Tag Archives: sausages

WHILE THE CAT’S AWAY

Lo, the terrible Goddess’s pampering appointment last Saturday coincided with lunchtime and I had to fend for myself. The TG insists that I only eat healthy and wholesome meals. As you can see I followed her instructions to the letter by having Cumberland sardines with a thin slice of grilled beetroot between two lightly buttered […]

MY MOTHER-IN-LAW

Avid readers might have noticed that I have rarely mentioned my mother-in-law. There is a simple reason for this. She would need a post as long as War and Peace [and would probably have a similar title]. Anyway she did teach me a couple of things that have been very useful in helping me get […]

Ooooo – I SAY MISSUS

innuendo |_inyo__end_| noun ( pl. -does or -dos) an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one : she’s always making sly innuendoes | a constant torrent of innuendo, gossip, lies, and half-truths. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.(as an adverb in the sense [that is to say, to wit,] used in legal […]

A USEFUL NMEMONIC

. When preparing tasty offerings, or cups of tea, for Lo, she is a terrible Goddess and her main acolyte (me), it is vital that there isn’t a mix-up, as the TG’s standards require a degree of precision that the acolyte’s don’t. (My standards are extremely low – except when it comes to goddesses, obviously.) […]