A year later, I had it on all my fingers. My hands looked like the hands of an alligator. So I fist bumped people instead of shaking hands for a few years.
BERHAN AHMED
BERHAN AHMED
Berhan Ahmed on alligator
Berhan Ahmed6 quotes“A year later, I had it on all my fingers. My hands looked like the hands of an alligator. So I fist bumped people instead of shaking hands for a few years.”
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