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If you smell...something fishy

THE EAR - Erich Wannemacher - The Freeman

May 1, 2023 | 12:00am

Big as the rock. A Pinoy living in the US recently posted a picture of himself with a former WWE wrestler he has long been a fan of. His friends could not help but notice he was almost as tall and as huge as the wrestler himself.

“Wax figure na no?” one of his friends could not help but ask.

“Sssh! Ayaw’g saba,” the Pinoy said.

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