ve don't do that here

Firstly, I'd sent a big whooping squee of joy over the ENORMOUS parcel that was retrieved from the post office yesterday. Trust me, there was sparkly paper strewn all over the floor. It was very, very much appreciated. Trust me, it really was. Thank you so much.

I also got strudel. I coulda wished for a Colin/Bradley sandwich, but no, I wished for strudel, and strudel I have (had a meeting with the exec which meant there was cake).

What brought on the desire for strudel was the overwhelmingly German themed tv last night: I joked I needed strudle. Actually it was just Rex and a German baddie in a very Saint-like episode of Maverick. Well, I say German, but you know how it is. The peanut galery snarked, "Set your cod German accent detector level to: Siegfried".

Yep, your typical tv German, complete with cane (no monocle or dueling scar, though, for shame).
( more: He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp, or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows broken. To have his kneecaps split, and his body burned away, and his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin. His head smashed in and heart cut out, and his liver removed, and his bowels unplugged, and his nostrils raped and his bottom burned off and his penis... )

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