Tag Archives: brown

A colour-blind colleague (Rousse)

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I told my colleagues that I wanted a grey leaving party. My formerly miserable colleague PT exhibited great enthusiasm for the plans. However, he broke the rules by turning up with a huge, brown, chocolate cake.

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House clearance ‘burglary’ (Rousse)

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I stood outside our building and watched several members of an Indian family empty the ground floor flat. When yet another a young man came out of the front door – this one carrying a neat pile of brown bed … Continue reading →

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Brown bear transport to Hawaii (Rousse)

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Dreamaticus

SC confessed that she had frittered away all her savings on foreign holidays, so I was somewhat surprised when she said that she was joining me, JC and TPR on a trip to Hawaii. BR helped make the travel arrangements … Continue reading →

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Brown Dubarry boot burglary (Rousse)

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Dreamaticus

All my fears were realised when it became obvious that a sneaky thief had stolen my brown Dubarry boots in a locker room switch. I blamed L, who had left the boots under a bench overnight. It was all too … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry’s bathroom (Rousse)

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Stephen Fry’s old bathroom was a place of pilgrimage. I borrowed a bright yellow-striped swimsuit from my cousin DT and plunged into the water. As I relaxed into the bath I noticed the messages that Hugh Laurie had scratched into … Continue reading →

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Hexham cocktail bar kidnapping (Rousse)

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Dreamaticus

My mother and sister S ordered cocktails at £150 a shot in a posh bar in Hexham. I knocked the drinks over because they had been delivered to a brown leather sofa cushion. When I complained to the staff that … Continue reading →

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Incidental divorce lawyer advice (Rousse)

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Dreamaticus

My parents, sisters and I travelled in our pyjamas to Dryburgh Abbey for my father’s last hurrah. On the way back home we stopped off in Corbridge. Here we called in on my grandmother’s house (which had not been knocked … Continue reading →

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Highland hotel murder mystery quiz mistaken for Dr Who rehearsal (Rousse)

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Dreamaticus

We recognised the ghillie as the one from the Ardushiane Hotel. He had once asked on the last evening of a weekend trip to the Highlands whether we would be shooting the next day. At the time I had been … Continue reading →

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How to tell if a cameo brooch is fake (Rousse)

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Granny H pressed the brown cameo brooch into my hand. ‘Here, have this’ she said. I was pleased to take it, but I knew that I would never wear it. Where there should have been two white engravings there was … Continue reading →

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Ranting, raging, decorating, and bathing at the White House (Rousse)

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I stormed into my sister J’s bedroom at the White House where I knew that I would find my mother. ‘She’s done it again!’ I raged. ‘What now?’ ‘She’s “redecorated” the room next to the bathroom in her own ridiculous … Continue reading →

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