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|- id="Acupuncture and Pizza"
| [[Image:Acupuncture and pizza.PNG|150px|Open late, free delivery]]
| [[Image:Acupuncture and pizza.PNG|150px|Open late, free delivery]]
| '''Acupuncture and Pizza''' is a [[pizza]] place that apparently serves sharp needles with its pizza. It is found in chapter 16 of the phone book. It is open late, and offers free delivery.
| '''Acupuncture and Pizza''' is a [[pizza]] place that apparently serves sharp needles with its pizza. It is found in chapter 16 of the phone book. It is open late, and offers free delivery.
| [[your funeral]]
| [[your funeral]]
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|- id="Discount Flashback Warehouse"
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| [[Image:Compy_2.png|150px|Registered Trademark]]
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| '''Compy, Inc''' is the name of the company that manufactured the [[Compy 386]] and the [[Lappy 486]]. The name probably has multiple real-world references. The loading screen for the game [[Population: Tire|Population: Tire]] indicates a parody of [[Wikipedia:Commodore International|Commodore International]]. The name "Compy" and the overall look of the computer itself is somewhat evocative of [[Wikipedia:Compaq|Compaq Computer Corporation]]. The logo is reminiscent of the [[Wikipedia:IBM|IBM]] logo.
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| [[Strong Bad Email|various emails]]
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| [[Image:Discount_Ware.PNG|150px|"How can I make these prices any lower?"]]
| [[Image:Discount_Ware.PNG|150px|"How can I make these prices any lower?"]]
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| '''Discount Flashback Warehouse''', run by [[Strong Bad]], deals in flashbacks at low prices. You can get flashbacks from "this season, last season, even stuff (he) just made up!". At some point in '04, there was a special sale in the [[Store|Homestar Runner Store]], "Strong Bad's Weekend Bargains." On the page explaining the sale, it said, "I'm like Discount Bargains Warehouse over here," obviously a reference to the DFW.
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| '''Discount Flashback Warehouse''', apparently run by [[Strong Bad]], deals in flashbacks at low prices.
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| [[flashback]], [[Store]]
| [[flashback]], [[Store]]
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|- id="Diskettes ETC."
| [[Image:folk art stitch.png|150px|Diskettes ETC.]]
| [[Image:folk art stitch.png|150px|Diskettes ETC.]]
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| '''Diskettes ETC.''' is a quite unknown company, although it is known that they are a software company that gives away orange polo shirts. [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] received one.
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| '''Diskettes ETC.''' is a quite unknown company, although it is known that they are a software company that gives away orange polo shirts. [[Homestar Runner]] received one.
| [[other days]]
| [[other days]]
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|- id="Faceless Megacorp"
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| [[Image:TheStabYourself!.png|150px|jochCo logo found in nightlife]]
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| [[Image:FacelessMegacorp.png|150px|"Look at those hills."]]
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| '''joshCO!''' is a fictional company that has made the game "The Stab Yourself!" seen in [[nightlife]].
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| '''Faceless Megacorp''' is a very large unknown company which sponsors [[Characters from Yonder Website]]. It has a couple of hills on the logo.
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| [[Characters from Yonder Website]]
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|- id="Hot Jones Investment"
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| [[Image:HotJonesInvestment.png|150px|"Primary and secondary investments simply won't be enough."]]
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| '''Hot Jones Investment''' is seemingly the company Homestar Runner is seen working at "[[Larger or Smaller Number|8 or 7]] years" after the events of [[too cool]]. He wears a polo shirt with the company's name on it. Any relation to the [[Hot Jones]] beverage company is unknown.
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| [[too cool]]
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|- id="joshCO!"
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| [[Image:TheStabYourself!.png|150px|"Makers of funny products and funnier slogans!"]]
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| '''joshCO!''' is the company that created the game "The Stab Yourself!". The company's name is a play on the email closing "Josh [[wikipedia:Colorado|CO]]", and is referred to by Strong Bad with the slogan "makers of funny products and funnier slogans".
| [[nightlife]]
| [[nightlife]]
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|- id="Kickcheater"
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| [[Image:Klown kare.PNG|150px|We need to get you some serious Klown Kare, man.]]
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| [[Image:TwitterKickCheater.png|150px|"Pledge it out!"]]
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| '''Kertified Klown Kare''' is a medical service devoted exclusively to treating clown-related injuries. In the Strong Bad Email [[long pants]], Strong Bad suggests that Homestar, driven to insanity by an accusation regarding his lack of pants, receive a "serious" amount of said care. Rodeo and [[Tragic Clown Dog|Tragic Clown Hot Dogs]] are not accepted. According to their business card, they provide services for pie injuries, giant foot problems, wacky malaria, and grease paint poisoning.
