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Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end may be sentenced to 24 hours in the stocks.


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One Response to “Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end may be sentenced to 24 hours in the stocks.”

Comment from Akash
Time May 13, 2011 at 4:59 pm

I do that all the time, place me in the stocks lol!

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