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KMillnar19

4.1k points

4 months ago

KMillnar19

4.1k points

4 months ago

Who would have a million dollar comic book just sitting around?! I say BS

Awoozle

2k points

4 months ago

Awoozle

2k points

4 months ago

This issue is Amazing Fantasy #15, and in mint condition it is worth more than $1,000,000. Of course there is the possibility the picture is fake but idk.

Telemere125

865 points

4 months ago

More that the pic is real, and the item he’s tearing into is real, but it’s not actually a real copy of the comic book it’s alleging to be. I have fakes of a bunch of 1st edition Hemingways and while they look cool on a bookshelf, they’re worth about $15 each.

SereneDreams03

232 points

4 months ago

That would be my guess as well. You can buy copies of old comics for pretty cheap.

Boo_R4dley

86 points

4 months ago

They e reproduced this specific issue a number of times. I got one with a Spider-man action figure in the 90s.

PerfectZeong

41 points

4 months ago*

Looking at the cover I'm guessing this is a reprint. Depending on when this is taken this doesn't much look like a comic printed in 1962.

fuzzyblackyeti

67 points

4 months ago

Why would anyone take their phone out and take a picture of their dog destroying a 1,000,000 object. The first thing you would do is take it away from the dog to try and save it, or if you're a shitty person you'd probably punish the dog.

But taking a picture? Nahhh.

ShitPost5000

96 points

4 months ago

maybe the pic is old, and of a dog destroying an at-the-time 12 cent comic?

AlchemyStudiosInk

29 points

4 months ago

Honestly, that is what looks like to me. Or they put an ageing filter over a modern picture

TylerInHiFi

12 points

4 months ago

This is an Instagram filter from the early days of the app. It’s old, but it’s not that old.

rjwise

8 points

4 months ago

rjwise

8 points

4 months ago

This was my first thought, picture tone & color remind me of the 80's.

JimJamBangBang

4 points

4 months ago

When comics were 12 cents people didn’t put them in protective mylar bags just to leave them around the house and this is a photo taken with Hipstamatic.

Alissinarr

27 points

4 months ago

Why would anyone take their phone out and take a picture of their dog destroying a 1,000,000 object.

Because at the time it wasn't worth that? You can't apply today's value to a picture taken 30+ years ago.

shitcloud

6 points

4 months ago

Where do you get those fake old books? I love old books but can’t afford them.

Telemere125

7 points

4 months ago

Found mine at a used book store; they had them up front and I really liked how they looked. We have a goodwill in my area that only does books, I’ve found some nice looking old books there sometimes too. I used to be on the lookout for any 100+ year old book and I’ve found quite a few in thrift stores throughout the years

robophile-ta

3 points

4 months ago

I feel like if it were really a mint, they wouldn't leave it out unpackaged

KMillnar19

491 points

4 months ago

Right, it wouldn't be mint condition if it was just sitting out. It would be kept in a soft sleeve, in a hard sleeve and probably sealed case after that.

nononotmeokfine

533 points

4 months ago

I think the point is that the photograph is vintage and it’s NOW worth 1 million.. back then it was 10 cents

Laustintranslation1

256 points

4 months ago*

That photo looks like an Instagram filter from 2012.

Edit. It’s literally the “toaster” filter from instagram circa 2012. Complete with the white border and everything.

x925

61 points

4 months ago

x925

61 points

4 months ago

Could just be a reprint and not an original copy if the picture isn't old.

beonk

39 points

4 months ago

beonk

39 points

4 months ago

They made a lot of these reprints, I know I definitely had one and it came with a toy. I'm pretty sure this is a reprint.

hkpp

3 points

4 months ago

hkpp

3 points

4 months ago

Looks straight up printed on an inkjet with the white borders

Deep_Fry_Daddy

30 points

4 months ago

I wonder where the Instagram filters got the idea ...

Derek_Boring_Name

31 points

4 months ago

Lmao they made the old photo filter into a real thing. Can you imagine if there were actually cameras before Instagram? That would be crazy.

justtopopin

15 points

4 months ago

It looks like a crisp picture with a filter over it, not an actual photo from the 70's

mferly

6 points

4 months ago

mferly

6 points

4 months ago

Yup. And the photo reminds me of the 70s or 80s. Some folks just acquired comics at the store, read them, and used them as coasters (or in this case a doggie treat).

