Thank cripes, I am no longer living with the flatmate mentioned in the previous post. There's no need for details, other than to say that I'm in a much better space now. I wish him well.
My current housemate is wonderful. She is friendly, spirited, generous, and intelligent. And she is the loving guardian of two really wonderful dogs, with whom Roger is getting along marvelously.
She also told me a conductor joke today, one which I'd not heard. It goes something like the following.
What's the difference between a cow and a conductor?
The cow has horns at the front and a bumhole at the back,
whereas an orchestra has....