TenX9

I've probably written before about TenX9, where nine people have 10 minutes each to tell a true story. Tonight's theme was "home." Last month was "money." The idea started here in Belfast and has now spread around the world. The brainchild of poet Pádraig Ó Tuama, it's a wonderful chance to get an insight into the lives of a wide variety of people.

Irish people are born story tellers and so it's not just the stories, it's how they're told. The detail that stands out from last night was a woman talking about how cold her house was when she was a child. She listed the choice of hot water bottles available to her then she named three popes. Did water bottles have popes on them? What a strange idea, but also hilarious. Of all things to put the pope on.
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