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| '''Kickcheater''' is a company that is likely similar to {{wp|Kickstarter}}. It is a [[portmanteau]] of Kickstarter and [[kicking The Cheat]]. The name and logo are often used in conjunction with [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]].
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| [[sbemail 206]], [[@StrongBadActual]], [[PAX East - 8 Apr 2018]], [[The Deleteheads Download]], [[Trogdor!! The Board Game (video)]]
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|- id="Kertified Klown Kare"
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| [[Image:Klown kare.PNG|150px|"We need to get you some serious Klown Kare, man."]]
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| '''Kertified Klown Kare''' is a medical service devoted exclusively to treating clown-related injuries.
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{{seemain|Kertified Klown Kare}}
| [[long pants]]
| [[long pants]]
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|- id="Lump of Dump Pictures"
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| [[Image:WhinedAndDined.PNG|150px|May the best man whine.]]
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| [[Image:WhinedAndDined.PNG|150px|"May the best man whine."]]
| '''Lump of Dump Pictures''' is the company that is producing the movie Whined & Dined. However, it is unknown if the movie will come out or not.
| '''Lump of Dump Pictures''' is the company that is producing the movie Whined & Dined. However, it is unknown if the movie will come out or not.
| [[narrator]]
| [[narrator]]
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|- id="Manolios Ugly One's Lectro-pawn"
| [[Image:Manolio's.png|150px|Vera low prices guaranteed]]
| [[Image:Manolio's.png|150px|Vera low prices guaranteed]]
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| '''[[Manolios Ugly One]]'s Lectro-pawn''' is a pawn shop owned by [[The Ugly One|The Ugly One's]] father, specializing in used and broken electronic goods. Manolios has a flair for sales, except his stock is somewhat less than functional: he showcases a broken [[Wikipedia:VCR|VCR]] and a smashed [[Wikipedia:VHS|VHS tape]] in his Easter egg "commercial" for Lectro-pawn. His catchphrase, muttered in tiny letters after his more bold sales pitches, is "or something like that."
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| '''[[Manolios Ugly One]]'s Lectro-pawn''' is a pawn shop owned by [[The Ugly One]]'s father, specializing in used and broken electronic goods. Manolios has a flair for sales, except his stock is somewhat less than functional: he showcases a broken {{wp|VCR}} and a smashed {{wp|VHS}} tape in the "commercial" for Lectro-pawn and tried to sell a half-stereo to [[D n' D Greg]] for "two seventy-five". His catchphrase, muttered in tiny letters after his more bold sales pitches: "or something like that."
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]
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|- id="Metalmation"
| [[Image:metalmation logo.png|150px|"Classy" logo, "classy" shows]]
| [[Image:metalmation logo.png|150px|"Classy" logo, "classy" shows]]
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| '''Metalmation''' is the company responsible for the first (and only) episode of [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]]. The name is a parody of the [[Wikipedia:Filmation|Filmation]] animation studio which produced various animated television series (e.g. Cosby Kids, Star Trek, Archie and most notably He-man) from 1968 to 1987.
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| '''Metalmation''' is the company responsible for the first (and only) episode of [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]].
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{{seemain|Metalmation}}
| [[best thing]]
| [[best thing]]
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|- id="Micro Palace"
| [[Image:MicroPalace.PNG|150px|Micro Palace]]
| [[Image:MicroPalace.PNG|150px|Micro Palace]]
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| '''Micro Palace''' is a software company that gives away blue polo shirts. Strong Bad has one.  
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| '''Micro Palace''' is a software company that gives away blue polo shirts. Strong Bad received one.  
| [[other days]]
| [[other days]]
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|- id="Ol' Fatty's"
| [[Image:ol_fattys.PNG|150px|Ol' Fatty's 'Lectric Boots]]
| [[Image:ol_fattys.PNG|150px|Ol' Fatty's 'Lectric Boots]]
| '''Ol' Fatty's''' is the company that manufactures the "whisper quiet" [['Lectric Boots]]. Strong Bad mail-ordered a pair.
| '''Ol' Fatty's''' is the company that manufactures the "whisper quiet" [['Lectric Boots]]. Strong Bad mail-ordered a pair.
| [[extra plug]]
| [[extra plug]]
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|- id="Portly Washboy"
| [[Image:Portly_Washboy.gif|150px|Don't eat it like the cartoon man]]
| [[Image:Portly_Washboy.gif|150px|Don't eat it like the cartoon man]]
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| '''Portly Washboy Fancy Laundry Paste''' is a sponsor of the [[Old-Timey]] "The Fish Was Delish" radio program run by [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]], as seen in the Strong Bad Email "[[radio]]." Its slogan is "Don't eat it like the cartoon man."
