a scholar and a gentleman...

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my wife calls me her
Latin lover - and it's true,
I do love Latin...

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(she says she loves me for my classic good looks books)










('Amo, amas, amat.ter of fact': 17 Syllables)

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STOP PRESS: Wayne Rooney appointed new England captain. (Rooney appointed, me disappointed)

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Rooney our captain?
The 'Beautiful Game' just got
a bit uglier...

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OK, so I'm jesting...but on a more serious note: David Beckham, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney...it's hard to deny that just a cursory glance at the list of off-field 'incidents' involving most of England's recent captains is anything less than a depressingly accurate reflection of where we stand today as a nation. Just saying...

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