A few of my favourite things

[altariel]

More specifically, chocolate, assassination, and the year 1922:

Hitman tried 'death by chocolate'

Comments

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

Great stuff. And a link from that page led me to the history of Home Office cats.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for the Freedom of Information Act!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh I love that... and I also love your icon, who is it?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

That's Henry Gordon Jago, theatre impresario, and minor hero of the Tom Baker story, The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

His assistant Edith Drysdale insisted his condition had been caused by a musty walnut, but the police chief suspected foul play.

Beautiful :)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Surely someone wrote the Golden Age detective novel? "The Musty Walnut Mystery".

[edge-of-ruin.livejournal.com]

Just shows what can happen when you get chocolates through the post.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

:-D This must be why Mr A. insists on acting as my taster.

[edge-of-ruin.livejournal.com]

Any time when he's away or too busy ...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Arise, you are duly appointed Chief Reserve Protector and Preserver of the Choc-box.

[edge-of-ruin.livejournal.com]

Duly honoured :-)

I'm intrigued by the chocolate eclairs, though. I suppose 1922 was an era when things were delivered.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Not from Tesco, though.