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| '''Portly Washboy Fancy Laundry Paste''' is a sponsor of the [[Old-Timey]] "The Fish Was Delish" radio program run by [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]].
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{{seemain|Portly Washboy Fancy Laundry Paste}}
| [[radio]]
| [[radio]]
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|- id="Strong Bad's School of Barbzerdry"
| [[Image:barbzerdry ad2.png|150px|Big Ol' Eyebrows, here I come!]]
| [[Image:barbzerdry ad2.png|150px|Big Ol' Eyebrows, here I come!]]
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| '''Strong Bad's School Of Barbzerdry''' is an academy specializing in Barber Wizardry, or "Barbzerdry" for short. The aformentioned business was first mentioned in the [[Strong Bad Email]] "[[haircut]]", in which [[Strong Bad]] laments the lack of potential customers in [[Free Country, USA]]. The school advertises that they specialize in elixirs, faeries, and high top fades. Absolutely NO cuts, butts, or coconuts.
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| '''Strong Bad's School of Barbzerdry''' is an academy specializing in barber wizardry, or "[[Portmanteaus|barbzerdry]]".
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{{seemain|Strong Bad's School of Barbzerdry}}
| [[haircut]]
| [[haircut]]
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|- id="Sbemailiarized Entertainment"
| [[Image:Sbemailiarized!.png|150px|We're totally not recycling an old gag!]]
| [[Image:Sbemailiarized!.png|150px|We're totally not recycling an old gag!]]
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|'''Sbemailiarized Entertainment™ © ® LLC,,. ''' is a new venture responsible for taking old non-[[SBEmails]] and make them into new SBEmails.
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|'''Sbemailiarized Entertainment™ © ® [[LLC,,.]] ''' is a new venture responsible for transforming cartoons and other pages into [[Strong Bad Emails]].
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{{seemain|Sbemailiarized Entertainment}}
| [[Sbemailiarized!]], [[April Fool 09]]
| [[Sbemailiarized!]], [[April Fool 09]]
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|-id="Melonade_Company"
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|-id="Melonade Company"
| [[File:Melonade Logo.png|150px|"I am contractually unable to drink, talk about, or bathe in any other liquid!"]]
| [[File:Melonade Logo.png|150px|"I am contractually unable to drink, talk about, or bathe in any other liquid!"]]
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| '''The Ethical Advancement of Melonade''' is a fictional company that makes different varieties numbering in the hundreds, at least according to [[Homestar]] in [[Hremail 7]].
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| '''The Ethical Advancement of Melonade''' makes different varieties of [[Melonade]] numbering in the hundreds, at least according to [[Homestar Runner]] in [[Hremail 7]].
| [[Hremail 7]]
| [[Hremail 7]]
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|- id="That Floating Horror"
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| [[Image:That Floating Horror.png|150px|Th-th-these jerks STOLE IT!]]
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| '''That Floating Horror''' appears to be [[Marshie]]'s own personal branding, separate from [[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows]].
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| [[Stack 'Em to the Heavens!]]
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|- id="Totalsoft Electronicals"
| [[Image:totalsoft.JPG|150px|This is the Totalsoft Electronicals LLC,,. Logo]]
| [[Image:totalsoft.JPG|150px|This is the Totalsoft Electronicals LLC,,. Logo]]
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| '''[[Total]]soft Electronicals [[LLC,,.]]''' is the company behind the game ''[[Fishing Challenge '91]]'' only accessible via the email [[lures & jigs]].
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| '''[[Total]]soft Electronicals LLC,,.''' is the company behind the game ''[[Fishing Challenge '91]]'' It can only be accessed from an [[Easter egg]] in [[lures & jigs]].
| [[lures & jigs]]
| [[lures & jigs]]
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|- id="Very Old Inc."
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| <center>[[Image: 1veryoldinc.png|150px|Very Old Inc.]]</center>
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| [[Image: 1veryoldinc.png|150px|Very Old Inc.]]
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| '''Very Old Inc.''' is the company that made the King of Town's [[Oh No You Dent! Denture Tablets]] in [[retirement]].
