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Croissant quality control (Belle)

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was unhappy with the quality of croissants in general. I had taken to marching into every cafe on Holborn Viaduct to tell the proprietors that their croissants were “too doughy”.   I didn’t even need to taste them to know … Continue reading →

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1980s fashion fail (Rousse)

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I travelled back in time to Queen Margaret College Edinburgh in the late 1980s. Here I found pasted to the walls of reception dozens of amateur black and white posters inviting students to join the Christian Union. Then I spotted … Continue reading →

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Cousin colouring comparison check (Rousse)

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Dreamaticus

GT  stuck his ginger head through the kitchen window of the log cabin in rural Canada. ‘Who the hell are you, and what are you doing here?!’ he demanded to know. He had no idea that the ‘English squatters’ now … Continue reading →

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Don Draper, a dog and a dinosaur (Belle)

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Dreamaticus

John Hamm and I were holding hands and looking for lunch under the railway arches. A massively muscular dog came wandering towards us. “That dog looks like a stegosaurus”, I said and John Hamm laughed as if this was the … Continue reading →

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Bacon roll threesome plot a murder (Rousse)

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Dreamaticus

QDX, CSX, GSX and I were so pally that we had taken to meeting for a bacon roll in Crombies each morning, then returning to bed together for a cosy lie-in. We also plotted a murder. Careful to protect ourselves, … Continue reading →

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Hateful EPSRC staff (Rousse)

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Dreamaticus

AP passed on the information that Tracey Houston at the EPSRC hated me. ‘She has no idea that I know you’, AP explained. ‘I expect that she thinks her opinions can be confined to the M4 corridor’.

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Unwise Edinburgh property investment (Rousse)

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Goodness knows why we sold our beautifully proportioned Georgian Edinburgh New Town flat. Now, instead, we owned two ridiculous pieds à terre. Even students would turn their noses up at the first. The second was uninhabitable thanks to the mess … Continue reading →

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Sperm whale kills tourist on Uig Sands (Rousse)

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Dreamaticus

While I photographed the salmon under the bridge on Uig Sands, I believed that TPR was exploring the caves. I was interrupted by an almighty splash as a sperm whale fell from a great height into the river just behind … Continue reading →

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The true meaning of tea towels (Belle)

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Dreamaticus

After jogging for longer than I had ever managed before, I came across a large funeral procession. The crowd lining both sides of the street were singing to the coffin. I jogged through the funeral parlour and bumped into SW … Continue reading →

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Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and bitcoins (Belle)

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The two former Mister Presidents couldn’t be more different. Bill Clinton was the worst housemate and I was delighted when he moved out. Later, following a series of unexplained events, I found Barack Obama in the boot of my car. … Continue reading →

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