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Google Life Guidance

19th October 2003

Friends don’t let friends...

... use AOL
... vote democrat
... dress like The Crow
... use camera phones
... drive drunk
... type Qwerty
... drive SUVs
... starve themselves
... start blogs
... drive naked
... heavy breath on teleconferences
... and many more.

Posted 19th October 2003 at 11:40 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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