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To really like Hyacinth Bucket :)

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twoblackdogs · 09/07/2024 12:09

She was always clean, well dressed and with not a hair out of place
Her house was always spotless
She never hesitated with what was proper and what was not
She always meant well
She knew all rules and had manners
She loved her son very much
She never doubted herself, not for a moment
She never said no to all church and community things
She was always very cheerful

And this all was extremely insufferable :) because she wanted everybody to live like that, very properly
But if we think a bit... Was it really too bad? No? Or it's better to live like Daisy and Onslow?

Please don't take this too seriously, let's have some fun.

BTW I love Mills and Boon love stories like Daisy does.

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merryandbrightdelight · 09/07/2024 18:37

FourLeggedBuckers · 09/07/2024 16:22

Imagine Hyacinth on mumsnet though. AIBU to call the Chinese ambassador about the wrong number calls I get for the Chinese take away?

Style & Beauty: “Am I suitably dressed to answer my white slim-line telephone with last number redial?”

Property: “Where does one acquire a luxury security system for executives in dusky pink?”

😂😂😂😂 love this

Marvelo · 09/07/2024 18:34

I think she’s such an enduring character precisely because she has so many good characteristics along with the bad. She’d be far less interesting and engaging if she was just a nasty snob. Making her well-intentioned means we can sympathise with her while simultaneously laughing at her.

BouleDeSuif · 09/07/2024 18:32

Yes. She just wanted everything to be nice for the people she loved.
She was a terrible snob, but she put a lot of effort into things that she thought people would enjoy.
Her family loved her but her neighbours were horrible. Bloody sneery Emmett.
I couldn't have put up with Onslow. I liked Daisy though.

Throwwaway · 09/07/2024 18:29

How very lower middle class of you, Richard

FknOmniShambles · 09/07/2024 18:28

ImDuranDuran · 09/07/2024 18:15

There's another episode where she's sexually assaulted by 'the commodore' in the back of the vicar's car and I find it really uncomfortable viewing.

The vicar, who normally cannot stand her, even asks if she's ok Sad

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Yes I remeber this and it makes me uncomfortable too. It's so accurate in that women often feel the need to put up with these assaults rather than "make a fuss." I've done it myself.

OldTinHat · 09/07/2024 18:26

I loved the episode when they went horse riding!

fieldsofbutterflies · 09/07/2024 18:18

twoblackdogs · 09/07/2024 18:04

Oh.
I guess oil drilling paid well enough, so Liz could live a life of leisure. And her dear brother Emmett just took the easy way out and let his sister pay for everything? Not nice.

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Emmett was divorced but he did work (it was mentioned in quite a few episodes) and he also volunteered a fair bit.

YnY · 09/07/2024 18:18

AnImaginaryCat · 09/07/2024 18:12

Hyacinth was an equal mix of lovely and annoying.

I love the fact that the actress was in a relationship with Pat St Clement. Makes me laugh the idea of the mix of Hyacinth and Pat Butcher. (Though, yes I know they weren't actually them, but the thought amuses me none the less!)

Oh that is making me laugh. Never knew that. If you mixed them like paint would you get bet lynch?

ImDuranDuran · 09/07/2024 18:15

TulipTuesday · 09/07/2024 16:55

And she was regularly sexually assaulted by The Major but carried on without a fuss.

I love Hyacinth too. And Margo from The Good Life, I’d happily be either of them.

There's another episode where she's sexually assaulted by 'the commodore' in the back of the vicar's car and I find it really uncomfortable viewing.

The vicar, who normally cannot stand her, even asks if she's ok Sad

YnY · 09/07/2024 18:15

Serious question @twoblackdogs
What do you think Maro Ledbetter and Hyacinth Bouquet would have made of each other. I think they would have settled into a friendly relationship after a very rock start. AIBU?

godmum56 · 09/07/2024 18:15

Gugel · 09/07/2024 17:06

Oh, I think MN is deeply lower-middle in outlook. Hyacinth would fit right into those threads about what you call your midday and evening meals, settee/vs/couch vs sofa, what you say when someone says something you don't hear, the current 'clinking glasses as social faux pas/always wear tights to a funeral' thread.

Not to mention the ones excoriating the nouveau riche (white Jeeps, conspicuous brands, Quooker taps, bad manners) at the expense of 'old money' (the Duke who dresses like a tramp covered in dog hair and is so unassuming strangers assume he's his own gardener until some passing Hyacinth addresses him as 'Your Grace').

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no she'd be the one who mistook him for the gardener.

AnImaginaryCat · 09/07/2024 18:12

Hyacinth was an equal mix of lovely and annoying.

I love the fact that the actress was in a relationship with Pat St Clement. Makes me laugh the idea of the mix of Hyacinth and Pat Butcher. (Though, yes I know they weren't actually them, but the thought amuses me none the less!)

stayathomer · 09/07/2024 18:08

I think her friend was the nice happy medium, loved her issues with the china cups😅

ImDuranDuran · 09/07/2024 18:07

MademoiselleFrenglish · 09/07/2024 15:33

You might like the podcast "Keeping up appearances - the luxury podcast" with William Hanson and Jonathan Vernon-Smith! They rewatch the episodes and talk about them. I haven't even seen the TV show but love the podcast, I found out about it through the "Help! I sexted my boss" podcast as William hosts that one also. Both hilarious!

