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Mahdi Ebrahimi
به به لایک رونوشت به خاتون - afrodit
ممنون:*...مرسی افرودیت - Elham ( خاتون )
Neya
even awake i dream of you. 187/365 - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
187/365
"Gladly it's snowing outside " :o - chaz2b
yes Chaz :) I love snow <3 - Neya
i like snow like a house guest, nice to have you, but dont stay too long, ;) - chaz2b
hehe :)) - Neya
<3333333333333333 - Mo Kargas
Mo <3 - Neya
As I've said before: you're awsome! :) - Andrea (Notorious)
oh thanks ;) - Neya from fftogo
Of me? - RAPatton from iPhone
X) - Neya
<3 - Penny
love this snap! awesome click. =) - Praveen Vasudev
edythe
Tea Time tea towel - Designer tea towels from ToDryFor.com - http://www.todryfor.com/towel...
Tea Time tea towel - Designer tea towels from ToDryFor.com
Tea Time tea towel - Designer tea towels from ToDryFor.com
Tea Time tea towel - Designer tea towels from ToDryFor.com
"Tea Time by ToDryFor An exclusive design by Gemma Correll What in the world could possibly be more amazing than a cat sitting in a polka dot tea pot? And the winner of the cutest tea towel design award goes to...Gemma Correll! (If you are going to put a cat in your tea pot, we'd advise cleaning it out a bit before you put the kettle on; ooo and don't forget to remove the cat). We have commissioned the lovely Gemma Correll for our fourth tea towel in the ToDryFor range. Unfortunately our cat Mr Maurice is slightly too large to fit in anything...boo. Why not have a nose at Gemma's artist biog..." - edythe from Bookmarklet
edythe
"Drawing / collage image of vintage Kodak Brownie cameras. www.cb78.etsy.com" - edythe from Bookmarklet
Mahdi Ebrahimi
وسطیا. گل های ریز بنفش:) - وارَش
رونوشت به وارش :) - Mahdi Ebrahimi
Neya
Nice photo! - orionstarr from iPhone
thanks you 2 <3 - Neya from fftogo
It's a great picture of you, Nia! - Michael Fidler
It's only a snapshot as mostly all my sp's are :) - Neya
gonzoff
force lightning çakan elemanın ışın kılıcının mavi olması dışında bir gariplik yok burada. (geek has spoken) - Sarp Tüzün
O Padawan kılıklıyı kim salmışsa Lord'un karşısına, Master lisansını elinden almak lazım. - Sinto
öldürmek bu çocuğun genlerinde var... son hamlede açıkça belli ediyor bunu... - gonzoff
son sahneyi sansürlemişler - Hasan Tayyar BEŞİK
single saber kullanımı çok fevri mavili arkadaşın. öyle el kol yapar gibi kullanılır mı a canım? - bora "head" basman
Neal "thePuck" Jansons
"Facing a new attack with an international audience playing close attention, religions have as little rational argument in their favour as ever. There was a time when they could deal with dissent through more draconian measures: the kind that can still be practiced in, say, Saudi Arabia. Having lost the power of the gun in the West, apologists of religion have a new weapon: being offended. Rather than confronting (say) Dawkins' arguments with counter-arguments, people like Craven, and many others like him, instead cry out: why are you picking on us? All we want is for you to respect our beliefs. And so, the crybaby theists hide behind the demand for respect, which sounds reasonable enough. The more shameless – and their ranks are represented in many religions, such as Muslims, Christians and Jews – complain that when someone criticises their religious faith, the people who belong to that religion are being subjected to abuse. The bottom line is that such special pleading is a way for... more... - Neal "thePuck" Jansons from Bookmarklet
ppl can shit-talk my religious beliefs all they like, it's no skin off my sack. - Joe The Sausage
If only everyone saw it that way. The radical Muslim member-nations of the UN are trying to define criticizing things like honor killings, the misogyny of Sharia law, and so on as a form of abuse. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
this pic reminds me of Angel on Nash Bridges - just ZONED
"New Theism" is a nice word. I bet they'll hate it as much as I hate the "new atheism" label :) - Eivind
I actually dislike the entire narrative. It is completely framed in a western, monotheistic, and fundamentally Christian manner. The real metaphysical and epistemological questions of reductive materialism, rationalism, idealism, empiricism, phenomenology, and so on all get swallowed up in a single, purposely framed statement: "do you believe in God?", by which is meant "do you believe... more... - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Me too, Neal. If someone asks whether I believe in god, I can only answer "define god." There's no way to answer it without that happening first. But it tends to come across as being intentionally difficult. - Lo the Baker
Lo, when people ask that question it is generally about an omniscient, omnipotent, interfering god (so I would take it as you being intentionally difficult :-P). For me "no" is a good answer to that question. I see no reason to use poetic language about the forces of nature or the minds of men. - Eivind
I take it you don't read poetry then, because that's what most of it is about :p - Neal "thePuck" Jansons from IM
