To start a thread that nobody responds to.

[VanillaSugar]

Boring thread alert.

It helped - thanks better

So the Apocalypse was meant to happen yesterday?
Well it would of been my 7th wedding anniversary with my ex wife, so yeah sounds about right!

We now think it's going to happen this evening, Ginger but we're much more blase about it today.

Glad to have been of service before we all Meet our End, Flumplet.

Prepping for the end of the world or prepping for dinner? Dinner would be prepping. End of the world is Prepping.

I'm sure those MNers over in the Bunker would let us know if anything really bad was going down yoof parlance there.

Have you cancelled the cheque yet?

DS has just said Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth in the same way that you'd say CandyMan. I'll let you know what happens...

That's a worrying portent, Vanilla - unlucky Scottish play and all that. And I don't like the three-times repetition - that's definitely spooky. (Unless he's doing Shakespeare for A level and is using it as a swear word? )

Is it unlucky to say 'Lady Macbeth' to a person about to perform a play? Should you say, 'Lady Scottish Play'?

Actual true dilemma from a few weeks ago.

The church fair wasn't quite an apocalypse, but it may take me some gin time to recover

I don't know if there's a definite ruling on this but my feeling would be that the M word should be avoided in general before a performance of the Scottish play - just to ensure that no-one actually gets murdered during the performance by the substitution of a real dagger for a fake one. (See Midsomer Murders - "Death in Disguise" for cautionary tale.)

Eg, Lady Macbeth could referred to as "The Leading Lady" or "Her Ladyship" to avoid courting disaster. However, if the play is being staged tonight, I don't know if I'd bother since we're all doomed anyway.

Ooooo. Great minds. I was going to ask about Lady M as well. This thread is very informative and should definitely get to 1000

I do feel our areas of expertise are steadily growing and that many MNers will be poring over this thread, slaking their thirst for knowledge.

The Scoooootis Play is being performed at Stratford this season and I shall take DD to see it.

Lisa - what was so very wrong about the church fete? It all looks such fun on the Vicar of Dibley and the like....

And on Midsomer Murders (if you discount the inevitable carnage.)

Perhaps there were vampires

VanillaSugar It isn't like the Vicar of Dibley at our church.

Actually, there are some lovely people who really believe in God. However there were issues about the tombola and the hook a duck had gone missing.

Maybe the duck had gone to join the apocalypse

We've just been to see the new Matt Damon film and now DH is running round the house pretending to be Jason Bourne. FML.

I'd do Jason Bourne in the first film. Not sure about the others. Is it any good?

It is,however I like all of them even though it's not everyone's cup of tea.

Alicia Vikander's contouring is awesome. I spent most of the film looking at her highlighter.

How's your thread going?

Only another 727 posts to go, toadgirl! Doable, I should think? Unless Apocalypse intervenes, obviously.

I just lost...

Secret Life of Pets yesterday with DD. A psychotic bunny is the very pinnacle of comedy, it turns out.

Only another 727 posts to go, toadgirl! Doable, I should think? Unless Apocalypse intervenes, obviously

Even if Apocalypse intervenes, I for one would be more than happy to spend my last minutes/hours repeatedly posting to this thread to help you hit that 1000 before the end of all things