So, today I did something . . . well, with the help of a friend!
For those of you who may have read the last story, ‘Something in the Water’, you will probably know what bunj-bunji means now. For those who are not in the know, it’s a very loose translation of the word ‘bunji’, which means ‘same’ in the language of one of the local Aboriginal tribes from the region where my Thompsonville stories are set. There is no Aboriginal word for ‘gay’, so for the purpose of the stories I created ‘bunji-bunji’, meaning ‘same-same’, as a loose translation.
So then, after a flippant comment on a post to the story, where I mentioned selling t-shirts, and then having a reader saying they wished they were available, that has now come to fruition. With the help of a friend of mine, we have now created ponyboysplace.printify.me, an online store where t-shirts and other story related items can be found.
I’ve also created one with a Thompsonville logo, just for the hell of it!
Maybe someone will like the designs enough to want to buy something? 🙂
Enjoy!
MP
Ponyboysplace 
A lifetime ago I had a job in Iraq doing construction. There was a Turkish company on base that handled all of the heavy equipment for earth moving and such. As part of our daily work we had a backhoe and operator assigned to us. The truly interesting part of it was that he didn’t know any English and we didn’t know any Turkic when we started working together.
I don’t know how it actually got started but one of the more common things our operator would say was same, same. However it got started it became something that was said on an almost daily occurrence, although not in the same context as yours.
The Turkic translation of same is ayni (pronounced as on-eee). Naturally, as a show of comradeship, we had t-shirts made with ayni-ayni emblazoned across the chest.
I know this doesn’t really have anything to do with your post. I just wanted to pass this on and say thank you for jarring me into taking a trip down memory lane to something I haven’t thought of in 20 plus years.
Thank you so very much for your reply! It is very much appreciated!
As my friend Michael said today, “That’s what stories do, don’t they? Evoke memories… or wishes!”
🙂