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Eragarev (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Wonderful phallic technology! :D
poojoojoo (1 week ago) Show Hide
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haha
Stevesvideoblog (2 months ago) Show Hide
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You wouldn't be able to get the women out of the water ! Even some guys for that matter .
seanbrockest (2 months ago) Show Hide
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I hope i'm proven wrong, but i doubt this technology will ever be launched large scale.
flapyfly (2 months ago) Show Hide
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you know they say that this chics voice is a voice from a man who fucked up hm in a crazy scientist wayyyyyyy
prcrashjr (2 months ago) Show Hide
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u Liar. In the future the snakes will take a mind of their own and start strangling everyone that goes to the water... Ur one of them arent u!?!?!?
lol
We should start looking for diferent ways of doing stuff. How do u think the aliens got all that cool tech??
it sure wasnt using electricity (i think)
hetepatat (3 months ago) Show Hide
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The problem with using the sea is maintainance. Seaweed will cling to the tubes and alter the flexibility, eventually creating a wave that is no longer synchrone with the sea. Salty water is also corosive.
ethix123 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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BOOM CUMSHOT!
JonB83 (4 months ago) Show Hide
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as she says, " in the wwuuhhh-taaarr"
aluall2 (5 months ago) Show Hide
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PENIS

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