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Profession: Artist
Nationality: English
Birthday: December 14, 1866

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I own a fart CD. It has, I believe, over 100 fart sounds. A lovely variety, from the up-close and personal to the more experimental and dissonant. Some people prefer to listen to Bach when they go to sleep... not me.

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I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.

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As a Christian, I think it's really important to find a man of God to trust and be supportive of me.

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