Gazpacho Soup

I bought some Gazpacho Soup today, the featured soup of the month from the Covent Garden Food Company. I noticed that the box said it was delicious hot or cold. That immediately made me think of Arnold Rimmer, the intensely annoying character played by Chris Barrie in Red Dwarf. He had something known as a Gazpacho Soup moment. It is recreated here in this fan Youtube…

I had my own Gazpacho Soup moment back in the Summer of 1980. I had been invited to a celebratory meal after supervising the installation of a 1500 line phone system for ESSO in Victoria. (It was the first SL-1 VLE for the PABX anorak).
After the dessert, the waiter brought round expensive cigars and I chose a suitable one, possibly a King Edward. I had trouble lighting it, however, and had to bite off the end to get any suction. After creating a small heap of straggly leaves on my saucer, the waiter turned up with an implement and said “Oh…”

Here is another Arnold Rimmer Video, the spoof dark ride including the Rimmer Munchkins.