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why aren’t there any diving GIFs on the Internet other than Jason Statham faceplanting the pool in 1990

05/08/2014

Lesson of the Week: Commonwealth Games Diving GIFs Don’t Exist.

I’m kind of bummed out that no one’s really picked up on the irony of the WWI commemorations being immediately followed on news bulletins by info on the Gaza war… I’m also fed up with being bummed out so I’ve been watching Frank’s new video for intestine-filled kicks. Is it also ironic that Frank’s a… Continue reading

August 2014, Frnkiero, Internet, Sport, Videos

‘Weighted’, flash fiction, Frnkiero and the Cellebration, Gaza, Indifferent Ignorance, intestines, Jay, Tom Daley drove me mad, why aren’t there any diving GIFs on the Internet other than Jason Statham faceplanting the pool in 1990, WWI, YouTube

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why aren’t there any diving GIFs on the Internet other than Jason Statham faceplanting the pool in 1990

Lesson of the Week: Commonwealth Games Diving GIFs Don’t Exist.