Game Answers

Well, we have returned from our anniversary holiday in Grasmere, and I know you are dying to know the answers to the hangman game, so here you are...


Game One

A jigsaw puzzle made out of a photograph from our wedding day 

Game Two

Afternoon tea for two at the Linthwaite Hotel in Windermere

Game Three

A new shirt, well it is a cotton anniversary after all

Game Four

A card


I also bought him two other shirts and a pair of skinny jeans.


He bought me this:

I think he wins...

Holiday Blues

I totally have the holiday blues already. Yes, you read that right. Me, Queen of the holiday countdown, has the holiday blues. You want to know why? Mr B. That's why.

In the car on the way to work this morning, we had a holiday conversation:

Me: This is our last working day until our holidays.

Mr B: Then how many more days?

Me: Today and two more.

Mr B: So, how many days until we go back to work?

Me: Gnjorhgoh?nlb!lnbldgn*jdjbvksjb?!!!

WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT BEFORE YOUR HOLIDAYS HAVE EVEN STARTED? WHY?????!!!!!

Asshats

Dear Well-Known Retailer (whose name I cannot mention because it will let the cat out of the bag),

I recently placed an order on your website. This order was for an anniversary gift for my husband. Our anniversary is on Tuesday. I placed the order on 8th May and was advised by your website, and by email, that the estimated delivery time was 6-8 working days. It has now been 9 working days.

On contacting your Customer Services, I was advised that the website information is "incorrect" and the estimated production and delivery time is actually 16-18 working days. I pointed out that it might be advisable for this information to be made available on the website as the product is advertised under the "gift" section, so it is likely that people making such a purchase are doing so as a gift. If not, there is something quite seriously wrong with them.


I was then advised by the helpful gentleman that he would see if there was anything he could do to speed things up. Whilst a 20% discount is a welcome gesture, I fail to see how this improves upon the delivery time. The Customer Service assistant did not understand the problem and pointed out that this was only an additional 10 days. Clearly, in his opinion, my wedding anniversary is a moveable feast. Perhaps in another 10 days I will have another lovely holiday booked and another round of cards and presents? No? Well, it might have been prudent to deliver my order on time then!

Please bear this in mind for future customers.

Regards,

Mrs B

Stupidity I Have Heard : The Main Food Groups

Travelling on trains with work has it's amusing moments. Overhearing a person having an inexplicably loud conversation in the Quiet Coach of a train can be very irritating ... except when the conversation goes like this:

"You've got to get him to eat all the main food groups ... yeah, you know, the five main food groups ... calcium, fat, vegetables, solids and liquids ... well, maybe he needs more liquids then"

I wonder if the five main food groups have changed since I went to school....

Conversations With Mr B : Baby Face

Scene: Mr B and I are standing at the top of our stairs. Mr B looks at me and randomly squishes my face.

Me: what are you doing?

Mr B: trying to see what our baby will look like.

Things I Want To Eat / Drink After I Have Given Birth

You could also choose to read this as a list of demands. Prepare yourself accordingly

1. Soft boiled egg
2. Fried egg with a soft yolk
3. Poached egg
4. Parma Ham
5. Melt-in-the-middle chocolate pud
6. Cheesecake which does not have to be checked for raw egg content
7. Pimms
8. Cups of tea at regular intervals without feeling queasy
9. Baked Camembert
10. Brie
11. Gorgonzola
12. Goats Cheese

Let's Play A Game...

We can call it "Anniversary Present Hangman".

The Rules are effectively the same rules as hangman (if you don't know how to play this, learn, then come back to play).

The topic is: things I have bought Mr B for his anniversary present (and things I am going to buy him)

Additional rule : you are allowed to guess one letter per game per day. That's your lot.

Extra additional rule: you are not allowed to tell Mr B.

Got it?!

Game One

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Game Two


I am so totally taking this game out of commission now because Jill Bee is far too good at hangman and I would have to give the game away if I filled in her answers!!!! 

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Game Three

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Game Four

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You have 12 days (because then I am going on my holidays).

Go.

Five Minute Warning ...

I'm coming back.

I'm just warning you.

Because I don't want you to keel over and die of shock.

That is all.