Curator of Mastodon.art fediblock :newt: on Nostr: >He added the surname Cumming after his marriage in 1889 to Leslie Marian ...
>He added the surname Cumming after his marriage in 1889 to Leslie Marian Valiant-Cumming, heiress of Logie near Forres in the County of Moray
>When the SSB discovered that semen made a good invisible ink, his agents adopted the motto "Every man his own stylo". However, the use of semen as invisible ink was ceased because of the smell it produced for the eventual receiver. It also raised questions over the masturbatory habits of the agents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_Smith-Cumming

Sir, what are you doing, wanking like that in public?

Errhm... ahem... I need to write a letter to my fiance! It's a secret.

Ah well! Carry on.
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