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No hot guys should be allowed to have an English accent and drive a motorcycle. Not to mention wear the leather jacket or sport the cool shades. Hot guys should be forced into footie pajamas.
Jandy Nelson
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Jandy Nelson
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: November 25
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