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About a decade ago, Will McPhail was just an ordinary zoology student. Now, he's regularly drawing for the world-famous The New Yorker magazine. How does one make such a change in their lives? Well, McPhail admitted to "doodling lecturers" when he was supposed to be learning. And even though he did graduate, it was enough to pursue a cartoonist's career.

So, instead of continuing to study the animal kingdom, he chose to immerse himself in the wildlife of Edinburgh's coffee shops and libraries. There, he analyzed peoples' social behavior, turning his findings into clever and funny comics.

McPhail is now expected to have between 8 and 10 ideas per week for The New Yorker cartoons, a popular American magazine established 94 years ago. "The best I can do is to find an area that I want to do a cartoon drawing on and accept the stage - then hope that my sense of humor moonwalks on to that stage," the artist told the BBC.

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Lyop
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6 years ago

Hahaha omg! The seagull's gone gangsta!!

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    Hans
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    6 years ago

    Ha ha, life lessons!

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    Hans
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    6 years ago

    Cheese I eat!

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    Vicky Zar
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    6 years ago

    LOL

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    Hans
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    6 years ago

    This one is inspiring!

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    AJu
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    6 years ago

    Thank you for this :)

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    ADHORTATOR
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    6 years ago

    My wife does this all the time...interrupting me

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    Lyop
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    6 years ago

    Ha!! I feel u trees! Must.....impress....

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    Rowlie
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    6 years ago

    It could actually be helpful to distract yourself from what is going on inside by doing something You can control

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    Hans
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    6 years ago

    Too big houses suck. Just imagine your clan mansion. Probably you shat yourself before making it from the veranda, over the floors, down the stairs, to the left-wing bathroom.

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    European other
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    6 years ago

    Any more in there ?!

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    Evil Little Thing
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    6 years ago

    Finalizing a divorce you've been fighting for for months/years is one of the best feelings ever!

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    Lyop
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    6 years ago

    Delusions of grandeur!!

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    Polish Panda
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    6 years ago

    “Maturity and equality’’

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    Hans
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    6 years ago

    The introvert's drug!

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    Hans
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    6 years ago

    Awesome idea!

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    L1z4rd
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    6 years ago

    My worst nightmare! Made all the more real by knowing there is a mouse hanging out on my kitchen!

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    Hans
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    6 years ago

    This would be me. Can also hardly resist calling the sniffing dogs at airport "good boy / girl".

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    Hermione Granger
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    6 years ago

    Is there a dead body on the floor? Lol

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    Carrot dude
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    6 years ago

    That statue is proportional to the amount of praise she deserves.

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    Francis
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    6 years ago

    (happend some years agon when i was in my 20s) once when i changed clothes in front of my mum, she said "oh look, the moon is rising" while pointing at my belly... yeah thanks mum. i know i'm fat and pale :D

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    Hans
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    6 years ago

    Isn't this the sole (sad) purpose of women as show "assistants"?

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    European other
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    6 years ago

    Hahaha !

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    Clinton Yew
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    6 years ago

    nowadays they just try to brainwash you to think your office is your home and co-worker is your family to try to make you give more effort to work...

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    European other
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    6 years ago

    Keep waiting

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    temmie
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    6 years ago

    throwup thats throwup

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    Hans
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    6 years ago

    Sad but true!

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    Hans
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    6 years ago

    "The pigeon king better find an own place to live."

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    Lyop
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    6 years ago

    Seriously tho! I'm kinda a big girl...nothing fits!!

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    Hans
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    6 years ago

    Realist single.

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    Kathy Smith
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    6 years ago

    Well, that explains a lot!

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    K Miller
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    6 years ago

    Sweet sweet revenge

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    Sue Prewitt
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    6 years ago

    Satan has a man bun !! hahaha

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    Wottermehlon Doge
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    6 years ago

    That's really true. Subways are nasty nasty places. I have seen lots of stuff, like people urinating on those columns and it grosses me out. I get it that a lot of people go through subways but we can still clean it up. This also shows how people don't really take responsibility, she wants the subway to be clean but she does nothing about it

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    PyroKitty
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    6 years ago

    They had us in the first half, not gonna lie

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    Rowlie
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    6 years ago

    I'd prefer that to be my last thought than hers

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    European other
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    6 years ago

    Easy mistake to make !

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    Lyop
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    6 years ago

    Oh my god his outfit..!!

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    Ninja Kitty
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    6 years ago

    That One Moment When You Forget Your Umbrella At Home.

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    Ed Souza
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    6 years ago

    I knew it!

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    Lyop
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    6 years ago

    Influencers...

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    Iggy
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    6 years ago

    The expression is great!

