A salutary tale re. romance, camomile tea and dusty lampshade(s).

Dear friends and fellow bloggers - every packet should carry a warning!

Another dear friend (not my neighbour) once told me how a longterm relationship with partner was almost wrecked by excessive use of camomile tea.

One evening she drank 2 (yes, two) large mugfuls of the stuff prior to bedtime - noticed a glint in hubby's eye whilst preparing said tea - but ignored it (the glint not the tea).

However, hubby's glint was a hint to a romantic interlude that night. Whilst his overtures began with whispered sweet nothings to his beloved, her eyes espied the swaying lampshade above the bed which looked a trifle dusty.
What with the soporific effect of the camomile tea, together with the hypnotic effect of the moving lampshade, his beloved fell into a deep coma-like sleep - thus leaving her beloved to his own devices!

Breakfast was not fun.

So ends a cautionary tale!