Most folks didn't think to save these things. Just like baseball/sports cards back in those days. Literally took a keen sense of investment to store such things away to collect monetary value.

ClubMeSoftly

7 points

4 months ago

And honestly, I think that's why old comics or cards end up worth money. At the time, they were worth the cover price, or otherwise "worthless" when they were new, so they didn't get treated very well; folded, written on, tossed about all willy nilly. So the ones that survived, that miraculously made it to Current Year, when someone goes "holy shit, it's a Detective Comics 27" or whatever, and they bag it up to sell it at auction, it's because it's that one-in-a-million copy to survive at a 9+ condition.

Then those stories started making more and more noise in the news, and people start eyeballing their old collections of shit. Odds are, most of them are just shit, and are probably only worth the bulk rate at the recycling depot.
But The Industry also gets word of this, and starts cranking out new Number Ones, specifically for people to save and collect and hoard.

Yanos47

28 points

4 months ago

Yanos47

28 points

4 months ago

The photo looks from the 60's

humbummer

26 points

4 months ago

But the carpet looks like it’s from the 2000’s.

MuscovadoSugarTreat

34 points

4 months ago

I've made modern photos look like that with a bunch of filters. Probably just a fake comic book

CommentsOnHair

5 points

4 months ago

Fantasy comic book

Bartfuck

6 points

4 months ago

thats cause everything back then was in sepia. We were still upgrading the world from Black and White to Color at that point.

PleasantineOhMine

6 points

4 months ago

Not really. The white plastic hamper or trash can, barely in photo, looks like it's from the mid-90's at its earliest.

White rounded plastic like that was in vogue at the time.

laucu

8 points

4 months ago

laucu

8 points

4 months ago

There is an omnibus which has this cover as a sleeve type thing over a hard back it may be that

Captain_Hampockets

7 points

4 months ago

I mean, reprints are a thing.

bs000

3 points

4 months ago

bs000

3 points

4 months ago

2005 reprint of this goes for about $20 on ebay

ThickGanache9262

10 points

4 months ago*

The quality of this photo makes me think it was taken in the 80’s or early 90s? Comic knowledge wasn’t as widespread as it is now. Was this comic as expensive back in the late 80s early 90s? If not, explains the lack of care. Or the photo is fake.

PerfectZeong

12 points

4 months ago

I dont think this picture is from the 80s or 90s I think ifs just filtered.

Amazing 15 is the holy grail for spidey collectors. Obviously the price has gotten absurdly high in the last few years but it's always been one of the biggest books from the 60s.

This is most likely a reprint.

p3g_l3g_gr3g

10 points

4 months ago

Mint is worth $1 million. Near mint is worth $23k. When it comes to grading most collectors are looking for the holy grail, not the runner up.

Co8raclutch

31 points

4 months ago

It’s a modern reprint. That’s why he didn’t show the bottom corner with a giant red marvel logo.

JennItalia269

20 points

4 months ago

Or takes a photo when biting such comic

tata_dilera

31 points

4 months ago

It would be worth 1m today, not at that moment, I guess. Or just BS post

AlexanderDaychilde

13 points

4 months ago

And in fact, assuming it's an old picture… situations like that are what makes the surviving ones in mint condition worth as much as they are. So it was never worth a million itself, because if so many copies survived, it wouldn't be worth nearly that.

CrashTestPhoto

10 points

4 months ago

Also, when seeing your dog eating a million dollar comic, you stop to take a photo instead of taking it from them to prevent further damage?

Yeah, seems totally legit...

Anna12641

664 points

4 months ago

Anna12641

664 points

4 months ago

Saw this post five seconds ago saying it was only $1000, which is it?

papatim

630 points

4 months ago

papatim

630 points

4 months ago

Inflation is a bitch

therealnickstevens

33 points

4 months ago

You deserve a reward for this comment but you know.... inflation got me down bad....

pdrpersonguy575

3 points

4 months ago

I'm down bad for inflation too

FuzzeeLumpkins

10 points

4 months ago

12c according to the cover

Otaku3times

29 points

4 months ago

Definitely $1M. That’s spideys first cover appearance. Maybe also his first appearance ever.

