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I'm not so sure I replied. The market for bottled water is pretty much saturated, and I don't think my sponsors would appreciate my promoting an opposition product. My brand for water is Lion, he said, but I alsoo own Borzio, in London. So you're pretty much satisfied with your current sponsorship arrangements, he asked. Why wouldn't I be, I replied. They pay all my bills. What about my bills, he asked? You want me to pay your bills, it was a easy conclusion to draw.? No I have a marketing manager, he said, and he has this joke. He says, life is like a box of chocolates, go for the pink one in the sea of brown ones, and don't eat them all at once. Tell you what, he said suddenly, yuo give me £800 cash, sterling and we will call it even quits and you owe me nothing. Take it or leave it. Finished. What if I refuse to pay you I asked him? Well, I'll simply add £100 a month to your bill every month. Have you heard about the Sydney? Is it a ship, I asked because I'd never heard about it. Yes it is he said, it was hit by lightning at Christmas, and burned, killing over 5,000 Italians from Italy. No, I don't think I heard about it, before, and I hadn't. I'll tell you a story he said. Yes? Ok I said, I don't mind. You have heard of samsung, I suppose, he asked? Yes. And Gold Star? Samsung is Korea's biggest company, I said? No, second biggest. I own it he said. He went on. When I was in school there was this girl in the fifth form. Her nick name was Sam. What was her real name I asked? I don't remember he said, Shelia something, McDanniels possibly. Go on. Well I found out that Sheila's mother was marrieed to a man, well two men, who were planning on taking turns with her. In what way I asked. Missioonary position he said. I see, I said. So I offered to take her role, and she was born again, if you know what I mean, as her daughter Sheila. And Sheila went to your high school? Yes exactly he said. She wasn't very bright, and I was in love with a girl named Linda, but she was going out with a boy name Rob, and so I was going out with a girl named Shelly, and my best friend Brian was going out with a girl called Glenda. Secretly I wanted to go out with another fifth former called Victoria, Vicky, and a girl named Sheryl wanted to go out with me. What happened? It is complicated he said. I'm going to put it all in my book. I'm sure you will one day, I said. Well I started this company called Samsung in honour of Sam. Your girlfriend? Well not my father's dog Sam, that's for sure, even though he could sing. I see I said, but really it wasn't very clear to me. So you are saying you are wealthy, I said, guessing. Yes, that's what I'm saying, isn't it clear?

 I am single, I imagine that I am in a permanent relationship, and I wouldn't do anything to jeopardise that, even if I thought there was a chance. And there isn't? Not that I can see, he said. To me, he said, the world runs in slow motion, and I like that. If I read a book, I don't have to go full speed, I can see the images

 changing in my mind. I love to watch smoke and water, and to feel water, both hot and cold. Time doesn't stop, but you can capture it is a still frame and enjoy it over and over again. Have you heard of Lightning Ridge? No, I haven't I said. I have heard of thunder. Thunder is the name of my advertising manager he said, Lightning Ridge is teh place in New South Wales where opals were found. And what is the significance of this, I asked? When I was in university in 1985, I was outside the War Memorial Museum in Auckland, and every thme I said MMM, I heard the sound of thunder. How many times, I asked. Only four he replied. What was the time between more: