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Monday, June 23, 2008

George Carlin, 1937-2008



"His comedic sensibility revolved around a central theme: humanity is a cursed, doomed species."



Posted by Tim at 9:09 AM  

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1 comment:

PoN said...

Baseball vs Football
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YphEUa5LPjM

1:23 PM, June 23, 2008

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