I had the strangest sensation today. It was a lurching feeling in my stomach, like I was on a roller coaster. I found myself sitting at a table in a low key restaurant, chewing on mushy peas and conversing with a bespectacled colleague.

“There are tons of magpies where I live. Like, a lot of them.”

“Is that a euphemism for thieves or something?”

“No.” He said. “Magpies.”

I felt a fool.

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