Continuing the one about Carol, Dick and the “ free “ holiday .

[Oldbutstillgotit]

Carol has replied to Anne saying she is shocked that Anne would cancel her flight after promising it. Anne has told her that she gave her no option .
Both Barbara and I have messaged Carol saying that she has behaved badly and should apologise to Anne.

@MyGhastIsFlabbered
That is absolutely Dick exactly as I pictured him!

De-lurking to nominate Tom Hardy as the doorman 😊

@PunishmentSnart definitely too umbridge to play a nice part! She was amazing as umbridge.

Francis Crawford - yes I agree - Mark Field for Dick.

@Spudlet, I, too, need the lamb tagine recipe.

Babs Windsor as a busty, sex pot villa owner. Dick fancies her but she winds him and he ends up with no clothes on tied to a lamppost in the sleazy end of town aka El Tosser.

She winds him up

Can I at least come to the premiere?

Villanelle was brilliant stc. I wonder if you’d be interested in hair and makeup/ wardrobe or how about ‘assistant to ms Streep’? ( she seems to be potential Anne/Barbara/op (f)/ villa owner).

Carol should clearly be played by the woman from Holiday Identity Thief.

@StCharlotte @HeronLanyon if StC is taking on hair etc I'm happy to be her underling if she needs one. I cut my own hair & as long as you provide me with a sharper pair of scissors I'm up for it.
On a related note, does anyone know if there's a Best Supporting Dental Prosthetic category in the Oscars? Obviously, I'm not big headed enough to say I'd definitely win it but I'd like to have an acceptance speech prepared -when- if my partial denture wins. Don't worry though, I won't be going all prima donna on set, my denture is the focus there, I'm merely the vehicle for its delivery.

This is the fruitcake recipe I use: everydaycooks.co.uk/everyday-fruit-cake/

Tagine recipe is from a book called Come On Over - I'd post an image, but MN / my crappy rural internet won't let me 😑

eileenalanna that sounds perfect.
As for the Oscar situation I think that category is very over subscribed and fiercely contested but why not eh? So long as no partial denture is harmed in the making of course. We may need an indépendant RSPCD inspector on set. Blimey this film business is complex !

I suggest you read through both threads some evening on holiday, while drinking copious amounts of sangria and laugh your heads off at the absolute absurdity of the situation. You can write a screen play and choose the cast from all the fab suggestions. This will turn out to be the best, funniest holiday ever. Have a fantastic time.

HeronLanyon isn't it just!!!! I'd no idea there was so much involved but haven't we managed it all with aplomb so far.
As for hopes in the old Oscars I'd recommend our big name stars' scrips heavily reference my denture - the gravitas Julie Walters/Helen Mirren/ Timothy Spall could bring to it, wringing every bit of pathos from its scenes, wouldn't hurt. And, frankly, some of them might well welcome the career boost it would give them too.

I'm going on holiday soon. I'm hoping I'm in the villa next door. My DH will sort Dick out.

Really fancy a lamb tagine right now.

I can offer a vegan tag one if anyone's interested?

Or tagine (damn you autocorrect)

Wow CFs just seem to not have much awareness of how fucking cheeky they actually are!

Yes please, MyGastIsFlabbered. I’m trying to start batch cooking again and was looking for some new recipes. Does it freeze well?

I think Carole should be played by Kathy Burke, possibly in Gimme Gimme Gimme mode.

Yes please MyGastIsFlabbered link to tagine recipe would be much appreciated.

So, the Spanish town’s MN group hear of the story and spread the word. Due to their inherent fabulousness, Anne and co are soon taken into their hearts. As a result, D&C find their arrival is plagued by an escalating series of mishaps as they try unsuccessfully to sniff out their free holiday. Once they are deposited back at the airport a spontanious party breaks out. . Philip Glenister, who loved and lost Anne many moons ago, happens to stroll into the impromptu fiesta and spies her just as the music moves to a slow dance...

As the credits roll, a montage shows Dick arriving home to find a letter revoking his golf club membership due to fiddling his competition wins. It cuts to Carol phoning her new friend from evening class (who has recently offered her a week long place on a female only silent retreat in a convent in Norfolk). Carol is saying ‘I’d so love to take up your kind offer of a free place on the retreat, Sister Helen. I’m sure you won’t mind if I just ask one teeny favour ...’

Well Dick is certainly a dick & so is Carol.

And don't forget to cast Juanita the maid & Hector the gardener

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