"It is possibly worth mentioning at this point that Mr. Young thought that paparazzi was a kind of Italian linoleum.

And just when you’d think [humans] were more malignant than ever Hell could be, they occasionally showed more grace than Heaven ever dreamed of.
~ Terry Pratchett ~












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