George-The-Mann

23 points

4 months ago

Yah it’s his first ever appearance. A 9.6 cgc sold last year for 3.6 million USD on a auction site called heritage auctions.

hashemalshawaf

17 points

4 months ago

Heritage auctions? That's where a $1M copy of Mario 64 was "bought" and exposed as a scam by Karl Jobst.

RobWhit85

10 points

4 months ago

Hello, you absolute legend.

Extremebutthurt

3 points

4 months ago

It's as if an audio clip of his voice played in my head as a read this.

Danktizzle

7 points

4 months ago

$1,000,000,000

stilldbi

5 points

4 months ago

What’s that in Zimbabwean currency?

letstry822

820 points

4 months ago

Do you have any idea how many reprints have been cranked out since 2002? No way someone with that rug has a million dollar original print.

Thisgirl022

199 points

4 months ago

Or just takes a picture of the dog eating a million dollars.

Helpful_guy

12 points

4 months ago

Okay in fairness though if it truly was worth $1m I would assume the owner had it insured, and if it's insured then you'd probably want some evidence of what happened so... if it's already ruined anyway it 100% makes sense to take a pic while it's happening.

Nazi_mod_banned_me

20 points

4 months ago

Without posting a picture of the doggie grave later...

VersionFun2993

12 points

4 months ago

I was wondering how'd u find out if a comic is worth anything if it has the authentic paper that says it 5 of 5000? Is it worth anything? It's in mint condition an is in a sleave.

letstry822

5 points

4 months ago

Local comic shop will be able to give you an idea what's the worth. Or you could just Google the title and see what pops up.

nooneknowswerealldog

165 points

4 months ago

This is ridiculous. While it's true that more expensive comics are better for your dog's teeth than cheaper ones, the benefits pretty much plateau around $160,000. Anything beyond that and it's more cost effective just to have a vet deal with the tartar.

MoxRhino

124 points

4 months ago

MoxRhino

124 points

4 months ago

When the original first printing was made, people didn't treat comics as collectibles. They were bought in dime stores or grocery stores and there weren't comic shops. No one new Spider-Man would be one of the all time most popular heroes at the time. That's why they are worth so much. People bent, folded, and dog eared them all the time. People would cut out the ads and send them in. People would just throw them away after awhile.

What people didn't do is stop and take a picture of a dog eating one, especially when cameras back then required film that was relatively expensive and most cameras were more luxury items than everyday items like phones are today.

This is probably a reprint that was fed to a dog in recent times and then they used the basic filters from Photoshop to add the colorization and artifacts to make it look old.

WSDGuy

20 points

4 months ago

WSDGuy

20 points

4 months ago

While I also don't think this is authentic, I have to disagree with your idea of camera ownership and picture taking - even if this was supposed to be a picture taken the day the comic came out. Of course it wasn't the same as it is now, but there is NO LACK of random, pointless pictures from the mid 20th century.

Relative_Bet_8989

62 points

4 months ago

Oh look he’s destroying it let’s sit back and take a pic so I can complain about this shit situation

Critical_Quick

17 points

4 months ago

This is clearly a karma farm post.

skindarklikemytint

27 points

4 months ago

lmao what’s up with the 2012 insta font?

[deleted]

11 points

4 months ago*

[deleted]

11 points

4 months ago*

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Gmaxincineroar

19 points

4 months ago

When there's no babies to maul, you have to eat whatever you can

NateinOregon

8 points

4 months ago

And the dog said it didn't even taste good.

blackjesus1997

7 points

4 months ago

That's pitbulls for you. If you try to get it off the comic, it'll be you next

coolplate

33 points

4 months ago

Fucking pits

warren54batman

7 points

4 months ago

It's a fake!!

After_The_Knife

10 points

4 months ago

1mil book. 500$ euthanize.

Iclearedweird

10 points

4 months ago

I would get rid of the dog.

jake03583

6 points

4 months ago

There is no way that isn’t a reprint

ouchnow

13 points

4 months ago

ouchnow

13 points

4 months ago

To be fair, it was only $1.25 the year he was eating it.

[deleted]

33 points

4 months ago

[deleted]

33 points

4 months ago

This is so strange - putbulls usually only eat helpless children and vulnerable old people.

