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Watch this match with the Road Warriors!!! This is the real deal best tag team and the baddest asses ever. Watch them enter the ring and watch them leave it...so friggin brutal. You will see why these guys were revered as GODS overseas and nobody will ever be as devastating or have their aura :o :o :o :o :o!! Too bad there is no audio but you won't be disappointed!!
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The Road Warriors were the best tag team ever and will never be duplicated.
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Please watch them enter the ring in this video at 2:10 :o :o :o :o :o :o!!!!!! Nothing will ever top this shyat!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
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Wish I could see the whole thing.
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Watch this match with the Road Warriors!!! This is the real deal best tag team and the baddest asses ever. Watch them enter the ring and watch them leave it...so friggin brutal. You will see why these guys were revered as GODS overseas and nobody will ever be as devastating or have their aura :o :o :o :o :o!! Too bad there is no audio but you won't be disappointed!!
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Just so AMAZING!!! Watch both of these!!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
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I remember when the Warriors came on the scene in Georgia. I was completely awe struck.....greatest TT of all-time.....by far.
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The 80's was an incredible time for the western tag-team wrestling scene.
LOD,
Steiners,
Bulldogs,
etc.
Each brought their own unique ingredients to the table, but NOBODY popped a crowd like RW's, and that's a fact.
As far as pure popularity, Hawk & Animal were unparalleled
Did Animal ever finish the LOD book?
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im not a wrestling fan and never heard of them, but they sure where a couple of real badasses according to the movies on youtube
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So where's the Steiners? #2? These guys seriously suplexed! I'm for the show. Make up and shoulder pads. But Steiners really laid out some very mean slams.
I consider the Steiners a great TT too.....but not in the same class as the Warriors. Personally, I preferred the British Bulldogs and the Harts to the Steiners.....
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The 80's was an incredible time for the western tag-team wrestling scene.
LOD,
Steiners,
Bulldogs,
etc.
Each brought their own unique ingredients to the table, but NOBODY popped a crowd like RW's, and that's a fact.
As far as pure popularity, Hawk & Animal were unparalleled
Did Animal ever finish the LOD book?
The Steiners just didn't have the popularity but also the aura of invincibility of the RW's. Sure they were popular, powerful, hip and explosive for their time but that time came and went. The RW's last forever just like Elvis, The Beatles, Superman, Batman and Micky Mouse. They will last forever.
As for the book? HOLY MOLY, I would love that!!!!!
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Road Warrior
Animal, one half of pro wrestling's greatest tag team, talks about the new WWE video game, his longtime partner, Hawk, and being one of the strongest men in sports entertainment
by Sean Hyson
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They were the original wrestling bad-asses—two street kids with gargantuan upper bodies, war paint, and outfits straight out of a post-apocalyptic nightmare. The Road Warriors (aka The Legion of Doom), comprising Animal and Hawk (real names Joe Laurinaitis and Mike Hegstrand), helped usher in the era of super-sized wrestlers, off-the-wall promos, and Hollywood theatrics, changing the sports entertainment biz forever.
Animal—whose son, James Laurinaitis, was a standout linebacker at Ohio State and expects to be drafted to the NFL this year—recently opened up to MF about life in wrestling and deviating the septums of his hapless opponents.
MF: Let's talk about the new game from THQ, Legends of Wrestlemania, in which you and Hawk appear along with over 40 other classic WWE superstars. How do you like the way you were represented?
Animal: I've always been happy with the way the action was and how the wrestlers were depicted in games. The one thing I'll tell you I was disappointed about was that we weren't on the front cover of this game! Here you're trying to depict tag-team wrestling and, I'm not being bragadocious, but we worked hard in our business and we were the top tag team in the history of professional wrestling.
MF: Without question. Let's talk about the origin of The Road Warriors. You were a bouncer when you got discovered by Minnesota wrestling trainer Eddie Sharkey, right?
Animal: Yeah. Myself and Hawk, Ravishing Rick Rude, Barry Darsow—who was Smash in Demolition—were all bouncers at the same bar. Eddie was a bartender there. He was good at picking people out. Hawk could hit like a mule and he looked great. Rick Rude had an arm wrestling background. I used to be a diver, and could literally do a backflip standing—at 300 pounds. He said we should try wrestling camp. Hawk and I got recruited by Georgia Championship Wrestling and the Road Warriors came to life. Our very first day on TV, we won the tag team titles [laughs].
