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The floral waistcoat and shocking-pink shirt combo I wore on my 21st.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
That Sparks predates the Beatles and it’s kind of all too obvious where they got a lot of their inspiration.
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A few haircuts.
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