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"One day he hung one that was of a sexy woman you could only see from the top of her chest up, but that you knew was naked. On her shoulder was a white rat. The poster made me feel threatened though I couldn鈥檛 say why. Then I realised it was tacky."

It's so hard to explain why your childhood best friend was your childhood best friend - it just sort of happens. Thing is, one minute they're there and the next, they're not. In this week's story, Friends, David gets some bad news which makes him think about the good times he had, as a child with his neighbour, Dan.

We also hear a short essay about mispronunciations and misunderstandings that become family sayings in Lupreeshun.

David Sedaris is a renowned American essayist - winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humour and member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Written and performed by David Sedaris
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4