I went to bed early- around 10.30pm- last night; the bunch of Americans who moved into the complex on the weekend were congregated in our upstairs neighbour's unit to socialise and phone home. I had the good fortune to overhear one of the funniest conversations I've ever eavesdropped on (they talk loud, and they talk outside- I've even overheard Americans making a phonecall across the road!).
It went something like this:
"Oh, and they have, like, these HUGE bats here. It's AH-ful. They're as big as cats, and they're black and they have these huge black wings. They come out at night. Oh my god, it's AH-ful. They have a church quite close to here, and they have a night mass. Yeah, it was a little different. And the seats were made of wood- they were so hard. It was just- Anyway, when we came out of the mass it was about a quarter to seven, and these huge bats just flew by us and everyone screamed. Like, I'm okay with it, but some of the others [inaudible]... it's just AH-ful!"
Frigging hilarious. I was lying in bed giggling- Gam was in the study and overheard the conversation too... he came in and we both sniggered as silently as we could while trying to listen in to the rest of the conversation. I can't wait to hear them tell their parents about the giant huntsmen that are proliferating all over the complex at the moment (I love those spiders- they hunt cockroaches, but I bet the first reaction of the yanks will be to buy some bugspray... we had a Canadian friend in college who used to go through cans of the stuff killing huntsmen).
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Wouldn't it be a real shame if someone released a bunch of huntsmans on their balcony ... ? (whittle, whittle)
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