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| '''Very Old Inc.''' is the company that made "[[Oh No You Dent! Denture Tablets]]".
| [[retirement]]
| [[retirement]]
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Image Description Appearances
Open late, free delivery Acupuncture and Pizza is a pizza place that apparently serves sharp needles with its pizza. It is found in chapter 16 of the phone book. It is open late, and offers free delivery. your funeral
"How can I make these prices any lower?" Discount Flashback Warehouse, apparently run by Strong Bad, deals in flashbacks at low prices.
See main article: Discount Flashback Warehouse
flashback, Store
Diskettes ETC. Diskettes ETC. is a quite unknown company, although it is known that they are a software company that gives away orange polo shirts. Homestar Runner received one. other days
"Look at those hills." Faceless Megacorp is a very large unknown company which sponsors Characters from Yonder Website. It has a couple of hills on the logo. Characters from Yonder Website
"Primary and secondary investments simply won't be enough." Hot Jones Investment is seemingly the company Homestar Runner is seen working at "8 or 7 years" after the events of too cool. He wears a polo shirt with the company's name on it. Any relation to the Hot Jones beverage company is unknown. too cool
"Makers of funny products and funnier slogans!" joshCO! is the company that created the game "The Stab Yourself!". The company's name is a play on the email closing "Josh CO", and is referred to by Strong Bad with the slogan "makers of funny products and funnier slogans". nightlife
"Pledge it out!" Kickcheater is a company that is likely similar to Kickstarter. It is a portmanteau of Kickstarter and kicking The Cheat. The name and logo are often used in conjunction with Trogdor!! The Board Game. sbemail 206, @StrongBadActual, PAX East - 8 Apr 2018, The Deleteheads Download, Trogdor!! The Board Game (video)
"We need to get you some serious Klown Kare, man." Kertified Klown Kare is a medical service devoted exclusively to treating clown-related injuries.
See main article: Kertified Klown Kare
long pants
"May the best man whine." Lump of Dump Pictures is the company that is producing the movie Whined & Dined. However, it is unknown if the movie will come out or not. narrator
Vera low prices guaranteed Manolios Ugly One's Lectro-pawn is a pawn shop owned by The Ugly One's father, specializing in used and broken electronic goods. Manolios has a flair for sales, except his stock is somewhat less than functional: he showcases a broken VCR and a smashed VHS tape in the "commercial" for Lectro-pawn and tried to sell a half-stereo to D n' D Greg for "two seventy-five". His catchphrase, muttered in tiny letters after his more bold sales pitches: "or something like that." Teen Girl Squad Issue 10
"Classy" logo, "classy" shows Metalmation is the company responsible for the first (and only) episode of Limozeen: "but they're in space!".
See main article: Metalmation
best thing
Micro Palace Micro Palace is a software company that gives away blue polo shirts. Strong Bad received one. other days
Ol' Fatty's 'Lectric Boots Ol' Fatty's is the company that manufactures the "whisper quiet" 'Lectric Boots. Strong Bad mail-ordered a pair. extra plug
Don't eat it like the cartoon man Portly Washboy Fancy Laundry Paste is a sponsor of the Old-Timey "The Fish Was Delish" radio program run by Old-Timey Strong Bad.
See main article: Portly Washboy Fancy Laundry Paste
radio
Big Ol' Eyebrows, here I come! Strong Bad's School of Barbzerdry is an academy specializing in barber wizardry, or "barbzerdry".
See main article: Strong Bad's School of Barbzerdry
haircut
We're totally not recycling an old gag! Sbemailiarized Entertainment™ © ® LLC,,. is a new venture responsible for transforming cartoons and other pages into Strong Bad Emails.
See main article: Sbemailiarized Entertainment
Sbemailiarized!, April Fool 09
"I am contractually unable to drink, talk about, or bathe in any other liquid!" The Ethical Advancement of Melonade makes different varieties of Melonade numbering in the hundreds, at least according to Homestar Runner in Hremail 7. Hremail 7
Th-th-these jerks STOLE IT! That Floating Horror appears to be Marshie's own personal branding, separate from Fluffy Puff Marshmallows. Stack 'Em to the Heavens!
This is the Totalsoft Electronicals LLC,,. Logo Totalsoft Electronicals LLC,,. is the company behind the game Fishing Challenge '91 It can only be accessed from an Easter egg in lures & jigs. lures & jigs
Very Old Inc. Very Old Inc. is the company that made "Oh No You Dent! Denture Tablets". retirement

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