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And here is another...  [message #27116] Fri, 16 December 2005 07:55 Go to next message
JFR is currently offline  JFR

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Deeej wrote:

>How about another famous gay, JFR?<

Your wish is my command. But I would only do it for you, honey bun Wink

Dead, French/Belgian, writer. More clues if needed.
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The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
I'd say yum, yum if I were sure it was a male ...  [message #27130 is a reply to message #27116] Sat, 17 December 2005 04:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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... but it certainly ain't Hercule Poirot, so I guess I need a clue!



For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
Re: And here is another...  [message #27133 is a reply to message #27116] Sat, 17 December 2005 14:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Androgynous picture, more feminine than masculine. I was hoping this was Georges Simenon, but he was notoriously heterosexual and is alleged to have had sex with over 8,000 women!



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Re: And here is another...  [message #27134 is a reply to message #27116] Sat, 17 December 2005 14:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

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I think this is Marguerite Yourcenar, which fits well with Hadrian and Antinous.



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Re: And here is another...  [message #27137 is a reply to message #27134] Sat, 17 December 2005 19:11 Go to previous message
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Marguerite Yourcenar it is! And Timmy is right that her most famous work is the "Memoirs of Hadrian". It was the previous "Famous Gay" (Hadrian) and the earlier reminder that we should include females as well as males that led me to this personality. Over to Timmy Smile



The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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