French financier jumps to death from NYC balcony during apartment showing...

He goes to see an apartment with a broker and throws himself off the 32nd floor balcony... imagine being that broker? Wow... It would be much worse being a person in the vicinity of wherever he landed and seeing his body.

He goes to see an apartment with a broker and throws himself off the 32nd floor balcony... imagine being that broker? Wow...

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by Anonymousreply 163July 30, 2022 1:00 AM

It would be much worse being a person in the vicinity of wherever he landed and seeing his body.

by Anonymousreply 2May 27, 2022 4:05 AM

I guess he really hated the apartment.

by Anonymousreply 3May 27, 2022 4:05 AM

Did he jump into the void like they say in Switzerland?

by Anonymousreply 4May 27, 2022 4:06 AM

"You know, if you don't have the Wolf range in this apartment, you will not like my reaction".

by Anonymousreply 5May 27, 2022 4:07 AM

Feel bad for the third floor apartment. Clean up on Aisle 3.

by Anonymousreply 6May 27, 2022 4:08 AM

Did the French financier have anything to do with Putin? Was the real estate agent Russian?

by Anonymousreply 7May 27, 2022 4:09 AM

I guess they didn't have the open design kitchen he wanted?

by Anonymousreply 8May 27, 2022 4:09 AM

"I'm so bored I could die!"

by Anonymousreply 9May 27, 2022 4:13 AM

Will the broker be returning to her former life of hairdressing after this trauma?

by Anonymousreply 10May 27, 2022 4:14 AM

He hit on Rachel Hunter when he was 25.

[Quote]Charles-Henry Kurzen, a twenty-five-year-old banker from Paris, happened to know a close personal friend of Hunter’s, and he was able to get past security. “I was determined to go upstairs, because Rachel Hunter was there,” Kurzen said. “She is a woman born in 1969—she is thirty-four!—but she is a beautiful, mature woman; a woman of character, a woman of history, a woman who has lived!” Kurzen tried to persuade Hunter to join his countrymen downstairs, but she declined. “Maybe because her party was a business gathering and she could not leave,” he speculated. “Maybe because she found me too young; maybe because she did not like the idea of a French party.” He thought a little longer. “Or maybe it was a question of chic. I do not know.”

by Anonymousreply 11May 27, 2022 4:17 AM

[coattailing on R9], I imagine that he tried to light a cigarette during the showing and was told not to smoke, and he was asked about who would be living there, the assumption being that he had a wife/GF or husband/BF:

"When did everybody stop smoking? When did everybody pair off? This used to be the most exciting city in the world…now it’s nothing but smoking near a fucking open window. New York is over. O.V.E.R. Over. No one’s fun anymore. What ever happened to fun?"

by Anonymousreply 12May 27, 2022 4:18 AM

Quel dommage. Qu'y avait-il sur son iPod?

by Anonymousreply 14May 27, 2022 4:30 AM

Show me his pic, DL. Then I'll let you know what I think.

by Anonymousreply 15May 27, 2022 4:33 AM

iPod, obviously:

"Ah, might as well jump (jump)

Might as well jump

Go ahead and jump (jump)."

Go ahead and jump

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by Anonymousreply 16May 27, 2022 4:36 AM

No one uses iPods anymore.

The question is now, "What's on his/her Spotify playlist?"

by Anonymousreply 18May 27, 2022 4:38 AM

I feel like I’ve heard this story before.

by Anonymousreply 19May 27, 2022 4:38 AM

[quote]The question is now, "What's on his/her Spotify playlist?"

Please don't mention spot.

by Anonymousreply 22May 27, 2022 4:43 AM

"This cat has a neurological disorder and doesn't know how far he has to fall. Boy yoy yoing!"

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by Anonymousreply 23May 27, 2022 4:47 AM

"No one uses iPods anymore. "

Most of us understand a common word or phrase being used to convey a general concept - here, what would the man be listening to, no matter the mode of listening.

by Anonymousreply 24May 27, 2022 4:50 AM

[quote] No one uses iPods anymore.

