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[thatsnotaknife]

So, got a bloody weird call this morning... Some bloke saying I've been bludging? He reckons I've been working at the bank here for years. Dunno why the hell they put me there, is this one of the things I have to play along with, like the trouble and strife?

... Guess it could be worse, but why the bloody bank?

[Australia goes silent for a little

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[is_an_island]

... Birthdays.

[thatsnotaknife]

Yup. Dunno why there's so many in the middle of winter though, I'd lie and change mine if it was in July.

[is_an_island]

It's summer in Am... in Canada. In July.

Right. Because it's Canada's day. That's all I'm worried about.

[thatsnotaknife]

Oh, right, forgot. Packing them all into one week is still bit silly though.

[is_an_island]

Forgot what? Hong Kong?

Quite all right, it's hard to remember birthdays nowadays.

[thatsnotaknife]

Nah, I got him something. S'pretty easy to remember when it's all anyone's yabbing on about, mate.

[is_an_island]

... Oh.

What did you get... him?

[thatsnotaknife]

Cash. Bugger's pretty easy to please. Y'know he's making a pool?

[is_an_island]

I know that he's digging a hole in his backyard. Wouldn't really call that a pool.

... Yeah.

[thatsnotaknife]

Well, he's trying.

[is_an_island]

I'm sure nothing good will come of it.

Nothing good ever comes out of it.

[thatsnotaknife]

Worse comes to worse, his backyard'll be a right mess. Nothing wrong with a bit of DIY.

[is_an_island]

And then he'll have to clean it up himself and that's loads of work and he probably wouldn't want to do. Like I said, nothing good.

[thatsnotaknife]

And it's also... his problem? And Chinatown's, I s'pose.

[is_an_island]

He's still my colony.

I don't even understand why he'd choose for his "birthday" to be so bloody close to A... Canada's. He could have a bit more common sense, honestly.

[thatsnotaknife]

What? Since when? What did you do?