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From Alex:

If I was five...

What happened: So I was on this cruise in the bahamas a couple of months ago and I was so bored so I went to this stupid kids club thing and the ladie(we'll just call her ms. dumb blond.)in charge asked for all of the five year olds to stand to do an activeity or something and just for the fun of it I stood up and ms. dumb blond said " wait you're five?" in a totally returded way. Being 5' 7" Iwas amazed that she totally beleived when I(just for my amusment) enstated that I five.

What I said: No I'm 14.

What I SHOULD have said: If I was five my parents would be freaken skyscrapers, you dumba** returded b****!

on the stairs

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