When someone becomes neurotic about pens and paper clips, it's a sure sign they're cracking up.
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Clips
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All lost umbrellas turn into paper clips, as anyone can prove when finding these.
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"You are twenty-one already, and still you are enjoying reversed clips!" "I just..." "Styopa, I didn't mean you!"
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Tom sometimes makes amateur porn clips.
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