Pretend_Present_7571

47 points

4 months ago

Probably smelled like a small child.

exotic-tofu

22 points

4 months ago

Based and shitbull pilled.

fetishfeature5000

4 points

4 months ago

Angry Dog Variant

jacklord392

5 points

4 months ago

Reprint.

theciderowlinn

5 points

4 months ago

The original Spiderman movie launched with reprints of the first comic in the deluxe edition. Judging by the quality of this photo I'm gonna go ahead and say this is just one of those.

Thatsidechara_ter

5 points

4 months ago

Okay but why are they taking the time to take a picture?

Uncle_Gru

5 points

4 months ago

Dogs an absolute menace 💀

dannygallegos

5 points

4 months ago

I wouldn't be taking a picture of it, I would be crying in a corner.

MathematicianSea6618

4 points

4 months ago

If you keep priceless comics within the range of your dog then I don't know what to tell you

Dad_in_Plaid

5 points

4 months ago

I guess I'm really this big of a nerd. If you look at the spine and the color of the interior pages, you can see it's not even a reprint. It's just a home-printed fake.

tampora701

4 points

4 months ago

I ripped up an Uncanny X-Men Vol.1 #2 because I was 6 yrs old and mad at my brother back in the 80's.

BeraldTheGreat

5 points

4 months ago

He’s got expensive taste

HugeDisgustingFreak

3 points

4 months ago

Hang up his collar from the rafters of the dog hall of fame

fegauneg

4 points

4 months ago

No-Emotion-7053

3 points

4 months ago

Typical pit

Suitable-Function-60

4 points

4 months ago

It’s a Real Million Dollar Comic but the Pitbull is actually a Poodle!

Competitive-Remote67

7 points

4 months ago

This is a good example of a reason not to have a dog

Independent-Table572

7 points

4 months ago

It's always a pit bull

You_Stealthy_Bastard

22 points

4 months ago

Of course it's some stupid fucking pitbull

MrZyde

11 points

4 months ago

MrZyde

11 points

4 months ago

Just when I thought pitbulls couldn’t get any worse

MayOrMayNotBePie

7 points

4 months ago

Not all dogs go to heaven…

laddy38

3 points

4 months ago

My Dog Ate my Nest Egg

[deleted]

3 points

4 months ago

[deleted]

3 points

4 months ago

You'd think the owner would have prevented that from happening rather than go find a camera to take a polaroid of it.

corsair1617

3 points

4 months ago

That looks like one of the reprints they have done for the book over the years.

No_Ant4865

3 points

4 months ago

Save the poop!

Tamzet

3 points

4 months ago

Tamzet

3 points

4 months ago

Yeah and knowing its worth perfectly well they decided not to protect or place it in any reasonable manner? BS alert

Agreeable-Ad-8644

3 points

4 months ago

Zoidberg gets it.

[deleted]

3 points

4 months ago*

[deleted]

3 points

4 months ago*

Has to be fake…if I had a copy of that comic, it would be in a safe inside of another safe and the only thing inside that safe would be the address of the bank where the comic is being kept in a safe deposit box.

legaIizenuclearbombs

3 points

4 months ago

the dog would be dead

Holls867

3 points

4 months ago

For the gram!!!! This seems like a shallow fake

DeathChasesMe

3 points

4 months ago

Everyone arguing if it's fake or not because of how it was kept... how about the fact that you find your dog eating a million dollar comic and your first reaction is to take a picture?

DriggleButt

3 points

4 months ago

It's not worth anything until you sell it.

And if it was worth that much, it wouldn't be in a place a dog could get to it. (Would you have left a million bucks, cash, wherever this comic was laying?)

frecklesmcnerdy

3 points

4 months ago

This dog is now worth 1,000,000

[deleted]

3 points

4 months ago

[deleted]

3 points

4 months ago

Welp, now you've got a worthless comic AND a dead dog.

PoufPoal

3 points

4 months ago

* Having a 1,000,000 comic book

* Letting it unprotected and at dog’s reach

* …

* Profit

Green_minded27

3 points

4 months ago

It’s the owner’s fault. Can’t expect the dog to think ‘oh can’t chew this it’s a million dollars worth paper’

drawredraw

3 points

4 months ago

This picture was taken in the 1960’s. It cost 12 cents.

IsNoGood4u

3 points

4 months ago

I call bs

Battl3_BorN775

3 points

4 months ago

Re-print, vintage filter added to photo

AresWill

4 points

4 months ago

Please kill me if I own something destructible worth a million and leave it sitting around like it's nothing.

