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Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: R.I.P. Douglas Funk ()
Date: May 15, 2017 08:11AM

The new mall has some very nice stores but the mall as a whole is just not the same as it used to be.

The old mall was way more fun.


Why is that?

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: The Strange but True Facts ()
Date: May 15, 2017 10:14AM

Alas, the renovated mall was targeted towards humans who are not fun. That's why they shop.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: two words ()
Date: May 15, 2017 10:33AM

Time Out

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: R.I.P. Doug! ()
Date: May 15, 2017 05:15PM

R.I.P. Doug!

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Time Out! ()
Date: May 15, 2017 07:55PM

Time Out had boats you could pilot.

And what happened to that little Taco place they used to have?

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Date: May 16, 2017 01:09AM

two words Wrote:
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> Time Out


YES X 1,000,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Upstairs and Downstairs!

What was the name of the Sci-fi store that had the huge Predator statue?

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Taco Laredo? ()
Date: May 16, 2017 01:43AM

Time Out! Wrote:
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> Time Out had boats you could pilot.
>
> And what happened to that little Taco place they
> used to have?

Taco Laredo?

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Irene ()
Date: May 16, 2017 10:07AM

Another Universe

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Popo ()
Date: May 16, 2017 10:25AM

R.I.P. Douglas Funk Wrote:
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> The new mall has some very nice stores but the
> mall as a whole is just not the same as it used to
> be.
>
> The old mall was way more fun.
>
>
> Why is that?

Because they no longer allow thugs like OP to rob and rape women in the parking lot?

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: wack bob thort ()
Date: May 16, 2017 11:12AM

It's just not fun to be around brown people. That's why everything in Fairfax was great in the 80's. No brown people and the dc & pg negroes generally stayed in their areas. Ahh the good ol days are gone forever.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Captain Kirk ()
Date: May 16, 2017 11:38AM

It's very simple. Non-whites ruin everything. The old mall was much whiter and thus had better people and a more diverse selection of stores. Non-whites lack creativity and all have the same low IQ hive mind that causes them to all be interested in the same mass produced garbage.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Spock ()
Date: May 16, 2017 07:10PM

Captain Kirk Wrote:
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> It's very simple. Non-whites ruin everything. The
> old mall was much whiter and thus had better
> people and a more diverse selection of stores.
> Non-whites lack creativity and all have the same
> low IQ hive mind that causes them to all be
> interested in the same mass produced garbage.

Fascinating Captain, this is most logical.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Spock ()
Date: May 16, 2017 07:10PM

Captain Kirk Wrote:
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> It's very simple. Non-whites ruin everything. The
> old mall was much whiter and thus had better
> people and a more diverse selection of stores.
> Non-whites lack creativity and all have the same
> low IQ hive mind that causes them to all be
> interested in the same mass produced garbage.

Fascinating Captain, this is most logical.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: phelpsmarc ()
Date: May 17, 2017 07:36AM

Anyone hang out at Time Out as a kid

I had the record score for "Enduro" for awhile.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Time Out ()
Date: May 17, 2017 09:41AM

The old mall was more fun? What's fun about an empty mall?

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: 4X4TN ()
Date: May 17, 2017 10:01AM

Time Out Wrote:
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> The old mall was more fun? What's fun about an
> empty mall?

Late 70s/early to mid-80s mall. Not the shit hole it became after that.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: 4mml7 ()
Date: May 17, 2017 12:53PM

Time Out Wrote:
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> The old mall was more fun? What's fun about an
> empty mall?

There was like what 4 arcades open at the same time?
Plus there was a skateboard park too.

Great times.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Freq ()
Date: May 17, 2017 01:30PM

How could Fink be dead? He wasn't that old.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Actually... ()
Date: May 17, 2017 08:43PM

I have a soft spot for Springfield Mall because I proposed to my wife there.

Of course, that was more than 30 years ago! "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: eux7k ()
Date: May 17, 2017 09:15PM

Freq Wrote:
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> How could Fink be dead? He wasn't that old.

Fink?

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Time Out ()
Date: May 17, 2017 09:32PM

4X4TN Wrote:
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> Time Out Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The old mall was more fun? What's fun about an
> > empty mall?
>
> Late 70s/early to mid-80s mall. Not the shit hole
> it became after that.


Oh, well then I totally agree. From buying fake speed at the outside entrance to Spaceway Raceway to getting black light posters and heavy metal patches at Hong Kong. Then a few years later buying "new wave" clothes at DJ's and english punk band shirts at Rockers.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: 1990s early 2000s ()
Date: May 19, 2017 12:26PM

Oh, because of the gang fights in the mall?

or the guy who was murdered there in the parking lot?

or the time a woman used a baseball bat she happened to have in her car to fend off a creep trying to carry her into his van?

