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Ladies, talking of TTL, I had the most awful thought last night. Must have been the Guy trauma that put me in a black frame of mind. But what would we do if the chief venue for The Rover was announced and it was the Theatre Royal or something

RUNCORN

I thought you'd like the cello lessons, F :)

What do you mean about the Theatre Royal, T? Are you close enough to the UK to get here cheaply/easily, btw?

Making it up about the Theatre Royal Boden, just thought Runcorn as the putative abode of Kevin and Perry might be a no-go area for refined ladies like wot we are.

Yes, I can get to the UK easily enough but only at certain times of the year.

Ah, gotcha - I was thinking of the Theatre Royal in London...

Right, got to go and write a passive-aggressive letter to DD's teacher then bed. Night, all!

Theresa - I had already expressed similar reservations about Hull. It's not Hull that's the potential problem, but the getting there and the babysitting bills. But I would of course Do It For Art.

Now trying to imagine where Theresa might live, eg in a tin shack on the banks of the Limpopo and can only paddle out twice a year on the freak tide.

Curses, Flowers has outed me for all the world to see.
My hut is the one next to the Elephant's Child's. No running water, why bother when a river runs through it, but we do have Broadband-- it's delivered by a messenger carrying it in a forked stick.

Night from Darkest Africa, Boden.

Time for an early night by my louche standards.

I leave you with this charming vignette.

Now, in Mr. Thornton's face the straight brows fell low over the clear, deep-set earnest eyes, which, without being unpleasantly sharp, seemed intent enough to penetrate into the very heart and core of what he was looking at. The lines in the face were few but firm, as if they were carved in marble, and lay principally about the lips, which were slightly compressed over a set of teeth so faultless and beautiful as to give the effect of sudden sunlight when the rare bright smile, coming in an instant and shining out of the eyes, changed the whole look from the severe and resolved expression of a man ready to do and dare everything, to the keen honest enjoyment of the moment, which is seldom shown so fearlessly and instantaneously except by children.

Good night all!

Night, Flowers Enjoy your cocoa.
And you, Johnny, of course.

As it's very late and nobody is watching, here is something cheeky.

Am I first one up? I suppose I'll have to tidy up then - we did leave a mess here last night, didn't we? Did we really get through that many bottles of Chateau Gisbourne?

Waaaahahahahaha I love that vid, Theresa!! Oooh, how good does he look in that hat, eh? Harumph though, those shots are taken outside the Radio 1 building, across the road from where I used to work - another reminder that I left work too early :o The vid was very nicely done actually, matching pictures to lyrics - best bit was the 'real slow' shot after "take off your coat". Mmmmm. Sorry, where was I? Oh yes, great stuff Theresa, one of my new faves. Oh and the 2'12 pic of him sitting on a chair and smilling is adorable.

Flowers, I'm all a-quiver after reading that description of Johnny-Boy. What wonderful writing, I can't wait to read the whole book. I started re-reading The Hobbit again last night - I won't give away any proper spoilers but the first thing we see Thorin do is fall flat on his face :)

Morning all, some nioce shots in that one Flowers, particularly 2.10 and 2.22

Well, I've learnt my lesson. As it is so cold, I decided to add to the hole in the ozone layer by driving Offspring to school. Drove over a nail and have had to wait in the freezing cold for AA Man to arrive because we've somehow lost the tools for changing the wheel. I have lost all feeling in my feet. Aaah.

Glad you liked the Full Monty. I disapprove of it really because some of the photos are (I'm assuming) paparazzi shots, but the tweed cap is indeed most becoming.

Perhaps you ladies who are planning to make your husbands, ahem, dress up will be adding a tweed cap to the shopping list?

You can leave this hat on, too

Berets are also acceptable

But even an inveterate hat-fancier must draw the line somewhere

Oops, just noticed that it was you who posted the Full Monty one, Flowers, not Theresa. I understand your point about disapproving but it was too lovely for me to care, tbh :)
I couldn't see the beret pic but the top hat ones just makes me think he's about to yell "BALDRICK!" 2'10 was the shot I loved too, Stripey!

What a nightmare about your wheel, Flowers. Sorry you got so cold. Maybe you need warming up.

No worries, Boden. I hadn't noticed that you had called me Theresa. Well, as you saw, I overcame my scruples about using paparazzi shots. The beret shot is when he's in his SAS uniform.

That painting of My Man Thornton and his unbuttoned collar has indeed raised my temperature by several degrees. You are a good friend, Boden. Let me offer you something warm and smouldering too.

Now that I can move my toes again, I'm going out to sort out the car and other stuff ....

Morning all!!

Nice hats! Think I could do with one today.

Sorry to hear about your mishap flowers - there's never a good time for something like that.

BTW any of you ladies considered enlisting yet? Or maybe you are already lurking?

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Mayday! Mayday!Pass the Polish Cordial!I have just been subjected to the most cynical bit of manipulation in TV history.

So, Lucas and his blue sheet scenario, as we have seen in the Lady Gaga vid. And I know all about the pesky ink coming off, so they couldn't use white, but they could have used olive or sludge or something, rather than a colour which coincidentally matched his eyes.. Well, fancy that.

Then we get showered by rose petals, which I had sort of accepted as I thought they were a clever touch included by some romantic at heart vidder. But no, they are there already. What is this, the Hearts and Flowers Channel?

And just in case the ladies aren't already totally incoherent, you can hear the director say, let's give them this shot of his face

Wibble just doesn?t cover it.

You think it's all over? No sir. You just about recover from that little onslaught on your sanity after a stiff drink or three and a sharp mental slap on the wrist and there is Lucas walking into a derelict structure of some sort and doing a total strip.

Now I know the donning the boiler suit thing is desperately symbolic, as referring to his lingering subjection to his torturer, but does the story-line demand we get such a lingering good look at the costermonger?s wares?

Turn back and look at us, babes, ha ha?

No, seriously. I would like to have a stern word with those guys. And maybe send Ros after them.

So all you ladies watching Spooks all the way through, en famille, a warning. Either avoid episode 8/4 like the plague, or busy yourself in the kitchen for the first half. Unless you want to find yourself having to answer some very awkward questions.

I shall read the morning's transcipts and try and recover, but I may be some time

Phew! Pulse rate slowly declining.

I was so not a fan of flat caps, but last night I changed my mind entirely. Gotta keep the rain off the nose, haven't we?

Poor Flowers, it's a shame RA never did a series about the adventures of an AA man, we could have sent him out to rescue you.

Hello, Oyster, so you're on a recruitment drive. It would be telling, about the lurking. We have our own secrets here you know.

I'm not on a recruitment drive!! Just got to wondering...? Secrets indeed!

Enlisting/lurking? Huh? What are we talking about? [dense emoticon]

Theresa, OMGing and thudding on your behalf!!! Thanks indeed for the warning! LOL at
"Turn back and look at us, babes, ha ha?" :) Also at keeping the rain off the nose - you do make me laugh!

So it seems like I should either watch 8/4 alone, or with MrB after a few glasses of PC and see what transpires :o

Boden, I think Oyster belongs to a mysterious organisation which Flowers and I have jokingly called Military Intellgence.

Aaahhhh... are we talking about the... ahem, Army?