I found my friends very amusing the first time because they are funny and amusing. They really are … - Duncan Roy

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I found my friends very amusing the first time because they are funny and amusing. They really are because they're people who've got everything. They're sort of like camp caricatures of what you expect an aristocrat should be: vicious, rude, caustic unpleasantries.

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