Female talks about playing the game “Pooh Sticks” and playing with a caterpillar. The caterpillar burned in the fire.

Friendship, childhood, Pooh Sticks, caterpillar, UK, England

 

Nigel talks about an old mate, Binky, who was rich, sung like a bird, and popular with the ladies. He also talks about one of Binky's favorite pranks, farting in church.

Nigel, East End, Cockney, Binky, Mate, Church, Fart, Rich, Ladies, Prank, Congregation, Sung, Bird

Mara is studying psychology at the University of South Florida from Germany. She can now take electives, which she enjoys.

German, female, psychology, study abroad, Florida, electives

 

A 55 year old white German male talks about his work in a tourist office, his hobbies in helping and playing with children and working at summer camps during the summer. He also talks about an interesting summer camp experience with different children coming from different countries and cultures and how that worked and the difficulties related to that.

Story, Germany, Stuttgart, tourist office, famous city, docks, February, carnival, people, coaches, hobbies, children, June, summer camp, Iraq, Iran, normal, language, cook, Croatia. 

A white female in Dublin, Ireland talks about how everyone has one hand or foot that is bigger than the other. There is loud classical music being played in the background which makes the conversation hard to hear.

Dublin,everybody, hand, foot, bigger, classical music.

A homeless middle aged white male talks about the hardships of first living on the streets and how people are not nice and steal from you, but you get accustomed to it and learn.

Liverpool, homeless, steal, streets, not nice people, borrow, tough, emotions, punch out, world, Margaret Thatcher, learn, process.

A 20 year old Siberian white female talks about how she met her boyfriend through competitive collegiate level rowing and what he is up to now.

College rowing, competition, boyfriend, friends, Moscow, hero, family. 

Irish man tells joke about a waitress having her thumbs in a man's soup

Ireland, Irish, soup, joke, story, bar, waitress, thumbs

Female, from Hamphire, discussing the issues with Globalization and local rights, with Warner Bros. building on a beach in Thailand for example.

Hampshire, female, globalization, Warner Bros., Thailand, local rights, factory, education, distribution of power, magic wand, campaigning, springboard

An Irish man from Cork talks about being a musician, pubs, Isaac Bells, traveling around Ireland. Derry. 

Ireland, Cork, Derry, pubs, musician, music, Isaac Bells, traveling

 

German female named Gillousia talks about living in a village in Germany and going to highschool where she studies international economy, biology, English, and German. She went to the UK and was a replacement in an office

Highschool, German, village, international economy, economy, biology, English, UK, office, replacement

 

French man reads passage about fame and money

French, male, fame, money, desires, shit, shitty, rifle, lottery, skills, brains, sex, drugs, rock and roll

Geena, a German woman, speaks about her time being an au pair in the US. She traveled around the US and studied political science in Germany and Florida

German, Florida, Germany, travel, au pair, studying, political science, travel abroad, study abroad, US

Woman discusses what Posh is like and does an impression of it, and tells a story about going to a dinner with people in the army and their spouses

Woman, Posh, UK, England, Over the top, Impression, Dinner, party, army, wives

Someone insults his wife, and he smacks them, kicks them in the nuts and tells them to fuck off.

British, Cockney, London, England, Angry, Insult, Bulldog, Wife, Kick, Smack, Nuts

 

Yorkshire woman in her 70s talks about something she has written and how how she reads it versus how others read it leads to different interpretations, wonders about the original interpretation of other authors, talks about creative writing, talks about her personal experiences influencing how she reads her own work

Yorkshire, England, Female, 70s, writing, creative writing, reading, interpretation, authors, personal experiences

Female student studying at Brighton University in England talks about the rural village off the south coast of England she comes from called Hamborn. She doesn't like the recent overdevelopment of houses and road congestion. She refers to herself as a "country girl", who doesn't like big cities like London. Ends by saying she thinks political ideals are important in general, but aren't so important to her personally - though she acknowledges the impact they have a one's life. She's more interested in the here and now and says, "What I can see is more important. The physical things."

Female, student, Birmingham, Plymouth, Hamborn, London, Brighton, University, rural, village, south coast, congestion, politics, political ideals, housing, houses, development, country

A college girl from England talks about going to The University Of Manchester, a "studenty" town called Wooster, The Reading Festival - A rock music festival that's like the Glastonbury Festival, but not as big. Includes British bands like Beck and Stereophonics. Breifly talks about setting up tents.

University of Manchester, Wooster, Reading, Glastonbury, festival, music, rock, Beck, Stereophonics, tent, British Bands

 

White Male in is 20s from London East End who talks about an old mate who pranked folks by farting in church.

British, Cockney, London, England, joke, friends, roommates, fart, church, east-end

Female talks about travellers and their language. She discusses their living situation and how they are perceived by others.

Ireland, travellers, language, gaelic, cant, discrimination, bias