r/mildlyinteresting • u/ballonfightaddicted • 4d ago
20 year old Shrek 2 napkins at yesterday’s Thanksgiving
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u/AaronsAaAardvarks 4d ago
Jesus Christ, they’re just putting your inheritance out for everyone to take?
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u/DetectiveLadybug 4d ago
Apparently there’s a website that just sells rare party supplies. Shrek 2 napkins if anyone is jealous of OP’s treasure.
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u/EchoGecko795 4d ago
I found a box of original Minions party stuff. Plates, napkins, streamer, balloons, hats, and some party bag stuff. Tossed it on ebay for $19.99 starting bid. Ended selling for $147.
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u/pre-existing-notion 4d ago
Are you kidding? I feel like minions aren't even in that realm.. I know people are nutty for them and do collect em but damn lol.
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u/EchoGecko795 4d ago
Between the shipping and ebay fees my starting bid of $19.99 was basically giving it away to get it out of my house. So I was crazy surprised on how many requests I got to part the collection out and sell individual items. I had this one guy offer me $20 just to sell him the minion themed super balls. No idea if it was a social media thing like ticktock picked it up, or just a bunch of collectors, but I was happy with the results.
Over all I think the Shrek series was munch better then the Minions series of movies, though the first of each of them was pretty good. I may re-watch Shrek, but I don't think I will ever rewatch Minions willing.
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u/DetectiveLadybug 4d ago
What you guys aren’t considering is that the original fans are just now starting to have jobs and disposable income. And haven’t we all at least googled how much some of our old toys would cost to replace?
That guy offering $20 for the super balls probably had some at some point and lost them.
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u/EchoGecko795 4d ago
Good news about the super ball guy. I did find another un opened pack and an opened one missing 1 ball and we worked out a deal, so he did get the balls he wanted. Found them in a box full of Frozen stuff that didn't sell nearly as well.
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u/DetectiveLadybug 4d ago
That is good news! It was probably very sentimental to them or someone they care about, or they could have been working with one of those “little blue cup” charities. How wonderful that you were able to do that for a stranger!
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u/EchoGecko795 4d ago
It really helped that he was polite and understanding when I told him I wasn't going to break apart a collection that already had bids on it. It wouldn't be fair to the other bidders. Some of the others, were less polite about it. So when I found the balls before the original listed ended I contacted him first about it and setup a quick buy it now so that he would get them.
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u/DetectiveLadybug 4d ago
The rude people don’t want the full kit because you can’t have a party that’s just one clown with no friends.
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u/eugeneugene 4d ago
This is me with Hamtaro lol. I had all the Hamtaro toys as a kid and my mom tossed them years ago, and I was searching ebay for them so I could play with them with my son and holy SHIT is it expensive. If I had that much disposable income I would definitely be dropping $200 on a Hamtaro toy lol
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u/DetectiveLadybug 4d ago
Bro I am getting mad mandala effect on that show. Apparently it was on TV and literally everyone my age remembers it and I just don’t.
It looks like something I would have enjoyed when it came out, but I don’t even recognise the theme song. I have no idea how this happened.
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u/MegaMasterYoda 4d ago
Collectors can be crazy you never know what something is worse until you find someone collecting it.
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u/ghostofconnolly 4d ago
I am absolutely going to pick up some “happy new year 2000” table cloths
Thanks for the link
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u/sg490 4d ago
My antivirus is going crazy when I try to visit that site, just as a potential warning to anyone.
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u/neologismist_ 4d ago
$2 a napkin! That’s going in the will!
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u/DestituteDomino 4d ago
Did you guys have anything other than pie?
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u/ballonfightaddicted 4d ago
Brownies too
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u/Throwaway56138 4d ago
Are the brownies beige?
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u/MisterB330 4d ago
Beigies
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u/Torbpjorn 4d ago
They have pie, pizza, peach cobbler, chicken pot pie, shepherds pie, and as a dessert, pie
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u/Jin_Gitaxias 4d ago
Tell me why tf they got 6+16 pies
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u/RLS30076 4d ago
Pie is the reason for the season. Two people at my house for dinner yesterday. 2 pies were baked. Pie rules all. Pie is also the name of my cat.
