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I used to clean the ovens in a bakery. Brillo pad and poison.
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A really bad film for no money: the director had no idea what he was doing and I was wondering: why am I here?
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Delivering papers in the freezing cold for my granny. I got paid in Panini football stickers, so it wasn’t all bad.
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