Dr. Dinshaw and Annie Nanji
Annie Remarks that a Bedspread in the Flat Is Not Oriented Correctly
Source: The Leslie Flint Educational Trust
In this recording, Annie says she knows Dr. Nanji has left everything in the flat as it was before her transition. However, she notices that something is wrong with one bedspread. She tells him it is not oriented correctly. In the next session, Dr. Nanji confirms that the bedspread was not correctly oriented. Both clips of the recordings follow.
Transcript of Annie’s Remarks about the Improperly Oriented Bedspread
Annie: And you haven’t changed anything. Everything in the flat is identically the same as when I left it.
Dr. Nanji: Exactly
Annie: But there is a difference though, the bed covers.
Dr Nanji: Beg pardon?
Annie: The bed covers.
Dr. Nanji: The bed covers, yes.
Annie: There is something different about the bed covers.
Dr. Nanji: You bought those bed covers, Darling, the yellow ones.
Annie: Yes, but have you done something to one of the bed covers.
Dr. Nanji: No darling they are identical
Annie: Well perhaps it is that they are the same bed covers but there is something different. I don’t know what. Perhaps it is the way I see it.
Dr. Nanji: But they are very nice and because you bought them, I like them very much.
Annie: I know, you keep everything exactly the same. But I think you . . . Are you sure you have them the right way around?
Dr. Nanji: I bet not.
Annie: I think that is why. Because I think you’ve got one of the . . . when you have the bed cover it is not always the right way around.
Dr. Nanji: That may be, yes.
Annie: I am certain that is so. Because it doesn’t look right.
In the Next Session, Annie Says Dr. Nanji Adjusted the Bedspread
Source: The Leslie Flint Educational Trust
In this recording of the session after Annie pointed out that the bedspread was not oriented correct, she has seen that Dr. Nanji has changed the bedspread. He agrees that it was wrongly oriented.
Transcript of Annie Saying Dr. Nanji Changed the Bedspread
Annie: I see you have made a difference with the spread of the, bedspread.
Dr. Nanji: Aha, yes darling.
Annie: It was so.
Dr. Nanji: I have even taken photos of the bedspread with half side on the wrong side and half side on the right side.
Annie: I know.
Dr. Nanji: [Laughing]
Annie: Ah. Sometimes these silly things are very good, because there are things you don’t think about and they are important in a way, to prove, you know?
Dr. Nanji: Yes.
Annie: And that I am near, of course.
Dr. Nanji: Yes. Yes.