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I Finally Figured Out Who Didier Drogba Looks Like

He looks like a female track star. Picture him with a set of crazy Flo-Jo fingernails…something just falls into place. In my mind, he’s winning the 200m hurdles, tearfully beaming and waving a red bouquet to the crowd. Sadly, I suspect that most of his facial expressions and tiny beards are designed to ward off precisely this impression.

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I Finally Figured Out Who Didier Drogba Looks Like

by Brian Phillips · August 18, 2008

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