Eric loved humOUS. One day he had to stay in his house waiting for a delivery and was forced to feed himself. "Oh, I know, I'll make some humous", he said. He found a basic recipe from an internet search and dug out the food processor. Chick peas, garlic, cumin, sun-dried tomatoes and some tiny red peppers, with which he was unfamiliar, all went in with some oil and water. He sat down to his lunch feeling quite pleased with himself until he ate some of the humous. The 'little red peppers' were, of course, chilies. Oh how Eric wanted to douse the fire inside his mouth! "I'm feeling so miserable", he said as he opened a bottle of vodka, "I'm going to souse myself." He staggered to what he thought was his bedroom but which was in fact his sauna. After sitting in the humid surroundings for a while he sobered up enough to realise where he actually was and make his way to bed. But he couldn't get off to sleep because of the gnawing sound made by a mouse that had taken up residence in his house.
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