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An octogenarian nun, a mysterious discharge, and a handsome school teacher (Rousse)

Posted on May 21, 2024 by Dreamaticus

A kind nun working in Accident and Emergency treated my mysterious discharge. As we were thanking her, she made a surprising revelation. She was a former school mistress, having completed teacher training in the 1960s alongside TPR’s father. She felt … Continue reading →

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Cabbie bride of Christ (Rousse)

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Dreamaticus

The roads were treacherous so we hired a nun taxi driver to take us over the snowbound hills. She skidded (safely) just a couple of times. The only real inconvenience of travelling with a cabbie bride of Christ were the … Continue reading →

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The extraordinary habits of men (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Dreamaticus

As a guest of the convent I was let into an astonishing secret: at least half the sisters were really brothers! Grey-bearded men applied in great numbers to undergo the transformation. Each entered a blue and white striped tent as … Continue reading →

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Scary nuns and a transsexual (Rousse)

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Dreamaticus

This was a convent with a difference: none of the nuns dressed in habits. They were still scary, however. I was terrified when I accidentally got tangled up in the hose from their washing machine, tugged it out of the … Continue reading →

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Desperate nuns resort to kidnap to drive up convent recruitment figures (Rousse)

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I always hated the return to work after my holiday, but what made this worse was that the campus had been moved from Corstorphine in Edinburgh to Perry Barr in Birmingham, and there was nobody there other than me. I … Continue reading →

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Nun murder: rally driver Rousse carries clues in her car

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I drove the red hire car like a maniac rally driver, screeching round corners and off-roading where necessary. This was not deliberate, but due to a lack of familiarity with the car’s controls. Shod in wellies, I also kept missing … Continue reading →

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