Not up here in the cold north (Norway), Neal :) Our poetry is direct, brutal and dark. - Eivind
Considering my love of black metal, I happen to know a good deal about Norwegian lyricism. I have also read the Eddas. They are full of poetic language about the forces of nature and the minds of men. And what I was "being intentionally difficult" about was exactly that assumption: the omni-max definition of god is the brain-child of monotheistic theologians and philosophers in western... more... - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Or perhaps you meant "saccharine" or "trite" rather than poetic. The forces of nature and minds of men are often also "direct, brutal, and dark". - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
The language of the Eddas is what I would consider direct language (" Cattle die, kinsmen die the self must also die; I know one thing which never dies: the reputation of each dead man."). When I was saying poetic language I was thinking along the lines of Paulo Coelho type language (which I can't stand). Maybe I wasn't being very precise (I'll blame the language barrier). edit: saw your comment. "Saccharine" would probably be a better description. - Eivind
I understand, but I would consider that poetic; it uses language, theme, and imagery to reveal subtle truths about the human experience. Some poets are flowery, just like some painters. But some poets are like your countryman Varg Vikernes and express themselves far differently. I would consider a life lived un-poetically a sad life indeed, but what do I know? - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
I see what you're saying. I wasn't really trying to make a statement about poetry anyway. What I was trying to say is: I see no need to use poetic language in answering the question about believing in a god ("l believe in a greater power", "I believe there is something greater out there", "I believe in god as the beauty we see all around us", "There are more things in heaven and... more... - Eivind
Oh, I agree on the "no" answer. My point was simply that I dislike being forced into such a limited narrative. There is nothing in the monotheistic narrative or the eliminative materialist narrative that describes what I think is true about reality, and being forced into one or the other irks me. And my apologies; I wouldn't want to force an association you wouldn't want. I just happened to be wearing a Burzum shirt and took it as inspiration. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Hehe, no worries, Neal. It's just a little friendly rivalry between Bergen and Oslo. - Eivind
Eivind, that is not very specific. An omniscient, omnipotent what? A physical being? An intelligence? Interfering in all human events, or selectively? But usually what I expect when I ask for a definition is a specific god, I disagree that people usually mean a set of characteristics... they're usually referring to a specific god. Once they've named him/her/it, then the answer is no.... more... - Lo the Baker
I should add that asking questions rather than espousing my opinion is pretty much the only effective way I've found to get people to question their own beliefs (where I come up against other atheists often enough). For instance, if someone says an omnipotent being that cares about and loves me personally and will help me by interfering if I ask, my follow-up would be "what if what I... more... - Lo the Baker
Oooh, good answer! It points out the inherent narcissism of the idea wonderfully! - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
In other news, what I just said utterly fails in clarity. But this case of Friday brain is too advanced to rephrase. In short, I agree. - Lo the Baker
Okay, Neal you get bonus points for understanding me. It's so rare that people do :) - Lo the Baker
It was clear enough to me. Nuanced, even. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Another good one is to let someone explain what they believe, and just keep saying "Because...?" after each statement. So many beliefs come from external sources and aren't questioned. I have them myself (though not about religion anymore). Of course, to do this to an unwilling party is sort of mean imho. Being confronted with your illusions, or realizing you have no basis for a belief, can be upsetting to say the least. - Lo the Baker
Now that I think about it, I should use that on the atheists who bug me. Most are great, but some are spouting off beliefs which are seem very contradictory to me, while simultaneously declaring them superior due to being founded on logic. It hurts my brain. - Lo the Baker
Well, my training in epistemology lets me hit just about everyone equally. Knowledge is defined generally as "justified, true belief". Unpacked, that means it is a belief about a proposition (p is q) that not only corresponds accurately to reality, but that you are justified in why you believe it. You can't just happen to be right...you have to have good reasons that led you to being... more... - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