Don;t you have a TikTok clip to watch or a kpop album to listen to? The adults are talking.

by Anonymousreply 25May 27, 2022 4:59 AM

Interlopers are not familiar with DL memes.

by Anonymousreply 26May 27, 2022 5:01 AM

Did he make this appointment just to have access to a high floor to jump from?

by Anonymousreply 28May 27, 2022 5:03 AM

And some DL memes are not familiar with the passage of time. Or reading the room.

by Anonymousreply 29May 27, 2022 5:04 AM

I've gone out the window.

by Anonymousreply 30May 27, 2022 5:05 AM

Right R29, we're not familiar with the passage of time. It was R18 who taught most of us, just minutes ago, that iPods aren't used anymore. Fuck, our minds are blown. Fucking CRAZY, like if there were electric cars.

by Anonymousreply 31May 27, 2022 5:08 AM

Good thing he didn't die in the apartment. Suicide home is hard to sell.

by Anonymousreply 32May 27, 2022 5:09 AM

"What's on their Spotify" is more au courant.

by Anonymousreply 33May 27, 2022 5:10 AM

it reminds me of the building in Sliver (1993)

by Anonymousreply 34May 27, 2022 5:12 AM

I am waiting for the Tasteful Friends post that shows images of the apartment.

Details are important.

by Anonymousreply 35May 27, 2022 5:13 AM

il avait un cul chaud mais il ne pouvait pas tomber pour toujours...

by Anonymousreply 36May 27, 2022 5:13 AM

Gretchen, stop trying to make "What's on their Spotify" happen. It's not going to happen!

by Anonymousreply 37May 27, 2022 5:13 AM

Thanks for the challenge, gramps!

by Anonymousreply 38May 27, 2022 5:16 AM

Expats are always a little crazy. They're so divorced from their original home and culture, it begins to take a toll on their mental health.

by Anonymousreply 39May 27, 2022 5:19 AM

Or he put way too much money into crypto

by Anonymousreply 40May 27, 2022 5:20 AM

[quote]Good thing he didn't die in the apartment. Suicide home is hard to sell.

Gee, thanks!

by Anonymousreply 41May 27, 2022 5:22 AM

Was he wearing an N-95 mask when he jumped? I need to know that before I know how to feel about this story.

by Anonymousreply 42May 27, 2022 5:22 AM

I love a French financier.

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by Anonymousreply 43May 27, 2022 5:23 AM

It was so amazing he leapt at the opportunity to buy it!

by Anonymousreply 44May 27, 2022 5:24 AM

Those are some flimsy balconies.

by Anonymousreply 45May 27, 2022 5:27 AM

R47 is the hero we needed. What a beautiful place. I guess money doesn't buy happiness or something like that.

by Anonymousreply 48May 27, 2022 5:57 AM

[quote] a group of weekly parties hosted for French ex-patriots in New York City.

Oh dear, New York Post.

by Anonymousreply 49May 27, 2022 5:57 AM

Je crois que je peux voler.

by Anonymousreply 50May 27, 2022 5:59 AM

Does the body just… explode hitting the ground?

by Anonymousreply 52May 27, 2022 6:00 AM

L'auto-défenestration est si triste, et les sauts sur le balcon sont vulgaires.

by Anonymousreply 53May 27, 2022 6:01 AM

[quote] from a 32th-floor balcony

Oh dear.

by Anonymousreply 54May 27, 2022 6:04 AM

[quote] Does the body just… explode hitting the ground?

No, Rose. Falling 29 floors onto a hard patio below, it just bounces right back .

by Anonymousreply 55May 27, 2022 6:06 AM

R52, try throwing a watermelon off a roof and see what happens.

In extraordinary circumstances you might get something like Evelyn McHale, but most of the time it winds up like someone dropped a Chicago style deep-dish pizza from the roof.

by Anonymousreply 56May 27, 2022 6:14 AM

How do you know, R56? Ever seen a fallen person?

by Anonymousreply 57May 27, 2022 6:15 AM

[quote] Ever seen a fallen person?

I saw La Traviata at the Met.

by Anonymousreply 58May 27, 2022 6:16 AM

No necessarily so. Here's the death photo of Evelyn McHale after jumping from the Empire State Building. Often referred to as the most beautiful suicide. Warhol used the pic in his work.

