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  <&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One</&>
  <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies</&>
  <&>Victoria University of Wellington</&>

  <&>side one</&>
  <&>0:12</&>
  

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      <{><[>last</[> night <latch>

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      <[>i <.>would</.></[></{>

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      yeah

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      i went to the bar at three oclock

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      <{><[><O>tut</O> yeah</[>

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      <[>then</[></{> and there were heaps of people there and i went
      to a lecture from four till <drawls>five</drawls> <latch>

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      someone said to me that there was <{><[>NOONE</[> there at the
      bar or maybe that was later on <unclear>word</unclear>

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      <[>thirty</[></{>

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      no <{1><[1>it</[1> was really packed

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      it was actually more packed than normal and then we went down to
      dragons <{2><[2>and</[2> then we went to trekkers

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      <[1>oh</[1></{1>

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      <[2>yeah</[2></{2>

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      yeah

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      <drawls>and</drawls> then we went to juice <{1><[1>and there
      were HEAPS</[1> of people at juice um <O>tut</O>

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      some of the boys <{2><[2>and</[2> lisa and esther

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      <[1><?>and</?> who were you with</[1></{1>

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      <[2>mm</[2></{2>

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      cos did you hear about hooker

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      no

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      he had his he got punched last night by two bogans last night
      <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

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      <[>in miramar?</[></{>

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      no no in um courtenay place

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      he went to catch the bus

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      <{><[>was he with you guys</[>

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      <[><drawls>OH</[></{> GOD</drawls> <latch>

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      or not <&>1:00</&>

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      no <{1><[1>cos what happened was</[1> we rang joan's and he had
      to um she got all stroppy because we weren't going to the
      concert any more and we'd told her that we weren't gonna go to
      the concert and she got all um and <.>sh</.> cos she was going
      to come in for it <{2><[2>and</[2> she got all stroppy with
      hooker and <latch>

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      <[1><unclear>word</unclear></[1></{1>

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      <[2>yeah</[2></{2>

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      what concert was that

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      um verlaines

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      oh yeah <{1><[1><?>oh</?> one</[1> at the union <{2><[2><unclear>word</unclear></[2>

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      yeah <latch>

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      <[1>and um</[1></{1>

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      <[2>yeah</[2></{2>

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      and she got all stroppy with hooker and said no you got to come
      out here and stay here now because you're <.>not</.> you're not
      doing this and he didn't want to but <{><[>he said</[> he would
      anyway

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      <[>yeah</[></{>

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      so what <.>was</.> <.>what</.> what did he do after that then
      <,> if he didn't go to the concert

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      he went to stay at joanie's

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      <{><[>that's where he would've he would've been going</[> to
      catch the <drawls>bus</drawls>

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      <[><?>oh he went <.>straight</.></?> oh okay</[></{>

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      yeah cos he went to <.>ca</.> joan said to me this afternoon
      <unclear>word</unclear> the quad said to me that um hooker <.>went</.>
      had gone to catch the bus and that two <.>g</.> um he'd walked
      past these two guys and they said to him oh he must be a faggot
      and cos hooker said he said he was drunk so he turned round and
      he said <drawls>oh</drawls> i don't <&>2:00</&> think so and
      they heard him and they turned round and said WHAT did you SAY
      and then they just smacked him and <{><[>then he just carried on
      walking on</[> cos he was kind of drunk i guess and then he must
      have got on the bus and joan <?>just</?> said that <.>tap</.>
      she tapped <.>on</.> he came into her room or whatever and
      turned up and had these big <.>ps</.> you know puffy eyes but
      then said that noone had noticed it all day but then i saw him
      walking across the quad and it was OBvious he had like these um
      big bruises on his cheek

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      <[><drawls>oh my god</drawls></[></{>

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      <with high pitched voice>oh poor thing</with high pitched voice>

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      we'll have to give him a call and see if he's <drawls>all right</drawls>

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      <yawns>but no i think he's all right and then joanie's saying
      how her <.>m</.></yawns> her mum and dad were all <O>voc</O>
      really loving and <unclear>word</unclear> <imitates>what's wrong
      what's wrong</imitates> and wanted to go to <.>her</.> her
      father wanted go out and find the bogan and beat them up or
      something

