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4 comments:
It's too bad Benny Hill didn't live to see this.
You should have warned us to go pee first, I almost wet my pants!
... I thought those mini vans could safely handle six passengers not sixteen!! Do you think they were all buckled in?
thanks for a good laugh!
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