with. You'll never get the normal buzzsaw now
Aww oli you silly monkey man you! fancy dropping your poi in a portaloo! honestly!
I am sorry, those poi were lovely, no doubt the successors will be even nicer and easier to isolate with. You'll never get the normal buzzsaw now
Aim high and you'll know your limits, aim low and you'll never know how high you could have climbed.
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old hand
929 posts
Location: Oregon, USA
old hand
929 posts
Location: Oregon, USA
Posted:
The worst 'portaloo' story I've born witness to doesn't involve poi..
There are those ones with a urinal on the side, and apparently if something should.. "accidently" impact the side while someone is using it. Like a stick, or a foot, or whatever, it splashes the contents of that urinal back onto the person using it... All over the front of the person using it..
The worst 'portaloo' story I've born witness to doesn't involve poi..
There are those ones with a urinal on the side, and apparently if something should.. "accidently" impact the side while someone is using it. Like a stick, or a foot, or whatever, it splashes the contents of that urinal back onto the person using it... All over the front of the person using it..
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not with cactus
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
not with cactus
2,052 posts
Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
Posted:
the wong kind of storey dose...i think... and im easily confused and bad at spelling..
but thanks
Written by: C@ntus
Story doesn't have an e in it by the way...
the wong kind of storey dose...i think... and im easily confused and bad at spelling..
but thanks
Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
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Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
Posted:
Oli - the important question is this:
Do you have any more red Woodroffe School football socks to succeed your (1) lost and (2) consequently friendless poi?
Or is my pair the only ones left in the world?
I'm sure dave has some........
Oli - the important question is this:
Do you have any more red Woodroffe School football socks to succeed your (1) lost and (2) consequently friendless poi?
Or is my pair the only ones left in the world?
I'm sure dave has some........
Geologists do it in the dirt................ 
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not with cactus
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
not with cactus
2,052 posts
Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
Posted:
yes i do this time they are softter
yes i do
this time they are softter Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
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member
157 posts
Location: Halifax, NS, Canada
member
157 posts
Location: Halifax, NS, Canada
Posted:
When I had to use the porta-potty at my favorite construction site (while we still did security there), I never took my belt pouch or radio in there. There was no place to hang them, and I didn't want to take any chances. I'm surprised that these things don't come with coathooks like regular public toilets.
So one fine day, I did not want to take my stuff all the way back to the site trailer, and I did not want to just leave it outside the toilet on the ground either. There were still people around. That's when the idea hit me- the site's Tower crane was sitting on a concrete pad at the bottom of its own crane hole. So into the crane hole I went, and tied my pouch around one corner of the tower, tucked behind the ladder. I placed my radio on one of the horizontal members, tucked out of site. It's a good thing I did this- when I came back to retrieve my stuff, I noticed something I had not seen before- bright pink hydraulic fluid leaking from somewhere in the crane's climbing gear. Luckily not on my stuff. You can bet I reported that!
And the worst porta-potty story I can think of involves a crane operator I knew, who decided to lift an occupied potty a few feet and swing it around some. Luckily for the poor shmuck inside, the potty had just been emptied!
When I had to use the porta-potty at my favorite construction site (while we still did security there), I never took my belt pouch or radio in there. There was no place to hang them, and I didn't want to take any chances. I'm surprised that these things don't come with coathooks like regular public toilets.
So one fine day, I did not want to take my stuff all the way back to the site trailer, and I did not want to just leave it outside the toilet on the ground either. There were still people around. That's when the idea hit me- the site's Tower crane was sitting on a concrete pad at the bottom of its own crane hole. So into the crane hole I went, and tied my pouch around one corner of the tower, tucked behind the ladder. I placed my radio on one of the horizontal members, tucked out of site. It's a good thing I did this- when I came back to retrieve my stuff, I noticed something I had not seen before- bright pink hydraulic fluid leaking from somewhere in the crane's climbing gear. Luckily not on my stuff. You can bet I reported that!
And the worst porta-potty story I can think of involves a crane operator I knew, who decided to lift an occupied potty a few feet and swing it around some. Luckily for the poor shmuck inside, the potty had just been emptied!
"Do not meddle in the affairs of Tower Cranes, for you are soft and would look better when squashed by a full concrete bucket"
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enthusiast
200 posts
Location: Harare, Zimbabwe, United Kingdom
enthusiast
200 posts
Location: Harare, Zimbabwe, United Kingdom
Posted:
Weren't they insured?
A friend of mine put his mobile phone on the cistern of a loo while taking a leak the other day. With brilliant timing, someone called, and the vibrate function neatly vibrated the phone off the cistern straight into the loo... Missed call, as you can guess.
Weren't they insured?
A friend of mine put his mobile phone on the cistern of a loo while taking a leak the other day. With brilliant timing, someone called, and the vibrate function neatly vibrated the phone off the cistern straight into the loo... Missed call, as you can guess.
Don't worry, be happy...
