Nicholas Parsons Quotes

I don’t know if men go bonkers in middle age. I’m bonkers half the time anyway, so I didn’t notice much.

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• I don’t know if men go bonkers in middle age. I’m bonkers half the time anyway, so I didn’t notice much.

  

  Nicholas Parsons
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  • Middle Age
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