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Rob Archer
Aug 16, 2009
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Anonymous email wafting through the Interwebs:

I took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes (he is 84). We decided to grab a bite at the food court.  I noticed he was watching a teenager sitting next to him. 

The teenager had spiked hair in all different colours; green, red, orange and blue. My dad kept staring at him. The teenager would …

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