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Boxing Day bumps
Rather bumpy Boxing Day, marred by a massive lunchtime row over my sister's less than wonderful table manners. After a temporary expulsion and an apology, peace was eventually settled with a game of Pictureka. When it became clear that my team had been prematurely hobbled — it's never a good sign when both pater and grandmother are both assigned to the same side when playing games of observation — I decided to opt out.
With the rest otherwise engaged, I sloped off to the study to watch the Dr Who Christmas Special on the iPlayer, which I rather enjoyed. I particularly liked the whole steampunk thing, which really suited the cybermen and the delightfully sinister Miss Hartigan, and thought the whole David Morrissey misdirect was particularly nicely handled.
Then, with Dr Who safely watched, I returned in time to help out with the Guardian topical cryptic crossword. I think we managed to complete the whole thing, with the exception of the clue, "Block bridge spectator on big hand(6)", which turned out to be "kibosh", which completely confounded us.
With the rest otherwise engaged, I sloped off to the study to watch the Dr Who Christmas Special on the iPlayer, which I rather enjoyed. I particularly liked the whole steampunk thing, which really suited the cybermen and the delightfully sinister Miss Hartigan, and thought the whole David Morrissey misdirect was particularly nicely handled.
Then, with Dr Who safely watched, I returned in time to help out with the Guardian topical cryptic crossword. I think we managed to complete the whole thing, with the exception of the clue, "Block bridge spectator on big hand(6)", which turned out to be "kibosh", which completely confounded us.