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Tag Archives: carpet
Carpet stain woes (Rousse)
TPR’s new hobby was butchery. I just wished he could find a more suitable place to practise chopping up the carcasses than indoors over a cream bedroom carpet.
Stocking-masked criminal and canine sidekick despatched into the night (Rousse)
My family members were still scattered around the house, lounging about and chatting, and ignoring my instructions to put on their coats and shoes in readiness for the trip out to the Edinburgh Fringe to see the Scottish Falsetto Sock … Continue reading
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Tagged back-up, bedroom, brother-in-law, car, carpet, cars, dead, death, disguise, dog, doorbell, Edinburgh, family, father, Fringe, naked, nephew, rant, Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, shoot, shot, sidekick, sit-ups, social networking, stalker, stocking, stockings, TPR, undress, visitor
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The latest in ceiling decorating ideas: carpet (Rousse)
My father invited us all to choose our rooms in the new family mansion. My nephew P suggested that I bag the room next door to my enormous bedroom so that I could use it as a lab. I was … Continue reading
Beware imitations: the case of the “handwoven” oriental silk rug (Rousse)
I was in a flap. My parents would be arriving for breakfast in 15 minutes. We had no food in the house, and our silk rug from Singapore was filthy from the ashes that had spilled onto it from our … Continue reading
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Tagged ash, ashes, bacon, breakfast, carpet, china, clean, cleaning, cod, decipher, dirt, eggs, fake, fire, flap, food. filth, freezer, gas, hoover, hoovering, imitation, panic, print, printing, real effect, rug, silk, Singapore, sofa, Sweden, Tesco, text, TPR, vacuum, vacuuming
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Red wine stains no longer a problem with Rousse’s special distillation
We were meant to be discussing PhD studentships, but I could tell that the committee members were far more interested in the four unopened bottles of red wine in my possession. When I eventually suggested serving a few glasses, D … Continue reading
Wedding day blues: you just can’t get the staff (Rousse)
My wedding day was fast approaching. All that I needed to do now was transfer my hair straighteners and make-up to the hotel bedroom and then I’d be all set for the ceremony. The hotel bedroom was palatial. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged alcoholic, alcoholics, antiques, bedroom, blues, brush, carpet, ceiling, ceremony, Christmas, classroom, cleaner, complaint, contract, dignity, dirt, dustpan, hair, hair straighteners, handyman, hoover, hotel, make-up, makeup, marriage, mess, needles, refusal, shift, staff, standards, straighteners, tile, tiles, tree, wedding
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Dealing with dogfish mess (Rousse)
“Quick, look at this!” I called, pointing to the seals playing in the bay just outside our bedroom window. Then I also spotted the enormous dogfish in the water, all long, black and slimy. When the huge wave then crashed … Continue reading
Corridor card games (Rousse)
Instead of dealing with my mounting e-mail backlog, I helped RK set up the playing card game along the red-carpeted corridor at work. We laid the enormous cardboard figures of the jacks, queens and kings flat over black plastic sheeting, … Continue reading
Twentieth century icons AJP Taylor and Paul McCartney keep Rousse amused
Boy did we have something to celebrate! PT and I took possession of the enormous office on the other side of the D corridor, with its fabulous views over the verdant countryside. I was yet to furnish my end of … Continue reading
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Tagged academics, Acropolis, AJP Taylor, car, carpet, driving, East Lothian, exam, exam board, fireplaces, Greece, Indian, KM, knowledge management, marble, office, oil painting, paper, Paul McCartney, pictures, registry, robes, ship, skip, watercolour
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