The well brought-up are taught to avoid discussing religion and politics at dinner, while sex is never to be mentioned under any circumstances. But...
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So there you all are, sitting around the table eating and drinking and chatting peaceably, when suddenly the B.D.G. opens his or her always outsized...
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Single and sick of it? Get a dog. Mutt or pure bred, large economy or single serving sized, the only relevant factor is appeal. If the dumb chum is...
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It feels like a hoary cliché, surely one of the hoariest of all time about male and female relations: men are from Mars and women are from...
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