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MAGA2020
08/07/18 12:11:05 AM
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Zikten
08/07/18 12:15:05 AM
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Banged up Abroad sounds like a porno
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Golden_Key33
08/07/18 12:16:08 AM
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I loved that show years ago, but that premise did sum up like 90% of all episodes.
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MAGA2020
08/07/18 12:22:38 AM
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Zikten posted...
Banged up Abroad sounds like a porno


That's Banged A Broad.
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nicklebro
08/07/18 12:26:05 AM
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I love that show. The crazy part is that it makes me want to try being a smuggler, even though they never get away with lmao. Some people I feel super bad for, some people are incredibly stupid and deserve their sentences. The people that are actually innocent and bust out are cool stories, but the guilty people that bust out are even better.
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southcoast09
08/07/18 12:29:05 AM
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Did yall see the one where the idiot from Dude Wheres My Car got tricked into going over to a hostile middle eastern nation?

I need you to bring these tuxedos. Its perfectly legal, but we are just avoiding import tax.
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MAGA2020
08/07/18 12:33:44 AM
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southcoast09 posted...
Did yall see the one where the idiot from Dude Wheres My Car got tricked into going over to a hostile middle eastern nation?

I need you to bring these tuxedos. Its perfectly legal, but we are just avoiding import tax.


I haven't seen that one yet, but I haven't watched much of the Middle East ones (except for the Midnight Express episode). I watched one recently where some dumbass, adopted Colombian-American kid decides to travel to the forbidden zone in Colombia in search of FARC (far left guerillas) or something.
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MAGA2020
08/07/18 12:40:28 AM
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I also like the one where about 2/3rds through the episode they pan out and reveal that the girl and guy are still sitting in jail down in like Mexico, IIRC.
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BaiusGaltar
08/07/18 12:41:03 AM
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southcoast09 posted...
Did yall see the one where the idiot from Dude Wheres My Car got tricked into going over to a hostile middle eastern nation?

I need you to bring these tuxedos. Its perfectly legal, but we are just avoiding import tax.

I vaguely remember it. Didn't he beat the fuck out of some people?
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nicklebro
08/07/18 12:44:18 AM
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MAGA2020 posted...
I also like the one where about 2/3rds through the episode they pan out and reveal that the girl and guy are still sitting in jail down in like Mexico, IIRC.


omg so heartbreaking, I show people that episode cuz its so fucked. They were the ones who thought they were transporting weed and got caught with coke instead, so fucked.
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Hummer 2
08/07/18 12:53:58 AM
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BaiusGaltar posted...
southcoast09 posted...
Did yall see the one where the idiot from Dude Wheres My Car got tricked into going over to a hostile middle eastern nation?

I need you to bring these tuxedos. Its perfectly legal, but we are just avoiding import tax.

I vaguely remember it. Didn't he beat the fuck out of some people?


That episode is such bs. Some army bro who takes out an entire pakistani terrorist prison by himself. Yeah right dawg.
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MAGA2020
08/07/18 12:55:50 AM
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nicklebro posted...
MAGA2020 posted...
I also like the one where about 2/3rds through the episode they pan out and reveal that the girl and guy are still sitting in jail down in like Mexico, IIRC.


omg so heartbreaking, I show people that episode cuz its so fucked. They were the ones who thought they were transporting weed and got caught with coke instead, so fucked.


Yeah, but their story seemed a bit sketchy. Who the hell smuggles weed into California? lol.
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glitteringfairy
08/07/18 12:56:46 AM
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nicklebro posted...
MAGA2020 posted...
I also like the one where about 2/3rds through the episode they pan out and reveal that the girl and guy are still sitting in jail down in like Mexico, IIRC.


omg so heartbreaking, I show people that episode cuz its so fucked. They were the ones who thought they were transporting weed and got caught with coke instead, so fucked.

Dude, they agreed traffic narcotics either way. I have nothing against weed and wish it were legal but you can't feel bad for someone that knowingly agreed to smuggle drugs, no matter what it is
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MAGA2020
08/07/18 12:58:38 AM
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glitteringfairy posted...
nicklebro posted...
MAGA2020 posted...
I also like the one where about 2/3rds through the episode they pan out and reveal that the girl and guy are still sitting in jail down in like Mexico, IIRC.


omg so heartbreaking, I show people that episode cuz its so fucked. They were the ones who thought they were transporting weed and got caught with coke instead, so fucked.

