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WEDNESDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2009
You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake.
The standing still was flawless. The getting up took a team, a run-up and a noise you'd never made before.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
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