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keithbvadu2

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15. I remember an old black and white comedy, Danny Kaye I think, as the king's physician in France.

Reply to Happy Hoosier (Reply #14)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 09:33 AM

Jul 2020

I remember an old black and white comedy, Danny Kaye I think, as the king's physician in France. He told the king he should bathe once a year , preferably twice. The king said, that often?

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I remember an old black and white comedy, Danny Kaye I think, as the king's physician in France. keithbvadu2 Jul 2020 #15

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