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by Anonymousreply 59May 27, 2022 6:18 AM

R57, I've hosed down the pavement after, you little shit.

by Anonymousreply 60May 27, 2022 6:19 AM

Evelyn McHale fell onto a limo which was more forgiving than concrete. Still, she died and the car was totaled.

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by Anonymousreply 63May 27, 2022 6:26 AM

I've plenty of lookie-loos at open houses, but never a jumper.

by Anonymousreply 64May 27, 2022 6:30 AM

R65. I'm flattered you have me blocked, cunt.

by Anonymousreply 67May 27, 2022 6:35 AM

R45, floor three seems pretty sturdy.

by Anonymousreply 69May 27, 2022 7:00 AM

We are traveling to Paris, by train, shortly...........

by Anonymousreply 70May 27, 2022 7:01 AM

How the hell did that lady jump from the Empire State Building no less , and come out completely unscathed?! Damm it’s unreal

by Anonymousreply 71May 27, 2022 7:05 AM

[quote] floor three seems pretty sturdy.

Not anymore.

by Anonymousreply 72May 27, 2022 7:06 AM

Did you get a look at that tiny kitchen? And you have to use a stepladder in order to get to the microwave. I would have jumped, too, and taken that bitch of a real estate agent with me!

by Anonymousreply 73May 27, 2022 7:11 AM

[quote]R71 How the hell did that lady jump, from the Empire State Building no less, and come out completely unscathed?!

Her stockings are ripped. Do you know what those cost??

by Anonymousreply 75May 27, 2022 7:22 AM

That U of Penn runner who jumped from the parking garage back in 2014 was also left unscathed. A person who saw her on the ground said they thought maybe she was passed out and drunk. She only had a cut on her cheek.

by Anonymousreply 76May 27, 2022 7:24 AM

Was he wearing an N-95 mask when he jumped? I need to know this before I decide how to feel about it.

by Anonymousreply 79May 27, 2022 7:38 AM

You made that joke already, R79, and it wasn't funny the first time

by Anonymousreply 81May 27, 2022 7:45 AM

[quote]imagine being that broker?

Next!

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by Anonymousreply 83May 27, 2022 7:59 AM

[quote] "Le AHHHHHHHHH"

Non, non, non, non, non, R66!

"L'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

by Anonymousreply 84May 27, 2022 8:04 AM

R73 I noticed the height of the microwave in that kitchen, too. That seems dangerous because you could burn yourself lifting hot foods and liquids out from a space above your head. And how do reach up to clean it? It’s odd.

by Anonymousreply 85May 27, 2022 8:18 AM

A hero indeed, R47.

It's a surprisingly nice apartment, and beautifully furnished (with a bargueño, even), all a surprise for a 1984 building that's rather a dog outside. It even has a little bit of ceiling height.

I've always been told that an 8-story fall (75 feet or more) approaches a metaphysical certitude of death.

Maybe the Frenchman was contemplating the alternate 3-bedroom floor plan and thought, "No, I can't"?

by Anonymousreply 86May 27, 2022 8:21 AM

[quote] That U of Penn runner who jumped from the parking garage back in 2014 was also left unscathed.

Parking garages rarely have 32 floors.

by Anonymousreply 87May 27, 2022 8:22 AM

R53

"Depuis le bacon."

"Mais quelle hauteur admirable!¨

by Anonymousreply 88May 27, 2022 8:25 AM

What, no-one has mentioned the hot cop in the photo?

by Anonymousreply 89May 27, 2022 8:27 AM

Fuck off, s'il vous plaît R88, vous prétentieux twit

by Anonymousreply 90May 27, 2022 8:28 AM

iPod? What year is this, 2006?

by Anonymousreply 91May 27, 2022 8:28 AM

What is metaphysical certitude, R86?

by Anonymousreply 92May 27, 2022 9:20 AM

He was fine until the broker walked in and he saw who it was................

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by Anonymousreply 93May 27, 2022 11:54 AM

R92, a catchphrase (for which I have an occasional and fleeting nostalgia) of the late blowhard political pundit John McLaughlin invariably included in his weekly TV series.

