on yer 'ead
Apr. 22nd, 2006 10:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ramtopsas those of you who have visited Ramtops' Repose will know, we have a dutch airer device suspended in the kitchen, from which we hang kitchen paraphenalia such as colanders and spoons and so forth. It also supports a two tier wire hanging basket, which is our onion repository.
at least, it did - until last night when, as I was trying to remove a shallot from its upper tier, the bloody basket fell off and, pausing only to smite me on my head, deposited its oniony contents all over the worktop, and knocking over the bowl for Stuff destined for Modo, the compost heap, thus adding used tealeaves and so forth to the mess.
I gave an almighty shriek, probably bloodcurdling - from shock, more than anything - and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
perlmonger rushed downstairs to see what horrors a cat had perpetrated, because that's what normally causes shrieks in this household. Although now I come to think of it, I bet SomeCat had somehow caused it.
later on, we watched Ray, which was better than I thought it would be; in fact, it was very fine indeed. Recommended.
when it was over, I found myself with one particular song from it running through my head - You Don't Know Me. But it wasn't his version ... It took a while to identify it, but eventually I sussed that it was Meryl Streep, from Postcards From the Edge, another very fine film which I must watch again shortly.
at least, it did - until last night when, as I was trying to remove a shallot from its upper tier, the bloody basket fell off and, pausing only to smite me on my head, deposited its oniony contents all over the worktop, and knocking over the bowl for Stuff destined for Modo, the compost heap, thus adding used tealeaves and so forth to the mess.
I gave an almighty shriek, probably bloodcurdling - from shock, more than anything - and
perlmonger rushed downstairs to see what horrors a cat had perpetrated, because that's what normally causes shrieks in this household. Although now I come to think of it, I bet SomeCat had somehow caused it.later on, we watched Ray, which was better than I thought it would be; in fact, it was very fine indeed. Recommended.
when it was over, I found myself with one particular song from it running through my head - You Don't Know Me. But it wasn't his version ... It took a while to identify it, but eventually I sussed that it was Meryl Streep, from Postcards From the Edge, another very fine film which I must watch again shortly.