A blinding bookmark

A colleague in an email, explaining a cancelled meeting:

"We did have this afternoon eyemarked for that, but I'll reschedule for next week."

Somehow, that sounds more painful than the otiological alternative.

Don't mention the champagne

Out the other night for drinks (which will become apparent) and my friend was recounting the scare she'd had with her little boy who'd narrowly escaped being seriously hurt by a falling mirror. Afterwards, she hadn't wanted to discuss the responsibility issues with the family and it had become

the pink elephant in the room that noone wanted to talk about.

Did I mention the champagne? Ooops.