For men at most differ as heaven and earth,
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
from Idylls of the King: Merlin and Vivien by Alfred Tennyson
Cheers, Alf.
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I think Withnail & I is one of those films you have to see when you are young enough to find obnoxiousness amusing rather than offensive.
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