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Jan Drago Makes It Official on Facebook

News   May 24, 2009 at 9:01 pm Josh Feit

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  • Fashionista Troll

    Drago is basically Nickels 2.0. I hope they split each other’s votes. The only real difference is that I’ve never seen Nickels walk around town with a visible panty line.

  • Fashionista Troll

    Drago is basically Nickels 2.0. I hope they split each other’s votes. The only real difference is that I’ve never seen Nickels walk around town with a visible panty line.

  • Fashionista Troll

    Drago is basically Nickels 2.0. I hope they split each other’s votes. The only real difference is that I’ve never seen Nickels walk around town with a visible panty line.

  • Fashionista Troll

    Drago is basically Nickels 2.0. I hope they split each other’s votes. The only real difference is that I’ve never seen Nickels walk around town with a visible panty line.

  • Fashionista Troll

    Drago is basically Nickels 2.0. I hope they split each other’s votes. The only real difference is that I’ve never seen Nickels walk around town with a visible panty line.

  • DUN! DUN!

    jan drago = fred thompson. old, stale and late.

  • DUN! DUN!

    jan drago = fred thompson. old, stale and late.

  • DUN! DUN!

    jan drago = fred thompson. old, stale and late.

  • DUN! DUN!

    jan drago = fred thompson. old, stale and late.

  • DUN! DUN!

    jan drago = fred thompson. old, stale and late.

  • Kathryn

    UUGGHH Yuk Barf Ok I will stop now. Hope she enjoys all the luv of Facebook friends. Jan, just cuz it is Facebook it is not the same as the draft Peter movement.

    Speaking of which will Susanna actually DO anything for that other guy and will he actually ever SAY ANYTHING about ANY politics?

  • Kathryn

    UUGGHH Yuk Barf Ok I will stop now. Hope she enjoys all the luv of Facebook friends. Jan, just cuz it is Facebook it is not the same as the draft Peter movement.

    Speaking of which will Susanna actually DO anything for that other guy and will he actually ever SAY ANYTHING about ANY politics?

  • Kathryn

    UUGGHH Yuk Barf Ok I will stop now. Hope she enjoys all the luv of Facebook friends. Jan, just cuz it is Facebook it is not the same as the draft Peter movement.

    Speaking of which will Susanna actually DO anything for that other guy and will he actually ever SAY ANYTHING about ANY politics?

  • Kathryn

    UUGGHH Yuk Barf Ok I will stop now. Hope she enjoys all the luv of Facebook friends. Jan, just cuz it is Facebook it is not the same as the draft Peter movement.

    Speaking of which will Susanna actually DO anything for that other guy and will he actually ever SAY ANYTHING about ANY politics?

  • Trevor

    Fuckin’ facebook. The mainstream media gets no love anymore.

  • Trevor

    Fuckin’ facebook. The mainstream media gets no love anymore.

  • Trevor

    Fuckin’ facebook. The mainstream media gets no love anymore.

  • Trevor

    Fuckin’ facebook. The mainstream media gets no love anymore.

  • Trevor

    Fuckin’ facebook. The mainstream media gets no love anymore.

  • http://deadcatsbounce.blogspot.com/ Gomez

    Yeah, Jan, I’ll get right on that.

    Still, she might warrant a look over the Five Cent Piece, who has committed some serious faux paus over the last couple years.

  • http://deadcatsbounce.blogspot.com/ Gomez

    Yeah, Jan, I’ll get right on that.

    Still, she might warrant a look over the Five Cent Piece, who has committed some serious faux paus over the last couple years.

  • http://deadcatsbounce.blogspot.com/ Gomez

    Yeah, Jan, I’ll get right on that.

    Still, she might warrant a look over the Five Cent Piece, who has committed some serious faux paus over the last couple years.

  • http://deadcatsbounce.blogspot.com/ Gomez

    Yeah, Jan, I’ll get right on that.

    Still, she might warrant a look over the Five Cent Piece, who has committed some serious faux paus over the last couple years.

  • http://deadcatsbounce.blogspot.com Gomez

    Yeah, Jan, I’ll get right on that.

    Still, she might warrant a look over the Five Cent Piece, who has committed some serious faux paus over the last couple years.

  • Ian

    @ “visible panty line” comment

    OMG. What if children read this? Who is going to pay for the trauma therapy? Thank God it’s considerably after my lunch break.

  • Ian

    @ “visible panty line” comment

    OMG. What if children read this? Who is going to pay for the trauma therapy? Thank God it’s considerably after my lunch break.

  • Ian

    @ “visible panty line” comment

    OMG. What if children read this? Who is going to pay for the trauma therapy? Thank God it’s considerably after my lunch break.

  • Ian

    @ “visible panty line” comment

    OMG. What if children read this? Who is going to pay for the trauma therapy? Thank God it’s considerably after my lunch break.

  • Ian

    @ “visible panty line” comment

    OMG. What if children read this? Who is going to pay for the trauma therapy? Thank God it’s considerably after my lunch break.