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Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead, I said solemnly, and frosting of white.
Jim Butcher
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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
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I lunged, low and quick, and drove about a foot of cold steel into his danglies. Hey, I don't care what kind of fearie or mortal or hideous creature you are. If you've got danglies, and can loose them, that's the kind of sight that makes you reconsider the possible genitalia-related ramifications of your actions real damned quick.
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When you do something stupid and die, it's pathetic, I said. When you do something stupid and survive it, then you get to call it impressive or heroic.
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