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Hypo: $1M for nothing OR $1M for every mile you swim across the English channel
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Date: July 24th, 2026 12:45 PM Author: Obsidian Site Two choices:
(1) Get $1M right now for doing nothing.
(2) Get $1M for every mile you swim across the English Channel. You need to start within 48 hours. The swim must be consecutive. The final measure will be the furthest point you were from the coast of England or France (whichever you started from). You can't have any support on the swim. You can tow behind you anything you want for safety or for the journey back (or onward across the Channel) after you're done swimming, but it can't help you on the swim. E.g., you can pull a rowboat with you for use after you're done.
Also: You 2x your money if you successfully make it across the English Channel with no support.
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Date: July 24th, 2026 12:45 PM Author: razzle angry roast beef Im gay (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50021723) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 2:05 PM Author: Obsidian Site So are you in? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50021871) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 8:47 PM Author: razzle angry roast beef 100% to either option my guy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022575) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 2:08 PM Author: boyish library trump supporter so my options or $1M or $1M but I drown
I'll have to mull it over |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 3:03 PM Author: Obsidian Site Do you think you can make it a full mile before you drown? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50021997) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 3:12 PM Author: boyish library trump supporter right, my initial thought was like "oh I've done a mile swim it's nbd" but that ofc wasn't in the English channel.
however I'm still going to say yes on the gattaca theory - in this hypo you don't have to save anything for the swim back |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 3:29 PM Author: Obsidian Site Explain. Unless you make it all the way across, you need something left in the tank to get back to land, though you can get into the boat you've been pulling with you, if you were inclined to do so. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022064) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 3:28 PM Author: 180 High-end Den $1 million now. That water is cold as fuck, and what, I'm going to get at most an extra million? Not enough to be worth the effort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022060) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 3:33 PM Author: Obsidian Site The water off Dover is a comfy 68 degrees right now. Same as it is in the Hamptons. Once you get used to it, it would feel fine. And you can bring a wet suit if you want.
With no clock and a boat you can pull behind youreslf to get back, you should be able to earn way more than $1M extra. |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 4:30 PM Author: 180 High-end Den Motherfucker, how many miles do you think I'm swimming and in what kind of water?
I'm ready for my million dollars |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 3:32 PM Author: razzmatazz station only mile swims i've done were in a nice lap pool with flippers on. also i was a teenager. not happening today
take the 1M and no swimming. |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 3:34 PM Author: Obsidian Site Why? There's no time pressure. Swim for a while, take a break floating on your back, back to swimming... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022082) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 3:36 PM Author: razzmatazz station it's not a pool. floating on your back in the middle of the english channel with waves and currents pulling you this way and that would be brutal and dangerous. i'd have to tread water and there's no way i'm doing that for long enough to rest. i'd definitely drown (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022087) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 3:40 PM Author: Obsidian Site Drowning risk is pretty low. Tow a life boat behind you for when you're ready to give up.
And the waves are pretty small when the weather is good. It's not the open ocean. |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 4:43 PM Author: Hairraiser crystalline indian lodge black woman lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022217) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 4:48 PM Author: Obsidian Site Just in case you don't make it all the way across. Once you get to mile 10, you might as well keep going all the way. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022228) |
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Date: July 25th, 2026 9:42 AM Author: Hairraiser crystalline indian lodge black woman Might as well (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50023257) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 2:18 AM Author: Blue candlestick maker lettuce Simple as (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50028900) |
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Date: July 25th, 2026 8:39 AM Author: adventurous nubile knife lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50023210) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 3:37 PM Author: galvanic dragon headpube do i get a wetsuit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022091) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 3:41 PM Author: Obsidian Site Regular, reasonable wetsuit: Yes.
A wetsuit with flippers built in or something like that: No.
Are you in? |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 4:18 PM Author: galvanic dragon headpube I’d do it with a life vest or some float device only this hypo is insane (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022170) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 4:27 PM Author: Obsidian Site You can pull a life vest with you, but once you use it, the hypo is over.