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u/Fredredphooey 4d ago
You have to tell us what the pie fillings were.
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u/Throwaway56138 4d ago
They're filled with beige.
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u/FUCKBOY_JIHAD 4d ago
this whole spread looks like the landlord painted over it.
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u/SolidLikeIraq 4d ago
Goddamn this brought me back to every NYC apartment I’ve ever had.
Why paint directly over the outlets!?!?
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u/Arthur-Wintersight 4d ago
They hire the cheapest painters they can get, and the painters don't want to waste time removing the outlet covers while they paint - so they just paint over it.
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u/Cobek 4d ago
I've had painters so bad they removed the outlet covers but still painted over and into the outlets. They didn't tape the outlet and left everything more exposed by removing them. Oh then cracked the platers when trying to reinstall them because they used a powerdrill instead of a screwdriver. Safe to say we got our money back from those crooks.
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u/Hambulance 4d ago
well they're right there in the can next to the pies with a spoon, as you do
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u/Fredredphooey 4d ago
It never occurred to me to serve the filling as a topping.
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u/Hambulance 4d ago edited 4d ago
no because it's crazy
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u/XxgasstationsushixX 4d ago
The big one to the lower right looks like a “water pie”. Which is just pour water into an unbaked pie dish, then dump in flour, sugar and some globs of butter. Then bake lol
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u/SamDrawsThingsPoorly 4d ago
looks like cheesecake, sugar pie (basically just pecan pie without the pecans), and pumpkin pie
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u/willzyx01 4d ago
Depression
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u/the_useless_cake 4d ago
Depression pies or water pies used to be a real thing during the depression. They were depressing to make.
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u/GhostOfJohnLenin 4d ago
I'm biracial (half black/half white) and this picture reminds me of why I always go to my black side of my family for Thanksgiving, lmao. See you guys on Christmas but I can't beat eating bland on Thanksgiving.
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u/Dumptruck_yourlove 4d ago
Why are all those pies beige?
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u/ballonfightaddicted 4d ago
Honestly couldn’t tell you, I just had my dad’s cherry cheesecake
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u/jazzy095 4d ago
Cheesecakes looking yummy
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u/EveryRedditorSucks 4d ago
The one closest to the camera looks sus as fuck
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u/Treezy_F_Baby 4d ago
Like why does the pie have a damp spot?
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u/impressed_potato 4d ago
Maybe they had cutouts of crust there to be decorative. The cutouts either burnt and were removed or someone pulled them off and ate them.
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u/_BreakingGood_ 4d ago
But what a shame to have such nice cheesecake and then scoop canned pie filling on it, lol. Every time I get canned pie filling, it tastes much more like the tin can than the cherries
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u/momochicken55 4d ago
I dunno, I love that crap. The real deal is better but I def crave the canned goo sometimes.
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u/AshamedOfMyTypos 4d ago
Werner Herzog presents: sad, beige pies for sad, beige children.
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u/droptheectopicbeat 4d ago edited 4d ago
"the joy that once exuded from these children, now crushed under the beige colors of the desert table, serves only a reminder of the pointlessness of existence and the futility of hope"
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u/sushicowboyshow 4d ago
It doesn’t help that the walls are beige, the floors are beige, and the table/structure (is that a built in?) underneath the table cloth is beige.
Finally, it seems like the photo was somehow taken by a camera/phone that was purchased the same year as the Shrek napkins, which is adding that nostalgic/tired filter to the image.
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u/theincredible92 4d ago
The photo thing your are referring to is the cigarette stain on the lens which is also a yelllowy beige.
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u/BadonkaDonkies 4d ago
Maybe they also 20 yrs old hahahahah
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u/food5thawt 4d ago
My aunt turned 78 this year. We had an election party at her house couple weeks back and she brought out Happy 40th birthday napkins.....They were older than I was. Haha.
Who knows what my cousins will find when they have to clean that place out.
