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Are you going to the war or what? &#x1f631;&#x1f631;<br \/>\nAnd my kettle is the first to go&#8230; I said:<br \/>\n&#8211; I&#8217;m not going first, uncle.<br \/>\n&#8211; Why not?<br \/>\n&#8211; Because I can&#8217;t fucking drive! Unless it&#8217;s in a field where there&#8217;s no one else&#8230; And here there&#8217;s a shitload of cars&#8230; I&#8217;ll run over somebody else&#8230; Let me go home, uncle, I don&#8217;t want to go to war!<br \/>\n&#8211; What are you pissing about? 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