MF: Your gimmick didn't change much over the years, but you started out looking like bikers.
Animal: They wanted us to look different. We said let's look like bikers or something from [the movie] Mad Max, which had just come out. So we had our first look with the leather gloves and the hats and the chaps, and as I look back on it now, I think we looked too much like The Village People [laughs]. The promoters wanted to spice it up, so Hawk's brilliant idea was for me to have a Mohawk, and [imitating Hawk's voice] "Then I'll have the double Mohawk, so I have hair where he doesn't, and it will look like we can plug our heads into each other! Ha ha ha."
Then they said, "We want you to experiment with some facial paint." Now The Road Warrior movie had just come out with Mel Gibson. Some of the guys in that movie had face paint on. So we started with just a few lines and then we experimented more. Finally I came up with the spider in the middle of my forehead, as if to say, "Don't get caught in my web," and Hawk came up with the joker look, with the spiral on one side of his face and the red triangle under the other eye.
This costume girl who worked on the movie [Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome] made us our first vest outfits with chains and mesh. I watched the movie and saw some guys had one shoulder pad on and I thought we should do that. I made the football pads with the spikes myself. And that look transcended everywhere. The WWE sold those shoulder pads to kids . . . .
MF: A big part of your team's success was due to the physiques you guys had. There had never been such a powerful-looking team before. How did you get started training?
Animal: I was training for football and then I got into powerlifting. I just wanted to see how big and strong I could get. That was just a hobby of mine. I was one of those freak strong kids.
MF: Did you and Hawk train together?
Animal: We did on the road, but our training styles were different. I was a more disciplined trainer. I never missed workouts and I wanted to put my time in at the gym. Hawk was fast and furious and just wanted to get in and get out. We had opposite training styles and you can see that in our two body types. He was more sculpted and ripped and I was thicker because I did heavier lifts. He did a lot of supersetting and giant setting and I did more powerlifting. Six years into my wrestling career I was still doing behind-the-neck seated military presses with 405. That was unheard of. That's why one of my fortes in the wrestling business was doing press slams. It takes a certain bone structure to be able to handle a lot of weight.
MF: Did you guys compete on any exercises?
Animal: Not really. Hawk never trained legs. I was wrestling and doing squats with 750 for triples. That's why my waist and midsection were thicker. I wore a size 63 tux to Nikita Koloff's wedding. I always liked to be strong. I won a bench-press and cheat-curl meet one time and I cheat curled 315. I was 20 years old. There was an article in Pro Wrestling Illustrated that showed Hawk and I shrugging 980 pounds.
MF: A great example of your strength, and a very memorable point in your career was when you were in the NWA and faced another popular tag team, The Warlord and The Barbarian, in a bench-press contest.
Animal: That was legit weight. We never used wooden plates or anything. We wanted it to be real. The night before, Warlord landed on my head in a match and my eye literally popped out of my head and went back in too far and ended up blowing out my sinus. I had a skull and cheekbone fracture. But the bench press contest was scheduled in Greensboro, North Carolina, the next day. So here I was the night before with a broken eye. I painted over my swollen face and did the bench-press contest. I did a 565 bench with my eye all messed up. Imagine that, with all the pressure building up in my head with that lift. If my eye wasn't messed up, I'd have done 610. We beat them in the contest . . . When you have 18,000 people screaming and cheering for you, your body does things that your mind doesn't understand. Guys were genuinely afraid of us.
MF: So what were some of your best lifts of all time?
Animal: I did a 610 bench. I deadlifted 740. I got 765 on the squat. And I didn't have any of the equipment that the powerlifters have today. Just wraps and a belt.
So how big were you in those days?
I was 6'2". At my heaviest, I was 320. At one time, the WWE wanted records on everybody. Vince McMahon wanted everybody's measurements. I had 24-inch arms. I had the biggest arms in the territory, and that drove Warlord crazy because he was a big guy. He was like 340. My arm was a half-inch bigger than his.
MF: What were you eating?
