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University of Armitage Studies

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MrsLucasNorth · 16/11/2010 20:44

And here are our study materials for the evening. Not sure if we've had them before, but have tried to find new ones - is getting trickier Grin!

Enjoy!

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StripeyMoon · 18/11/2010 17:00
Grin
Fettle · 18/11/2010 17:34

Not me stripey - but I'm tempted to have a bid now!!GrinWink

Bodenbabe · 18/11/2010 17:59

MrsLN we are going by Eurotunnel... I think I love you :o

Stripey, I am watching a Strikeback DVD but not bid on it yet. Is it the one being sold by agra1028? If so, I will hold off :) you need www.goofbay.com darling...

Yay to MiniFettle, how wonderful.

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PrairieOyster · 18/11/2010 18:30

Not me - I already have it Grin

Speaking of Little Guy, I am sorely tempted to buy one having had a sneak peek of the one with the horse (!) which I sent on to an RA blogger in the US.

Theresaholeinyourmind · 18/11/2010 18:42

The mind boggles, Oyster about the horse! Shock
Interesting discussion on the Feminism board today. someone is saying this:
''There's a reason why historical TV dramas keep getting made, and it's got more to do with repressed lust than historical accuracy.''

I can't guess what their favourite one must be Wink

ASmallBunchofFlowers · 18/11/2010 19:40

Well, that's approaching the truth (whatever the truth is here).

Part of the appeal of period drama, I think, is to do with the otherness of the story and the protagonists. If I want dramatic stories about my contemporaries I can look out of the window.

I do hope nobody from the feminism topic is going to stray over here, although I saw a discussion there a day or two ago about women's porn and thought of some moments on this thread.

Fettle · 18/11/2010 19:49

Yes Flowers - not sure a hardcore feminist would really understand our level or degree of study!Grin

MrsLucasNorth · 18/11/2010 19:52

They probably won't approve of John Lucas very much either!

Now, how bad did you want him to be exactly?

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ASmallBunchofFlowers · 18/11/2010 19:56

Hmm, Fettle. Speaking as a feminist (although rather a compromised one) I think they might understand the study. It's the unreconstructed cavewoman moments I worry about!

Fettle · 18/11/2010 20:02

Flowers - I definitely wouldn't put you down as a hardcore feminist! Would you shout at someone for holding a door open for you? Or offering to help you with your bags, if you were struggling with 3 bags, a pushchair, a 4 year and a baby in your arms down stairs?!Grin
But I agree you've been very good at tempering our studies and making sure that we don't waver too far from the study protocols and rules of decency

And on that subject MrsLN, I think he should bebad very bad like a fluffy kitten!Smile[innocent]

Bodenbabe · 18/11/2010 20:07

Very, MrsLN :)

ASmallBunchofFlowers · 18/11/2010 20:12

Joking aside, Fettle, that is why I shy away from gawping at the charms of Mr Cold Feet in his speedos. If I saw men leching over a scantily-clad young lady I would mutter darkly to myself about sexism ... objectification ... commodification ... so I feel I have to be consistent and not permit myself the same shameful luxury. But that's just me. Everyone's free to make their own choice.

MrsLucasNorth · 18/11/2010 20:29

I'm working on it Boden Grin.

Not sure how much I can get away with before descending into complete depravity though. JL is proving to be a trickier customer than GTN!

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StripeyMoon · 18/11/2010 20:41

Boden yes it is that one!

Very, very Mrs LN.

MrsLucasNorth · 18/11/2010 20:50

OK, introducing the very naughty (but not just yet) - John Lucas...

John Lucas growled at the alarm clock, and gave it a resounding thump. It was 5.00am, and John wasn?t an early riser, but that Friday he had to haul his arse to France to pick up some equipment for the project he was working on, so silly o?clock was the order of the day.
As he ran a hot shower, his mind wandered to the previous weekend that he?d spent in Bristol. Meeting that writer on the train had been a rather fortunate turn of events he smirked to himself, stiffening as the soapy water cascaded down his naked body. Sighing reluctantly, he turned the cold water up a notch or three, rinsed off and got out of the cubicle.

John surveyed himself in the mirror. The slightly too long hair tousled and damp, not-quite designer stubble and a very naughty glint in his eye, even at that time in the morning, set him apart from your average late 30-something. Grinning at his own reflection, he turned and headed for the wardrobe.

?Easy choice today,? he mused to himself, pulling on his clothes. By the time he?d finished he was a vision in black leather, apart from the close fitting white, v-neck t-shirt he wore underneath his jacket.

He threw back a huge mug of black coffee, picked up his helmet and headed out the door.

On the street outside, sat John?s pride & joy, his jet black Harley Davidson Road King Classic. He was all man, and then some, in every way, but whenever he saw Delilah, as he affectionately thought of her, he felt like a little boy on Christmas morning. Straddling the seat with his muscular, leather-clad thighs, he turned the key in the ignition and roared off into the distance as the sun rose over Brighton.

