The Lucas North Faculty of Parachute Studies at the UMN

[DumSpiroSpero]

Not entirely tasteful, but it's what we all hoped really isn't it?

I'm not sure any of us are as subtle as we like to think we are

@ you lot. I have been away for an hour so just been catching up and laughing so hard I have been getting very funny looks. We're better than a sitcom.

Twiggy's last line is legend!

Can I diversify and have a smug mummy moment? We had the local Bishop visiting today and DD was a server. Have just had a text from our vicar saying how well she did & that he was very proud of her & Bishop was v. impressed too.

Particularly nice as she's the youngest one & this was an extra service she was asked to do after yawning all the way through the last one . Today's was mercifully short by comparison!

Ah, well done, MissSpiro. Doesn't it just give you a nice warm glow when something like this happens?

It does, although tbh I've been losing my mojo a bit as far is church is concerned lately so I do feel a bit of a hypocrite about it all.

You could look on it as good training in responsabilty for your DD though, no matter what you happen to be feeling inside yourself.

You fraud, Gizzy! Everybody is ogling you watching your episodes and vids and reading/writing your fanfics all the time , to the neglect of all the other poor boys.

Au contraire, MistressMassive. (I revert to Norman French when upset). You seem to be more interested in a young peasant who is running at speed past some strange modern castle. Meanwhile, nobility like myself are being overlooked. I can take a hint.

And just when I was about to remark how very much he reminded me of you in the boot porn episode, charging along with your big sword.

Other things about him reminded me of you, too, but we won't discuss those on an open thread. Though of course we have already done so many a time, shameless hussies that we are

I imagine you mean, MistressMassive, his noble profile and his skill with weaponry?

Something like that, Gizzy, my poppet.

(You will of course recognise the vernacular corruption of the Norman French poupée )

Gizzy are you still sulking?

Mais oui, ma chérie.

I am not sulking, my dear MistressSmall, I am simply hoping for the attention which a nobleman of my standing is entitled to expect.

Don't tell him, but I love that way he does that over the shoulder chin jerk.

We all know about his standing, don't we, Small?

I knew you would never forsake me, MistressMassive.

Hmm, it's not just little pitchers that have big ears...

Who do you want to go and watch Spooks with, then, sweetcakes? It's not on here on the Island, remember.

Are you now casting aspersions on my noble ears?

That's it. I'm off to watch Downton Abbey on my own. Now that I've been introduced to the marvels of television, I do like a nice bit of period drama.

We all know about his standing, don't we, Small?

Personally, I prefer him flat on his back .

::clears pile of ironing off sofa::

Sit down and watch Downton with me. Dear Jasper will be on the Grid so we can be alone.......

::melts::

Look at his jaw in that pic.

There you are Giz. You've pulled.

Look at his everything, LadyD. I love that pic.