Dude, they agreed traffic narcotics either way. I have nothing against weed and wish it were legal but you can't feel bad for someone that knowingly agreed to smuggle drugs, no matter what it is


The ones I don't get are the ones that are "forced" into doing it. As soon as I got to customs, I'd tell the customs guy that I was being forced into this. Better to be the one to show them where the drugs are than to get caught trying to smuggle them through.
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nicklebro
08/07/18 1:04:24 AM
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MAGA2020 posted...
nicklebro posted...
MAGA2020 posted...
I also like the one where about 2/3rds through the episode they pan out and reveal that the girl and guy are still sitting in jail down in like Mexico, IIRC.


omg so heartbreaking, I show people that episode cuz its so fucked. They were the ones who thought they were transporting weed and got caught with coke instead, so fucked.


Yeah, but their story seemed a bit sketchy. Who the hell smuggles weed into California? lol.

Why lie tho?

glitteringfairy posted...
Dude, they agreed traffic narcotics either way. I have nothing against weed and wish it were legal but you can't feel bad for someone that knowingly agreed to smuggle drugs, no matter what it is

I can't? Are you sure? Cuz I do, so I guess that'd make you wrong.
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MAGA2020
08/07/18 1:09:17 AM
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nicklebro posted...
MAGA2020 posted...
nicklebro posted...
MAGA2020 posted...
I also like the one where about 2/3rds through the episode they pan out and reveal that the girl and guy are still sitting in jail down in like Mexico, IIRC.


omg so heartbreaking, I show people that episode cuz its so fucked. They were the ones who thought they were transporting weed and got caught with coke instead, so fucked.


Yeah, but their story seemed a bit sketchy. Who the hell smuggles weed into California? lol.

Why lie tho?


I'm not saying they did or didn't, but it's possible they were just trying to get international sympathy to put pressure on the Mexican government or something. /shrug
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nicklebro
08/07/18 1:11:29 AM
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MAGA2020 posted...
I'm not saying they did or didn't, but it's possible they were just trying to get international sympathy to put pressure on the Mexican government or something. /shrug

Doubtful. I bet they were lied to and bought it. And if you watch that show, a few people are caught smuggling weed. It isn't that rare. Of course they were stupid for not questioning if it was really weed, but they didn't come off as the brightest people in the world lol.
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southcoast09
08/07/18 1:12:17 AM
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MAGA2020 posted...
southcoast09 posted...
Did yall see the one where the idiot from Dude Wheres My Car got tricked into going over to a hostile middle eastern nation?

I need you to bring these tuxedos. Its perfectly legal, but we are just avoiding import tax.


I haven't seen that one yet, but I haven't watched much of the Middle East ones (except for the Midnight Express episode). I watched one recently where some dumbass, adopted Colombian-American kid decides to travel to the forbidden zone in Colombia in search of FARC (far left guerillas) or something.

That FARC group actually makes multiple appearances in that show.
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glitteringfairy
08/07/18 1:12:31 AM
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nicklebro posted...
MAGA2020 posted...
nicklebro posted...
MAGA2020 posted...
I also like the one where about 2/3rds through the episode they pan out and reveal that the girl and guy are still sitting in jail down in like Mexico, IIRC.


omg so heartbreaking, I show people that episode cuz its so fucked. They were the ones who thought they were transporting weed and got caught with coke instead, so fucked.


Yeah, but their story seemed a bit sketchy. Who the hell smuggles weed into California? lol.

Why lie tho?

glitteringfairy posted...
Dude, they agreed traffic narcotics either way. I have nothing against weed and wish it were legal but you can't feel bad for someone that knowingly agreed to smuggle drugs, no matter what it is

I can't? Are you sure? Cuz I do, so I guess that'd make you wrong.

Yea but you're a well established crazy person so you're the outlier
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MAGA2020
08/07/18 1:12:43 AM
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nicklebro posted...
MAGA2020 posted...
I'm not saying they did or didn't, but it's possible they were just trying to get international sympathy to put pressure on the Mexican government or something. /shrug

Doubtful. I bet they were lied to and bought it. And if you watch that show, a few people are caught smuggling weed. It isn't that rare. Of course they were stupid for not questioning if it was really weed, but they didn't come off as the brightest people in the world lol.


It just seems dumb on the part of the cartels to smuggle weed into California. Even back before medical marijuana, there were tons of growers in California already.
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southcoast09
08/07/18 1:14:36 AM
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BaiusGaltar posted...
southcoast09 posted...
Did yall see the one where the idiot from Dude Wheres My Car got tricked into going over to a hostile middle eastern nation?

I need you to bring these tuxedos. Its perfectly legal, but we are just avoiding import tax.

I vaguely remember it. Didn't he beat the fuck out of some people?

He claimed that he basically fought throughout the entire episode. I think he even claimed to have thrown somebody off some stairs. Then he claimed to beat up a notoriously sadistic guard.

I didnt buy his story. Im sure he fought once or twice, but the most disturbing part of the episode was a medical complication that arose.
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nicklebro
08/07/18 1:17:33 AM
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glitteringfairy posted...
Yea but you're a well established crazy person so you're the outlier

But you said that I couldn't, and I did, so you're wrong. Thanks for trying tho, maybe next time.

