Tag Archives: dinner

Wedding gatecrash (Rousse)

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My new flat was somewhere near Arthur’s Seat in a run-down corner of Edinburgh. I struggled to cycle there due to forgetting the route and thus turned a short ride into a mammoth journey. When I saw a coach come … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anniversary, Arthur's Seat, bike, cake, coach, cycle, dining, dinner, drink, Edinburgh, family, flat, food, gatecrash, hill, ice, invitation, journey, party, passenger, room, route, snow, venue, wedding | Leave a comment

The corpse in the cupboard, and a German underwear display (Rousse)

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Dreamaticus

The guests at the dinner table were appalled when my mother opened the cupboard door and pulled out the heavy white metal trunk that contained the corpse. Why had she kept the body for so long, and what was she … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged body, Christmas, closet, corpse, cupboard, dinner, display, Edinburgh, flat, German, guests, metal, table, tradition, trunk, underwear | Leave a comment

Plans for dinner at Bill’s in Brighton ruined by Tunnocks afternoon tea (Rousse)

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I was taking TPR on a tour of my work haunts. In Brighton I had planned dinner at Bill’s Restaurant. However, when we met JS in the street and she told us that NY worked nearby we changed our plans. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A levels, afternoon, basement, bills, Brighton, castle, computer services, dinner, door, John Moores, knock, Liverpool, LJMU, office, Principal, restaurant, scone, scones, street, tea, tour, TPR, Tunnocks, Univeristy, welcome, wood, work | Leave a comment

From student accommodation in Sheffield to unwelcome attention in the garden (Rousse)

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I left the conference with a PhD student who was also heading north. She offered me a bed for the night in her student house in Sheffield, which I willingly accepted – and then instantly regretted as we walked through … Continue reading →

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Tom Binns, Kev F Sutherland, a trip on the Titanic, and a disputed thesis (Rousse)

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Tom Binns was in the pub enjoying a lunchtime drink with my colleague KC. I interrupted their conversation to invite Tom Binns to lunch with me during the Edinburgh Fringe. She (for Tom Binns is really a woman) was reluctant … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged act, Artic, assessment, conclusion, degree, dinner, dispute, dissertation, drink, Edinburgh, excuse, Fringe, funnt, Ian D Montfort, invitation, Kev F Sutherland, lunch, mark, Masters, nose, script, student, students, table, thesis, Titanic, Tom Binns, trip, work | Leave a comment

Suranne Jones saves the day (Rousse)

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Enemy number 1 (the whinger) was on a charm offensive. He asked me to walk down the mountain to the village with him, chatting aimably as we headed downhill. Anyone who observed us would have thought we were the best … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accept, charm, consolation, Coronation Street, dinner, downhill, duty, enemy, evil, flatmate, Friends, history, manners, middle class, mountain, offensive, perception, Suranne Jones, village, whinger, woman | Leave a comment

Long-dead grandmother turns up in Queen’s bedroom (Rousse)

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My parents’ vast house was designated the most appropriate venue for the 18th and 21st birthday celebrations of my niece and nephew. The first arrivals – a bunch of gorgeous young men in dinner suits who had travelled up from … Continue reading →

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Escort girl academic (Rousse)

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Dreamaticus

It soon became clear that the demands of my new job meant that I was spending a lot more time in the company of X, especially after-hours. Indeed, I was beginning to feel that my role was more escort girl … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic, after-hours, dinner, escort, girl, home, job, phone, TPR | Leave a comment

Royston Vasey theme park tricks the tourists (Rousse)

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Although we had supposedly travelled south for dozens of miles, the architecture of the towns through which we passed over the course of the whole journey was very similar to that of our starting point in Yorkshire. Even the countryside … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged architecture, Bristol, cheesecake, countryside, cup, dinner, dress up, eremy Dyson, grey, hotel, journey, League of Gentlemen, Mark Gatiss, mist, Reece Shearsmith, Richmond, Royston Vasey, south, Steve Pemberton, tea, teacake, town, towns, trick, village, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Second cousins and a suspect chicken (Rousse)

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Dreamaticus

When I arrived at T and S’s house, LO’N and CT were already there. L looked fabulous even though she had only just given birth to baby S. When I asked how she knew CT they both laughed. Surely I … Continue reading →

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