I got an email today that gave me false hopes. You see, the sender was Scotsman V. Drunks, but when I opened the email all I saw were Viagra advertisements. Damn, I was hoping to see some Scotsman headbutt a bunch of inebriated rednecks or something. What ever happened to truth in advertising?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I got an email today that gave me false hopes. You see, the sender was Scotsman V. Drunks, but when I opened the email all I saw were Viagra advertisements. Damn, I was hoping to see some Scotsman headbutt a bunch of inebriated rednecks or something. 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