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by Anonymousreply 94May 27, 2022 12:04 PM

Falling a distance onto a flat surface can have different effects depending on the specific impact profile. Sometimes the body sustains many fractures but the skin maintains its integrity.

Usually, however, broken bones push through the skin. Internal organs may burst out of the thorax and abdomen, and often the rectum blows out of the anus. Clothes often hide some of the mess.

The head, as speculation has suggested, is the biggest problem. The "exploding watermelon" effect is not inevitable but when the impact is a direct head-drop it can be spectacular.

None of this is as bad as the damage a body experiences when ejected onto a road surface from a high-speed vehicle collision, or from being struck at high speed. The skin tears away from the abrasion and tumbling and smacking into posts, trees, other vehicles or other impediments. A long trail of intestines and colon are usually dragged and smeared. When the body also is bouncing and ends up off the roadway, following the bloody path helps find the body. It's very frustrating for law enforcement and EMTs/medical examiners who can't find the body. I've seen bodies ending up in trees and not located for up to 45 minutes after emergency workers arrive at the scene.

by Anonymousreply 95May 27, 2022 2:14 PM

per r47's link... "Temporarily Off-Market"

by Anonymousreply 97May 27, 2022 3:00 PM

This United Nations Plaza is not the same one where RFK, Johnny Carson and Truman Capote lived if it was built in 1989.

by Anonymousreply 98May 27, 2022 3:22 PM

R98, They lived at #860 UNP, the French guy jumped from #100 UNP.

by Anonymousreply 99May 27, 2022 3:26 PM

Did he not like the view?

by Anonymousreply 100May 27, 2022 3:27 PM

r39, expats tend to be crazy before they leave their country. Their inability to fit in is an inescapable angst.

by Anonymousreply 101May 27, 2022 3:35 PM

Was he wearing his French Chef's uniform?

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by Anonymousreply 103May 27, 2022 3:45 PM

I saw two bodies from a fall...one was a jumper who landed on a car. I don't know how far he fell because I wasn't looking up at the time.. The car had a lot of damage but not so much the body.

The other was a 20-year old construction worker who fell 24 stories and landed outside my co-worker's window. That one stayed with me. He didn't have a safety harnesses on and sat on the ledge of the roof. He landed face up with his left arm across his abdomen and the right held up above his head like like he was waving or hailing a cab. His left leg was straight and his right leg was bent (not broken bone bent) and raised. If it weren't for the pool of blood and gray matter around his head he'd look like he was just laying there.

by Anonymousreply 104May 27, 2022 3:46 PM

This sort of thing does happen in a condominium building.

by Anonymousreply 105May 27, 2022 3:50 PM

I’m ordering French fries with a big side of ketchup for lunch today in his honor.

by Anonymousreply 106May 27, 2022 3:55 PM

I wouldn't buy anything in that building.

The balcony construction looks sketchy. Special assessments soon to come.

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by Anonymousreply 107May 27, 2022 3:56 PM

Thanks, R4,7 for the floorplan. From R107's pic, it looks like he jumped from the small balcony off the master bedroom, rather than the large terrace off the living room.

by Anonymousreply 108May 27, 2022 4:00 PM

[quote] No, Rose. Falling 29 floors onto a hard patio below, it just bounces right back .

Thank you, Captain False Opposition.

No, the body doesn’t “explode.” It’s subjected to terrific force when it hit so smashing and dismemberment will probably result. But even bodies hitting the ground from plane explosions don’t “explode.”

