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Batteries Not Inserted

By dave cotterill on Mon, 02 Jan 2006

Santa pushed open the door of the toy factory. The elves paused in their toy-making and looked up at their leader. He glanced sadly around the assembly. "Elves. He said. "I've got bad news.
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