Water and Free Biscuits!

I typed this story twice and lost it both times ... you have to imagine what i said!

DW

The Art of Testing Perfume

How does one aim a bottle of perfume at a tester card without spraying perfume all over both hands thus making an informed judgement impossible?

I wish i knew!!

DW

Where did they find these people?

I am watching a cookery channel and there was a programme with a "chef" who made pastry. I have never seen anyone man handle pastry so much.

Moreover, he made shortcrust pastry and insisted on calling it flaky: nothing like it.

Then a woman came on and spoke large about her sticky buns: Chelsea buns ... They looked ghastly. Misshapen and out of control!!. She kept saying how much Michael liked them. Then we saw Michael ... the size of a barrage balloon!!

Eessshh!

DW

The Flight ... how are the nerves?

So, the flight from Geneva to Dubai is a bit late but so far only 40 minutes or so. If it stays that way all is well.

I got on the plane and got settled. Then the purser was passing by and, without the usual sheaf of notes, he said, welcome on board Mr Duncan! A Marriott Moment! This happened to me as i took Emirates from Riyadh a few weeks ago. I was the first to board that time and the stewardess at the door recognised my name and started welcoming, chatting, suggesting i could change seats ... this is good because this year i am VERY gold!!

I was then treated like royalty for the rest of the flight from Geneva. Every member of the crew in our cabin at least said hello!

Then again, the Emirates flight from Dubai to Kuala Lumpur: no recognition at all ... not the merest hint of it. The worst part of that was that i saw the purser going round the cabin handing out fast track cards to other gold card holders as we were preparing to land but he never got to me, leading to a 40 minute waiting time for passport control as opposed to the fast track two minutes.

DW