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• Qualified insanity

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• Est-ce que tu parles le Français?

  France is sexy, I’m not breaking new ground there. This is the country of Moulin Rouge, lingerie and voulez-vous couche avec moi. Ever since American GI’s came back from the war from torrid adventures with liberated housewives the world has always looked to the French to see what is chic and sexy. Indeed the the [...]