The means of gaining information through experience (sense), the means for recording information (memory), the means for interpreting that information (reason), and, finally, the one doing all of it (mind) are all easily occluded, fooled, and generally not built to pick up or process great gobs of reality. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
You sort of lost me with the first bit, but I agree completely with the 2nd comment. Anyone claiming to be objective just makes me laugh at this point. I don't think I ever thought about any of this sort of thing much before ~6 months ago. But when I realized I made some wrong assumptions as a child and never questioned them, I became determined to question everything I knew to the... more... - Lo the Baker
That's why all my education did was screw me up...delusion boy studies math and philosophy to get his head straight, figure out what's real, and finds out after two degrees that not only has his initial questions not been answered, that in fact the situation is far worse that he had previously considered. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Ha, yes! I remember in college getting to really advanced science, and finding out things I have previously learned were incorrect. I was outraged (!!!) and talked to my super-cool prof about it. He told me, "well, it's only a model. That model is all that freshman can be trusted to comprehend." or something like that. For the rest of that day the reality of all science being models and all that entailed crashed over me like the ocean. Totally awesome freak-out. - Lo the Baker
To this day when people claim "science agrees" or "science proves" I stop listening. Science is inherently limited to human understanding and as such cannot be presumed to authoritatively be any sort of truth. - Lo the Baker
I'll explain it a bit more. Consider the proposition "the cat is on the mat". This proposition can either be true, false, or undecidable. So let's say I flip a coin and say the proposition is false. This is not knowledge...I have no justification for my belief about the cat. An empiricist, someone who claims experience is justification for knowledge-claims, says "observe the cat, and... more... - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Tell them "Science is a concept and doesn't agree or prove anything, scientists do. Care to cite some, or do you just make claims based on authority based on vague abstractions?" - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Something that has helped me immensely is reading more about consciousness, and what studies have shown consistent errors the human mind makes. To operate anything it helps to know its limitations, doubly so for anything as complex as a brain. I read one book that listed a series of study results and the disconnect between what people thought they would do vs. what they did. While... more... - Lo the Baker
Yeah, the fundamental attribution error...other people do things and they are just stupid/mean/whatever....when I do it it's justified, extenuating circumstances. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Lo, if one of these vocal theists ever ran into you, I bet he would stop complaining about the "militant new atheists" :-P - Eivind
Yeah, it'd be "annoying crackhead atheists" at worst. Militant I am not :) - or wait, did you mean I'm worse? Because that is probably also true *looks wicked* - Lo the Baker
Oh yeah, before I left school after abandoning the whole academia idea I used to tear theists and atheists up all the time. I even debated Ian Hacking on the issue (world famous philosopher) when I was lucky enough to get into a seminar with him. He declared me a "worthy opponent" in my eval. I was very flattered. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Besides, what the hell is militant about the new atheists? They are just actually saying what they thing. Don't militants have to be...you know, militant? - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Neal, I think I understand now. I'm a knowledge nihilist too some of the time, though I still am rather obsessive in lusting after it. I tend to sort of cycle through positions, but that seems to work, keeps me open-minded at least. I tend to come to this point of "well, I don't know what's true, so let's just figure out what works." But then that's another can of worms. It's hard to... more... - Lo the Baker
When someone equates being offended to being shot in the head, there is something wrong with their math. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Well, as much as I disagree with the hysterical hyperbole from "oppressed" Christians and the like, the way some hysterical atheists engage them does little to calm down the debate and give a rational tone. - Lo the Baker
