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This is Why you Should Always Bring a Book!

12 November, 201712 November, 2017 ~ poorbjorn

Because you never know when you end up in a situation like this! This is in line for lunch at IKEA with people complaining all around me about the queues. Me?! I’m Getting a good 25 minutes of reading in. Win!

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Priyasha says:

14 November, 2017 at 09:32

you did a good job reading in the queue.

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