Anyone fancy joining me in living life according to Granny Murray's advice?

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As of yesterday, I decided that I would endeavour to live my life according to Granny Murray's words of wisdom (childminder in CBeebies' Me Too! if you've never heard of her).

Every episode she comes out with some pleasantly obvious and trivial aphorism which the characters remember in the nick of time, and which solves all their problems.

In the absence of any other guiding philosophy/religion in my life, I have decided to live by her advice each day, and when in doubt, ask myself "what would Granny Murray do?"

Yesterday, she advised me to make the most of the sunshine. Today, it's more haste, less speed. I am surely on a fast track to canonisation if I continue to follow this path.

Anyone else fancy joining me? Or do you have another TV mentor?

Excellent.

I thought about doing the washing-up earlier.

"sometimes it helps to turn things upside down and inside out"
Only when you've really run out of clean clothes, IME...

Wow. I like Dr Juno's flexible working arrangements. I'm not sure that my work would be too happy if I arranged a concert from their premises at short notice.

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I've just read this thread in full and feel full of wisdom!
I still don't understand how you can 'come away in.'
Or why she is referred to as Granny when Aunty would be more appropriate

Welcome, bleeding heart! As disciples we have learned not question the motives or meaning of GM but simply and humbly accept her wisdom as The Truth. But I too am confused about her age. I am older tan her and would be devastated if someone thought to call me granny!

"make the most of your time"

I am currently catching up on MN AND drinking a coffee, oh and the dryer is on. Is that what she means?

Scummy, I get the feeling Dr Juno never works nights or weekend oncalls either. Obviously she signed up to the EU working hours agreement and therefore cannot work more than 40minutes in a day.

Today's advice was to keep everything neat and tidy. Or spic and span. Can't remember which. Sadly neither relevant to my circumstances

I can manage span but not spic

I don't really do neat and tidy, spick and span, or any other synonyms for 'not chaotic' ...

She's talking about her ladygarden

Should I be waxing my Vajayjay. I'm confused.

Oh my goodness just as I posted that an add for a mini tash tidying shaver came on the Telebox. It's a sign to get my ladygarden spic & span. GM is reaching beyond Riversea Fingle and speaking to me from a Gillette ad.

GM is omnipresent??? Can she see what I do in the bath when I'm thinking about her

Madmomma the idea of anyone thinking about GM in the bath has made me gag a little. Especially as today's advice is "every picture tells a story"...

Hahahaaaa.

Just catching up with this thread and dt2 is sitting next to me saying "Mummy, what so funny?".

I know the answer to why GM is so young and yet called granny, it is very dull though so be warned.

Originally Isla St Clair was cast as GM but pulled out of filming and was replaced by current actress who is considerably younger. They had already filmed a lot of the scenes where she was referred to as GM and therefore continued with the name rather than re film with a more age appropriate nick name for new actress. Told you it was dull...

thanks for sharing bagpuss

There's a place for everything...

And that is a top fact, bagpuss

Just saw this thread, a place for everything? Is GM trying to tell me to go with my gut and go shopping in one of the bigger towns 40mins away where there is a poundland with some bargains I read about on the Christmas thread AND somewhere I can buy some running things, rather than the local town which just has running things. I realise that it might not be a traditional interpretaion, but surely she wouldn't be telling me to tidy up cos that would be too boring, and it would mean that she could see the state of the house!

Have you noticed that in the "memory bits" the acting is entirely different to the scene that you watched earlier? I'm sure there is much more gurning going on when the scene is surrounded by that pastel fog.

Thanks

There is indeed a place for everything - all children over 5 need to be in school... (mine currently arguing).

Or do we think GM is just being a dirty old mare in reference to poor Claude?

I paraphrase, but "with a bit of effort you can make everyday things special".