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Old 18th September 2009, 10:01 PM   #1
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Old 18th September 2009, 10:57 PM   #2
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oh my god thats a huge splinter i think she needed more than a pair of tweezers for that.
lucky woman it could have done so much more
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Awww, poor thing... that's gonna leave a mark.
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That looks like a shitty 80s/90s movie or documentary.
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What an extraordinarily unlucky, yet lucky woman

Fraction over towards her centre and there would be no chance for her...I am very glad she survived.
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Old 20th September 2009, 02:08 PM   #7
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Are we sure that never grew in her lung and had to come out somewhere!

Fir Tree grows in lung of man - BS or not?
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