MERVYN AKA SMURF Published on July 21, 2014September 14, 2014 by chrisrenney16 Comments Mervyn was outside the theatre which is presumably a fairly lucrative place to be when you need money and are homeless. He told me his friends call him ‘Smurf’. We had quite a chat, much of which was personal to him. I wish I had a magic wand.