She welcomed me into the small circle of friends that she had gathered since her arrival a few months previously. I had really only just arrived and people didn’t fly around with the same nonchalance that they do nowadays. Jackie, who was a skiing enthusiast, suggested that a group of us drive down to Whitefish in Montana to ski. Not wanting to vomit in the car Mike threw his door open, stuck his head out of the car as it was still moving, and emptied his stomach. Then we each of us in turn came down with the stomach flu.

Source: The Irish Times December 26, 2017 15:00 UTC