Arrakis

Violets are glorious,

Don't try to surprise

Oscar Pistorius

(Since he's back in the headlines I couldn't help but remember this oldie)

Honestly I am so bloody baffled by this.

I removed the smoke alarm that would be affected by vibration from the loft floor (which was in the room directly underneath), but the other alarms still go off when someone walks up there (they're all wired together, so when one goes off they all go off). I removed the one that's in the loft too, but it still happens.

I have no fecking idea what else to do 😅 should we go in under the loft floor to have a look, or into the ceiling underneath the loft floor? Any suggestions for what to look for? Should I be concerned that vibration is affecting wiring? Is it spooky ghosts?

By a complete stranger, no less, who happened to notice my 30th birthday button which I had forgotten was on my coat. Almost burst into tears on the spot, but then I am a bit hormonal today.

Please, fellow lemmings, cheer me up by telling me: what's the worst thing you've had said to you by a stranger?

I love asking UK, especially English, people this question; the answers vary wildly. Once had a Londoner describe the north as "anywhere north of the M25".

So, lemmings, where is 'the north' to you?

We carry our harpoons

For there ain't no whales

So we tell tall tales

And sing our whaling tuuuuune

This has been stuck in my head since I woke up, and now it's stuck in yours. You're welcome.

A bagel.

Because the House always wins.