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Water drama

Jul 18 2008 By Maureen Messent

Maureen Messent

WHY can't I stop laughing at the near death by drowning of 2ft 8in tall Austin Powers Mini-me star Verne Troyer, a bumptious dwarf who boasts continually of his sexual conquests?

His night with full-size actress Ranae Shrider was nearly his last in America. She ran a bubble bath for her lover, jumped in - but couldn't find him in the foam. Then he shouted to be saved and she had to haul him to dry carpet.

Silly little sud.

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