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Also Samuel L. Jackson was good in The Green Mile.
Can we have pictures of Tara being scared out of her pants?
And yes Max, LEGO Minecraft is a dumb idea. It'll do very well but it's a dumb idea. Mind you I think the idea of any set that isn't just a large bucket of various sizes/colours is kind of dumb. When I was a teenager I made an Arwing out of LEGO and I didn't need no stinking kit.
Well I always said fuck Mindcraft so I say again fuck Legomindcrap stuff... (as for Legos I always liked those, so don't get me wrong)
Zinga was always ripping shit from other people, so fuck'em hard, stupid useless Zinga unproductive shitface leeches... Anyway I feel sorry for the people who actually plays their brainwashing games (they are not even games).
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10:41 PM on 01.25.2012 | 
Also Samuel L. Jackson was good in The Green Mile.
And yes Max, LEGO Minecraft is a dumb idea. It'll do very well but it's a dumb idea. Mind you I think the idea of any set that isn't just a large bucket of various sizes/colours is kind of dumb. When I was a teenager I made an Arwing out of LEGO and I didn't need no stinking kit.
Zinga was always ripping shit from other people, so fuck'em hard, stupid useless Zinga unproductive shitface leeches... Anyway I feel sorry for the people who actually plays their brainwashing games (they are not even games).