Huili Raffo is a writer and filmmaker living in East Sussex. A Fulbright Scholar, his work has been awarded by the Nicholl Fellowship, the French Ministry of Culture, and Zoetrope Studios, among others. He is a founding member of The Slow Whoop. For the past five years, he ran the prestigious Argentinean website Los Trabajos Prácticos. He's a good cook, makes nice drawings, and plays the ukulele.
There is an old practical joke, which can be traced as far back as Spain in the 1930’s and is most likely forgotten now, that was very common when I was a kid:
“Juan and Pinchame
went to the river.
Juan drowned.
Who’s left?”
Before you hasten to answer, let me assure you that “Pinchame”, which translates roughly as “poke me” without the Facebook undertones, doesn’t