Tag Archives: chocolate

What happened at the school reunion? (Rousse)

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Dreamaticus

At the Teesside High reunion I knocked over the pot plant that RL brought for our hostess, VH turned up as a surprise, and I caught HD-B working her way through a plate of chocolate brownies.

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iPhone mix-up (Rousse)

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t get through to NP by phone. Then I realised that despite its similar dimensions, a bar of chocolate is not an iPhone.

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A bread and chocolate breakfast feast (Rousse)

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I woke up in a single bed in a luxurious Perth hotel. SC, in the bed to the left of me, was already awake and watching a BBC nature documentary on her iPad. There came a knock on the door … Continue reading →

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Carey Mulligan singalike goes incognito in Paisley (Rousse)

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Dreamaticus

AM and CO were reputed to duet together. The former was particularly popular: it was said that she sang as beautifully as Carey Mulligan. On Paisley Gala Day, however, AM refused to sing. She preferred to watch the parade through … Continue reading →

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Green and black chocolate confession (Rousse)

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Dreamaticus

The office party was only made bearable when I discovered an untouched stack of Green and Black chocolate bars in one of the bedrooms – and stole one from the pile.

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A reunion with Gandalf, Dumbledore, Beowulf, and Basil Fawlty (Rousse)

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Gandalf and/or Dumbledore was dead. I saw them wheel his body into the hall on a trolley. The white sheet was meant to cover the entire corpse, but strands of long white hair could not be contained and peeked out … Continue reading →

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Rousse avoids a run

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I knew that I really ought to go out for a run, but how could I while KR was force-feeding me freshly-baked, soft, melt-in-the-mouth chocolate chip cookies – and the urgency of painting the doorway into my bedroom presented itself … Continue reading →

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Rousse’s encounter with the England World Cup winners

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I had to travel from Birmingham to London to check out the venue for the following day’s conference. While the others piled into cars and minibuses, I wandered around the car park regretting that I had not arranged a lift. … Continue reading →

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Chocolate compensates for a disastrous first date (Belle)

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Dreamaticus

This was a disastrous first date and I had resorted to hiding in the toilet to plan my escape. Things got even worse when my date’s ‘cleaner/girlfriend’ let herself into the flat. A drop-dead gorgeous multi-tasker, she managed to do … Continue reading →

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Green and Black chocolate cures everything (Rousse)

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Dreamaticus

My sister J screamed for TPR. He rushed to her rescue. She’d trapped her middle finger in a door and now it was starting to swell. However, for the amount of fuss she was making you’d have thought that her … Continue reading →

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