I hear you, Lo, trust me. I came to the conclusion after many years of wrestling with the notions of reality and knowledge that, since knowledge is impossible and life is essentially absurd, the secret was to find the best approximation, a working model, a "theory-in-practice" rather than a true theory. I mentioned before in the mental health (or lack thereof) thread I live a sort of half-dream...thus I decided to try to dream the best dream possible. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Right, but even the most hysterical atheist is still just talking. They are responding to the most complete disenfranchisement our society accepts...they are right to be angry. We just finally had a minority president...how long till we have an openly atheist one, who doesn't have to make what church he goes to part of his campaign in order to even have a chance? - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
I agree that it makes sense for atheists to be angry, and for a while I was hooked up with the more political-movement wing of the charitable atheists. Here's the type of people I don't get: they claim religion is an evil force that cannot be tolerated and must be eliminated for the good of humanity. They seek to do this by mocking religious "idiots" publicly and starting flamewars on... more... - Lo the Baker
Are you implying you are better than those people, Lo? ;) - Eivind
I AM BETTER THAN EVERYONE. :P Actually Eivind, usually I think I'm worse than most people. But over time it has dawned on me that "I'm the worst person alive" is just as arrogant a thought as "I'm the best." Tying into what Neal & I are saying about what's true vs. what works, I've found that basically any time I compare myself to others, I'm unhappy. Whether or not it's true, I like to... more... - Lo the Baker
Eric, you make a claim: openly atheist society is totalitarianism. How do you account for the fact that Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland, some of the most non-religious countries in the world, have some of the most liberal social laws allowing the most individual freedom, as well as higher standards of living, more overall leisure-time in the populace, universal health-care, better education levels, and higher happiness indexes than the more religious countries, like, say, the US? - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Call me crazy, but I think a society's nature depends a lot more on the prevailing attitudes of its members than any easily measured metric, be it religion or anything else. If there were a truly correct formula "a = good society, -a = bad society" it would be nice, but that seems unrealistic in the extreme. - Lo the Baker
I don't know, Lo. I believe in the power of ridicule. People care far more about being cool than being right. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
I would agree, Lo. But I want to see the justification for a correlation between personal liberty under government with religiousity. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Good point, Neal. But their targets (strict creationists, homeopathic swills, etc) seem immune to it. I guess maybe they'd fear ridicule from within their own group? Now I'm trying to decide whether going "undercover" would work. If any atheist could stand it. - Lo the Baker
You're right to ask for the justification. I'm just fast-forwarding past that to "there isn't one" :P Patience is not my strong suit. - Lo the Baker
Part of my "surf the waves of chaos" life strategy is trying not to get under the wave, let things happen on their own terms. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
@neal True. I'm trying to work on acceptance. I think I have a hard time with it because it feels like giving up. But I know they're not equivalent. I guess "obsessive struggle" and "defeatist despair and inaction" are just the two modes I'm most familiar with. So many things (like loving oneself) make sense intellectually but I don't know how to do them. - Lo the Baker
@ThatDBD Righteous, dude. Actually you sound a bit like a Dudeist (see dudeism.com) - Lo the Baker
Neal, it's been a pleasure as always - another dull Friday afternoon sped up with interesting conversation. Thanks! - Lo the Baker
I would agree that a state that does not allow religious freedom could be construed as not a democracy... but that doesn't really say much. The choice to define "atheist" as meaning "denier of others' religious freedom" would probably be surprising to most atheists. As for "family values," that's a vague term to the point of meaninglessness, and in any event is not one limited to a particular religion. - Lo the Baker
Eric, where does paganism come into the picture? I wouldn't call the Nordic countries religious even though there are religious people living there. There are churches and mosques and synagogues in all those countries, but a large percentage of the people (including people in government) identify as not religious. I think maybe it is the other way around, though. The feeling of security... more... - Eivind
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Iván Abrego
White or close to it - a set on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
White or close to it - a set on Flickr
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Iván Abrego
Iván Abrego
A Paz se constroe com a união de todos! - http://meme.yahoo.com/ivanfil...
