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She applies her lipstick in spite of its contents: "greasy rouge,
containing crushed and dried insect corpses for coloring, beeswax
for stiffness, and olive oil to help it flow - the latter having
the unfortunate tendency to go rancid several hours after use.
In 1924 the New York Board of Health considered banning lipstick,
not because it was hazardous to the wearers but because of "the
worry that it might poison the men who kissed the women who wore it."
-- David Bodanis, "The Secret House"
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Freebsd Fortunes 5: 2098 of 2298 |
She asked me, "What's your sign?"
I blinked and answered "Neon,"
I thought I'd blow her mind...
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Freebsd Fortunes 5: 2099 of 2298 |
She been married so many times
she got rice marks all over her face.
-- Tom Waits
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Freebsd Fortunes 5: 2100 of 2298 |
She blinded me with science!
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She can kill all your files;
She can freeze with a frown.
And a wave of her hand brings the whole system down.
And she works on her code until ten after three.
She lives like a bat but she's always a hacker to me.
-- Apologies to Billy Joel
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She cried, and the judge wiped her tears with my checkbook.
-- Tommy Manville
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She has an alarm clock and a phone that don't ring - they applaud.
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Freebsd Fortunes 5: 2104 of 2298 |
She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to.
-- Gypsy Rose Lee
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She just came in, pounced around this thing with me for a few
years, enjoyed herself, gave it a sort of beautiful quality and
left. Excited a few men in the meantime.
-- Patrick Macnee, reminiscing on Diana Rigg's
involvement in "The Avengers".
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She missed an invaluable opportunity to give him
a look that you could have poured on a waffle.
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