Maybe that was more fun?

Yes this is just a few things I read over the years -- news and police press releases, etc.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: "That's Life" Frank would tell u ()
Date: May 19, 2017 01:00PM

1990s early 2000s Wrote:
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> Oh, because of the gang fights in the mall?
>
> or the guy who was murdered there in the parking
> lot?
>
> or the time a woman used a baseball bat she
> happened to have in her car to fend off a creep
> trying to carry her into his van?
>
> Maybe that was more fun?
>
> Yes this is just a few things I read over the
> years -- news and police press releases, etc.

You scared? Bad shit is life and will happen anywhere, at anytime. Hope you found a good hiding place.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: fsdadfs ()
Date: December 05, 2017 09:03AM

Officer Pissclams Wrote:
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> two words Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Time Out
>
>
> YES X
> 1,000,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !!!!! Upstairs and Downstairs!
>
> What was the name of the Sci-fi store that had the
> huge Predator statue?


Yeah, it was called Another Universe. Great store.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Sam McMann ()
Date: December 05, 2017 09:50AM

Business experts have been proclaiming the death of malls. Yet for some reason the financial wizards at Springfield Mall decided to dump millions into Springfield Town Center. The almost empty mall speaks for itself.

Income demographics for the area around the mall do not support such an investment plus the difficulty of entering and exiting roadways do not help.

If there were awards for poor business decisions this would def be in the running.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: GHWFP ()
Date: December 05, 2017 10:54AM

Sam McMann Wrote:
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> Business experts have been proclaiming the death
> of malls. Yet for some reason the financial
> wizards at Springfield Mall decided to dump
> millions into Springfield Town Center. The almost
> empty mall speaks for itself.
>
> Income demographics for the area around the mall
> do not support such an investment plus the
> difficulty of entering and exiting roadways do not
> help.
>
> If there were awards for poor business decisions
> this would def be in the running.


Blah, blah, blah.
Idiots here have been saying this since it started the conversion.
Yet, It’s still opened with increased occupancy and about to start phase 2.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: phelpsmarc ()
Date: December 05, 2017 01:59PM

I love nostalga - I played at Time Out, ran into JC Penney to buy Atari 2600 cartridges and drank at Orange Julius. But times change and the Mall is objectively much nicer now than back in the day.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: phelpsmarc ()
Date: December 05, 2017 02:07PM

Time Out Wrote:
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> 4X4TN Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Time Out Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > The old mall was more fun? What's fun about
> an
> > > empty mall?
> >
> > Late 70s/early to mid-80s mall. Not the shit
> hole
> > it became after that.
>
>
> Oh, well then I totally agree. From buying fake
> speed at the outside entrance to Spaceway Raceway
> to getting black light posters and heavy metal
> patches at Hong Kong. Then a few years later
> buying "new wave" clothes at DJ's and english punk
> band shirts at Rockers.


Wow, "Spaceway Raceway" - I had totally forgotten about that place. Nice memory

Does anyone else remember waiting over an hour in a line to buy a ticket for the latest blockbuster, then having to wait in another (often longerr) line outside the building before they'd let you in to the theater. Poltergeist and ET were a couple of movies I did this for. You had to get there like 2 or 3 hrs before the starting time to see a movie. I remember a few times they sold out before I got to the ticket counter. Multiplexes definitely fixed this problem.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/05/2017 02:09PM by phelpsmarc.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Fear & Loathing in America ()
Date: December 05, 2017 02:59PM

"That's Life" Frank would tell u Wrote:
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> 1990s early 2000s Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Oh, because of the gang fights in the mall?
> >
> > or the guy who was murdered there in the
> parking
> > lot?
> >
> > or the time a woman used a baseball bat she
> > happened to have in her car to fend off a creep
> > trying to carry her into his van?
> >
> > Maybe that was more fun?
> >
> > Yes this is just a few things I read over the
> > years -- news and police press releases, etc.
>
> You scared? Bad shit is life and will happen
> anywhere, at anytime. Hope you found a good hiding
> place.

This ain’t the America it once was. White men have lost their values and balls.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: yxc6d ()
Date: December 05, 2017 07:27PM

R.I.P. Douglas Funk Wrote:
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> The new mall has some very nice stores

what clothing stores mostly? that what most malls in the USA are now. indonesian clothing and chinese tupper ware.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: 4pfwj ()
Date: December 05, 2017 07:29PM

it's not bad if you think "most people want to try on clother before buying"

but then, when you think "profit margin on walmart clothes is thin as thread" (and some people are even buying more and more clothing/shoes online), you can see they a major problem with their business model

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ()
Date: December 05, 2017 10:23PM

phelpsmarc Wrote:
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> I love nostalga - I played at Time Out, ran into
> JC Penney to buy Atari 2600 cartridges and drank
> at Orange Julius. But times change and the Mall is
> objectively much nicer now than back in the day.

