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Stuff you’ll find in the little compartment in the car door

Stuff you’ll find in the little compartment in the car door

* A single fresh plaster, that still looks a little dirty to use * A used plaster, balled up * Human fingernails * Little medallion batteries, now half-melted * Used gum * Gum wrappers * Gum so old no one would dare put it in their mouth * Change so ancient it’s no longer accepted as legal
Richard Allardice Jul 28, 2021
Ways I’ve lost sunglasses

Ways I’ve lost sunglasses

* Blown off my face in a strong Wellington gust at the corner of Adelaide and Riddiford, then run over by a van, and then several other cars, ground into polarised dust * Fallen off the top of my head into a wretched, neglected beachfront public toilet – technically not lost, but sitting
Richard Allardice Jul 26, 2021
Things I’ve tried to call cream when ordering coffee with cream in San Francisco

Things I’ve tried to call cream when ordering coffee with cream in San Francisco

* Real cream? * True cream? * Unwatery milk? * Thick milk? * Fatty milk? * Cream cream (not milk)? * Half cream? * Fat cream? * HARD CREAM? I actually thought it was indeed “hard cream” and asked a great many people if they could provide me with... HARD CREAM. Eventually I was quietly informed that the real
Richard Allardice Jul 26, 2021
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A critical analysis

The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A critical analysis

On relatability and metamorphosis – analysing a classic text
Richard Allardice Jul 20, 2021

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