Remember when those separatist assholes in eastern Ukraine shot down that Netherlands jetliner? Before censored there were lots of images online of the corpses from the plane lying on the ground. Limbs torn off, traumatic injury, but bodies “unexplored.”

by Anonymousreply 109May 27, 2022 4:04 PM

I think it was the fall from the balcony that killed him!

by Anonymousreply 113May 27, 2022 4:33 PM

R100 Have you seen Joy Behar? Enough to make anyone jump.

by Anonymousreply 114May 27, 2022 4:40 PM

R114, When Joy removes her glasses, she looks like an embalmed corpse.

by Anonymousreply 115May 27, 2022 4:57 PM

New ad for the unit: "Potential Buyers Aren't The Only Thing Dropping, So Is Our Asking Price!"

by Anonymousreply 116May 27, 2022 6:22 PM

Preston Sturges was going to commit suicide by jumping from a high floor in a NY hotel. He looked out and a couple of construction workers were working on an upper floor. He just happened to see one of the workers fall to his death. He decided that suicide by jumping was not a good idea.

by Anonymousreply 117May 27, 2022 6:30 PM

I was very happy to see Evelyn wore her gloves. Committing suicide in public without proper attire seems the ultimate faux pas.

by Anonymousreply 118May 27, 2022 6:33 PM

[quote]I think it was the fall from the balcony that killed him!

It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop.

by Anonymousreply 119May 27, 2022 6:33 PM

When I was a resident at UCLA, one of my fellow residents killed herself jumping off the top level of a parking lot at the Santa Monica Promenade. DOA.

A medical student killed her self by starting an IV in herself and giving herself a big bolus of potassium.

by Anonymousreply 120May 27, 2022 7:37 PM

[quote]R108 it looks like he jumped from the small balcony off the master bedroom, rather than the large terrace off the living room.

Perhaps he’d made sexual overtures to the realtor in the bedroom, was rebuffed, and couldn’t handle it?

by Anonymousreply 121May 27, 2022 7:42 PM

That's what happens when the real estate agent lays out the wrong cheese platter.

by Anonymousreply 122May 27, 2022 8:00 PM

[quote] Perhaps he’d made sexual overtures to the realtor in the bedroom, was rebuffed, and couldn’t handle it?

Or the realtor pushed him over the balcony. We only have the realtor's word that he jumped.

by Anonymousreply 123May 27, 2022 8:51 PM

We need to see a pic of the real estate agent.

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by Anonymousreply 124May 27, 2022 8:59 PM

It has been said that people who fall from a great height may have a fatal heart attack on the way down so it is not necessarily the impact that will kill you.

Good to know.

by Anonymousreply 125May 27, 2022 9:28 PM

What a fucking asshole. I swear the French are the most awful humans on the planet, even when they’re suicidal.

by Anonymousreply 128May 27, 2022 9:49 PM

Did the French financier take cooked books of the rich and famous with him?

by Anonymousreply 129May 27, 2022 10:00 PM

[quote]Muriel please ban [R95].

Yeah, I'll get right on that. Right after my mani-pedi. And this reasonably priced Oberon Cabernet. And a couple games of canasta with the girls.

You stupid fuck.

by Anonymousreply 130May 27, 2022 10:04 PM

[quote]iPod? What year is this, 2006?

Yeah, that joke is dated. It should be “What was on his playlist?” Or something like that.

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by Anonymousreply 131May 27, 2022 10:14 PM

What does this stupid thread have to go with datalounge or gay people?

This is bullshit NYPost clickbait GARBAGE.

There isn’t even a mystery to solve here.

Go to the NY post for NY Post posts. It’s ridiculous that straight people won’t let us have our own website.

by Anonymousreply 132May 27, 2022 10:16 PM

It involved a realtor. Therefore it’s gay.

by Anonymousreply 133May 27, 2022 10:17 PM

R132 not a Tasteful Friend

by Anonymousreply 134May 27, 2022 10:23 PM

A Big bolus is a deeply unpleasant phrase.

by Anonymousreply 135May 27, 2022 10:33 PM

Now he's with the ex-splat Frenchies.

by Anonymousreply 137May 28, 2022 9:25 AM

What does the school shooting have to do with Datalounge or gay people? Anyway real estate agents are notoriously gay. And dear I say so are spectacular suicides.

by Anonymousreply 138May 28, 2022 1:12 PM

The French are always pushovers, whether it's a foreign dictator or a balcony.

by Anonymousreply 139May 28, 2022 1:26 PM

R102 perhaps deserves to hear what is left to identify after a fiery crash, the double-dealing troll who thinks it's okay to gossip about horrors while ignoring what they entail, because it's all entertainment to her.

