Bugged

My Dear Fellow,

L came over tonight. A is on his way to the continent with the dogs, so she was a little lonely and in need of reality tv and wine. The reality tv was easy - we have it on tap in our house. As for the wine - well, L thanks you for the Sekt.

Dinner was provided by Deliveroo but I decided to pick up pudding on my way home. I stopped by a cake shop which had lots of pretty looking slices in the window. I picked out four of the most chocolately looking and ran for my bus.

It was ON my way to the bus that I noticed the cake shop had Halloween signs all over the place, fake cobwebs and plastic pumpkins and such. And then I noticed a sign, "Try our cakes with REAL insects!!" it said. And there were pictures of mealworms and crickets underneath.

I looked at my box. They wouldn't just SELL worm-cakes would they? They would say to you, "You do KNOW you've bought a cake filled with larvae, right?" 

They'd ask. Surely. No. I mean. They must. They wouldn't just... Would they?

I warned our guest. "You might want to run through your cake with a fork first. I'm not saying there IS a worm in it, but you never know."

It's not the best way to welcome guests. But L seemed appreciative anyway. And anyway, after a bottle of Sekt, I don't think a worm would even have been noticed.

El P.