Napoleon temporarily reversed this trend
but squandered lots of lives in doing so celebrating his own magnificence, which is why history generally calls him a cunt
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Jahled Three shades of black,
Sat 14 Jul 2012, 23:37,
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and subsequent French leaders have only managed to emulate him in one way
...lack of height.
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calibrax loves teh hamsters (not in that way),
Sat 14 Jul 2012, 23:42,
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