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BARRY
I Pub Chat When people talk about whirlwind relationships, they always mean romantic relationships but I once had a whirlwind friendship with a man called Barry. Barry and I were inseparable for a summer. He was a total liability but I liked him because usually I am the liability in a friendship group and it was nice to be the sensible one. I got to sigh and say " Oh Barry " like people have always said my name. Or "Fucking Barry, what is he like." Barry turns up to our loca
Apr 1210 min read


Peru
I was speaking to my girlfriend (shut up) over the phone at the start of the year. She was in Lima, completing a tropical medicine...
Sep 4, 202516 min read


Piss Crisps
Tell me, what are your favourite crisps? As I have given this considerable thought The sort of deep, romantic thought that poets like to...
Dec 24, 20242 min read


Mongolian Dave & The All Blacks
Decreasingly Successful Conversations: The next couple bits. Two short stories about the local culture here in Aotearoa. Mongolian Dave...
Dec 17, 202410 min read
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