Tag Archives: drink

Butter rent and Alice the drunk in medieval France (Rousse)

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I arrived in medieval France very late for the third year of my degree programme.  All of my fellow students had arrived on time and already found cheap accommodation. I pitied them, sleeping sardine-fashion along the gutters of the village … Continue reading →

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Rocks and socks (Rousse)

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Dreamaticus

My work colleagues discovered that there were restaurants open high in the hills. You could even drink there, provided that you brought your own supply of alcohol. We all packed rucksacks and set off. My bag was the most important: … Continue reading →

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A spiked drink victim (Rousse)

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I was probably an easy target after TPR left me. When I awoke, I knew that I was in a hotel bed in Italy. I could also remember taking a walk through the woods with a nice man called Peter … Continue reading →

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Naval engineer in smoking disgrace (Rousse)

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Dreamaticus

My father organised a big birthday party for me in a social club. TPR and I would be a little late joining our guests, but we knew that JM (who was bound to come on time) could look after those … Continue reading →

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Drinking to dull job demands (Rousse)

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Usually incredibly cool and unruffled, DM was behaving very strangely. She’d clearly been knocking back the drink, and now called on EH to speak to her ‘outside’. The rest of us concluded that her demanding job had finally got to … Continue reading →

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Christmas and Lindtt chocolates in Nottingham (Rousse)

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Dreamaticus

In Nottingham AN interrupted the overweight yellow Harris Tweed clad waitresses as they gossiped about their boss’ complicated love life. “Do you serve lunch on Christmas Day?’ she asked. I was aghast that the idea of not preparing the festive … Continue reading →

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A caning for cocktail drinking call girls (Rousse)

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Dreamaticus

AF and her three friends were in big trouble for the worry that they caused when (first) they disappeared without a trace for three days, and then (second) it was learnt that they had spent 76 hours hiding in a … Continue reading →

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Reuniting teddy bears at the White House (Rousse)

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Dreamaticus

My efforts were paying off: after hours of wading my way through mountains of junk, at the White House (Hartburn) I managed to group families of teddy bears that had been separated for years. In most cases they comprised threesomes, … 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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Chatty arts professional protects her left breast (Rousse)

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Dreamaticus

ECM arrived in the basement gallery as I was installing the new exhibition. She took a plastic tub of bright green powder paint and started to mix it so that she could ‘cheer the room up a bit’. When I … Continue reading →

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