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Linkity wishes Ms Mayhem a very happy 8th birthday tomorrow!

May 30, 2014 Chris 14 Comments

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14 thoughts on “Linkity wishes Ms Mayhem a very happy 8th birthday tomorrow!”

Irene says:

May 30, 2014 at 3:26 am

Happy Birthday Mayhem xxxx

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margene says:

May 30, 2014 at 7:43 am

Happy Birthday to the Panther Princess!!!

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marylou says:

May 30, 2014 at 7:55 am

I had to look up spring greens, but that risotto looks just right for the volunteer chardlets in my garden. YUm. And I cannot even think about clicking on a Krispy Kreme cheeseburger at any time of day, never mind first thing in the morning.

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Becky Black says:

May 30, 2014 at 1:58 pm

Happy Birthday to one of my favourite cats of the internet.

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Jess1 says:

May 30, 2014 at 2:04 pm

Happy Birthday to Mayhem! Sending her some virtual catnap for a treat. 🙂

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Cheryl S. says:

May 30, 2014 at 2:49 pm

More armless kitties! This is becoming very worrisome.
Happy Birthday, May! I hope your arms turn up soon.

I love inappropriate quotation marks.

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blodeuedd says:

May 30, 2014 at 3:54 pm

Wohoo I am a mutant!

I am also a mage who has a beautiful gem and a pretty barmaid sidekick

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Alder says:

May 30, 2014 at 4:08 pm

Happy Birthday, Mayhem, from the shapeshifting beastmaster with the Finnish name of Cloudberry. 🙂

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Kaetrin says:

May 30, 2014 at 9:39 pm

Happy birthday Ms. Mayhem!!!! 😀

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Kate says:

May 31, 2014 at 4:57 am

Happy birthday Princess Panther!
I hope your human spends the appropriate amount of time worshiping you as is only befitting 😉
K
Who is henceforth to be known as Lumi Ranta… (snow coast apparently…)

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Lorraine says:

May 31, 2014 at 8:40 am

Chris- She doesn’t look a day over 3.

I love anything David Lynch.

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idamus says:

May 31, 2014 at 9:48 am

Goddammit, I’m a Shapeshifting Knight with an adventerous cat
I hate shapeshifters, but I’ll happily take the kitty

And Happy Birthday to yours 😀

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Melisa Sims says:

May 31, 2014 at 12:40 pm

Yay! Thank you! Mobi is perfect and happy birthday kitty!

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Urbanista says:

May 31, 2014 at 8:06 pm

Happy birthday, baby! I’m getting you an abandoned shopping mall for your birthday. BECAUSE I LOVE THEM!! (Sorry for the shrieking.)

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