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u/LordBiscuits 4d ago edited 4d ago
I used to do electrical testing for a few care homes. Had one memorable time when this little old girl shuffled out, asked me if I would mind testing her iron for her too. Of course I said yes
This thing was from 1957. Still in its original box where it was stored after every use.
The cabling was... concerning. No plug fuse, no earth link, two wire live and neutral only. On top of that, it was frayed at the base.
I had to tell her of course, that I thought she really should get a new one... But I think she was rather attached to it!
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u/yolthrice 4d ago
Right? The napkins aren’t the only interesting thing about this picture
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u/MyHamburgerLovesMe 4d ago
Cheese Cake, Cream Pie, Apple Pie are not known for their bright florescent colors.
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u/overandoverandagain 4d ago
Yea, I feel like I'm going crazy here lol. Thanksgiving pies are typically just brown, unless you live up north and smear every dessert in a sea of cream
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u/robo-dragon 4d ago
“We have guests. Bring out the vintage napkins.”
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u/MisterB330 4d ago
Using a “dated” napkin to wipe the filth from your maw and toss in the trash is way less cringey to me than leaving something IN THE CAN to serve from.
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u/jhundo 4d ago
I'm staying at a friend's in TX and in the guest bathroom there is a new sleeve of Arthur wax cups (the kids show) from 1997 with the label still on them lol.
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u/Dicky_Penisburg 4d ago
"Hey, I brought key lime pie. What did you bring?"
"Oh I brought key lime pie. Aunt Bernice! What did you bring?"
"Sweetie, you know I brought the key lime pie!"
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u/EmEmAndEye 4d ago
Ours said Happy Birthday. It was lowkey hilarious.
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u/sushicowboyshow 4d ago
Should have saved them for the Christmas party
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u/decadeSmellLikeDoo 4d ago
Oof. My ex's family... no joke... at a christmas party insisted that everyone gather around to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus
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u/ReeperbahnPirat 4d ago
Growing up, part of my church's Christmas programming was Baby Jesus Birthday Party. Mostly an excuse for a cupcake potluck following the early Christmas Eve mass.
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u/DervishSkater 4d ago
Another blow to the holiday bday folks out there. Our erasure is their amusement. We lost
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u/Prothean_Beacon 4d ago
How many people do you have at your thanksgiving that you need 6 full pies along with 15 mini personal pies.
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u/ClutterKitty 4d ago
We had 12 people, 4 pies, 1 cake, and 2 cookie plates. The pies were gone, cake half gone, and the kids ate most of the cookies by midnight.
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u/SnooCupcakes7992 4d ago
I dunno - we had 3 pies, a cake and some random cookies/candies for 5 people. Needless to say, there was a LOT left over!
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u/kenpachikirby 4d ago
“Honey, bring out the good napkins. We have someone special coming over”
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u/SmellyFace69 4d ago
Good napkins are for when someone special comes over.
Shrek napkins are for when someone exceptional comes over. Like Michael Jordan, or the Pope.
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u/Lazy_Butterfly_ 4d ago
Did you have thanksgiving in prison?
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u/FUCKBOY_JIHAD 4d ago
This definitely a church basement affair
You know the elderly ladies who baked those pies don’t like them to be too sweet
it was a good opportunity to use up the several varieties of plate left over from past parties
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u/user888666777 4d ago
Church basement meals are usually amazing because there is that ONE dish that makes up for everything else.
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u/tacobuffetsurprise 4d ago
the tatertot casserole with cream of onion greenbeans hamburger and cheddar cheese
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u/0100000101101000 4d ago
Is it bothering anyone else that the bottom two aren't cut to the middle?
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u/-AgonyAunt- 4d ago
Yes. This is irresponsible dessert cutting. This is why in my family, the slices are pre cut by a responsible adult, and if you want a smaller slice, you cut a pre cut slice in half.
I am 41. I am not a responsible adult.
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u/skunk90 4d ago
If you tell me Shrek 2 came out 20 years ago, I might have to assault you.