Nicer now?

BULLSHIT!

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: long title posting guy ()
Date: December 05, 2017 10:28PM

Because you actually had friends back then?

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Gotdamn ()
Date: December 05, 2017 10:49PM

4X4TN Wrote:
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> Time Out Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The old mall was more fun? What's fun about an
> > empty mall?
>
> Late 70s/early to mid-80s mall. Not the shit hole
> it became after that.

How old are you people? For some reason I feel the trolls are mostly old white men and people from central america with a random black or chinese troll thrown in somewhere

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Lmaoooo ()
Date: December 05, 2017 10:53PM

LMAO AT PEOPLE REMINISCING ABOUT A MALL IN THE 70s. Get with the times or get out. Blacks, asians, and fat nicaraguans are not going to leave ffx county. Even tysons and fair oaks are darker and indian dominated.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Old White Man ()
Date: December 06, 2017 09:32AM

Lmaoooo Wrote:
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> LMAO AT PEOPLE REMINISCING ABOUT A MALL IN THE
> 70s. Get with the times or get out. Blacks,
> asians, and fat nicaraguans are not going to leave
> ffx county. Even tysons and fair oaks are darker
> and indian dominated.

It's not their race or ethnicity that bothers me; it's the fact that this area attracts the fat and UGLY people. Seems 95% of Black, White and hispanic women are hideously obese. Only Asian women seem to care at all about their figure.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: sureeeeeee ()
Date: December 06, 2017 06:13PM

Old White Man Wrote:
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> Lmaoooo Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > LMAO AT PEOPLE REMINISCING ABOUT A MALL IN THE
> > 70s. Get with the times or get out. Blacks,
> > asians, and fat nicaraguans are not going to
> leave
> > ffx county. Even tysons and fair oaks are
> darker
> > and indian dominated.
>
> It's not their race or ethnicity that bothers me;
> it's the fact that this area attracts the fat and
> UGLY people. Seems 95% of Black, White and
> hispanic women are hideously obese. Only Asian
> women seem to care at all about their figure.


All the asian women I've met in this area are fat. I think they are from nicaragua or el salvador because of the size but they are really from Vietnam, Indonesia or Laos. They are just really big. And the ones that are skinny are skinny fat and smell like garlic.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Springfield Guy ()
Date: January 10, 2018 04:37PM

And the back slide begins. Several upscale stores will be closing at Springfield Town Center the next couple of weeks. J Crew will be closing January 14, Michael Kors in early Feb and others to follow. Seems they can't compete with Target, JCP and 5 Below!

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Fisher Chipper Dipper ()
Date: January 10, 2018 07:20PM

Springfield Guy Wrote:
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> And the back slide begins. Several upscale stores
> will be closing at Springfield Town Center the
> next couple of weeks. J Crew will be closing
> January 14, Michael Kors in early Feb and others
> to follow. Seems they can't compete with Target,
> JCP and 5 Below!

They're not closing Arthur Treacher's are they??

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: HEVDH ()
Date: January 11, 2018 10:59AM

Springfield Guy Wrote:
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> And the back slide begins. Several upscale stores
> will be closing at Springfield Town Center the
> next couple of weeks. J Crew will be closing
> January 14, Michael Kors in early Feb and others
> to follow. Seems they can't compete with Target,
> JCP and 5 Below!

Both are closing 100's of stores nationwide, it's much larger than STC.
It's brick and mortar stores. The Town Center is still healthy. Sorry to burst your bubble of excitement.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/05/31/michael-kors-store-closures/102341052/

https://www.racked.com/2017/11/22/16691034/j-crew-closing-stores-losses

Gap is closing stores
https://consumerist.com/2017/09/06/gap-closing-200-banana-republic-gap-stores-opening-270-old-navy-athleta-locations/

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Princess Diane Rotten Corpse ()
Date: January 11, 2018 03:56PM

I loved going to the Springfield Mall back in the day!
Attachments:
Princess Diana Springfield Mall.jpg

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Ludwig ()
Date: January 11, 2018 06:16PM

^^^^ I remember that picture from the WaPost.

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Re: Why was the old Springfield Mall so much more fun than the newly renovated lipstick on a pig Springfield Town Center?
Posted by: Princess Diane Rotten Corpse ()
Date: January 12, 2018 05:28PM

Douchebag Charles is still bending over and exposing his anal cavity just like 30 years ago. I am still better than Kate!

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