P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Men generally pay for all expenses on a date ... either sex, however, may bring a little gift, its value to be determined by the bizarrness of the sexual request to be made later that evening.

P. J. O'Rourke

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• Men generally pay for all expenses on a date ... either sex, however, may bring a little gift, its value to be determined by the bizarrness of the sexual request to be made later that evening.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Men
  • May
  • Value