Saturday 3 September 2011

Queen Anne Woman & Man


The Queen Anne house can be recognised by the curly-gabled façade. Objects protruding at its sides look like floral cake decorations. They are, in fact, hanging baskets. Queen Anne man is invariably a self-employed builder. He has to be, in order to maintain that fantastic Queen Anne gable. His wife is a cake designer. She derives endless fascinating inspiration from her dwelling place, baking cakes in the shape of a Queen Anne gabled house. Objects protruding at its sides look like hanging baskets. They are, in fact, floral cake decorations. When her efforts are documented in the local newspaper, Queen Anne woman attracts many customers all wanting cakes in the shape of a Queen Anne gabled house. The floral decorations come at extra cost. If you ask when Queen Anne lived or died, the QA family fall silent. That is, except for the youngest member, who is doing history at school. He mumbles something about ‘er who had her head cut off…

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