I like ironing my socks.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 14 October 2011 source ↗
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Male, average height.
Honest, empathetic, daring.
Trying quite hard.
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I tested whistles for the police.
I hated writing and I hated reading.
I was at an Aston Villa match and when Villa scored this stranger of a supermodel kissed me.
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