tones

Someone found my blog by typing in “aussie flag”. Someone else found it by typing “split sphincter”. Hmm… does this send the wrong message. Then again, sphincter is a very handy word.

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An English workmate who’s particularly brown from working outdoors in the Kiwi sunshine told me he thought it was hardcase that he’s browner than some of the Māori blokes he works with. “Mind you, me mum’s Anglo-Indian,” he said. “An’ me dad’s Irish… guess that makes me a Paddystani.”

I like his laugh.