My god thank you for this 😍

I'm a KUA super-fan and had no idea it existed!

winewolfhowls · 09/07/2024 18:06

I loved the ' lady of the house speaking' manner of answering the phone!

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twoblackdogs · 09/07/2024 18:04

RunAwayTurnAwayRunAwayTurnAway · 09/07/2024 17:58

Liz/Elizabeth was married. Her husband worked away in Saudi Arabia. Oil drilling IIRC.

I take your point though, neither Liz nor Emmet seemed to do anything much.

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Oh.
I guess oil drilling paid well enough, so Liz could live a life of leisure. And her dear brother Emmett just took the easy way out and let his sister pay for everything? Not nice.

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Thewaytogohome · 09/07/2024 18:03

Lovely thread. We still quote it all those years on. Especially when I'm a passenger in DH's car, "Richard, watch out for..!"

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twoblackdogs · 09/07/2024 18:02

I loved the episode where Hyacinh got drunk on the very posh and very undrinkable wine she had bought at an auction. She suddenly wasn't so stiff and proper anymore. So very human :)

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MushMonster · 09/07/2024 17:59

Thanks ❤

RunAwayTurnAwayRunAwayTurnAway · 09/07/2024 17:58

twoblackdogs · 09/07/2024 17:55

Wasn't he divorced? And what did he do actually, besides living with his spinster sister in her very small house and playing piano now and then? He even couldn't afford his own house, right?

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Liz/Elizabeth was married. Her husband worked away in Saudi Arabia. Oil drilling IIRC.

I take your point though, neither Liz nor Emmet seemed to do anything much.

WizardOfAus · 09/07/2024 17:58

quockerwodger · 09/07/2024 16:40

I'm going to get flamed for this.. probably.

But.

Back when KUA was on, Hyacinth lived in a lovely home on a lovely street where she knew her neighbours and it was lovely.

Onslow... He lived in a dirty home on a dirty street with old cars and broken gates and vicious barking dog.

Now look at society.
Doesn't it feel like there many more Onslows than Hyacinths these days? That pride in houses and gardens has just gone in a lot of areas.

If people were honest, wouldn't the world be a much nicer place if everyone was a little less Onslow and a little more Hyacinth?

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Hit the nail
on the head

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twoblackdogs · 09/07/2024 17:55

PrincessHoneysuckle · 09/07/2024 16:47

Emmett was a horrible man so sneery

Wasn't he divorced? And what did he do actually, besides living with his spinster sister in her very small house and playing piano now and then? He even couldn't afford his own house, right?

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Ihopeithinkiknow · 09/07/2024 17:52

quockerwodger · 09/07/2024 16:40

I'm going to get flamed for this.. probably.

But.

Back when KUA was on, Hyacinth lived in a lovely home on a lovely street where she knew her neighbours and it was lovely.

Onslow... He lived in a dirty home on a dirty street with old cars and broken gates and vicious barking dog.

Now look at society.
Doesn't it feel like there many more Onslows than Hyacinths these days? That pride in houses and gardens has just gone in a lot of areas.

If people were honest, wouldn't the world be a much nicer place if everyone was a little less Onslow and a little more Hyacinth?

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I'm not gonna flame you lol but wouldn't it be nice if people were judged on what sort of a person they are rather than how their garden or house look. My mum used to get on my tits when my daughter was a toddler because she used to love playing in mud all the time (my daughter lol not my mum) and I used to dress her in playing out clothes (not scruffy but clothes that could get dirty) to play in the garden and my mum used to take her up to her house sometimes to help her potter around her garden anyway I found out that my mum had bought her outfits that she changed her into for when they had to nip out to the shop or whatever which stayed at her house 🤨 made me feel like I couldn't look after my daughter properly and it upset me a bit. I can be a bit of a nob though so I made a point of deliberately sending her in her play scruffs every time or with her T-shirts that she used to do painting and drawing in lol it was very passive aggressive but the look on my mums face made me feel better 😂 my daughter is 14 now and she still comes home covered in mud which I love. I think the point of my story is that I hate judgemental people and hyacinth reminds me of my mother lol

RunAwayTurnAwayRunAwayTurnAway · 09/07/2024 17:51

Sunday night tv. I used to love KUA but hated Sunday night tv!

Clips of KUA have been appearing on my FB feed recently. The more I watch the more I get. This led me to the fan wiki.

I was surprised to read that Daisy and Onslow had a daughter- I didn’t know that. I had a vague memory of one very tender episode where they reminisced about a baby or child they had lost, but the wiki didn’t mention that. I remember it as the one time Onslow ever showed any care for Daisy.

The Young Hyacinth episode aired when my PFB was only 2 days old so I completely missed it. I remember seeing it advertised about halfway through the month before it aired and being so excited to see it. The wiki says it bombed.

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twoblackdogs · 09/07/2024 17:50

MushMonster · 09/07/2024 17:20

Oh, I have never watched the episode where Richard shouts....
I did not think him capable of it. I need to watch that.

Here it is!

Richard Raises His Voice At Hyacinth | Keeping Up Appearances

Richard bravely raises his voice at Hyacinth for the first time.Season 5 Episode 8.Subscribe for more exclusive clips, trailers and more. https://www.youtube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg8qCkUh2t0

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