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    Guy MacGregor
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    6 years ago

    I don't get this one

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    Deniz Vitvitskiji
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    I can't replay to him because he's downvoted too much, but it's because they take a while choosing what to wear and getting ready

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    NeverGoWoke
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    6 years ago

    This happens all the time in so many industries...

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    Emma B
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    6 years ago

    HAHAHAHAHA!!!! It's so weird and I do not understand, but it's just SOOOOO funny to me for some reason! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!

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    Lyop
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    6 years ago

    I used to be do scared of this....

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    *Clears throat*
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    6 years ago

    hehe cause female mantises bite off the males head when they are done mating

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    JOHANNA MUELLER
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    6 years ago

    Hearts, ther’e’s three

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    Ninja Kitty
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    6 years ago

    Oh GEE I DONT KNOW -~-

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    Guy MacGregor
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    6 years ago

    What th is happening here ?

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    Rowlie
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    6 years ago

    That's my line most of the times

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    Person #1,051
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    5 years ago

    HHAHA

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    Lyop
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    6 years ago

    Yup!

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    Ninja Kitty
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    6 years ago

    "But mooooooommmmmm! I want to impress my friends!!!!!"

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    Christopher Hughes
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    6 years ago

    Not enough tote bags, 8/10

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    Stranger things have happened
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    6 years ago

    Chill bruh

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    Bobby's Girl
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    6 years ago

    Me.

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    European other
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    6 years ago

    Lol good thing to ask !

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    Emilie Wylder
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    6 years ago

    Didn't Hillary say this about Trump?

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    Caroline
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    6 years ago

    Good ol' mansplaining.

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    Rowlie
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    6 years ago

    Been there

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    WVR Spence
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    6 years ago

    And they always will be...

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    Ninja Kitty
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    6 years ago

    no.

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    Pumbaa
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    6 years ago

    Marriage trapps men as well? It's the work of both to make it not a cage..

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    Kathy Smith
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    6 years ago

    Sensible, but it wouldn’t make a good movie!

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    Neurotic_Octopus
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    6 years ago

    I love how he drew the kids as pinkies :)

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    Rowlie
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    6 years ago

    I'll have what she's having

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    Stranger things have happened
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    6 years ago

    Bruh noooo

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    Lyop
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    6 years ago

    Mix with care. May lead to the most undesirable results!!

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    DaVo
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    6 years ago

    Rinse and repeat.

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    Bobby's Girl
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    6 years ago

    An idea shower! Finally forgot that one, and now.... it's baaaack!

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    MADELEINE KIMBALL
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    6 years ago

    that'll be $8,000 please

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    Deniz Vitvitskiji
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    6 years ago

    Me in the future, I had a mustache in 2nd grade

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    Kathy Smith
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    6 years ago

    Huh?

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    Luisa Vasconcelos
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    6 years ago

    Meditation is working with me.

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    Wottermehlon Doge
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    6 years ago

    She's not the only one

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    hobbitly
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    6 years ago

    He is wearing a shirt with the nipple area cut off? hahaha, is this a reference to something?

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    Tiny Dynamine
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    6 years ago

    How odd!

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    Emma B
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    6 years ago

    Get it gurl!

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    L1z4rd
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    6 years ago

    Where the H stands for human, something tells me they will be OK...

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    Jasmina Pavlovic
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    6 years ago

    Time flies ...

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    Shan West
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    6 years ago

    Be a duck, remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath

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    Luisa Vasconcelos
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    6 years ago

    Mama is a loose girl. Luckily papa is not a rolling stone.

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    Dianna Siever
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    6 years ago

    I feel ya sister. My sweet husband does everything right but sing. Luckily, out son's got a better knack for holding a tune.

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    Turtleturleturtle
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    6 years ago

    Whole ducking iceberg, you mean?

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    Wottermehlon Doge
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    6 years ago

    Oh yeah I remember you...wait which Susan was this?

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    Lara Verne
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    6 years ago

    Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption

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    Lara Verne
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    6 years ago

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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    Guy MacGregor
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    6 years ago

    wut ?

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    Agatha Christie
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    6 years ago

    best song

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    Bobby's Girl
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    6 years ago

    Oh look, it's the Little Drummer Boy!

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    6 years ago

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    I guess "they" self identify as a horse, now?

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    Hazel Gray
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    6 years ago

    i don't get it

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    temmie
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    6 years ago

    did the guy like do something to the cat or something i don´t get it

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    Dianna Siever
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    6 years ago

    Could someone please explain?

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    Luisa Vasconcelos
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    6 years ago

    Mónica and chandler faced this dilemma.

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    Catherine Hankinson
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    6 years ago

    This is missing the caption. It should say "son, your dad and I are divorcing"

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    Kathy Smith
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    6 years ago

    I really like the blending of colors in them, whatever they are.

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    DaVo
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    6 years ago

    Amazing! Just a few lines. Nonetheless you know who it is.

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