Hyacinth Bouquet

[Catmum52]

Why doesn't anybody like her?????

50% of MNers channel her.

Now, please ensure you are wearing a shirt. I cannot stand the thought of you not wearing a shirt while I'm speaking to you via my white slimline telephone with last number redial.

And by the way, IT'S BOUQET!!

I love her as much as Margo.

I love her.
She is so desperately trying to fit in and be as Waitrose as one could be (if Waitrose were a thing).

I do agree with other posters that some on MN channel the 'how affluent can I appear' thing.

Elizabeth, if you could pass round my Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles...

She cheers me up when I watch the Comedy channel / Dave channel. We all know a Hyacinth Bouquet. We all do. She has given most people of ideas of how to behave.

The Bouquet's residence!

‘Our sofa is an exact replica of one at Sandringham House’ 😁
Love Hyacinth. Didn’t the actor who played Richard die recently? 😔

It's Hyacinth Bucket not Hyacinth Bouquet. That's the WHOLE POINT of the joke.

Because she is a terrible snob and cares more about appearances than people and she is so self unaware. I think a real person like her would be she very lacking in confidence because she tries to be someone she is not. I think we dislike her because we see ourselves in her and don't like it.
I love a Richard though. He is lovely and so patient.

lego yes he died this year.

I can't watch it any more because it was one of DH's favourites, and watching things we enjoyed together is still painful. Onslow and Daisy's house scenes were filmed in the house next door to where DH grew up.

Every street has a Hyacinth.

That's why it worked.

I love her - and still love watching the repeats.

She would be exhausting. And completely unable to be real, everything about what others think (dropping holiday brochures by the neighbours and hanging out with the major and that moody Councillor Nugent woman). That said, Elizabeth really did need to give her head a wobble. Dropping her cup every time? I think she had more issues.

She’s my mother...

I possibly need a life....

Well isn’t half of Britain just like her? Hard to hate someone who is just like you?

50% of mumsnetters probably find her a bit chavvy and common.

Bridget We are falling on deaf ears here!

"Mrs Bucket"?
"It's pronounced BOUQUET"

All tight @bridgetreilly , pull yourself together, and have a cup of tea in the Royal Doulton china.

Seriously, the manners these days. No composure some people

@AndNoneForGretchenWieners
My late husband used to like it too. We lost him last year. I watched an episode earlier (about Hyacinth's "Outdoors Indoors Luxury Barbecue with finger buffet") that he would have laughed at. It's gutting isn't it.

Just realised you can buy t shirts and posters advertising it!

I watched the one where she went on the senior citizens trip to the seaside earlier with Mrs Lennox feeling sick in the minibus.

Though one of my favourite moments was the episode with her obsession with telling Richard to do things 'executively'

Just been watching all the episodes - so much fun. Comedy without swearing. It's actually aged pretty well apart from Daddy running around after ladies and the Major/ Commodore episodes.

My favourite line is from Sea Fever (AKA The QE2 episode)

Onslow:
[speaking to Hyacinth] So then, this purser chap came up to the cabin and said we're on the captain's table. And I thought "Blimey!" I mean, you win a competition, you get a luxury cruise, and then they expect you to eat with the crew!

The neighbour Elizabeth only ever seemed to do one expression, "terrified, staring eyes"

My mum is Hyacinth Bucket!