Monthly Archives: April 2017

Seattle is twinned with Settle under new ‘orthographic’ rules (Rousse)

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Thanks to the new Orthographic Rules the North Yorkshire market town of Settle (home to 2,564) was now twinned with Seattle (the biggest city in Washington State with a population of 686,800). Apart from six letters in their names, these … Continue reading →

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Holiday crime in the Caribbean (Rousse)

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Dreamaticus

On holiday in Antigua I shared a double bedroom with JK, while TPR opted for a single. I couldn’t be sure where KT and KC were sleeping, but I was pleased that they came along. KT almost chose a cycling … Continue reading →

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A daring flight passenger (Rousse)

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Virtually everyone in my department was travelling to London by plane – but I was the most daring of them all, setting off with no passport nor luggage, clutching an old-fashioned paper ticket.

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Topless in the office (Rousse)

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My bra was very uncomfortable. I had to keep adjusting it under my black vest top. I did my best not to draw attention to myself. I didn’t want anyone to think that I was about to return to my … Continue reading →

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To Whitby by Virgin East Coast for a birthday paddle (Rousse)

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Dreamaticus

It wasn’t even a special birthday, but everyone had gone to a lot of trouble to celebrate it with me. They hired an entire East Coast train for a trip to London, with a stop off along the way for … Continue reading →

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Cage sunbathing (Belle)

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I sunbathed inside a cage.

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Kevin Spacey’s ‘unusual’ hobbies (Rousse)

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Kevin Spacey pursued some of his more unusual hobbies with both men and women in a remote corner of Dumfries and Galloway at a guest house frequented by many other American visitors.

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The school dinner rap (Belle)

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Dreamaticus

An old colleague (DP-G) could always talk me into anything. After she was called away to a dog-sitting emergency, she convinced me to take her place in a mixed-pair rapping competition. I met my rapping partner in the lecture theatre … Continue reading →

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A final goodbye? (Rousse)

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Dreamaticus

She’d shrunk again. I bent down to wrap my arms around her, and wept. ‘Please don’t make this the last time I ever see you’, I cried.

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Glow-in-the-dark prayer gloves are the latest daytime TV sensation (Rousse)

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Glow-in-the-dark prayer gloves were all the rage, not least due to their practicality for night-time worship. Their provenance was important too. Unlike competitor products they were not made in China by infidels. Belle was making a fortune advertising them on … Continue reading →

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