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Monday, February 18, 2008

United Kingdom-- The Next Siberia

It was THIS flippin' cold this morning....

Yes, these are frozen spider webs on our house.

And our cherry blossoms....

Posted by imbeingheldhostage at 10:07 AM 5 comments:

Labels: England, frost, man cold, spider webs, winter

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

The Man Cold

Posted by imbeingheldhostage at 4:58 AM 2 comments:

Labels: British humour, man cold, sick husbands

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