Month: October 2007

A biscuit that breaks off during dunking and sinks to a wet, sugary grave of tea

The clock you don’t know how to adjust so stays wrong by one hour until springtime

The crumpled barcode on a plastic packet that the cashier has to grumpily type in manually

The little sticky-out bit inside your cheek due to accidentally, and painfully, biting yourself

The toothpaste that falls into the sink when you knock the brush over while trying to put the cap back on

The hard to suppress excitement of knowing you have a fantastic seven letter word ready for your next turn at Scrabble.

It’s bittersweet because there’s there’s always the danger that that your opponent will spoil it by inadvertently going there