And the hypo isn't that insane. A short, 3 mile swim in fairly calm water isn't that big a deal. Several poa in this very thread have talked about mile-plus swims they've done. |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 3:41 PM Author: floppy brunch toilet seat your hypos are bona fide retarded man. take a million or swim a mile tugging a boat to get the same money (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022101) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 4:14 PM Author: Obsidian Site Explain. I would swim several miles and make several million. And you don't need to tug a boat if you think you can make it back to land without it. Or if you don't care to make it back to land. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022163) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 4:20 PM Author: floppy brunch toilet seat explain how many miles you are going to swim befrpe you realize you need to turn around.
who is tugging a boat while swimming miles? wtf kind of hypo is this |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 4:28 PM Author: Obsidian Site I'll see how I feel after 3 miles. Probably go for 5+ total. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022189) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 4:30 PM Author: floppy brunch toilet seat so 10 if you want to live (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022193) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 4:38 PM Author: Obsidian Site No need to double the mileage. I'll swim out 5 miles (or more), then hop in the dinghy I pulled behind me to head back to land and hit the pub for a nice bitter. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022211) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 9:56 PM Author: mint senate partner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022810) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 3:43 PM Author: useless cruise ship old irish cottage $42m (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022108) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 4:41 PM Author: Hairraiser crystalline indian lodge black woman $1 million now. If a pool the length of the English Channel I’d do the pool and target $5 million. Open water swimming is not for the feint of heart.
Edit: LOL at no support. |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 10:24 PM Author: scarlet passionate azn orchestra pit towing a lifevest I'm very confident I could do at least two miles and make it back, worst case scenario I still get the million but had to work for it so I'm in, this is assuming that your 48 hour window is based on not being able to prepare not having to go out in a legit storm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022833) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 10:34 PM Author: Obsidian Site 180
2 miles is nbd. People are blowing this way out of proportion. It's easy money. |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 10:26 PM Author: dashing friendly grandma ladyboy I am unable to float, so I will drown within 1 mile. Give me the channel. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022835) |
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Date: July 24th, 2026 10:29 PM Author: deep copper factory reset button lol give me the $1M (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022839) |
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Date: July 25th, 2026 12:16 AM Author: claret locus persian Sweet I’ll make $300 million, back stroking from Lyme Bay to st malo
Easy money |
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Date: July 25th, 2026 9:36 AM Author: Obsidian Site 180000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50023252) |
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Date: July 25th, 2026 8:05 AM Author: Milky Mind-boggling Casino Telephone How do u get to land once you’re done swimming / drowning? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50023183) |
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Date: July 25th, 2026 9:14 AM Author: floppy brunch toilet seat Read the thread. You just tie a boat to you nbd (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50023238) |
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Date: July 25th, 2026 9:37 AM Author: Obsidian Site Or a life jacket or a paddle board or just swim back. Pretty much whatever you want. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50023253) |
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Date: July 25th, 2026 8:37 AM Author: adventurous nubile knife $1M now. I couldn't even swim a quarter mile lol. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50023206) |
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Date: July 25th, 2026 9:38 AM Author: Obsidian Site You don't need to all at once. You can swim, float around taking a break, resume swimming... Or, try to catch a current. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50023256) |
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Date: July 26th, 2026 12:46 AM Author: adventurous nubile knife (guy who has never actually gone for a swim) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50024662) |
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Date: July 25th, 2026 9:53 AM Author: sienna circlehead I have no idea what my distance-swimming capacity is, let alone my open-water distance-swimming capacity (I'm reasonably but still unsupportedly confident on the former, incredibly pessimistic on the latter).
So I'll take the $1M. Give me some time to train, and especially time to train while deciding, and maybe I try to string together a few miles, but right now I just worry I hit 0 and die.
What is this "tow a rowboat" shit? |
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Date: July 25th, 2026 10:01 AM Author: Obsidian Site What about it? You don't have do tow a boat. You could swim back when you're done, if you're inclined. But if you want, you can bring a boat or life jacket with you to help you get back to land after you swim as far as you're going to. You just can't use that helpful stuff until you're done with the hypo, so if you want to bring it, you need to tow it behind you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50023276) |
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Date: July 25th, 2026 10:17 AM Author: sienna circlehead Nigger, two-thirds of us are going to drown within 50 feet of the water getting deeper than 5'8". We are not "towing" a fucking ship behind us, quit being a faggot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50023292) |
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Date: July 26th, 2026 4:57 AM Author: scarlet passionate azn orchestra pit the boat towing hypo is fairly retarded but not as retarded as you might think, things move so much easier in water that a strong swimmer could make that work, if I had an inflatable kayak kind of thing on a string I could probably haul it without much issue and whenever I give out I'm golden (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50024740) |
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Date: July 25th, 2026 11:41 AM Author: Beady-eyed stag film If presented with this opportunity I'd assume it was a Willy Wonka kind of situation where the offer that only a coward would accept is not a real offer and I need to prove my mettle to get the prize. I'll go for the swim and probably drown. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50023360) |