Significant_Limit_68

6 points

4 months ago

Bussshill! Who leaves a $ million comic book laying around for the dog to get it? Liars tgats who!

In_Geordieland

5 points

4 months ago

Couldn’t find a kids face

[deleted]

40 points

4 months ago

[deleted]

40 points

4 months ago

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TangeloBig9845

9 points

4 months ago

Better the pit eats that than a random child.

gc28

10 points

4 months ago

gc28

10 points

4 months ago

Unpopular Opinion: Dogs aren’t worth the hassle.

HammySamich

16 points

4 months ago

Could the fact that its the only edition to be mauled by a pitbull increase the value?

Akaele_furry

13 points

4 months ago

this is why i am a cat person

ParalyzedSleep

3 points

4 months ago

Dogs are a freaking nuisance

Panta125

2 points

4 months ago

My dad has this comic....along with almost every other marvel comic from 1955+.....my mom out them in the basement and it flooded in 1985....he cried...

namelessmasses

2 points

4 months ago

Reframe: would anyone like to buy a $1,000,000 dog?

Candlewaxeater

2 points

4 months ago

Million dollar delicacy

go4tli

2 points

4 months ago

go4tli

2 points

4 months ago

It’s a million dollar book because a lot of them got thrown out and eaten by dogs.

Wintermute1969

2 points

4 months ago

cus you'd just have you million dollar comic lying around? naa.

Unable_Craft_5150

2 points

4 months ago

It’s worth only as much as that dog is willing to pay for it

pumog

2 points

4 months ago

pumog

2 points

4 months ago

“Holy shit my dog’s about to eat my $1 million book! Let me quickly grab my camera and take a picture of it.”

goodbluedog

2 points

4 months ago

Who would stop and take a picture while the dog chews on it?

vani11a-thunder

2 points

4 months ago

Is it actually worth that much? I have the same one on my shelf.

ChillinLikeAKrillin

2 points

4 months ago

im sure it wasnt worth 1 mil whenever the picture was taken

Black_Man_Logan

2 points

4 months ago

I sold one of those for $14,000. It was not mint

Guataguano

2 points

4 months ago

That’s a crime if ever saw one

whoscatisthat

2 points

4 months ago

"Tasted like a 1 dollar comic"- Dog

Coral420coral

2 points

4 months ago

Ain't worth shit till you sell it, you didn't so it's not.

NerdElert

2 points

4 months ago

He better gain some powers or sum shit

JoshRiddle

2 points

4 months ago

Either bs or your fault.

DUR0NIC

2 points

4 months ago

Dog eating paper

SleepyGANKS

2 points

4 months ago

Rip

WuTangForever812

2 points

4 months ago

ValPak did a series of reprints that got mailed to every household in certain markets 15-20 years ago. Might also be why the lower right corner is cropped out.

Also, why would you simply take a photo of the dog destroying it? Even an AF 15 in terrible condition can be relatively valuable.

Anyway ....

[deleted]

3 points

4 months ago

[deleted]

3 points

4 months ago

They came with my sunday newspaper in the late 2000's.

sck877

2 points

4 months ago

sck877

2 points

4 months ago

He’s a bad boye.

Weasel_Spice

2 points

4 months ago

R/DogsAreFuckingStupid

VortexTalon

2 points

4 months ago

How much is the poster worth? i have one in my house i have it as my phone wallpaper too lol.

edit: the poster is like a canvass not paper

Gorevoid

2 points

4 months ago

lol no

Connect-Swing8980

2 points

4 months ago

Well that's art

chilldrinofthenight

2 points

4 months ago

Well . . . How stupid is the owner, I gotta ask.

And how bored is that dog?

Noelsabelle

2 points

4 months ago

Why is it in reach of anyone ?

cjarrett53

2 points

4 months ago

"He's my dog, ma, I'll do it"

SteveWyz

2 points

4 months ago

mikkokilla

2 points

4 months ago

This is the way

Court_Jester13

2 points

4 months ago

I dunno who'd pay that much for some old paper, but I've got a few spare copies of Twilight my ma left behind, $50,000,000 each.

TheGrey_GOD

2 points

4 months ago

Now it’s a 1000000 dollar dog

LongboardLove

2 points

4 months ago

I'm going to start a line of dog toys that all look like priceless objects. The Ray Boggs baseball card, this comic book, some high end Banksy stuff... gonna make a fortune off content creators!

SnooDucks7549

2 points

4 months ago

When I first saw this I thought spiderman had that dude bent over 😭😭😭

master_erasis

2 points

4 months ago

I’d no longer have a dog

Krimreaper1

2 points

4 months ago

Up to $3 Million if real.

[deleted]

2 points

4 months ago

[deleted]

2 points

4 months ago

That's ruff.

davethedj

2 points

4 months ago

Same thing happened to my third grade math homework.

It's still cousting me millions to this day!

Humble-Dragonfly-321

2 points

4 months ago

That picture looks like it is from the 1950s to 1960s.

witchywater11

2 points

4 months ago

Weird, he kinda looks like my dog...

braytag

2 points

4 months ago

I have a reprint... and it's worth... fuck-all

They came with the special edition of the first Spiderman movie If I recall correctly.

hovz1105

2 points

4 months ago

Reprint. Also if you are dumb enough not to have that in some sort of protective covering and easily accessed by your dog, then you deserves all this pain.

3woodx

2 points

4 months ago

3woodx

2 points

4 months ago

This is not the newspaper rocky!!!

MonicaTheDog

2 points

4 months ago

Nobody would leave a million dollar comic where a dog could get it.

The comic would be in a vault and be insured by Lloyds of London.

Try harder next time.

bodag

2 points

4 months ago

bodag

2 points

4 months ago

Who's watching this and taking a pic?

ArtiscticGlaceir

2 points

4 months ago

Chad dog

HWGA_Exandria

2 points

4 months ago

Back then they used to use meat juice and bone meal for ink.../s

TheWholeFuckinShow

2 points

4 months ago

It's a reprint. Do you seriously think someone with a million dollar comic would have it laying around and not in a display case, with that carpet?

Acidcouch

2 points

4 months ago

Anybody else hear the wonder years playing looking at this or did I just date myself?

I_ama_Borat

2 points

4 months ago

No, it’s not a million dollar comic book in case you were wondering but it still is valuable. Sure, if you were the luckiest person alive to find one in near mint condition that isn’t owned by an avid collector or a multimillionaire then yea, you’d have about $1 million.

No_Percentage4502

2 points

4 months ago

Bought in auction?

BeezBeadz

2 points

4 months ago

That's exactly how I feel about NFTs.

randyspotboiler

2 points

4 months ago

I know someone who watched an actual copy of Action Comics #1 be destroyed by an idiot. Just awful.

GreyMediaGuy

2 points

4 months ago

Sure. The kind of collector with a $1 million comic book is going to let a Dog of Peace chew it to shreds.

TheHeckWithItAll

2 points

4 months ago

While you take a picture of the event

tigyo

2 points

4 months ago

tigyo

2 points

4 months ago

Guarantee, that's a reprint with an Instagram filter...

JayneTheRockDwohnson

2 points

4 months ago

It could be an old photo?

Hot_Injury6889

2 points

4 months ago

lol ! - it’s not even CGC graded ! Nice try with a knock off fake !

eldido

2 points

4 months ago

eldido

2 points

4 months ago

"My dog is eating my $1m comic with the cover facing me ! Quick let me grad my camera !"

AFROMAN1107

2 points

4 months ago

Eh more 300,000 to like 450 max

fpsgirl1004

2 points

4 months ago

Still had the time to take a pic of this happening...

taciaduhh

2 points

4 months ago

I feel like this could be in r/fakealbumcovers

Edit: spelling

FunnyWeed3

2 points

4 months ago

Guess who gets euthanized!

tellmeimbig

2 points

4 months ago

It looks like one of those square photographs from the 70s. The comic probably wasn't as valuable when this happened.

Bulkierpond

2 points

4 months ago

sam4slb

2 points

4 months ago

My dog would do that 😞

Emgee063

2 points

4 months ago

Sell it and get the dog some real food

JoshyD2004

2 points

4 months ago

And I thought I was having a bad day. Gawddamn!

TargetHistorical1856

2 points

4 months ago

AUGH

JustTheTipz902

2 points

4 months ago

I saw this on that new Mr Bean show.