Ten Ways to Get (Nearly) Sprung Having a Small 'r' with Someone that Other People May Know.

* Some of these may not have nearly happened. Some were avoided through fate, or a last minute panic that required standing around looking suspicious, trying to work out the best way to handle things inconspicuously.

1. Having a birthday lunch at the Pelican Pantry in Hastings.
2. Sharing a table at Villa and Hut at South Wharf.
3. Blogging a list of near misses on the World Wide Web.
4.Shopping at Coles in Balaclava.
5. Getting picked up after work at RV points 1, 2 or 3. Four is possibly a lot safer.
6. Meeting an old colleague at Chaddy, who, it turns out, has a partner whose mother just married the 'person who people may know's' senior work colleague. That takes some decoding.
7. Running into someone who knows your someone at duty free at the Airport—the one after customs. There is no coincedence that can explain that away believably.
8. Showing someone your holiday snaps.
9. Both being, coincedently, charged with offensive behaviour, skinny dipping at Point Cook Marine National Park.
10. Inappropriate touching in company.