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Man Takes to Twitter to Blast Boxer — Boxer Drives 50 Miles to Pay Man a Little Visit

Mar. 13, 2013 11:42am Erica Ritz

Boxer Curtis Woodhouse Visits Twitter Trolls House After Barrage of Tweets

Curtis Woodhouse of Driffield in action at York Hall on October 23, 2010 in London, England. (Photo: Getty Images)

Just because you’re a step removed from the conversation on Twitter, that doesn’t necessarily mean your comments aren’t registering with the recipient. When that person is famous, it may be especially easy to imagine your comments get lost in the mix.

But British boxer Curtis Woodhouse has just set that record straight, driving more than fifty miles to make a personal visit to a persistent Twitter “troll” at his home.

“The master,” also known as @jimmyob88, apparently wrote a slew of tweets like this to the boxer:

@jimmyob88 appears to have deleted most of the incriminating tweets, but they still survive in screen shots. (Photo via the U.K. Guardian)

The U.K. Telegraph continues:

Woodhouse subsequently offered a bounty of £1,000 to anyone who could help him find the Sheffield-based culprit, who branded him a “complete disgrace” and a “laughable joke”.

Woodhouse initially replied with some trash-talk of his own before keeping his 18,000 Twitter followers updated during the day as he drove to South Yorkshire to “give him a right pasting”.

“Just on my way to Sheffield to have a little chat with an old friend, get the kettle on”, he wrote.

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In a classic case of backtracking, the no doubt terrified Jimmyob88 tried to make amends.

“I am sorry it’s getting a bit out of hand,” he tweeted. “I am in the wrong. I accept that.”

@Jimmyob88 has since deleted the incriminating tweets, and apparently never let the boxer in his home.

“I won’t be doing that again,” he assured the U.K. Mirror.

But even though he didn’t make personal contact with the antagonist, Woodhouse seems to still feel a measure of victory.

“Its shocking that people think they can just say anything they like, ive had people mock my dead dad, enoughs enough,” he wrote on Twitter.

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GuruMeditation
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:03am
Hahahaha. Everyone thinks they’re a bad@ss when they are behind a keyboard or the wheel of their car. Confront them live and in person and attitudes change quickly. Hahaha. I love it!

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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 12:05pm
  Sounds like a lot of the progressive trolls.
  
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- snufy
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:01am
  Ha! I love it. Little Jimmy wasn’t such a badass as he thought. He just needs to stay down in his mommie’s basement eating his Totinos. He almost got a mudhole stomped in his **** beside his crib.
  
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Eyeball
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:09am
To me it sounds like the boxer, a public figure, needs to get thicker skin. And he needs to be careful because his boxing skills cannot beat up a bullet.

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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:51am
  Hmmm… so if I wanted to kill someone, I could harass them, give them an address indirectly, let him come to my house let him step in *BLAM*…
  
  Gee officer, before I even knew who he was, he just burst through the door… I felt it was the kids and my wife after he went through me….so I defended them….
  
  HE went THERE… aggressor… end of story.
  
  In short, he’s a freaking idiot.
  
  It’s something we all say we want to do
  (Go to trolls house and kick his sorry ****)
  But in this day and age… no thanks.
  Ignore the troll, call him out, whatever… but then you move on….
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:52am
  Wait.. .this is in England? Oh… LOL
  
  I forgot, NO ONE has a gun in England…
  
  Just dodge those Louisville Sluggers!
  
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HiredMind Blog
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:40am
I never would have written what that Twitter Troll wrote, but I gotta tell ya: I would consider anyone who said he was coming to my house to give me “a right pasting” a threat. I would have called the police, but if he made it into my house before they got there, he would be carried out with several holes in his chest.

It’s one thing to say mean things about someone – it’s quite another to threaten them.

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yoshik
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:27pm
Who get’s to paste Obama, Biden and all the left wing twits for there incessant nonsense and out right lies??

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Secret Squirrel
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 8:49pm
Don’t bring boxing gloves to a gunfight.

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hi-polymer
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 7:12pm
It’s always a good idea to watch what you type. You never know how far someone is willing to travel to kick your arse.

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battles
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:42pm
Well Barb, I have had people mock my constitutional right to keep and bear arms also. So what goes around, comes around!

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- Toltepeceno
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:12pm
  Barb? Barbara Boxer? Did you read the story?
  
