The Lord Jasper Damerel School of Kitten Handling: Zoology Dept., University of Milton Northern

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Of course, I am violently allergic to cats...

The only picture we have of the Dean is not overly flattering but in my head he looks a little more like this

Come in, enjoy, help yourself to Twiglets.
Yours sincerely, a Fair Trespasser.

Goodnight, sweetheart.

Ok, so I nodded off on the sofa earlier and am now suffering from insomnia! I'm sure Maud some of you may have already looked at this but it's worth checking out some of the links in the References section.

I did particularly like these three quotes from one of the BBC links:

"Wow! Where did he spring from? The man is gorgeous. I have to say that I'm with all the other red-blooded women for whom Richard Armitage in Victorian shirt sleeves, without a cravat, is a very nice fantasy indeed! Please put this magnificent bloke in something else."

"How can a man dressed like an undertaker be sexy? Because he has eyes that can tell a story in one look, and the heart and soul of a poet. Less is definitely more. When a touch of a fingertip or the removal of a cravat can set hearts-a-flutter, you know that something really special is happening."

"Simply gorgeous - with or without a cravat!"

morning. Tis a beautiful morning here today in Smallsville.

I was trying to get on the tele to watch RH but the Smallboys have taken the tv hostage. At what age is it deemed parentally acceptable to let them have their own tvs????

Spiro - It's very early by the standards of Chateau Maud on a weekend, so I don't understand what you're on about. Where do those drooling appreciative comments come from?

Small - Girl watches a considerable carefully-controlled amount of television but having one in her bedroom is the Rubicon that Bloke and I have sworn not to cross for a good while yet. Likewise, having been to the parents' workshop at school about internet safety, we won't be letting her have a 'puter in her room either.

That concludes the remarks of the Massive household.

Well, that's how it feels atm.

Back later, more intelligibly, I hope!

The heart and soul of poet

And with that I'm off to have a cold bath. See you later.

Perhaps, Massive, you need to spend the morning on the sofa with a hot toddy, made with a fine malt whisky?

you need to spend the morning on the sofa with a hot toddy

Was that a typo for ''hot body '', Maud, considering the prime example I spy perched on that pictorial couch?

Oh you mean what's in the glass

It's red wine actually (Armitage pedant alert )!

Maud the comments were from one of the links on wiki's North & South page - he won Most Desirable Drama Star off the back of N&S

ROFL at typo for ''hot body ''

::Adjusts pince-nez spectacles::

But that looks like a tumbler. Do you mean to say that Harry drinks his wine from a tumbler?

::Aghast::

A true gentleman would never do that

What? Hot toddy sounds like hot body? Well, who'd a' thunk it?

Admits that on closer inspection the glass does look like a wine glass, but anything for a gratuitous shot of the Thornton smoulder

Well, the sun is always over the yardarm somewhere. And I am Sore Pressed

Maud, I too am of that school of thought re tvs and computers, it was just a moment of wishful thinking after the thousandth repeat of Garfield .

Thank you for your gifts, I can t open them at the mo but will peek later. I take it the first one was my lovely HJ singing his socks off? Speaking of which, have you watched Australia yet?

@ hot toddy typo!

Massive I take it there's no sign of improvement among the hypochondriacs ill menfolk?

Thanks for asking, Small! If there is any improvment, they're not admitting it just yet. At least Mr M is still on his feet.

Hahahahaha just found Smallboy minor watching Beyonce singing All the Single Ladies on MTV and he said 'mum look at those silly ladies, they're dancing intheir pants with no trousers!' delivered with a look of slighly horrified confusion.

Little does he realise how his view will change over the years, Small, bless him

Just seen this about the latest NZ earthquake fundraiser:

Sir Ian McKellen is making an appearance at Te Papa. He?s bringing with him a copy of Tolkien?s The Hobbit, signed by the film?s cast, which will be auctioned on sella.co.nz. Later in the day, Telethon viewers will get to see a unique glimpse behind the scenes of The Hobbit film with a specially-shot short film.

I think they should do a Hobbit cast 'slave' auction. Could probably put Japan straight as well with the money that would raise!

Perhaps The Academy should put together a joint bid to give us more chance of winning... er, I take it it would be for Martin Freeman

We could share amicably, couldn't we?

But I can't imagine what use we would have for him if we won...

And here's another treat for Small - Mr Jackman with his socks off. We still haven't watched Australia - perhaps tonight if we can pack Girl off to bed at a decent hour.

I venture to suggest, Massive, that one might want one's gentleman to be just enough of a gentleman. ::Cough::

OK, Spiro, what are you going to bid for Ken Stott?

We could always do something really unconventional and act as his slaves instead. He might prefer it that way around. I imagine between us we can muster some acceptable skills -- your roasted butternut squash and thyme risotto being one such asset.

Maud, how do you know HJ isn't one of those blokes that likes to keep his socks on with his sandals, since you can't see his feet in the pic?

I hasten to add I was not talking MF or KS in my 17. 08. 17. post, I was saying what we were really thinking.