A Dream in Three Phases
I was younger, part of a class at a college. It was clearly our first day and we collected together in a room on the top floor, the fourth floor, of a newish white building. The lecturer came in and informed us, to our great delight, that the first task would be a race. We all had to run 5 times around the building, once on each floor, going down every corridor, and trying to find out as much about our surroundings as possible. Some floors were a bit hotel like, lots of rooms off long corrridors, but most were just intriguing. I distinctly remember at least one glass floor/ceiling, a room with stuffed animal heads all over the walls, and finally a staircase down to a basement art gallery (which we skipped deliberately 'cause it would have been a 6th floor). I didn't win. I didn't even finish the race. Instead, on the ground floor, by the cafe near the front door I met Dr H. Qarafat.
I had found a small blue cup like affair on the floor, and just after I picked it up Dr Quarafat bustled up, introduced himself and asked for it. He had lost it and had been looking for it.. It was one of the earpieces of his new stethoscope. Apparently the stethoscope was a marvel of modern medicine, and the other doctors who were sat drinking their coffees agreed wholeheartedly of its import, and the breakthrough that the good Doctor had made. He offered to show me how it worked, so I opened my shirt for him to listen to my chest. Unfortunately he couldn't get it to function at all....
...and the next thing I knew I was in a bizarre three way eating contest. A certain Phil of my acquaintance was in the process of eating string. A girl who seemed to be an amalgamation of three Sarah's that I know was eating raw meat - lamb chops I think, and I had the challenge of eating ginger and lime flavoured dental floss that had been coated in chewing gum. I do not remember who won.
Lastly Elise and I were off to a charity do, a party in the house next door to the one I grew up in. It was now a student house, and the inside was apparently multicoloured and had lots more doors than it needed. We arrived at the road, and parked just on the edge of the driveway of a house opposite where I used to live. There were a couple of ladies busy doing some gardening, and we got talking, apologising for parking on their drive. They were quite happy and invited us in for tea. We agreed and sat on their sofa telling them why we were there, and all about the party over the road. My foot tapped something on the floor, and I picked up what looked like a giant SD storage chip, about the size of a phone, in its own black leather case. I passed it over to them and suddenly realised that the ladies were much older than they had originally appeared. One of them mentioned how much trouble they had with electronic devices and asked for our assistance. I knew I couldn't help, as I didn't even have a clue what the device was I'd picked up. Needless to say, we didn't get to the party.
I had found a small blue cup like affair on the floor, and just after I picked it up Dr Quarafat bustled up, introduced himself and asked for it. He had lost it and had been looking for it.. It was one of the earpieces of his new stethoscope. Apparently the stethoscope was a marvel of modern medicine, and the other doctors who were sat drinking their coffees agreed wholeheartedly of its import, and the breakthrough that the good Doctor had made. He offered to show me how it worked, so I opened my shirt for him to listen to my chest. Unfortunately he couldn't get it to function at all....
...and the next thing I knew I was in a bizarre three way eating contest. A certain Phil of my acquaintance was in the process of eating string. A girl who seemed to be an amalgamation of three Sarah's that I know was eating raw meat - lamb chops I think, and I had the challenge of eating ginger and lime flavoured dental floss that had been coated in chewing gum. I do not remember who won.
Lastly Elise and I were off to a charity do, a party in the house next door to the one I grew up in. It was now a student house, and the inside was apparently multicoloured and had lots more doors than it needed. We arrived at the road, and parked just on the edge of the driveway of a house opposite where I used to live. There were a couple of ladies busy doing some gardening, and we got talking, apologising for parking on their drive. They were quite happy and invited us in for tea. We agreed and sat on their sofa telling them why we were there, and all about the party over the road. My foot tapped something on the floor, and I picked up what looked like a giant SD storage chip, about the size of a phone, in its own black leather case. I passed it over to them and suddenly realised that the ladies were much older than they had originally appeared. One of them mentioned how much trouble they had with electronic devices and asked for our assistance. I knew I couldn't help, as I didn't even have a clue what the device was I'd picked up. Needless to say, we didn't get to the party.