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I was guided to a flat, sturdy scrub table by a technician in a bikini-style uniform. She wasted no time, gesturing for me to lie flat. Nervous, naked and clueless, I obeyed
Grandpa, holding Baby in front of him like a turkey on a platter, plunged straight into the traffic at the taxi pick-up point in the airport
So, I did what any resourceful (or slightly paranoid) teenager would do, I slapped a giant Band-Aid right over my belly button. I looked ridiculous, but guess what? I never once got a stomach ache after a night out
My brother-in-law – again, dazed with both happiness and moonshine, replied truthfully that he was calling from New York. The operator, infuriated by the idea that someone might be pranking her, snapped “Why don’t you just say you’re calling from Africa?”
As an Englishman, I’ve never quite managed to wrap my head around the logic of sipping a steaming cup of tea when it’s already 35 degrees outside
China is simultaneously one of the cradles of humanity and yet sits at the cutting edge of modern technology