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This might have been funny if he weren’t wasting the time of the car(s) behind him. Pranks with collateral damage to innocent bystanders make me uncomfortable.
Andy Milonakis
who?
That kid has always creeped me out. Not funny and disturbed in a mentally deficient sort of way.
At least it was short. Good message but it could have been funnier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Gm9VSgAeE
Enjoy this.
That was the longest minute of my life!
Yeah, not feeling it.