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HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Posted:
I'm going to share my woes of a now absent toy, well when i say absent it doesnt work.
Toy in question is a balls u like ranbow strobe poi, I was at the reading festival just thii weekend of which the rainbows proved to be a big hit however for those of you taht know it there is a cylinder for putting the batteries against the lightbulb inside, well that lightbulb wasnt secured properly and it fell out and go squished somewhere in the mud at reading so now i cant spin them *sympathy vote crossed with offers to buy new ones*
I'm going to share my woes of a now absent toy, well when i say absent it doesnt work.
Toy in question is a balls u like ranbow strobe poi, I was at the reading festival just thii weekend of which the rainbows proved to be a big hit however for those of you taht know it there is a cylinder for putting the batteries against the lightbulb inside, well that lightbulb wasnt secured properly and it fell out and go squished somewhere in the mud at reading
so now i cant spin them *sympathy vote crossed with offers to buy new ones* An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
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Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
slack rating - 9.5
2,216 posts
Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
we-ll if it gives you any consolation i've got a lost poi story with a happy ending. in fact it seems to be a never ending cycle more than a story....
halloween last year i spun at a mates party. for some reason next time i used my fire poi i couldn't find one of them. upset i decided just to make some more. then 5 months later around feburary, i spun at another party at the same house. next time i looked, my poi had multiplied from 3 to 4 with the return of one of the original set! i was overjoyed until a few months later i lost one of the new set . to remedy the problem this time i've built a brand new set of double headed, a set of ropes and bought some monkeyfist, giving me a grand total of... many poi!
so it's a happy ending but evn so i still sometimes look out my window at night watching the stars and wondering if my lost little 2nd generation poi friend is watching them too and will one day come home to play...
if i were you though oli, i'd hope that the poor little bugger never comes to close to me again after what he's been through (literally)....
we-ll if it gives you any consolation i've got a lost poi story with a happy ending. in fact it seems to be a never ending cycle more than a story....
halloween last year i spun at a mates party. for some reason next time i used my fire poi i couldn't find one of them.
upset i decided just to make some more. then 5 months later around feburary, i spun at another party at the same house. next time i looked, my poi had multiplied from 3 to 4 with the return of one of the original set! i was overjoyed until a few months later i lost one of the new set . to remedy the problem this time i've built a brand new set of double headed, a set of ropes and bought some monkeyfist, giving me a grand total of... many poi! so it's a happy ending but evn so i still sometimes look out my window at night watching the stars and wondering if my lost little 2nd generation poi friend is watching them too and will one day come home to play...
if i were you though oli, i'd hope that the poor little bugger never comes to close to me again after what he's been through (literally)....
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Dude those poi taught me my first Isolation!!! And the wire made you practice even harder cuz if you messed up they'd punish you for it!
I hope it had a quick end and didn't suffer too much in the chemically smellyness of the portaloo.
Good bye Oli red sock poi
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NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Dude those poi taught me my first Isolation!!! And the wire made you practice even harder cuz if you messed up they'd punish you for it!
I hope it had a quick end and didn't suffer too much in the chemically smellyness of the portaloo. Good bye Oli red sock poi
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Location: Halifax, NS, Canada
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Location: Halifax, NS, Canada
Posted:
re:Tadpole,
The beltpouch in question was my personal property- it contained my wallet, my house keys, my ID and all that stuff..And the radio was my own too..My dad works for the same security company as I do, and he got tired of me being left on construction sites at night, and the bosses not having a radio there for me. So he got one of our own.
With that in mind, you can see why I decided to leave my stuff with our friendly neighborhood Tower crane instead of taking it into the porta-nasty with me and risking an accident.
re:Tadpole,
The beltpouch in question was my personal property- it contained my wallet, my house keys, my ID and all that stuff..And the radio was my own too..My dad works for the same security company as I do, and he got tired of me being left on construction sites at night, and the bosses not having a radio there for me. So he got one of our own.
With that in mind, you can see why I decided to leave my stuff with our friendly neighborhood Tower crane instead of taking it into the porta-nasty with me and risking an accident.
"Do not meddle in the affairs of Tower Cranes, for you are soft and would look better when squashed by a full concrete bucket"
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spiny norman
314 posts
Location: Cincinnati,damn it, USA
spiny norman
314 posts
Location: Cincinnati,damn it, USA
Posted:
who would of guessed their were so many portaloo stories, we should write a book
who would of guessed their were so many portaloo stories, we should write a book
if you think that our kiss was all in the lips, come on you got it all wrong man, and if you think that our dance was all in the hips then, oh well, do the twist -The White Stripes
look a rainbow!
237 posts
Location: Waterford, CT
237 posts
Location: Waterford, CT
Posted:
Ah yes, I can see it now, "Pee, Crap, and Sorrow - Stories of Porta-Potties Gone Bad"
Best seller right there.
Ah yes, I can see it now, "Pee, Crap, and Sorrow - Stories of Porta-Potties Gone Bad"
Best seller right there.
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