Miss Lavinia Letitia Lamont, ‘Topsy’ to her friends. I roll the name around my tongue, savouring the clipped consonants and flowing vowels. Never has a daughter so graceful, been born to a father so dull. The Major as he was known to every Tom, Dick and Harry in the shires, liked to brag of his [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Armagnac’
Love Me, Love, My God!
Posted in Comedy, Fiction, Funny, Humor, Humour, Satire, Short Story, Writing, tagged Amontillado, Armagnac, Earl Grey on December 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Case Of The Limehouse Golem Pt II
Posted in Comedy, Fiction, Humor, Humour, Satire, Short Story, Writing, tagged Armagnac, brogue, Darjeeling, spats, tea on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I reached the Police station by way of Marylebone road in less than an hour, and announced myself to the desk sergeant, rubbing my hands in gleeful anticipation – if I could convince Lestrade of the merit of my findings, then we could apprehend the villain and perhaps even spare some unsuspecting soul from [...]
Duck!
Posted in Comedy, Fiction, Humor, Humour, Satire, Writing, tagged Armagnac, duck, Earl Grey, Glenmorangie, shooting, Times on August 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The teacup rattled in its saucer. Earl Grey slopping over the rim as Colonel Meridew Musters roared delightedly, his mirth echoing through the house. The kitchen staff, plucking fowl in preparation for dinner, smile to themselves, all’s well with the world.
“Bloody man’s dropped dead!”
A perusal of the obituary column was a traditional mainstay of a [...]
Tiny Tears
Posted in Comedy, Food, Humor, Humour, Satire, Wine, Writing, tagged Armagnac, bunting, croque-monsieur, cuisine, culinary, ortolan on July 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Stretched between the pear trees lining the avenue, the nets were alive with birds.
Dinner at the chateau is an experience worth braving the frightful rigour of the cross channel ferry for and having lunched on an evil tasting ‘croque monsieur’ with Margaux, my only hope of salvation lay in the legendary hospitality of the Marquis [...]
The Blessings
Posted in Comedy, Humor, Humour, Satire, Wine, Writing, tagged Armagnac, Galway, guinness, racing on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following tale is taken from the journal of my very dear friend Mr. E. Flavius Mercurius. Posted to me in a plain brown envelope, some weeks after his incarceration it appears to be an account of a day out we may have enjoyed in the company of the Gael. I can make no [...]
Perry Gets Scammed
Posted in Satire, Wine, Writing, tagged Armagnac, Derailleur, Morris, Rully on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On a splendid spring morning there is little better than a breakfast at Richeaux on Piccadilly, followed by a quiet hour or two taking in the paintings at the Royal Academy. As Margaux and I trundled along the North Circular to Finchley in the Morris, my thoughts turned to lunchtime and the promise of a [...]
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