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      oh really <latch>

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      it was so funny

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      <drawls>oh well</drawls>

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      so you didn't go to the concert

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      NO

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      no

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      decided not to

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      noone was going <O>clears throat</O> and we were um we listened
      to their sound check for a while <?>and</?> it sounded pretty
      stink so <latch>

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      how much was it

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      ten dollars with sub card

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      is that all

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      oh <{><[>with a sub</[> card from what <&>3:00</&> fifteen <?>about</?>

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      <[>yeah</[></{>

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      twelve i think

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      it was quite cheap

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      my wallet got stolen the other day

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      did i tell you that

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      no

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      i was in <.>the</.> i was just in the library

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      i was just about to issue a book <?>so i got</?> my wallet out
      got my <.>card</.> my library <.>c</.> you know <{1><[1>student</[1>
      i d card out of my wallet and i went and then um <O>sniffs</O>
      <O>exhales</O> handed my book over and my card at <?>my issue
      desk</?> and then i saw jason

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      he came <{2><[2>up</[2> and spoke to me and i don't know <.>during</.>
      while i was speaking to him i either had my wallet on the
      counter just right by the issue desk or i dropped it on the
      ground for a second <?>and i was deep in</?> conversation with
      him and so i um and so i didn't look around straight away when i
      dropped it <latch>

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      <[1>yeah</[1></{1>

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      <[2>mm</[2></{2>

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      mm <latch>

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      and then when he left i turned round and looked on the ground
      <unclear>word</unclear> and sort of realised that my wallet
      wasn't in my hand and just looked everywhere and i couldn't find
      it and so i searched ALL my bag and i still couldn't find it and
      i thought you know this is strange <latch>

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      mm <latch>

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      where could it have gone

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      it was nowhere <{1><[1>at</[1> the issue desk and then um went
      home rang the library told them what had happened and they said
      no no noone's handed it in and ten minutes later they
      <&>4:00</&> rang back and said that someone had handed in the
      wallet and it still <.>had</.> the money had gone <?>cos</?> i
      had forty dollars in there <{2><[2>which robin</[2> gave me to
      pay for the car and then um <O>tut</O> i um <?><.>had</.></?>
      but they had left all the cards had <.>le</.> the only thing
      they'd taken was the two phone cards that i had in there <{3><[3>but
      they had nothing on them anyway</[3> but they'd left my sub card
      <latch>

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      <[1><O>clears throat</O></[1></{1>

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      <[2>mm</[2></{2>

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      <[3><?>oh</?> <drawls>god</drawls></[3></{3>

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      <O>coughs</O> <?>well</?> that's good <latch>

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      my bank card my library card community services card ALL which
      they could've used <latch>

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      mm <latch>

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      well pretty much but they'd left everything <{><[>so i</[> was
      glad my sub card was there

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      <[><O>voc</O></[></{>

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      yeah well that's like when my wallet got taken

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      my <{><[>sub card and</[> student i d were taken and um my
      driver's licence and money card were left

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      <[>yeah that's right</[></{>

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      what happened with that

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      noone ever handed <.>it</.> <{><[>anything</[> of it in <latch>

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      <[>no</[></{>

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      no

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      yeah well i don't <{><[><.>hand</.></[> i don't carry my licence
      in my wallet any more cos of that so that's good

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      <[><unclear>word</unclear></[></{>

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      i carry it for i d

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      i've just got my i d in there but that got <laughs>taken</laughs>
      <O>laughs</O> <&>5:00</&>

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      <{><[>little criminal</[> um <,> gosh so many things have been
      stolen

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      did <.>you</.> did i tell you that paul lost my jacket

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      <[>that's quite crude</[></{>

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      yep you've told me that

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      what's happening with that

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      have you told him <{><[>he's got to buy you a new one

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      when are you going</[> shopping

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      <[>he's buying me a new one <laughs>yeah</laughs> <O>laughs</O></[></{>

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      tomorrow supposedly

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      good good

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      but i <.>don't</.> <latch>

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      what are you going to buy cos how much was it two <{><[><?>hundred</?>
      ?</[>

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      <[>i don't know</[></{>

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      it's a couple of years old <latch>

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      it was australian right <latch>