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- NONCENTS
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:15am
  Well, they are both Boxers…..now if only we could get some coverage of the Purina 5000 Cup around here!
  
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searcher619
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 4:05pm
The false sense of anonymity the internet gives people has empowered the cowards to be abusive and feel they do not have to deal with any consequences.

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- Kisses6350
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:39pm
  Very well stated!
  
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denkat56
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:56pm
Let the politicians come a-knocking.

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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:22am
  Remember, they can have armed guards… because “dey so impotent”!
  
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hauschild
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:45pm
Another idiot who wasn’t reared properly.

One of the first phrases I remember hearing as a youngster, “Sticks and stones …”.

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- searcher619
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 2:32pm
  Sorry but there some a time when a heckler needs to be answered. And that thing about words not hurting you…? Complete ********. We all have a limit on the kind of verbal abuse we will take before we decide to answer the words with a vigorous beating. You can say what you like but you had better be ready to deal with the consequences.
  
  As my late father used to say, “Don’t let your mouth write checks your ass can’t cash…”
  
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SamIamTwo
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:47pm
MRM Media Reactionary Madness rules the day…gone too far with it. JIMHO

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BubbaCoop
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:44pm
“Its shocking that people think they can just say anything they like”

There should definitely be laws against that.

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- dfissell
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:55pm
  just because you have the right to say something doesn’t mean you should say it that were self control comes in
  
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- Warphead
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:00pm
  No there should not be laws against it. We have too many laws. What needs to happen is that if someone feels big enough to commit slander against another man then he should be big enough to stand by that statement and the “law” look the other way. Honor still means something to some people. To dishonor someone is a very serious offense.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:31pm
  Control yourself. We do not need the government to control us.
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 2:34pm
  No his point was that it’s amazing that people feel they can say watcher they like and not have to deal with any repercussions. It’s like a child how keeps bothering a dog then is shocked when the dog finally has had enough and bites them.
  
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- michael48
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:51pm
  “there should be laws”…then hell every politician including oBlamo would be in prison…for life…
  
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SamIamTwo
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:41pm
I don’t tweet bro…no social madness in my house other than posting stuff under articles, debating with liberals.

Meet one today, a friendly one at that. The only thing we could agree on is how cool it is to have several monitors running and catching multi issues will responding to each other. LOL

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- OniKaze
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:46pm
  I agree with your perspective….
  
  I am not a “twit” person either…
  
  We should continue to keep to the higher ground…. The air is nicer up here…
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 2:43pm
  I never got the whole twitter thing but Trolls have been around since long before that. Back in the day they used to be called hecklers.
  
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piper60
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:38pm
People don’t realize, that you are not anonymous on the web. You can be traced. The government certainly knows this.

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- searcher619
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 3:13pm
  You really aren’t anonymous on the internet either. If someone wants to find you bad enough and has the resources to pay someone who knows how then you WILL be found. Computer networks by definition are NOT anonymous. The most you can do on a network is make it hard to track you down. You can never make it impossible. If data can make its way to you on a network then you can certainly be found by someone who knows how to look.
  
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Warphead
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:28pm
Do not bad mouth or threaten people over the net. What I have done with a few people that seem to go out of their way to slander, threaten, & harass me after simply speaking my opinion that differs from theirs is this. I start by asking them if they realize how many crazy, violent people there are in the world. I caution them against posting threatening things while thinking they are anonymous. I tell them that personally I don’t care what they say, someone else might feel differently. I ask if they realize just how easy it is for someone “with a little knowledge” to find out where they are. I say that someone can easily find out where or if they work, their family, where they shop and so and so on. Then I do a search and find them. I continue berating them on the content of their posts and why they feel they should threaten people. Then I hit them with the zinger. I again tell them how easy it is to find someone. I say “Take you for example. How is the weather in (I mention their town or city). I ask if they know about the specials they have going on at (I name the nearest grocery store). A quick peek at the town or city news on the web gives me more info. I ask them if they are keeping up with (I mention the local news story). The amount & detail depends on just how bad they are. My statement is that they have no idea who they are threatening, what they do or where they live. Of the few that I have “counseled” none has bothered me anymore, & hopefully no one else.

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- OniKaze
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:45pm
  Good man….
  
  Next time, you should also ask how their child is doing in school in _________’s Class….
  
  REALLY freak them out… If you REALLY want to scare someone, you don’t go after them, you go after who they care about….
  
  (obviously Don’t do anything to their families… That’s a no-no… But the thought that you might, or could, should scare the crap out of them…)
  
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- Warphead
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:16pm
  Yes that would be very frightening but I always leave out any mention of kids or family. As I stated, my reply is meant as a warning about others as opposed to being a threat from me. It is kind of like pulling them off to the side and giving them a little “family advice.” Personally I don’t care what they say but again, someone else may think differently. I offer the information I gained only as proof as to how easy it is for them to be found. As all the comments are within the one post the personal information discovered & listed appears to the reader as if it was attained in seconds when in actuality it may have taken 10 minutes or so. It is an illusion that disturbs the physcy but is quite effective. Hopefully the information I give them is a sort-of wake up to the potential danger they place themselves and others in by becoming belligerent over the Internet while thinking they are anonymous. If a situation developed in which the threat level from someone escalating to the point that action were necessary, then I would not continue to use verbal advisory tactics. I would simply, without saying anything, deal with it.
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 3:27pm
  I remember back in college I had a troll stalking me online. He refused to leave me alone so I hacked his ISP and set him bogus legal warning letters from various software developers letting him know they were aware of his pirating their software and they would be contacting him in person soon. I made them look legit by actually hacking into their mail servers and sending the emails from there so if he knew how to read mail header he’d see the mail actually did come from those companies. I let him sweat for a few days then sent him an email from his own account informing him those emails were bogus but if he continued to bother me they wouldn’t be next time.
  
  It doesn’t amaze me anymore to see idiots think they are untouchable simply because they are hiding behind a computer.
  
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DimmuBorgir
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:21pm
Seriously MIL

what a punk, he’s so insecure he has to threaten a non-boxer by showing up at his door.

If he would have shown up I would have shoved him off my porch and see how long it takes for him to take a swing at me. I don’t care if he knocks me out, i’ll be driving his car.

normally i’m not like that, but in this case it just seems like a pro boxers intimidating a fan is like a pro football player tackling a heckling fan cause he got his feelings hurt.

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- Warphead
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:55pm
  If a man is big enough to bad mouth another man then he should be big enough to stand by his statements. Civility is dying or nearly dead because so many can run off at the mouth and then hide behind the internet or the law. There was a time that a man thought long and hard before putting down another man. The biggest reason was that he may find that he has to defend himself as he has publicly dishonored another. The 2nd reason was that to dishonor another man was a very serious matter that required one to first look at themselves before defaming another man. Thinking of the first reason often allowed time to think of the 2nd. Now diarrhea of the mouth is common place as cowards with big mouths and tiny brains spew their insults from behind locked doors. To offer constructive criticism is one thing, to run off at the mouth and defame others for personal pleasure is the mark of a fool and a coward.
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 3:35pm
  He’s a punk for standing up for himself? Seriously? Eery her the phrase “Don’t let your mouth write checks your arse can’t cash?” I am 100% behind the boxer. People need to learn they can’t say vile and hurtful thing and expect NOT to be called out on it.
  
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- DimmuBorgir
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 4:42pm
  Yeah I agree that things have taken a turn for the worse with these anonymous trash talkers on line.
  
  I’m just saying this boxer should hold himself to a little higher of a standard since he is a public figure.
  
  He’s acting more like a thug who saw his graffiti tagged over.
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:29am
  He went to his house….
  
  If he killed him, guess who is to blame and who is the victim?
  
  Hint: The troller becomes the victim.
  
  It was a bad move.
  An emotional understand and a pipe dream we all have…
  But I dont want some athiest banging on my door because he/she doesnt like my opinion.
  
  What if I’m a cripple? I cant talk about my opinion now because I cant put my arse on the line for it?
  
  I’ll state what I believe, people have a choice:
  
  Take it, or leave it.
  
  Show up at my house in a car to kick my arse because I hurt your widdle feelwings?
  
  You’re going home in a hearse.
  
  Show up in person with the intent of being the aggressor and you warn me online that its what you are going to do? You lost the SECOND you pulled in.
  I’ll take my chances in court.
  
