Tag Archives: entertain

Unwelcome house-mates (Rousse)

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Entertaining L,T, P and S was much  more difficult now that we lived in shared accommodation with PhD students. I was hoping that I could shoo the others away the night that I was hosting our dinner party, but I … Continue reading →

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Entertaining a former fitness model – in a dirty blue and white spotted bikini (Rousse)

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Dreamaticus

JS came to visit us at the new house that we were sharing with TPR’s parents. It was a rather small semi on a housing estate, but all the rooms were perfectly proportioned and we believed that there was possibly … Continue reading →

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Dead man chairs a game of classroom charades (Rousse)

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Everyone was seated on rows of chairs in a classroom for the lunchtime game of charades. Those in the front row performed first. Then, as soon as someone in the audience made a correct guess, everyone moved forward a row … 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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Ginger hotel cat is famous actress in disguise (Rousse)

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Dreamaticus

While the slim, male, hotel receptionist tapped at the keyboard with his highly polished nails (deep burgundy) I marvelled at the size of the enormous ginger cat, sprawled on the floor beneath my feet. I soon learnt that this was … Continue reading →

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Staying with friends during house renovations, and a parsnip cheese (Rousse)

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Dreamaticus

While their flat was being renovated BM and RG initially stayed with MSB and DB, but now it was our turn to play host. We didn’t have much space for them because there were many others also in residence at … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh academic workload woes (Rousse)

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Three of my undergraduate friends had travelled a long way to join this reunion in Edinburgh: SH from London, HJ from Cardiff, and JG from the Republic of Ireland. I felt terrible telling them that they would all have to … Continue reading →

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Confusion over raw steak and murder victim body parts (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I asked my sister-in-law J where I should store the raw steak. I didn’t want to put it anywhere near the butchered corpse in case it was mistaken for part of J’s murder victim. J suggested that I put it … Continue reading →

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Will Young entertains a convict (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Dreamaticus

The bride had somehow managed to escape the bail house and make a trip to London. Dressed in her long, white bridal gown, she took advantage of her rediscovered freedom to accompany her husband to a Will Young concert.

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Alan Sugar’s son sews (Rousse)

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Lord Alan Sugar was the father of the boy. I might have been his mother, and possibly also Lord Sugar’s wife, but I could not be certain. Whatever my status in the household, I took it upon myself to entertain … Continue reading →

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