Animal: I used to bring a bag of fruit with me to the gym and eat grapefruits and oranges and bananas. I'd eat three or four pieces of fruit between body parts just to keep my energy up. Everybody's got their newfangled drinks now, but eating a couple of pieces of fruit will get in your system just as quick.
MF: Your promos were also legendary. Did you have any strategy before interviews, or were you just riffing?
Animal: We always just went off the cuff. Hawk was the guy who just said off-the-wall stuff. I did the business part of the interview—who we're fighting, where we're fighting. And our manager Paul Ellering would kind of wrap it all up in one nice, neat package and we'd send it off.
MF: Do you remember some of the lines you had back then? Such as "We're gonna deviate some septums and rip out some goozles."
[laughs]
Animal: Oh yeah. "We snack on danger, and dine on death!"
MF: So many wrestlers, including your partner, have died much too soon. What do you think has kept you healthy and successful all these years.
Animal: I had my family. A lot of guys didn't have a family, and mine kept me grounded. My partner didn't have that for a lot of years. In the end, he was a loving uncle to my kids, but it was too late. He already had heart problems. I also wasn't a big drug guy. It's great that the WWE has a wellness program now. I only wish they had one back when Hawk had all his problems, because then he'd be here today. But these guys are big boys and they make their own choices in their lives.
MF: You guys were also entrepreneurs. You started Zubaz, the company that made those trendy workout pants. What happened with that?
Animal: Yeah, we started that company with two other business partners and we couldn't keep up with the demand. We were relying on people to keep their word with their contract and it just got to a point where we had to sell it. We each had 25% ownership worth $14 million.
What does the future hold for Animal?
I just inked a deal for an autobiography that will come out in a little over a year from now. It's going to be about the matches. What it's like to be in a match with this guy. To ride on a bus for eight hours with these guys. To be in a hotel and keep yourself amused. Fans are going to be able to hear from me what it was like. I still love the wrestling business, and I'd love to work behind the scenes and help the new teams.
MF: What a ruuuuush!
source: http://www.mensfitness.com/exclusives/251
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AWESOME!! This book will be great!! I hope Animal tells of all the stories of Hawk beating the shit out of people in the locker rooms. These guys were the real deals!!!
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Very good interview. Amazing how well grounded he stayed by comparison to so many others....surely result, like he said, of having a stable home life. And I'm sure being serious about the gym probably helped him avoid too many late nighters.
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Very good interview. Amazing how well grounded he stayed by comparison to so many others....surely result, like he said, of having a stable home life. And I'm sure being serious about the gym probably helped him avoid too many late nighters.
I totally agree.
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I wonder if either RW ever got into a scrap with the Steiners or Bulldogs.
I've heard plenty of backstage incidents involving all those guys, though not necessarily together.
However, while Scott Steiner & Dynamite seemed a bit like bullies, RW's came off more as guys who simply didn't take shit from anyone.
Scott & Billington also stood their ground on issues, but I suspect were a little more antagonistic - especially Scott.
It's been said that one of the few guys backstage who were not intimidated by him was Benoit because he had the physical skills & power to match.
I don't think Scotty ever tried it on with "The Crippler" anyway.
Then again, a real-life feud between any of those men would have been monumental and almost certainly discussed by anyone who witnessed it.
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I was in the Navy with a guy who said he attended the HS Animal did, although years apart. He said the guy was a legend at the HS. Also said that he did not stray from fights in his hometown..haha.
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I wonder if either RW ever got into a scrap with the Steiners or Bulldogs.
I've heard plenty of backstage incidents involving all those guys, though not necessarily together.
However, while Scott Steiner & Dynamite seemed a bit like bullies, RW's came off more as guys who simply didn't take shit from anyone.
Scott & Billington also stood their ground on issues, but I suspect were a little more antagonistic - especially Scott.
It's been said that one of the few guys backstage who were not intimidated by him was Benoit because he had the physical skills & power to match.
I don't think Scotty ever tried it on with "The Crippler" anyway.
Then again, a real-life feud between any of those men would have been monumental and almost certainly discussed by anyone who witnessed it.