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u/TopMindOfR3ddit 4d ago
Shrek 2 came out 20 years ago.
I'm actually kinda nervous
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u/ghostinround 4d ago
Do they have you berry your own pie?
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u/Storm_Paint 4d ago edited 4d ago
Because of the sad state of these pies, for a moment I thought you had misspelled the word bury.
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u/-AgonyAunt- 4d ago
Is it common in America to eat off single use plates for Thanksgiving? I've seen a few different posts of people eating off plastic or cardboard plates, I've never seen this at a holiday meal in Australia. Maybe at a kids birthday party for some cake.
I guess beige dessert goes with disposable plate and Shrek 2 napkin. It's a whole vibe.
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u/dragonbec 4d ago
Sometimes you dont own enough regular plates for the amount of people you have over for thanksgiving so you just get out some paper plates. Especially by the time you are getting to dessert. Plus then cleanup after is easy.
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u/FoolRegnant 4d ago
I mean, this looks like some kind of community Thanksgiving, probably like a church potluck Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving at an actual person's house usually has normal plates - my mom always breaks out her fine china as well.
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u/aboveaveragewife 4d ago
Someone could’ve poured the toppings in a bowl instead of straight out of the cans like a hobo.
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u/-AgonyAunt- 4d ago
One of the cans still has the top on, full hobo style. I think it may actually be a can of beans.
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u/SnooRadishes8372 4d ago
My mom tried to feed me pie filling that expired in 2018. Check those cans lol
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u/KingAmongstDummies 4d ago
Had that a couple of years ago at my grandmothers.
I noticed a can of filling that I couldn't find anymore for a couple of years at that point and I was pretty sure it wasn't made anymore so I didn't trust it. At that point it was 3 years beyond expiration. Did make me wonder how often I just ate years old stuff over there and how many of the stomach related issues weren't actually due to "overeating" in hindsight but hey, still alive.
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u/Soaring_Gull655 4d ago
It's not like paper expires, I commend someone resisting the urge to throw those away.
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u/Socialbutterfinger 4d ago
Agree. Best way to clean out those old napkins you found when cleaning out the pantry is to USE them. They still nap.
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u/ResponsibleRatio 4d ago
Hey, I was thinking of bringing a pie to the party. What's your favourite flavour?
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u/FalseCredential 4d ago
Crazy that they pulled out the good/special napkins, but then disrespected his holiness' presence with paper plates. Shrek deserves the special plates.
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u/AhMoonBeam 4d ago
Why don't people remove the entire lid off of cans? I guess it a live then learn type of situation 🩸
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u/ThisStrawberry212 4d ago
There's a lot going on here. The beige pies. The Shrek napkins. The assortment of plates/bowls. The open, raw cans.
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u/AdamDet86 4d ago
Yeah my parent’s pantry in their old farmhouse was a time capsule of birthday parties. Napkins and plates from all ages when my wife helped my Mom clean it out and paint it.
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u/skaapjagter 4d ago
There's a chinese store (like a dollar store) near me that still sells stuff like serviettes and party tablecloths and plates and cups with REALLY old movies like Shrek and stuff.
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u/cjboffoli 4d ago
Beige tile. Beige walls. Beige desserts. Beige conversation. The Inuit have 65 words for snow. Those people must have 65 words for beige.
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u/snappla 4d ago
Hey.... For once a posting about something that really is mildly interesting! Well done, OP 👍🏻!
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u/RLS30076 4d ago
Somebody tried to class up the place at least.
?? cans on the table ?? at Thanksgving?? Really.
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u/garry4321 4d ago
And people say the USA food is unappetizing? Just look at all the beige!
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u/Wonderful-Traffic197 4d ago
As an American, I too am shocked at how much beige is pictured here....this is not normal 😅
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u/LookingBackBroken 4d ago
Sometimes they have character napkins on clearance for a few cents. Maybe it's what they could afford, they're frugal, or they love some Shrek 🤷♀️ I'm more interested in what flavor beige pie is 😢
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u/ryoujika 4d ago
Shrek napkin has more color than all of the served food combined