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Old 6 February 2016, 11:33 AM   #1
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Old 6 February 2016, 11:34 AM   #2
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Hard to tell the two of you apart Paul!
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Old 6 February 2016, 11:36 AM   #3
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Hard to tell the two of you apart Paul!
And the real spooky thing Tim, is that he has a twin brother called Paul
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Old 6 February 2016, 12:44 PM   #4
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Old 6 February 2016, 12:51 PM   #5
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Nice hulk
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Old 6 February 2016, 01:36 PM   #6
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Old 6 February 2016, 02:58 PM   #7
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Great photo! I hear Vin is a laid-back & down to earth kind of guy.
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Old 6 February 2016, 03:17 PM   #8
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Old 6 February 2016, 07:00 PM   #9
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Did you ask him if he needed a stunt double for his films? Great pic, thanks for sharing
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Old 6 February 2016, 10:52 PM   #10
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Very cool, Paul! What is he like? I've heard he is a down-to-earth family guy. The similarities between you two are awesome!
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Old 6 February 2016, 10:56 PM   #11
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Very cool, Paul! What is he like? I've heard he is a down-to-earth family guy. The similarities between you two are awesome!
Cold and waxed
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Old 6 February 2016, 11:09 PM   #12
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But it took me two looks to see it.
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Old 6 February 2016, 11:32 PM   #13
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Cool meet. Great shot.
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Old 6 February 2016, 11:55 PM   #14
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But it took me two looks to see it.


I can't believe no-one picked up on it sooner. Mind you, took me five minutes to realise he wasn't just ignoring me
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Old 6 February 2016, 11:58 PM   #15
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He is skinny now. Great pic I always liked him.
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Old 7 February 2016, 12:04 AM   #16
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I can't believe no-one picked up on it sooner. Mind you, took me five minutes to realise he wasn't just ignoring me
Didn't want to spoil it for you
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Old 7 February 2016, 12:09 AM   #18
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I can't believe no-one picked up on it sooner. Mind you, took me five minutes to realise he wasn't just ignoring me
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Old 7 February 2016, 12:32 AM   #19
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An uncanny resemblance.
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Old 7 February 2016, 01:24 AM   #20
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That's about as lifelike as could be.
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Old 7 February 2016, 01:32 AM   #21
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Pretty awesome Paul!!! Figured something was up when he was on a platform:)
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Old 7 February 2016, 06:40 PM   #22
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Pretty awesome Paul!!! Figured something was up when he was on a platform:)
Same here!

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Old 8 February 2016, 07:29 PM   #23
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Pretty awesome Paul!!! Figured something was up when he was on a platform:)
He's not very tall and I gave him a complex
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Old 8 February 2016, 08:08 PM   #24
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that is awesome!!!
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Old 8 February 2016, 11:31 PM   #25
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Got me. Still a great shot.
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Old 9 February 2016, 12:51 AM   #27
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I was thinking he looked smaller there, and had a platform complex, and then, well, things were not adding up so the brain tries to make them add up ;)
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