An hour later, he pulled up in the car park at the block of flats a few hundred yards from Waterloo station. He could have taken Delilah on the Eurotunnel with him, but it was only a small package to bring back, and with such an early start he fancied a more comfortable journey. Luckily his mate lived nearby so he could park Delilah up safely for the day.


At the Eurostar terminal, John checked in, grabbed a bacon and egg baguette, a large coffee and a tabloid and made himself comfortable for the half hour wait. The time passed quickly and soon it was time to board the train. John found himself a window seat, and was just about to doze off when a voice over his head said, ?Excuse me, is this seat taken??
He looked up, sleepily. ?No, be my guest,? he replied. His initial irritation at being interrupted dissipated somewhat when he saw that the voice belonged to an attractive woman, with a reddish brown bob and curves in all the right places. He smiled wolvishly at her as she sat down, ?I?m John,? he said.

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Theresaholeinyourmind · 18/11/2010 20:59

I think we saw the same thread, Flowers. What was interesting was that some of them were saying pure images didn't work for them, that there had to be some sort of story or personality behind it all. I am not sure how that lets you off the charge of objectivisation. If at all. Interesting philosophical point.

I wasn't sure about their take on historical drama, I just thought it was rather funny in view of some of our thoughts on N&S. My own reason for rnjoying it is pure escapism to a simpler world. And to she floppy white shirts of course.

Mrs LN -- When I invented John Lucas, I thought of him as a reasonably respectable business man, who had genuinely found himself stranded in wherever he was going. May be circumstances would change him, but Yyu of course don't have to follow the original concept.

Theresaholeinyourmind · 18/11/2010 21:00

Ooops, I see he has already degenerated. Must have been the Bristol trip that did it Grin

MrsLucasNorth · 18/11/2010 21:02

I thought much the same as you intended when you wrote that lovely story for me Theresa - may be we could change the name of our new man and leave John Lucas in Bristol.

(PS - if you wanted to carry on from almost where you left off - I wouldn't mind meeting him in a First Class carriage on the way home Wink)

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Theresaholeinyourmind · 18/11/2010 21:03

I look drunk too but I'm not.

Theresaholeinyourmind · 18/11/2010 21:04

Nah, you're all right, Mrs LN. Although you might not have realised this, I am rather partial to black leather.

ASmallBunchofFlowers · 18/11/2010 21:08

Hi, Theresa. I'm not sure (especially as I haven't read the thread) about their take on historical drama. I think escapism and otherness are more likely to be at the heart of it (and, likewise, of things such as science fiction). As I said, I can get kitchen sink drama at home.

Theresa's Ode to John Lucas

I am a young executive. No cuffs than mine are cleaner;
I have a Slimline brief-case and I use the firm's Cortina.
In every roadside hostelry from here to Burgess Hill
The maitres d'hotel all know me well, and let me sign the bill.

You ask me what it is I do. Well, actually, you know,
I'm partly a liaison man, and partly P.R.O.
Essentially, I integrate the current export drive
And basically I'm viable from ten o'clock till five.

For vital off-the-record work - that's talking transport-wise -
I've a scarlet Aston-Martin - and does she go? She flies!
Pedestrians and dogs and cats, we mark them down for slaughter.
I also own a speedboat which has never touched the water.

She's built of fibre-glass, of course. I call her 'Mandy Jane'
After a bird I used to know - No soda, please, just plain -
And how did I acquire her? Well, to tell you about that
And to put you in the picture, I must wear my other hat.

I do some mild developing. The sort of place I need
Is a quiet country market town that's rather run to seed
A luncheon and a drink or two, a little savoir faire -
I fix the Planning Officer, the Town Clerk and the Mayor.

And if some Preservationist attempts to interfere
A 'dangerous structure' notice from the Borough Engineer
Will settle any buildings that are standing in our way -
The modern style, sir, with respect, has really come to stay.

Theresaholeinyourmind · 18/11/2010 21:12

Eww, Flowers, that take on John Lucas makes him sound like a creep even I can't find a side I need to obssess over.

Very observant. I have met men like that.

ASmallBunchofFlowers · 18/11/2010 21:17

All my own work, of course.

Theresaholeinyourmind · 18/11/2010 21:17

Mrs LN's is far badder nicer, as I am sure we shall find out before too long.

What we have seen so far sounds promising anyway. An liking the hair and the stubble.

Theresaholeinyourmind · 18/11/2010 21:21

Was thinking about Lucas's deprived Cumbrian childhood meanwhile. If Daddy was a minister, maybe he was strict, wouldn't allow little Lukie/Johnnie to have a TV in his bedroom and refused to buy him a PlayStation.

Oh, and he was forced --yes, forced to wear the wrong kind of trainers.

Sorry, just in a daft mood tonight.