MAGA2020 posted...
It just seems dumb on the part of the cartels to smuggle weed into California. Even back before medical marijuana, there were tons of growers in California already.

I mean they still do it... So obviously they did it back then too. But yeah they were stupid for not questioning it especially when they had the packages and they didn't look like they were made of weed at all.
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nicklebro
08/07/18 1:18:44 AM
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southcoast09 posted...
BaiusGaltar posted...
southcoast09 posted...
Did yall see the one where the idiot from Dude Wheres My Car got tricked into going over to a hostile middle eastern nation?

I need you to bring these tuxedos. Its perfectly legal, but we are just avoiding import tax.

I vaguely remember it. Didn't he beat the fuck out of some people?

He claimed that he basically fought throughout the entire episode. I think he even claimed to have thrown somebody off some stairs. Then he claimed to beat up a notoriously sadistic guard.

I didnt buy his story. Im sure he fought once or twice, but the most disturbing part of the episode was a medical complication that arose.

I didn't see the episode, which is nuts cuz I thought I'd seen them all, can you give me a run down? Ill be your best friend/invite you to my birthday.
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glitteringfairy
08/07/18 1:23:03 AM
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nicklebro posted...
glitteringfairy posted...
Yea but you're a well established crazy person so you're the outlier

But you said that I couldn't, and I did, so you're wrong. Thanks for trying tho, maybe next time.

MAGA2020 posted...
It just seems dumb on the part of the cartels to smuggle weed into California. Even back before medical marijuana, there were tons of growers in California already.

I mean they still do it... So obviously they did it back then too. But yeah they were stupid for not questioning it especially when they had the packages and they didn't look like they were made of weed at all.

I suppose you are right on that
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nicklebro
08/07/18 1:27:34 AM
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glitteringfairy posted...
I suppose you are right on that

Yeah. But really man, you don't feel bad at all for them? Sure they got caught fair and square, but they kinda got sucked into it, and of course lied to, and have to spend their sentence in a 3rd world hell hole. All for what they believed was weed. I mean call it a narcotic all you want, its a harmless plant, cmon now.
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southcoast09
08/07/18 1:27:47 AM
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Okay, heres an article about the episode:

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20120425/ENTERTAIN12/204250454


Is tonights celebrity edition of Locked Up Abroad (10 p.m. on National Geographic) a cautionary tale? Or a comedy? Its hard to turn a series all but based on Midnight Express into a sitcom. But its not impossible.

Is tonights celebrity edition of Locked Up Abroad (10 p.m. on National Geographic) a cautionary tale? Or a comedy? Its hard to turn a series all but based on Midnight Express into a sitcom. But its not impossible.

Tonights tale is narrated and re-enacted by its subject, actor Erik Aude, best known for his supporting role in Dude, Wheres My Car?

This Locked Up arrives at a grim Pakistani prison, where Aude is beaten and brutalized. His path to prison is like something out of a stoner comedy called Dude, Wheres My Common Sense?

According to Aude, he was on the brink of post-Dude stardom when an acquaintance asked him to fly to Pakistan on his behalf and bring back some leather goods. Sure, dude, why not? What could go wrong?

Audes gullibility would be off the charts at any given time, but his friend asked him to fly to Pakistan in the teeth of post-9/11 tensions. American forces had just invaded Afghanistan, and extremists had recently executed journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan. Any tourist with half a brain would avoid the region. But Aude didnt seem to have that problem.

Armed with a blind ignorance and gung-ho spirit befitting a slapstick comedy fall guy, Aude also goes jogging in the heart of a Pakistani city teeming with anti-American hatred. And then he proceeds to hit on veiled women, because, he explains, he could still see their eyes. And they were hot!

After this absurd setup, the rest of Locked Up is a bit of an anticlimax. After police inform Aude that he is carrying opium and not leather goods, we settle down to the usual grim tale of arrest, incarceration, torture and painful extraction that allows him to live to relate his incredible and completely avoidable tale of misfortune.

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nicklebro
08/07/18 1:33:07 AM
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southcoast09 posted...
Okay, heres an article about the episode:

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glitteringfairy
08/07/18 1:42:07 AM
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nicklebro posted...
glitteringfairy posted...
I suppose you are right on that

Yeah. But really man, you don't feel bad at all for them? Sure they got caught fair and square, but they kinda got sucked into it, and of course lied to, and have to spend their sentence in a 3rd world hell hole. All for what they believed was weed. I mean call it a narcotic all you want, its a harmless plant, cmon now.

I support Marijuana legalization and I've enjoyed it many times. The situation certainly sucks and being lied to and betrayed on that kinda level has got to be an awful feeling, however, at the end of the day they still agreed to smuggle an illegal substance and assumed the risk.

