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

[spotofcheerfulness]

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?

[spotofcheerfulness]

Damn you're quick!
She's the Michael Fish of Riverseafingle...

[EverythingsNotRosie]

My DD doesn't believe her. She is all dressed up in her coat and hat for no apparent reason this morning. She is clearly not planning to wait for a break in the clouds!

[Tee2072]

What if there are no clouds? ::frets::

You can upload photos to your profile. ::curious::

[VagolaJahooli]

But what does she mean, will it be fine, as in the weather will be fine, or will I be emotionally fine, or will everyone in this house just leave me ALONE for 5 minutes. That would be fine.

[spotofcheerfulness]

The beauty of Granny Murrayisms, Vag, is that you can interpret them however you choose. She also leaves things out, such as 'Just wait for a break in the clouds so I can nip out and buy some vodka and all will be fine'

[spotofcheerfulness]

"Dirty or clean, some things are good for comfort".
The old hoor.

[EverythingsNotRosie]

'Now remember, dirty or clean, some things are always there for comfort!' Just

[EverythingsNotRosie]

Oh, I knew I'd got it a bit wrong. But still!

[bagpuss]

spotof.

[MrsTrellisOfSouthWales]

You can take from that what you will, eh

[Tee2072]

I have no words...what a dirty old woman!

[VagolaJahooli]

Lorks alive! Should this women be looking after children. Is she talking about Claude....oh dear.

[StealthPolarBear]

"I like to be able to picture where things happen in stories"
Advice to live by

[MrsTrellisOfSouthWales]

And by stories, she means Fifty Shades.

[StealthPolarBear]

ah she's going to wait for the film :o

[spotofcheerfulness]

[SarahAndPercyAndBill]

This is a brilliant thread! I have long been fascinated by the workings of Riversea Fingle (although until I read this thread I couldn't work out the name from the theme tune - best guess was Liberty Pringle).

Today's advice was poor, although I never really enjoy the Mickey John ones - agree with poster above who suggested potential paedophilia there. Without wishing to overthink things, I have sometimes wondered if Me Too is a satire on the professional classes - Dr Juno and Mickey John are openly rubbish at their jobs (doctor spending all day washing a teddy bear, leaves all the hard stuff to the nurses), whereas the market trader guy and the train cook man are marginally more competent and often have great successes e.g. selling all the potatoes or making 22 cheese sandwiches.

I remember when I used to listen to the Today programme in the mornings.

[spotofcheerfulness]

That's just given me an idea. Instead of Thought for the Day, why doesn't Granny Murray have her own spot on Today?

"And as the Bank of England holds interest rates at a record low, Granny Murray warns, 'neither a borrower, nor a lender be'"...

[SarahAndPercyAndBill]

Yes! And on PM, someone could come back on and say how her advice had saved the day, e.g. influenced fiscal policy or prevented outbreak of war, and GM could say, 'Well I never did!' and make them a cup of tea.

[Tee2072]

[Tee2072]

Did no one watch this morning?

[spotofcheerfulness]

I'm very sorry, I've let the team down . DS was already watching "Bee Bright" on DVD at 6.30 and refused to let me turn it over.

If no one actually watched it, we can only try and think "what would Granny Murray do" in our daily life and I'll be back tomorrow with the real words of truth and wisdom.

So far today, GM has recommended I eat five biscuits and take out a really unchallenging thriller from the library.

[Tee2072]

She told me to put my feet up and have a cuppa rather than run the hoover.

She's a very smart woman. ::nods::

[StealthPolarBear]

She told me to eat far too much chocolate and drink coffee. I can hear her now "a wee piece of something sweet wi a cuppa is always welcome"

[VagolaJahooli]

Oh she was lovely to me, she told me to palm one of my kids off on a friend and then make fish fingers for tea. It appears she has also told me to get a babysitter for this evening and go out for a quiet dinner with hubby.