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im a Financial banking and finance Ombudsman/Case Manager by day, and a Sound Engineer with JAM Audio by night.

Good work. Sounds like your going places brah

Way to go Smiths, steal my idea for Vegemite flavoured chips from your fuckin flavour competition a year ago...shit didn't even make the "wall of fame" at the time and now they release it...

My friend claims the same shit happened to him. I think his was 'Chorizo and Caramelised Onion Chips'. Who needs an R&D department when you got the public lol

How do people wake up at 6 in the morning. arghh. i feel liek a zombie.

I do that shit everyday mang

No better way to start the day than with the biggest bruise on ya leg

Some prick stood on my foot last night at futsal, bruising up nicely now :( probs mad that I bagged a hat trick

Toyo Proxes R1R just arrived 245/40/17... Probably should have gone 255 oh well

YAY!

How many sets of rims have you got :mellow:

I wouldnt say going places.. Im only 21 so Im gonna get bored of it soon.

What do you do?

Business Services/Tax Manager

Need morning lulz :/

I think Barbs is back from holiday tomorrow. He may bring back lulz

The laser's not funny. I'm funny.

My friend claims the same shit happened to him. I think his was 'Chorizo and Caramelised Onion Chips'. Who needs an R&D department when you got the public lol

Wouldn't surprise me man. The whole competition exists only to feed them ideas for future flavours...they would count the most popular suggestions and release that rather than the most interesting or original ones. No recourse for anyone who had the idea lol. I thought they'd knock back my suggestion because it was an inter-brand combination, i.e. Smiths and Kraft...but they did it...

Anyone know how long it takes to get a tyre repaired/patched? Found a nail in one of my tyres yesterday :(

My friend did mine on the weekend. Took only about 10-15mins but my tyre was being a bitch to come off.

dress up as the queen and run through the city.

you get your lulz. you win

you get beaten up. we win

its a win/win situation

Would ditch the class for this.

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