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The Three Swans

There once was a time On the banks of an Icelandic river marsh Where there lived a fisherman with his wife And they had three daughters. Then came one day When the three little daughters all...

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A Particularly Bad Moment

By , 28th April 2006 In:

Best Pick Up Line (A True Story)

It's 3am, after a night of boozing and rampaging in Whitianga and everything is closed except for a takeaway bar on one of the side streets. Rustic bogan dude steps out of the line at the counter,...

By , 4th January 2006 In:

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