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      yeah <latch>

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      <?>australian</?> <,>

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      it's really um like distinguishable if anyone's wearing it round
      <{><[>varsity</[>

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      <[>with the yellow</[></{> <latch>

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      yeah cos it's <{><[>got like painted</[> yellow round one cuff

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      <[>yeah you told me about that</[></{>

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      yep

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      but also the <.>s</.> the fabric and the colour and everything

  <WSC#DPC189:0585:BQ>
      there's not many like it

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      i've never actually seen one the same round varsity anyway so if
      someone's wearing it

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      <{><[>mm mm</[>

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      <[>i mean</[></{> they'd be so stupid though if you wore it
      around varsity because <O>inhales</O> i mean it's so obvious
      that <{><[>noone else i mean</[> yeah

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      <[>and all your friends and you know</[></{>

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      stuff like that

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      i don't know why <{1><[1>people</[1> don't just bother handing
      things in instead of being selfish and <{2><[2>keeping them</[2>

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      <[1><?>people</?></[1></{1>

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      <[2>cos <.>where</.></[2></{2> WHEN are they gonna wear it like
      they'll <.>feel</.> they'll feel so funny wearing it in town or
      something

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      i mean i know <&>6:00</&> i'd feel like that if i'd stolen
      something as obvious as that like a jacket

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      mm

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      <drawls>or</drawls> like a pair of shoes or something like that

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      mm

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      you'd feel <.>so</.> feel so conspicuous in it

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      <?>well no i</?> if i see anyone wearing it i'm going to RIP it
      off their backs and hit them

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      go up to them

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      hopefully it won't be some big <drawls>HUGE</drawls> guy <{><[><O>laughs</O></[>

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      <[>wouldn't fit it</[></{> anyway <{><[><O>laughs</O></[>

  <WSC#DPC189:0675:AW>
      <[><?>well</?> that's true</[></{>

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      so <.>where</.> where does paul think he um lost it <?>then</?>

  <WSC#DPC189:0685:BQ>
      in um murphy

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      oh yeah

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      after a lecture

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      <{><[>think he just left it there</[>

  <WSC#DPC189:0705:AW>
      <[>oh so it will be a student then</[></{> that will have taken
      it <latch>

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      he's SO HOPEless

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      i mean <,> <?>oh well</?> doesn't matter

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      <quietly><?>yeah</?></quietly> <?>well</?> yeah my wallet they
      said that someone had handed it in cos they'd found it in the
      toilets i think

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      i mean it could have been the person but they'd found it in the
      toilets so the person must have just gone WHIPPED it up off the
      floor it must have been on the floor or the desk <latch>

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      yeah <latch>

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      went straight to the toilets locked themself in and <unclear>word</unclear>
      on the phone <?>and</?> just writing something you know straight
      away and then <{><[>take</[> what they wanted dropped in the loo
      walked out and that was it

  <WSC#DPC189:0740:BQ>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC189:0745:BQ>
      was it in the toilet <&>7:00</&>

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      that's where they found it where the person said they'd found it
      <latch>

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      in the <{><[>actual toilet</[>

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      <[>and handed it in</[></{>

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      i don't know well i guess so

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      i don't <{><[>know whether</[> they mean in the cubicle or
      whether they mean <latch>

  <WSC#DPC189:0775:BQ>
      <[>ugh</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC189:0780:BQ>
      oh well i suppose if your stuff was wet then <O>laughs</O>
      <laughs><?>know what i mean</?></laughs>

  <WSC#DPC189:0785:AW>
      <?>was <{><[>it was</?> <unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC189:0790:BQ>
      <[>and angela <O>laughs</O></[></{> <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC189:0795:AW>
      <[>not in the toilet bowl</[></{> but <{><[>you know on the
      floor</[>

  <WSC#DPC189:0800:BQ>
      <[>oh but that happened</[></{> to us

  <WSC#DPC189:0805:BQ>
      we went to the skating rink <{1><[1>for</[1> angela's birthday
      party when we were about seven and we <{2><[2>found <?>this <.>toilet</.></?>
      yeah that blonde girl</[2>

  <WSC#DPC189:0810:AW>
      <[1>yeah</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC189:0815:AW>
      <[2>angela was that that <,> blonde girl</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC189:0820:AW>
      that was right <latch>

