{"id":23579,"date":"2011-11-09T20:28:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T03:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/09\/standing-proud-with-liberia-and-myanmar.html"},"modified":"2011-11-09T21:38:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T04:38:35","slug":"standing-proud-with-liberia-and-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/09\/standing-proud-with-liberia-and-myanmar.html","title":{"rendered":"Standing proud with Liberia and Myanmar!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because, y'know, We're Number One, and lead the Alliance of the Undecimaled! #ddtb<\/p>\n

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We're kinda dicks about that,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Because, y'know, We're Number One, and lead the Alliance of the Undecimaled! #ddtb Reshared post from +Les Jenkins We're kinda dicks about that, Embedded Link Countries not using the metric system | The Meta Picture The Meta Picture. Countries not using the metric system. 9 November, 2011 in Places | Comment. Share. Tweet. 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