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No Quarter
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:19pm
The computer age. you see a lot of trolls running their mouth because they can remain anonymous. Yep these tough guys in the blogosphere are the pasty little nerds across from you at the gas station. It would probably be better to require names and addresses attached to user names. That would end a lot of the stupidity. The days of the handshake are gone, is anyone still trust-worthy? Not many I suspect.

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buckeye-jo
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:18pm
Nice reaction! Woodhouse just got one more fan from across the pond.

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- tightline
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:37pm
  Same here,just goes to show that you should never write a check that your a s s cant cash.
  
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LaughingAtU
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:16pm
This sounds like a set-up on either/or side. Nothing became of the situation so it was probably a made up event by twitter to “curb” negative comments.

On the other hand, if I had twitter this would compel me to start being a jerk and when the target offers a bounty for my location, I would give it to him and accept the bounty, then laugh at his/her face when they came to my door to a) pay me then b) run away after they realize I only have so much patience.

Like I said, a made up scenerio

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VetMike
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:07pm
Little coward probably peed his pants when he saw who it was.

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Stoic one
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:57am
I sincerely doubt the boxer was going to touch the TWITer person. He got what he wanted just by knocking on the door.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:12pm
  Screw that boxer goon. If he can’t take criticism from the public, when he is a public figure, get the hell out of the limelight. And, he knew better to attack another person, especially in England. You can’t even defend yourself against home invasion without prison time over there.
  
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- SamIamTwo
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:43pm
  His hands are considered legal weapons so yeah I doubt he would use them unless it was out of self defense.
  
  I’ve taken one on the chin by a pro and I can tell you how many stars it took to gather my thoughts. And it was a friendly hit. LOL Light hit.
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 4:01pm
  @Mil-Dot:
  
  “Screw that boxer goon. If he can’t take criticism from the public, when he is a public figure, get the hell out of the limelight. And, he knew better to attack another person, especially in England. You can’t even defend yourself against home invasion without prison time over there.”
  
  You are a fool. It’s one thing to be critical it’s quite another to be insulting. This person was being insulting not critical. Pull your arse out of your behind. Had this just been about some criticisms I doubt the boxer would have paid him a visit.
  
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SciPro
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:56am
Good for you Curtis Woodhouse .. There are lots of loose lips and loose pens out there, and the internet is full of them. Trolls we call them .. you know people who are stirring the pot, to raise bubbles of contention. To them everyone but them is an idiot, and it’s good to see someone ready to take them to task .. if only these trolls would put their brain into gear “before” their pen and lips, we would have a much more satisfying and peaceful life … just saying

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eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:54am
I was REALLY hoping that this article was about Barbara Boxer.

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- Bamagal0007
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:02pm
  LOL…I thought the same thing.
  
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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:09pm
  That’s why I clicked on it! I was hoping to see video of the “man” punching Barbara Boxer in the nose. Dang it, what a buzz-kill.
  
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- Shasta.Red.Banks
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:11pm
  They wouldn’t have referenced the senator without her title. After all, “she worked hard for that title”. Sorry blaze readers if you don’t get the reference.
  
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- Warphead
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:41pm
  Me too. I was disappointed, sort of. But hearing that some dork was called out for his mouth writing checks his ass (Blaze, I am referring to his mule) couldn’t cash made my day. As I have always said concerning freedom of speech, “You have the right to say whatever you want. To criticize any you feel like criticizing & the “Government” cannot stop you. But, you are still responsible for what you say and are subject to reprisal form everyone except the Government.” So, with that said I always close with the following example. ” If the whole town knows a particular woman to be a whore but you feel so inclined that you must tell the husband that his wife is a whore, be prepared to receive a black eye and busted lip.”
  
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Thehulk
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:51am
Awesome…. That’s the way to handle a bully

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- searcher619
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 4:03pm
  Not really a bully. The guy was a troll. Someone who likes to talk trash from relative safety.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:48am
Please Obama, knock on my door….PLEASE?

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- MN NICE
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:16pm
  That coward won’t even let us in our (White) house…
  
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- rosegrower
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:24pm
  Obama doesn’t have enough staffers to pay a visit to everyone who has written / tweeted / blogged antagonistic things about him. Watch for an IRS audit, however.
  
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- OniKaze
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:41pm
  Then (if he can still walk) send him MY way….
  
  I have a few…. umm.. Words.. I would like to share with him…
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:56pm
  Sorry OniKaze, I’m pretty sure I’d be dead or in jail by that point.
  
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