Tag Archives: script

University finance genius earns special treatment (Rousse)

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Dreamaticus

DM brought a sudden end to the lunch party, reminding her guests that some important afternoon commitments now required her attention. As she shooed us out of the door, she checked that I had remembered to collect my raspberries and … Continue reading →

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An ancestral soup tureen (Rousse)

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I spotted an enormous Victorian china soup tureen inside a glass-fronted display cabinet in the British Library. Amongst the pastoral scenes that decorated the white porcelain was some elaborate script. This indicated that the tureen was given in commemoration of … Continue reading →

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Rousse is leading lady

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I played the lead role in a new movie about a female swindler. It would have helped had the director provided a script for my part. I just made up my lines as I went along.

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Snowball tattoo shocker (Rousse)

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I wasn’t too shocked when TPR tried on his sister S’s blue Liberty patterned bikini. The real horror was the sight of his tattooed shoulders and back beneath the strappy top. When had he had the time to ruin his … Continue reading →

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Sacked Canadian soap actress is surprise guest at own retirement party (Rousse)

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The out of work actress was a mutual friend of my cousins N and DT. Until recently she played a regular role in a Canadian television soap, but in the past couple of months her character had been written out … Continue reading →

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Exam scripts and snogging in the School office (Rousse)

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Dreamaticus

There were strange goings-on in the School office. Admin staff were marking exam scripts with the authority of (retired) lecturer RK. ‘It’s easy enough to check that the numbers at the end of the calculations are the same as in … Continue reading →

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Inspired by Bill Hicks (Rousse)

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Part of the comedy challenge for the four performers was to include mention of audience members in their sets. Suddenly I was very popular. It wasn’t my contributions to I’m sorry I haven’t a clue that attracted the attention of … 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 →

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Medical emergency at King’s Cross, Richard Curtis style (Rousse)

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Dreamaticus

It was as if we were in the middle of a script of a Richard Curtis film, where all the female characters were in love with the same man. I belted one of the other girls with my handbag when … Continue reading →

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Andy Gray takes to the stage in Kev F Sutherland’s latest show (Rousse)

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Dreamaticus

My run as the new female lead in Kev F Sutherland’s latest comedy and magic show had been going so well. I’d pulled in huge crowds at the football stadium. Some loyal fans returned night after night, mainly for the … Continue reading →

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