That awkward moment when you make someone a coffee,<\/p>\n
you give it to them, they sip it and say \u201cdelicious!\u201d And then the machine tells you to add more water (it\u2019s one of those bossy Swiss coffee machines), you take out the water container and discover a decomposing cockroach in there.
\n\ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n
Ah well, it\u2019s lucky I signed a catering non disclosure agreement for my husband\u2019s work BBQ, so I needn\u2019t spoil his colleague\u2019s day with the news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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