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yardwork

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38. Almost makes me wonder...

Reply to moondust (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 11:06 AM

12 hrs ago

I wonder what motive a Saudi Arabian physician had to do this?

Edited to add that a post downthread explains it.

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Almost makes me wonder... yardwork 12 hrs ago #38

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A doctor. moondust Friday #13

Yeah, worked nearby at a hospital. Mosby Friday #15

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You would think. nt Mosby Friday #21

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Info about the perp Mosby Friday #24

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He decided that the West is the successor of the Greek state, and so he reckons the German state muriel_volestrangler 12 hrs ago #40

Serious mental health issues there. yardwork 12 hrs ago #39

Or maybe drug induced paranoid schizophrenia Mosby 12 hrs ago #41

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