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A boy may be as disagreeable as he pleases, but when a girl refuses to crap sunshine on command, the world mutters darkly about her moods.

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Scott Lynch
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: April 2
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St Paul
Minnesota
May
Crap
World
Sunshine
Command
Mutters
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Darkly
Refuse
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Boys
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Girl
Disagreeable

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