  <WSC#DPC189:0825:BQ>
      and we found a um handbag in the toilet at the skating rink and
      someone had been to the toilet on it

  <WSC#DPC189:0830:BQ>
      <{><[>it was really <laughs>disgusting</laughs></[>

  <WSC#DPC189:0835:AW>
      <[><O>voc</O> <O>laughs</O></[></{>

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      <?>it</?> wouldn't be very nice

  <WSC#DPC189:0845:AW>
      i wouldn't have enjoyed that much if that had happened

  <WSC#DPC189:0850:BQ>
      <{><[><drawls>no</drawls></[>

  <WSC#DPC189:0855:AW>
      <[>but i got my wallet</[></{> back and i <.>had</.> don't have
      the hassle any more of replacing all the cards and stuff so that
      was all right

  <WSC#DPC189:0860:BQ>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC189:0865:AW>
      i didn't mind too much and like what forty dollars <unclear>word</unclear>
      had two hundred dollars stolen i'd <{><[>be hey</[> <O>laughs</O>
      doesn't make any difference <,>

  <WSC#DPC189:0870:AW>
      i rang up for a um job at the winter show this year <&>8:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC189:0875:BQ>
      <[><drawls>GOD</drawls></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC189:0880:BQ>
      oh really

  <WSC#DPC189:0885:AW>
      but they're <.>not</.> the lifestyles promotion company which
      obviously used to run it isn't running it this year

  <WSC#DPC189:0890:AW>
      <?>it's</?> the actual wellington show people

  <WSC#DPC189:0895:BQ>
      oh yeah

  <WSC#DPC189:0900:AW>
      oh <.>you'll</.> i'll <.>be</.> they said you'll be working with
      someone else

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      i don't know if i've got it yet they're gonna ring back and then
      they also said that it's only <?>gonna run for</?> six days this
      <.>ye</.> year as well <{1><[1><unclear>word</unclear></[1> in
      the first week of the may holidays

  <WSC#DPC189:0910:AW>
      oh no maybe it is the first week

  <WSC#DPC189:0915:AW>
      when does school holidays start cos i haven't been <{2><[2><unclear>word</unclear></[2>
      don't know and it's only going to run for six days <,>

  <WSC#DPC189:0920:BQ>
      <[1>mm</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC189:0925:BQ>
      <[2>don't know</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC189:0930:BQ>
      well <.>that's</.> <{><[>i suppose they don't make any money <?>you</?>
      know

  <WSC#DPC189:0935:BQ>
      it's such <.>a</.> <,> stupid thing</[>

  <WSC#DPC189:0940:AW>
      <[>must be cos of the money <?>wise</?> yeah well they didn't
      that's right

  <WSC#DPC189:0945:AW>
      <?>i mean</?> that's why they had all those</[></{> they had all
      those cheap days and stuff <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC189:0950:BQ>
      <[>yeah</[></{> i mean people aren't really impressed by that
      kind of thing much any more i don't think

  <WSC#DPC189:0955:BQ>
      it's not the sort of thrill that it was when you were about
      seven years old

  <WSC#DPC189:0960:AW>
      it <.>wa</.> all it was that went there was families and then
      also just um <?>just <.>like</.></?> i don't know teenage louts
      that <.>hang</.> a place to hang around <&>9:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC189:0965:BQ>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC189:0970:AW>
      those were the ones that <{1><[1><?>came back</?> EVERY day <O>laughs</O></[1>

  <WSC#DPC189:0975:AW>
      those were the ones that went there every day and jumped the
      fences <{2><[2>and stuff and tried to</[2> yeah that's right and
      just hung round <?>at everything</?> but like oh some people
      went there for a joke i guess <?>and</?> people turn up some
      friends and stuff <?>with the</?> freebies turn up for a joke
      <yawns><?>and the last war of the worlds</?></yawns>

  <WSC#DPC189:0980:BQ>
      <[1><O>laughs</O> <unclear>word</unclear> <O>laughs</O></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC189:0985:BQ>
      <[2>got <unclear>word</unclear> <?>passes</?></[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC189:0990:BQ>
      the rides are so crappy though

  <WSC#DPC189:0995:AW>
      and all those SEEDY people <&>9:26</&>
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