I feel way more bad for the people who forced to do it and still had to do the time, I remember a couple of episodes like that
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nicklebro
08/07/18 1:44:19 AM
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glitteringfairy posted...

I support Marijuana legalization and I've enjoyed it many times. The situation certainly sucks and being lied to and betrayed on that kinda level has got to be an awful feeling, however, at the end of the day they still agreed to smuggle an illegal substance and assumed the risk.

I feel way more bad for the people who forced to do it and still had to do the time, I remember a couple of episodes like that

I feel bad for those people too, but that doesn't mean you can't feel bad for these people. Like I said, they got sucked into it, were lied to, and have to do their time in a 3rd world hell hole. Simply saying they assumed the risk doesn't mean you can't have sympathy for them.
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MAGA2020
08/07/18 3:14:11 AM
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southcoast09 posted...
Okay, heres an article about the episode:

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20120425/ENTERTAIN12/204250454


Is tonights celebrity edition of Locked Up Abroad (10 p.m. on National Geographic) a cautionary tale? Or a comedy? Its hard to turn a series all but based on Midnight Express into a sitcom. But its not impossible.

Is tonights celebrity edition of Locked Up Abroad (10 p.m. on National Geographic) a cautionary tale? Or a comedy? Its hard to turn a series all but based on Midnight Express into a sitcom. But its not impossible.

Tonights tale is narrated and re-enacted by its subject, actor Erik Aude, best known for his supporting role in Dude, Wheres My Car?

This Locked Up arrives at a grim Pakistani prison, where Aude is beaten and brutalized. His path to prison is like something out of a stoner comedy called Dude, Wheres My Common Sense?

According to Aude, he was on the brink of post-Dude stardom when an acquaintance asked him to fly to Pakistan on his behalf and bring back some leather goods. Sure, dude, why not? What could go wrong?

Audes gullibility would be off the charts at any given time, but his friend asked him to fly to Pakistan in the teeth of post-9/11 tensions. American forces had just invaded Afghanistan, and extremists had recently executed journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan. Any tourist with half a brain would avoid the region. But Aude didnt seem to have that problem.

Armed with a blind ignorance and gung-ho spirit befitting a slapstick comedy fall guy, Aude also goes jogging in the heart of a Pakistani city teeming with anti-American hatred. And then he proceeds to hit on veiled women, because, he explains, he could still see their eyes. And they were hot!

After this absurd setup, the rest of Locked Up is a bit of an anticlimax. After police inform Aude that he is carrying opium and not leather goods, we settle down to the usual grim tale of arrest, incarceration, torture and painful extraction that allows him to live to relate his incredible and completely avoidable tale of misfortune.


Huh, I haven't watched that one yet. I just finished the season premiere of Better Call Saul, so I may check this out next.
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MAGA2020
08/07/18 8:02:24 PM
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Taking a break to watch I Almost Got Away With It. I'm watching the robber/car salesman episode.
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nicklebro
08/07/18 8:47:32 PM
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MAGA2020 posted...
Taking a break to watch I Almost Got Away With It. I'm watching the robber/car salesman episode.

Ooh another show I like. Then there's one called Mastermind or something similar, usually about bank robberies. I love the one about the guy who dressed as a landscaper and got away by floating down the river, and was only caught cuz a crazy homeless dude had written down his license plate like weeks earlier.
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SpreadManning
08/07/18 8:51:02 PM
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Dude I love those shows. Locked up abroad, I almost got away with it, and Breakout (the Texas Seven episode in particular) are all fun to watch if nothing else is on.
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MAGA2020
08/07/18 10:35:57 PM
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nicklebro posted...
MAGA2020 posted...
Taking a break to watch I Almost Got Away With It. I'm watching the robber/car salesman episode.

Ooh another show I like. Then there's one called Mastermind or something similar, usually about bank robberies. I love the one about the guy who dressed as a landscaper and got away by floating down the river, and was only caught cuz a crazy homeless dude had written down his license plate like weeks earlier.


Cool, I'll have to check it out.

SpreadManning posted...
Dude I love those shows. Locked up abroad, I almost got away with it, and Breakout (the Texas Seven episode in particular) are all fun to watch if nothing else is on.


Yeah, they're pretty fun. I'm watching the one about the largest jailbreak in Mexican history now.
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nicklebro
08/07/18 10:40:36 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibKZq9cB2hUa

That's it, Anthony Curcio. That's not the show I was talking about, but it is the guy. Dude, if you have a half an hour I strongly recommend watching that video, its so goddamn good. Its a heist straight out of a TV show. Didn't need a gun or to put anyone in danger, other than pepper spraying the guy who has the money.
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MAGA2020
08/08/18 10:58:05 AM
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