Blogitis
December 15, 2007 by Ruthie
By a bizarre co-incidence it appears that both Ruthie and VM are suffering from some strange illness. We’ve both gone to lie down (separately) in darkened rooms and are trying our best not to scratch in the hope it clears up soon.
Dear Diary,
It is alas, too true. I am convinced that my being incommode is a sympathetic reaction to Mistress Ruthie’s unfortunate state. So close and strong are the ties that bind us that even the miasma left in the ether is sufficient to produce a profound effect.
So I repose, languidly, on a bed of pain and light-headedness, whilst Tucker attends to my every need. I recommend a tisane of home-bred honey, wild camomile and freshly shaved black truffle (although white will do in a pinch) to you all.
Dearest VM, Dearest Ruthie,
Please accept my sincere and heartfelt wishes for your speedy recovery.
Having suffered from this particular affliction for some time -from which I’m happy to say I recovered without the assistance of physic - may I also recommend a cold cure suggested to me by a legal blogging friend of mine, Android, which consisted of milk, honey and onions. This is, without doubt, a bona fide remedy, very good for the constitution.
In the alternative, a generous plaster of mustard and goose fat smeared across the chest is, I find, equally restorative.
Curiously the activity of smearing goose fat accross my chest appears to have caused VM to perk up considerably.
Dearest VM,
I do hope you recover. Without you this blog has only Ruthie.
If you need a good doctor let me give an you introduction to my man in Harley Street. He specialises in the afflictions of Venus but I’m told he is a wonder for most other problems.
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Dearest Ruthie,
I am greatly relieved to see that goose fat has such a commodious and beneficial effect upon VM. I hope that you, too, are well and truly recovered from your affliction by means of the remedies I have recommended to you.