Scott Steiner & Dynamite were bullies and the RW never did take shit from anyone. When they were wrestling, if they didn't like the finish that the writers did for them they would change it on the spot. It pissed a lot of promoters off but no one wanted to screw with the Road Warriors as they were legit , big, tough guys and they brought in the dough.
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Scott Steiner & Dynamite were bullies and the RW never did take shit from anyone. When they were wrestling, if they didn't like the finish that the writers did for them they would change it on the spot. It pissed a lot of promoters off but no one wanted to screw with the Road Warriors as they were legit , big, tough guys and they brought in the dough.
Absolutely true. Plus it was Paul Ellering who gave them the confidence to do this stuff because he knew the inside of the business so well. He knew that promoters wouldn't fuck with the RW's regardless of what they did because they were GOLD. He always knew that the RW's should always keep their aura of invincibility going and nobody, not Hogan, not Flair, not anybody (save Andre) could ever take it away. I love Ellering. He truly was the heart and soul of the RW's.
Man, what a unit. I'll say this again, the RW's with Ellering is a blueprint of what good business in the wrestling world is.
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Absolutely true. Plus it was Paul Ellering who gave them the confidence to do this stuff because he knew the inside of the business so well. He knew that promoters wouldn't fuck with the RW's regardless of what they did because they were GOLD. He always knew that the RW's should always keep their aura of invincibility going and nobody, not Hogan, not Flair, not anybody (save Andre) could ever take it away. I love Ellering. He truly was the heart and soul of the RW's.
Man, what a unit. I'll say this again, the RW's with Ellering is a blueprint of what good business in the wrestling world is.
Ellering quoted, "Were gonna snack on danger & dine on death." Lol..
In the RW dvd, he basically said the same thing were saying. They were in complete control and called their own shots and finishes.
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Warriors are my favorite TT of all-time, but I'm not a fan of their calling their own shots to that extent. Not because I care in the least what the promoter thinks, but because of the other talent who may have worked very hard for a shot to get put over, but the Warriors decide it's a no go? Not right at all. Wasn't it Blackwell and somebody who refused to sell for the Warriors in a match in the AWA? i think it had something to do with this.
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Warriors are my favorite TT of all-time, but I'm not a fan of their calling their own shots to that extent. Not because I care in the least what the promoter thinks, but because of the other talent who may have worked very hard for a shot to get put over, but the Warriors decide it's a no go? Not right at all. Wasn't it Blackwell and somebody who refused to sell for the Warriors in a match in the AWA? i think it had something to do with this.
I hear ya but in that time, who in there right mind was willing to stand up to them? Vince tried back in early 1992 and they basically said, "Fuck you" and left for Japan before being brought back at WM8 and wrestling periodicaly before leaving at SS 1992.
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I hear ya but in that time, who in there right mind was willing to stand up to them? Vince tried back in early 1992 and they basically said, "Fuck you" and left for Japan before being brought back at WM8 and wrestling periodicaly before leaving at SS 1992.
Correction Playboy. Vince wanted them as far back as 1984!!
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I think the RW had the best finishing move of all tag teams. The Dooms Day Device was sick.
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I think the RW had the best finishing move of all tag teams. The Dooms Day Device was sick.
And, then there was the watered-down version the HF used: The "Heart-Attack."
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So where's the Steiners? #2? These guys seriously suplexed! I'm for the show. Make up and shoulder pads. But Steiners really laid out some very mean slams.
I agree with you there. I think the Road Warriors are considered the best because of their presence and power. The Steiners were IMHO better athletes and better suited for pro wrestling. They were both kick ass tag teams though and all 4 of them were complete badasses.
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I wonder if either RW ever got into a scrap with the Steiners or Bulldogs.
I've heard plenty of backstage incidents involving all those guys, though not necessarily together.
However, while Scott Steiner & Dynamite seemed a bit like bullies, RW's came off more as guys who simply didn't take shit from anyone.
Scott & Billington also stood their ground on issues, but I suspect were a little more antagonistic - especially Scott.
It's been said that one of the few guys backstage who were not intimidated by him was Benoit because he had the physical skills & power to match.
I don't think Scotty ever tried it on with "The Crippler" anyway.
Then again, a real-life feud between any of those men would have been monumental and almost certainly discussed by anyone who witnessed it.
