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Greek people have really bizarre names. Melissanthi? Polyxeni? Whatever happened to names like Jane and Susan?  It has to make you wonder. If Theodora hadn't named her kids after dinner entrees, maybe they wouldn't have had such f'ed up lives.

 

Africa is not a safe place. Africa is not a safe place. Fokus learns that when he gets shot with a poisoned arrow by some black guys. And the guys who did it were his friends! Imagine what his enemies would do to him.

 

Men are only necessary for reproduction. The men in this book quickly die once their purpose is complete, that is to squirt their wives with daughters so the next generation of lesbos can be born.

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Don't marry a guy who can't get an erection. Mel married an older guy because he was rich, but he had p_nis problems. Not a recipe for a  good marriage.

 

Happiness can be found with family in goat village. All five daughters left to find happiness in big cities, or with wealth, or whatever, only to learn that happiness what living with their mom in goat village. With dildos, and a lot of lubricant.

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