The Greatest YouTube Clip Of The Year Award

ByPatrick St. Michel

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv4gUdn6Lcc”]

The fact this didn’t go even more viral is a sign society needs to be reset and we should all start over. Amazing on at least four levels.

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