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Les Hayes's avatar

Wonderful! (I'm very glad my mixer on a high shelf is just a little, lightweight Sainsburys one.) Spouse's "clavichord' reminded me of someone who informed me they had had a cafetière inserted while they were in hospital.

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Fran Hill's avatar

That's hilarious about the cafetiere. I have plenty of these stories from my days as a medical secretary!

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Deborah Jenkins's avatar

Brilliant! So funny. You created a very visual picture here. Hope the bread was good!

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Fran Hill's avatar

Thank you! And, yes, the bread is always good. Too good!

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Nicola Smith's avatar

I loved this piece. So funny!!

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Fran Hill's avatar

Thanks so much, Nicola!

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Liz Champion's avatar

Brilliant! Loved this. You’ve brightened up my Wednesday morning. 🤣

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Fran Hill's avatar

Thanks, Liz! I'm glad. x

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Sarah Kiely's avatar

Get a cat. Call it Norman.

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Fran Hill's avatar

Tell your dad this.

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Chantaclare's avatar

Haha gosh I wish my retired spouse took responsibility for so many domestic chores. He’s willing but I’m definitely the chief. We got a Kenwood Chef as a wedding gift 31 years ago. Still going strong but it has a permanent position in the kitchen & doesn’t need to be moved about!

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Fran Hill's avatar

The Kenwood Chef is bigger than our kitchen, though.

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Jayne Jones's avatar

Thanks for this Fran, your humour and writing style, particularly the dialogue, had me in stitches. Another word for the etymo-whatsit?

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Fran Hill's avatar

Thanks, Jayne! I think etymo-whatsit is a superb alternative.

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Sheila Robinson's avatar

I love this. Your description of the recycling arrangements had me in fits of laughter. I too find that Spouse manages to fully grasp the intricacies of all the different plastics while it completely mystifies me.

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Fran Hill's avatar

Thanks, Sheila! Happy to entertain!

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Malcolm Hayes's avatar

Corker this week! Had me chortling! (There's another widely under-used word)

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Fran Hill's avatar

Thanks, Malcolm! I hope you're impressed by my use of a sporting analogy.

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Martin Lower's avatar

We too have inherited my mum's Kenwood Chef! You're right, they're ridiculously heavy.

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Fran Hill's avatar

I was not expecting it, hence the near-death experience!

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Hazel Ruth Ellis-Saxon's avatar

When my dear late spouse was first diagnosed with a brain tumour, I kept accidentally referring to his autopsy rather than his biopsy. Ouch.

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Fran Hill's avatar

Oops!

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Anna Hopkins's avatar

Catching up with your blog. This one was a doozy! Thank you for the chuckles.

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Martin Hodges's avatar

I wonder if people had more bones named after musical instruments they might be more composed?

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Fran Hill's avatar

Boom boom!

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