A Paz se constroe com a união de todos!
A Paz se constroe com a união de todos! - Iván Abrego
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Brazil crime wars: Spiderman's story of drugs and Jesus in Rio's slums | World news | The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world...
Brazil crime wars: Spiderman's story of drugs and Jesus in Rio's slums | World news | The Guardian
"How evangelical preachers are trying to stem the tide of killings in the Olympic city" - M F from Bookmarklet
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Neya
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Neya
Alastair Montgomery
Is Blipfoto.com down or is it just my network? #help
Working ok for me here. - Rob Brammeld
Temporary network glitch I think thanks. - Alastair Montgomery
Neya
"Poetry is what gets lost in translation." - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
"Poetry is what gets lost in translation."
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Jason Hill
"See you on the other side" just hit a major milestone on flickr. 200 favorites. Thank you everyone...:D - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
"See you on the other side" just hit a major milestone on flickr. 200 favorites. Thank you everyone...:D
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Jeremy Brooks
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Derrick
"For ages, it was accepted that there were only four primary tastes on the tongue from which all others arose. Those would be sweet, sour, salty and bitter. But over the last few decades, a fifth taste called "umami" has gained acceptance among gourmands worldwide. A Japanese scientist identified it in 1908, and it can best be described as savory." - Derrick from Bookmarklet
That flavor (enhanced by an all-natural umami rub made of proprietary ingredients) is the secret in the sauce at the ascendant L.A. chain Umami Burger. The first Umami Burger opened less than a year ago on La Brea; last month, a second outpost opened in the old Cobras & Matadors space on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Feliz. The second Umami has an attached Japanese-centric beer and wine bar called Salaryman (the space was formerly Sgt. Recruiter). - Derrick
Then there are the burgers: juicy patties smothered in fresh cheese that literally drip and crumble and bleed into their chewy buns. The flavor, that umami magic, is there, begging you to gobble it up. There are eight burgers on the menu (though there are other options), including the signature Umami; the Manly burger with zesty beer cheddar, smoked-salt onion strings and gooey bacon... more... - Derrick
I wonder if this is the same or related to what I've heard called the 'brown' flavor. The brown you get from carmelization of sugars and the searing of meats. - FFing Enigma
the 'brown' flavor...ZOMG. (see my post about the ppl behind Dove bars) - Joe The Sausage
This is a good article/excerpt on umami: http://www.npr.org/templat... - Tinfoil 2.0
That burger looks unlawfully delicious. - Mike Cavaliere
I'm liking the look of those perfect chips - Mo Kargas
Jenga Jenga Jenga! - Joe "Looptid" Pierce
Hmmm, that looks gooood - Jan Ole Peek
Umami, AIUI, is often carried by glutamates, and those occur naturally in high concentrations in tomatoes and parmesan cheese, so it's probably not the 'brown' flavor. - Andrew C (✓)
Kikkoman's (I think) is running ads for their soy sauce based on umami. - Andrew C (✓)
Neya
sunipeyk
En az 1 iPhone 3Gs kazanmak istiyorum , oy vereceklere teşekkür ediyorum http://www.tarziniyarat.com/web_179... , diğer ödüller http://www.tarziniyarat.com/web_179...
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hacıpeyk. :P - Burak Güven (Cimbakuka)
3 verin hep :) - sunipeyk
Yanlız bir eksik var? verdiğim link benim değil genel oy verme linki oluyor. Nasıl kendime özel link yaratıyor bulamadım :P - sunipeyk
çok iyi ama ya :D - Burak Güven (Cimbakuka)
Kadınlar bile katılıyor - sunipeyk
Bir de seni kim oylamış, detaylarda görebiliyorsun :) iyiymiş işte bu . Kim oy vermiş belli oluyor :P - sunipeyk
Sana oy verdim, kendim de yaptım bir tane, ama kendimi bulamıyorum ki :D Linkini alsam paylaşsam filan... - Jegraphy
verdim gitti, bana da burada bi traş makinası cıksa sevinirim - İrfan
Geniş Aile dizindeki Bilal'e benzemiş. - Sarper Sılaoğlu
iyi de oy vermek için yarışmaya katılmak neden şart?! - Sarper Sılaoğlu
ajanpeyk bence. :) - Ömer Enis
Lakin linke tıklayınca başkasının çalışması çıkıyor. Nasıl olacak bu iş anlamadım? - Ömer Enis
Bilmiyorum ki Sarper :) Öyle kurgulamışlar. - sunipeyk
Yukarıda ben de yazdım Ömer. - sunipeyk
Ben de yazdım nolucak? :D - Ömer Enis
sunipeyk 3-4. sayfada. oy verin sagdaki top10a gecsin. bulması kolay olsun - İrfan
Yarım saattir oy vermeye çalışıyorum. Çok moktan site yapmışlar. :))) - Ömer Enis
Birde fotoğraf yüklemem gerektiğini söylüyor. yuh yaaa! - Ömer Enis
Teşekkürler İrfan :) - sunipeyk
otobüs şöförüne benzemişsin abi :) - Arda Cavdar
en az 1 mi? - tiryaki
ya en çok?:) - Tolga Ozek
3 :) 3 verin alayım şu iPhone'u artık :) - sunipeyk
verildi! - Aydın Işık
oyun verildi sıra sende http://ff.im/aRmQV - Aydın Işık
yaa bu ne böyle ahah:) - GeneratioN
http://www.tarziniyarat.com/web_179... dan oy verin sabit linki buldum. - sunipeyk
Hemen verdim oyumu ben de :D http://ff.im/aRBlb - İsmail Emrah Demirayak
bende iphone kazaniim nooluur http://ff.im/aRGxX - özlem(Browni)
ACİL http://www.tarziniyarat.com daki top 10 listesinin sanırım düzeltilmesi gerekiyor. - sunipeyk
Ergin kullanıcı girşine tıklayınca, sağ klik ile başka tab de aç yapınca, orada ki adresi alıyorum :) - sunipeyk
veriyorum veriyorum ver. dim - yicit
Tuttum bunu! Somali korsanları gibi olmuş. :) - Nihat Solmaz
site çok kötü ama ya - yicit
sunipeyk sen iphone al ben ps3 ne diyosun bu anlaşmaya :P http://www.tarziniyarat.com/web_179... - İlkay TURAN
Abi herşeyi sen başlatıyorsun şu ff'de :D - Burak Güven (Cimbakuka)
ödüller çok iyiymiş ya.. Sunipeyk bu arada verdim oyumu ben de beklerim http://www.tarziniyarat.com/web_179... - Bahadır Çiftci
katılımcı paneliniz yazan yerde resminin üzerinde sağ tıklayıp bağlantı adresini kopyala dersen alırsın :) oy verdin mi bana :D - Osman Aydın
sunipeyk yapar da ben dururmuyum :P http://www.tarziniyarat.com/web_179... - kaloglu[@ İzmir]
Herkese oy verilmiştir bizde isterük - Burak Güven (Cimbakuka)
Oy verme sınırlıymış :( - sunipeyk
basarilar - Yusuf Temur
20 diyor :P - sunipeyk
ben daha yakışıklıyım sunipeyk;! - Bahriye
Şüphesiz :) - sunipeyk
Aha bu da facebook fan sayfası http://www.facebook.com/pages... - sunipeyk
sunipeyk birden fazla resim koyabiliyorsun.. daha çok foto daha çok şans gibi geldi bana :) - Bahadır Çiftci
oyladım (: bana da! - Ezgi Akyurt
açın oyları açın .... herkes istediği kadar versin :P - sunipeyk
http://ff.im/aTbDx sunipeyk abi çok uğraştım saçımı 3 e bile vurdum beğendin mi benimkini :D http://ff.im/aTbDx - modemis
Güzel olmuş Murat :) - sunipeyk
fene değil ... - tatu1
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