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Date: July 26th, 2026 7:29 AM Author: Vivacious whorehouse background story What’s the shark situation? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50024756) |
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Date: July 26th, 2026 12:14 PM Author: Hairraiser crystalline indian lodge black woman You should be fine in the English Channel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50025034) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 11:57 AM Author: Obsidian Site he assured his fellow poaster, flashing a multi-rowed grin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50026815) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:17 PM Author: Carmine stubborn associate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50027140) |
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Date: July 26th, 2026 9:11 AM Author: appetizing main people op, your hypo is gay. If your towing some shit with you for the ride back in event of not meaking it, then everyone takes the million unless you are 1975 Mark Spitz. Personally, I could do probly 3 miles, but I dont want to be 3 miles off shore in the English fucking Channel when I decide to stop. Henceforth, I will take the $1mill. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50024798) |
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Date: July 26th, 2026 9:46 AM Author: 180 High-end Den Why not charter a boat 3 miles out and then swim to shore? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50024826) |
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Date: July 26th, 2026 9:57 AM Author: arrogant transparent water buffalo Definitely swimming as far as I can. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50024835) |
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Date: July 26th, 2026 12:07 PM Author: 180 High-end Den Infinite money glitch if you make sure to keep your eyes on the open sea at all times (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50025015) |
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Date: July 26th, 2026 11:34 AM Author: Brass principal's office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50024938) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 11:59 AM Author: haunting brilliant theater If I can wear a wetsuit I could swim to france and back no problem (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50026820) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 12:01 PM Author: Obsidian Site (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50026823) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 12:34 PM Author: frisky property I swim 1 + 1/3 miles every morning (well, most mornings). Without a buttload of additional training lasting months, I could probably do up to 3 miles in open water and that would leave me pretty wrecked. Absolutely no way I can swim the whole English Channel, and if I tried without support, I would die. So I would at most trust myself to swim 1.5 miles out, and then I would have to swim 1.5 miles back, and even that would involve non-zero risk to my life. All for 1.5 million. I'll take the 1M and just stay in bed risklessly instead. |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 12:54 PM Author: haunting brilliant theater There is no time limit in the OP you could tow a life raft with water & food and an ipad and starlink internet and take a break and poast til next day (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50026902) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:01 PM Author: frisky property you'd need to sleep, and what happens if the raft drifts while you sleep? The English Channel is 21 miles across at its narrowest. When I swim laps, my cruising speed is around 2 mph. So I would take 11+ hours of cruising speed swimming to cross the Channel, not counting any breaks, and not allowing for extra time to swim in a difficult body of open water. I either swim it all in one day, or I sleep and risk drifting all the way back to the starting point. Nazca Redlines tp's hypo seems to rule out assistance. I don't think I can do it without assistance. I'll take the 1M and stay in bed instead.
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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:12 PM Author: haunting brilliant theater Bring an anchor with you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50026930) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:35 PM Author: frisky property shrewd (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50026977) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 2:22 AM Author: Blue candlestick maker lettuce Just do tow an anchor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50028901) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:41 PM Author: floppy brunch toilet seat it says it must be "consecutive" lmao op is a legit nyuug protégé of the english language (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50026991) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:12 PM Author: cerebral business firm Still LOLLING at how absolutely retarded this hypo is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50027107) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:25 PM Author: frisky property Nazca Redlines is our premier hypo artist and I appreciate and enjoy his work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50027201) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:38 PM Author: cerebral business firm Same but this was a big, public whiff. Very retarded too. Somewhat gay. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50027259) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 5:47 PM Author: Obsidian Site If there is a problem here--and there isn't--it's that not enough poa who did a little D1 swimming in college saw this thread. Maybe they were all at an ironman triathalon or something. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50027828) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 3:27 AM Author: frisky property lol I legit swam in a state championship in HS (did not win anything) and that’s how I know with 100% certainty that I firmly decline this hypo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50028921) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 5:45 PM Author: Obsidian Site (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50027822) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:27 PM Author: razzmatazz station agreed. nazca should know his audience. open water swimming is a sport for chubby women with great buoyancy. we're all jacked studs who played a little college ball. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50027211) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 2:22 AM Author: Blue candlestick maker lettuce (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50028902) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 3:06 PM Author: amethyst stock car Absolutely no changing consumer patterns in this thread. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50027356) |
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Date: July 27th, 2026 5:49 PM Author: Carmine stubborn associate Expert SCUBA diver here with over 500 logged dives & a DM cert: I'll take the $1M up front, please. In hundreds and 20s. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50027834) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 2:03 AM Author: scarlet passionate azn orchestra pit I'm pretty sure your fat feet alone would allow you to float out several miles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885800&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50028894) |