Gomi Returns

I heard the front door unlock around 3:00am. There was a small shuffle, a stumble and something rocked itself into a stationary position. I openned my door. My flatmate stood with a large grin on his face.
"We need the fridge space brother," he said

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My obsession had started a few years back, on my first trip to Japan. Every 2nd Tuesday of the month, my friends and myself would put on our blackest clothes and venture into the dark. By 1am, most of the windows lights were out and we thought it was somehow more respectful. During those darken hours, we would scourer through rubbish piles new and far for anything that looked useful, interesting or simply good bragging rights. I had dragged home a 1.5M glass top table, bar fridge, numerous gold plated decorations. News of glorious piles travelled fast between groups on those nights. "yeah, 3 blocks over, near the yellow car is great for plates and cutlery" and within 10 minutes we would be grinning at our new forks and knives. We aquired mattress for others, and even sent for reinforments for the 72inch TV, balancing it precariously on a bicycle seat with 4 of us trying to steer the 3km back to the apartment block. It would have gone down in the history as the best find of the year had it worked. Those were the days ...

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I could see the glint of excitment in his eyes.

"I got a chair aswell, although we might need to cover it with something. The woods pretty rotten underneath. Word has it theres a Unicycle a few blocks over" What the hell do we need with a Unicycle? He open the fridge and produced 8 plates, 4 cups and a number of butter knives. The fridge was 3/4 the size of the one the 3 of us had used. It was a good find.
"How the hell did you get it home?" I asked. He turned and produced a small wooden square with castor wheels on its base. "Ahh, I understand"

We have been out 4 nights in a row now. More chairs, more plates. Our other flatmate must wonder where all the new kitchen utensils come from but she hasnt said anything. His balcony is quickly becoming a comfortable place to sit, with a new couch (complete with taped up backboard), white plastic hanging rods for a clothes line. Last night we carried 2 bricks to shuffle his aircon unit off the ground and back into the corner of the ledge. This gave us an extra foot of leg space.

Now if only we could find that Unicycle again ...