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The story of Mariah

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A long long time ago in a land far far away a stock yet stunningly beautiful r34 4 door rolled of the production line. Her silver paint gleaming in the sun, her alloys gleaming and her engine purring promiscuously. Eventually she boarded a boat and was shipped to Sydney where i first laid eyes on her.

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Purchased as what would probably become a family car, the plans for her where not too large. Yet like any pretty girl she needed her accessories. First on the shopping list of course was a pair of new shoes.

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Although happy with her new shoes she felt she was showing a bit too much leg so that problem was solved.

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Happy with her new look she kept it for a while untill one warm summers day. While out and about she caught her reflection in a shop window, to her horror she realised just how ugly her nose really was. That was it something had to be done, and the boys from Tom's Rhinoplasty were called in to fit her with a nose she could truely be proud of.

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with her new nose in place she was once again happy. Unfortunatly through a cruel twist of fate her owner becasme single, so Mariah decided it was time tho throw away her original family aspirations and step things up a notch. She was now ready to hit the town, but alas she had nothing to wear! So it was decided there and then some new skirts were needed

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Having always been a big fan of Nelly Mariah couldn't reisit taking his new song Grillz literaly and decided to bling up her mouth. Unfortunatly she also started to become a little depressed and turned a little bit Emo, thus changing her silver make up for the more appropriate black.

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With her life still feeling empty it was time for this girl to learn how to play an instrument. She had always been a fan of the flute, so she put much time and effort into learning this new skill. Eventually she became quite a tallented player, even managing to play two at once

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And that is the Mariah's story so far.

To be continued...

*Yes i know the post probably sounds very strange and slightly homosexual, but i didn't just want to say 'oi look at my car uleh'*

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mxtcy memeber the night u rolled with me to an Asian club lol ohh and MADGT4 was their too!

All the lovely asian women for you :);) ey

MADGT4 was shitting his pants lol hahaha! memeber! got scared of asians.... i rekon there was about 5 caucasion ppl in the whole club lol!

hahah MADGT4 was like 2 heads taller then everyone.... when he walked in after 2 hours lining up (while me n u were partying in da club) the music stop n everyone was like whos that white boy.... hahaha JOKES JOKES

But yeh he was scared.... nah awkard

But ey sall Goods :)

take it easy romeo

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