Had two "Its a Small World" experiences recently. This is quite common in New Zealand. (1) Was invited to a board gaming session at the home of a friend of Michael Switzer's. Turns out that Gordon (the friend) had purchased the house from my wife's best friend, Jenni Murphy-Scanlon and her husband. It was strange to go to a house that I had previously visited regularly and seeing some one else living in it. (2) Was out at dinner with some work colleagues and made a humourous disparaging remark about the time when I worked on a project in Tokoroa. Hayley, (next door office at work to mine) defended Tokoroa as she had grown up there. It soon turns out that her husband is the best friend of a guy called Darren Hepple whom I used to hang out in a group with at university. She says that he visits them regularly from his home in Wellington and will put us in contact next time he is up. Weird! but it happens a lot in NZ...