Exhibit A

Notes from the daily life of a medical student in Cork. 92.5% fact and 7.5% fiction.

Female thinking

A: Thanks for the loan of the tent, sorry I took so long to get it back to you.

B: No worries, did you have fun on the trip?

A: Yeah, it was great, it was lovely by the lough… Eh, I sort of have a confession to make…

B: Yeeeeessss?

A: I did something sort of crazy. I found a pair of Elaine’s bikini bottoms in the tent and I put them away in a bag to give back to you, but they kept turning up around the house and mocking me or something…so I…

B: …so you…

A: Burnt them. I burnt them in the back garden.

B: That is a bit crazy. I won’t mention it and hopefully she won’t ask.

A: Thanks.

B: Were they the turquoise ones?

[This was said with a wistful smirk of fond remembrance]

A: Yes.

[This was said with a stoney dullness of jealous hatred]