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1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

(Man, I wish life had emoticons, you know? So that when your dad pisses you off you could like click a mental button or something and just show him one of those rolleyes. That would rock) Anyway.

Barry Lyga

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