Brazilian darkness.

[wwidsith]

God gives the nuts, as Kafka so wisely said, but he does not crack them. Actually Kafka didn't say that, but he did say something remarkably similar in German, and his point was not lost. In my case the metaphor is a simple one to keep in mind, because for me these figurative nuts also happen to be real nuts, which, thanks to some combination of

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[herself_nyc]

I assume you are blithering about some box of chocolates such as we haven't got over here, and that you got the Spring Surprise. Poor W! That happened to me once after using some faulty purple eyeshadow that made me look like I had acromegaly, but nowhere near so bad as to require a visit to the ER. You write it up very amusingly.

[wwidsith]

Wow, acromegaly. That definitely sounds more serious.

"anyway"

[anonymous]

I just saw your question of 5/2008 regarding "anyway." I don't believe you could use "anyway" at the end of an imperative sentence:

Stop!
Eat!
Don't touch!

M

[oh_meow]

It would be much worse to say you died of a coffee cream- no-one even seems to like those

[wwidsith]

See I like the coffee creams, but Roses don't do them anymore. The coffee ones have been discontinued, along with praline moments, and the little Bournville ones they used to do.

[commonpeople]

Brazilian Darkness sounds like a power I should have if I was a supervillain.

[wwidsith]

"Activate...Brazilian darkness! Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha!"

[hazel_shea]

Ah, I too have been baffled by the annoying change is Roses packaging. That's why I always stick with the trusty caramel keg. At least we know what it's supposed to look like, even though they did shamelessly change the name.
I'm glad you're ok. I have been in an almost identical situation before, and there's nothing quite so bittersweet as finally getting through A&E without a three-hour wait, whilst also realising that there must be a real possibility you're about to die.