R102, another DL hypocrite and cunt:

French financier jumps to death from NYC balcony during apartment showing... Preston Sturges was going to commit suicide by jumping from a high floor in a NY hotel. He looked out and a couple of construction workers were working on an upper floor. He just happened to see one of the workers fall to his death. He decided that suicide by jumping was not a good idea.

French financier jumps to death from NYC balcony during apartment showing... I was very happy to see Evelyn wore her gloves. Committing suicide in public without proper attire seems the ultimate faux pas.

French financier jumps to death from NYC balcony during apartment showing... It has been said that people who fall from a great height may have a fatal heart attack on the way down so it is not necessarily the impact that will kill you.

Good to know.

French financier jumps to death from NYC balcony during apartment showing... What does the school shooting have to do with Datalounge or gay people? Anyway real estate agents are notoriously gay. And dear I say so are spectacular suicides.

by Anonymousreply 140May 28, 2022 5:04 PM

Some of us are taking the news of datalounge closing down a littler harder than others, I guess.

by Anonymousreply 141May 28, 2022 5:37 PM

[quote]R126 Could it be? . . .

He has KILLER written all over his face!

LOCK ‘IM UP!

by Anonymousreply 142May 28, 2022 7:09 PM

We can't read anything that isn't directly and solely about being gay? How tedious some people's mental lives must be.

by Anonymousreply 143May 28, 2022 11:54 PM

R95 How right could I have been that you should be banned! I meant it as a joke making a point that we were all joking about this tragedy and you were laying bare exactly what the horror of death consisted of. You must really enjoy this stuff. You are truly one sick fuck. Go back to you photographic homicide books.

by Anonymousreply 144May 29, 2022 12:12 AM

Years ago I was acquainted with a guy who worked as an EMT in a county that had a sky diving school. He was called out once when a chute failed to deploy. He said that the body was like a "bag of fertilizer. I didn't as for clarification.

by Anonymousreply 145May 29, 2022 12:40 AM

The Latin Times really went for it with this photo... which they parenthetically mention "is a representational image" and not the real thing!

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by Anonymousreply 146June 1, 2022 3:13 PM

"Either these curtains go, or I do!"

by Anonymousreply 147June 1, 2022 3:37 PM

Apres moi, le deluge of lysol and water using a good stiff brush! We don't need flies on a hot day!

by Anonymousreply 148June 1, 2022 3:53 PM

He was probably smoking a stinky Gauloises all the way down. And then realized the health warning was true.

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by Anonymousreply 149June 1, 2022 4:52 PM

Was Candy Spelling the real estate agent?

by Anonymousreply 150June 1, 2022 5:03 PM

I wasn’t even in the neighborhood at the time!

by Anonymousreply 152June 1, 2022 6:21 PM

No pix of this guy who was meant to be a prominent banker.

by Anonymousreply 153June 2, 2022 7:37 AM

[quote] No pix of this guy who was meant to be a prominent banker

Which may indicate he was a VERY prominent banker moving money for a type of clientele.

by Anonymousreply 154June 2, 2022 10:21 AM

R95, we've all seen lots of roadkill. It's never 'that' dramatic.

by Anonymousreply 155June 2, 2022 10:48 AM

Jumper sounds like a complete narcissistic asshole @ R11. Typical French.

by Anonymousreply 156June 2, 2022 10:49 AM

Oh, for Christ's sake, all he had to say was "I don't want an open kitchen"!

by Anonymousreply 158June 2, 2022 6:04 PM

I once read of a jumper who for one reason or another survived the jump. It was from a high place, I think he hit an awning not far below him or something. Anyway he said as soon as he jumped he regretted his decision. After reading that I’ve always wondered how many feel the same but didn’t live to say.

by Anonymousreply 159June 3, 2022 11:52 PM

[quote] I think he hit an awning not far below him

And bounced back up, like in a cartoon?

by Anonymousreply 160June 4, 2022 12:05 AM

90 minute service. He was decent looking, at least per the photo on the easel.

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by Anonymousreply 162July 30, 2022 12:38 AM

Maybe it was a question of chic.

Peut-être, j'en sais rien.

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