Teen Destroys $1.8 Million Chandelier with Croc

Just goes to show that neither $1.8 million chandeliers, nor Crocs have any business existing.[Photo credit: ellenm1, Creative Commons. For illustration.]

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Lindsay Beyerstein

August 21, 2011

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Just goes to show that neither $1.8 million chandeliers, nor Crocs have any business existing.

[Photo credit: ellenm1, Creative Commons. For illustration.]

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