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EC2
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Post by EC2 » Wed October 30th, 2013, 9:33 pm

Is that his arm in the coat sleeve or someone else's. The angle looks a bit odd. Menage a Trois? :p
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Post by Lisa » Thu October 31st, 2013, 9:27 am

Oh yes I recognise him, he's the man with the big boobies!

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Post by Nefret » Thu October 31st, 2013, 2:11 pm

What colour is her dress even? Can that even happen with a dye? And also... man boobs!
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We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
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Post by Misfit » Thu October 31st, 2013, 3:48 pm

[quote=""LadyB""]Oh yes I recognise him, he's the man with the big boobies![/quote]

That's him! The girl's hairdo is always the same, but her dress has been all kinds of shades of red and blue and I think turquoise.
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Post by emr » Thu October 31st, 2013, 4:41 pm

[quote=""Nefret""]What colour is her dress even? Can that even happen with a dye? And also... man boobs![/quote]

That's a side effect of steroids.
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Post by Misfit » Thu October 31st, 2013, 6:39 pm

Found them again.

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Post by Madeleine » Fri November 1st, 2013, 9:27 am

[quote=""EC2""]Second one looks as if she has acute indigestion![/quote]

Yes, or she's got a bad stitch from running ;)
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Post by Lisa » Sat November 2nd, 2013, 6:43 pm

[quote=""Misfit""]Same dress?

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Was checking out Melanie Clegg's other books, looks like she got the most from that photo shoot!

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But I think that dress is nicer than the one on the Minette cover. That one just looks really sweaty!

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Post by Nefret » Sat November 2nd, 2013, 7:39 pm

That pink looks like it belongs in a night dress.
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Post by DianeL » Sat November 2nd, 2013, 11:18 pm

Nefret, agreed!
"To be the queen, she agreed to be the widow!"

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