Benoit never had the physical anything to match Steiner. Scott was bigger, stronger and just as fast as Chris. But Benoit being one tough rugged mofo, probably didnt get picked on alot by anyone. Plus he was a cool dude. I think Scott, being the great athlete he was, only made problems with the guys backstage that thought they were tough or real athletes, when they weren't really either and Scott just like exposing them.
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And, then there was the watered-down version the HF used: The "Heart-Attack."
I also liked Demolitions Decapitation finisher. That was sick too.
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I remember watching this on tv when I was a kid. I went nuts hoping Hawk and Animal would kill the 4 Horsemen. This was leading up to the Great American Bash where Flair would defend his belt 14 times. It was tremendous!! This was the best wrestling has to offer...EVER!!!
This was the very first match at the Bash 1986!! Ric Flair vs Road Warrior Hawk
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Then they fought at the Bunkhouse Stampede 1988!!
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I remember watching this on tv when I was a kid. I went nuts hoping Hawk and Animal would kill the 4 Horsemen. This was leading up to the Great American Bash where Flair would defend his belt 14 times. It was tremendous!! This was the best wrestling has to offer...EVER!!!
This was the very first match at the Bash 1986!! Ric Flair vs Road Warrior Hawk
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Then they fought at the Bunkhouse Stampede 1988!!
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You are a smart man and I agree 100%.
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Speaking of the Steiners vs the Road Warriors, here are all there matches in order.
match 1 (RW's vs Steiner's)
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match 3 (Road Warrior Hawk and Scott Norton vs the Steiner's)
match 4 (RW's vs the Steiner's in Japan. I'm looking for it but I can't find it...best match of the bunch!!)
match 5 (Road Warriors with Power Warrior vs Steiners and Scott Norton)
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match 6
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match 7 (Steiners vs RW's vs Nasty Boys)
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From the Facebook page of Animal:
"Well it looks like one of the hall of fames is getting it right. The Road Warriors and Paul Ellering are being inducted into the pro wrestling hall of fame in Amsterdam, New York in May. I'd like to hear my what my fans think.. Let me know. Aaaaaahh what a rush."
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Thinly veiled attack (criticism) of the WWE HOF.
And, rightly so...
Koko & Pete Rose before the LOD?
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From the Facebook page of Animal:
"Well it looks like one of the hall of fames is getting it right. The Road Warriors and Paul Ellering are being inducted into the pro wrestling hall of fame in Amsterdam, New York in May. I'd like to hear my what my fans think.. Let me know. Aaaaaahh what a rush."
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Thinly veiled attack (criticism) of the WWE HOF.
And, rightly so...
Koko & Pete Rose before the LOD?
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This is a slap in the face to any old school serious wrestler who busted his / her ass for years in the business. Now can you blame Bruno Sammartino for not wanting anything to do with the WWE / HOF or Vince??? I don't.
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Lets be honest here, VKM despite his monetary success in wrestling has constantly spit in its face....
from the invasion of territories during a time when promoters followed a "gentlemans agreement"
to the cartoonish shit of the 80's...
to forcing lame gimmicks on the vast majority of wrestlers who turned up in the WWF.....Terry Taylor being a prime example...
to breaking kayfabe with the "no more black and white, fans are too sophisticated" stuff...
to backtracking on the above statement and going to the PG/lame garbage he has going now...
to idiotic nods with the HOF and exclusions of others...
and there are many other things you guys can plug in. VKM is a very odd/messed-up man on many levels IMO.
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That is a very inspirational picture.
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(http://scumbagreport.com/scumbagspics/vince-mcmahon.jpg)
How can anyone hate on him?
He is directly responsible for taking wrestling to a point that I can't watch it anymore.... and how much money someone has doesn't impress me in the least....did when I was young, but not now...
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(http://scumbagreport.com/scumbagspics/vince-mcmahon.jpg)
Wrong "Rocker," Vince.
Now, pull your pants back up.
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(http://scumbagreport.com/scumbagspics/vince-mcmahon.jpg)
Wrong "Rocker," Vince.
Now, pull your pants back up.
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Oh, have you also heard "things?"
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Oh, have you also heard "things?"
I have :)
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