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Tag Archives: mouse
Dog becomes monk (Belle)
T the dog joined a monastery and started to wear a tiny brown habit. His official role was mouse-catcher although he let the mice go after he caught them. The CEO arrived at a building site to address a small … Continue reading
Minnie Mouse insults for big-eared school girl (Rousse)
I travelled to my new school in the passenger seat of my father’s acid green Ford Cortina estate car, squashed up to my best friend ECM (the only one of us wearing a seat-belt). On my lap I cradled a … Continue reading
A tale of three lodgers: human, rodent, and crustacean (Rousse)
OC was still our lodger – almost 30 years since he first moved in wth us. Would he ever leave?! TPR and I pondered this question as we gazed out of the bedroom window and observed the lilies visibly sprouting … Continue reading
How to feed a baby pigeon and other vital advice (Rousse)
I kept a baby pigeon in a tiny cage in the corner of my granny’s kitchen. I regretted my decision to store his favourite food (fresh broccoli) with the coal in the bucket next to the back door. The coal … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisitions, advice. broccoli, anxiety, baby, back, bird, book, books, boss, bucket, business, cage. tiny, Carl Newton, class, coal, coffee, copy, corner, door, dust, enemy, evil, Facebook, favourite, feed, food, fresh, grain, granny, green, hands, house, invoice, iPad, kitchen, library, little, man, mice, mouse, office, pet, PhD, pigeon, refund, rodent, rodents, sprig, staff, supply, textbook, textbooks, title, town, TPR, university, vegetable, vital, worry
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Mouse heads up public library service (Rousse)
At the conclusion of X’s rousing speech I stood up to confirm that librarians were the most powerful public servants. It therefore came as both a shock and a disappointment to learn moments later that a mouse headed up the … Continue reading
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Tagged disappointment, librarian, librarians, library, mouse, public, servant, servants, service, shock, speech
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Cool Christmas presents: introducing Mighty Mouse! (Rousse)
Mighty Mouse screeches over the carpet at top speed. Whenever he hits a piece of furniture he bursts into several pieces revealing all his electronic innards. This is the toy to buy for Christmas 2012! You can easily reassemble Might … Continue reading
A late resolution to train for the Olympics at London 2012 (Rousse)
It felt like a University of Birmingham reunion. In reality we were gathered together to celebrate the birthday of the youngest person in our year. HW (now HJ) was finally 40. Everyone was there for the party: Spotted for the … Continue reading
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Tagged 40th birthday, birthday, blonde, boat, brunette, car, claim forms, clothes, expenses, father, forms, London, London 2012, mice, money, mouse, narrow boat, office, Olympics, party, poison, rat, rats, shoes, steal, stolen, suitcase, thief, TPR, University of Birmingham, workmen
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Elizabeth Taylor’s multiple husbands not unique (Rousse)
Counting Richard Burton twice, Elizabeth Taylor had eight husbands – and so did I! By some miracle there were eight TPRs in the house. This was extremely handy, albeit a bit of a squash at bedtime. One day as I … Continue reading
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Tagged bin, booties, clutter, council, Edinburgh, Edinburgh City Council, Elizabeth Taylor, Leith Street, mice, mouse, North Bridge, rescue, Richard Burton, toddler, TPR, Tupperware
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Kevin McCloud advises Rousse on housing law
Kevin McCloud wandered into my Edinburgh flat just at the right moment. His knowledge of housing law would deal with the squatting Spaniards. I had never heard of this strange ancient tradition that, they claimed, gave them the right to … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, bedroom, Birmingham, chicken, children, death, Dorset, dream, flat, hospital, Kevin McCloud, kitchen, Life on Mars, lunch, Manor House, mice, mouse, paper, party, pen, rescue, Sam Tyler, seaside, Second Life, sofa, Spaniards, Spanish, table, teeth, University of Birmingham, wasp
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The British Library, Radio 4, and small furry pests (Rousse)
MJ proudly touted his secret weapon to eradicate the British Library’s rodent problem: a super-mouse to chase all others out of the building. I was surprised that legitimate cross-charged services at the library included pest control. Meanwhile my new Italian … Continue reading
