Dr. Seuss on Contemporary Europe
by tdaxp ~ October 23rd, 2005
Another Seuss parody, by way of Chirol. No hot chicks this time, though….
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October 24th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Yet another fitting version of it!
October 24th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Thank you, as always
I look forward to your latest take on Seuss. Ripping you off with the open source Paint.net (http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/) is a relaxing way to spend some time 