The Honourable Thread of Downton Abbey - The Third

[Moln]

Who filled up the last thread? Hmm?

All I wanted to say was Jonathan Rhys Meyers?

No!! I don't like him and he's a pants actor.

[Chubfuddler]

How does a wet nurse work then? Is it some poor woman who has lost her baby or just someone with massive amounts of milk? The mechanics of it have never occurred to me before.

[megandraper]

Chub - I think it's often a woman with a baby of her own, or whose baby is old enough to be weaned, but the woman just carries on feeding the paid-for baby instead, so milk doesn't stop.

[IAmSheWhoMustBeObeyed]

Probably Hidden in the cupboard.

[Merrin]

Probably someone with an older baby that could be part weaned and need less milk. Giant Baby Sybil would increase her milk. Although child mortality was much more common than now it doesn't have to have been the case, especially in short notice in a small village.

[Merrin]

I like to look on the bright side me :o

[ppeatfruit]

They also had those funny glass banana shaped bottles; I don't know if they had formula like ours but they did give bottles then.

[squoosh]

Is DA repeated during the week? I missed Sunday's episode due to drunken revelry. I can't watch it on the iplayer as it does not make for a relaxing televisual experience! Buffering, buffering, buffering . . . . .

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes]

It's on Sunday teatime, not sure of exact time.

[MarthasHarbour]

marking my place

I did think the scene with M&M holding GBS was rather touching. And wasnt GBS supposed to be 'small' ergo the fit of eclampsia?

[LittleWhiteWolf]

Squoosh, DA is repeated on Sunday at about 5 in the afternoon before the new episode.

I am looking forward to next weeks episode purely to see Edith hopefully starting a real writing job.

[Felicitywascold]

Branson and GBS on the run down farm is a great idea and will probably happen, it is all that predictable

Do we think Daisy will leave the programme to run the other farm?

Did anyone else think that when Mr Mason was talking about the world in 40 years time that there is scope for an amazing '60s spin off, with all the descendants and Mary as the new Dowager Countess?

[ppeatfruit]

That's a brilliant thought felicity with all the honourables actually COOKING

[Merrin]

Or a bit later and a bit Jilly Cooper! Fab idea!

[diddl]

Anyone else really annoyed with it?

Robert & Cora reunion.

Robert continually dimissing Matthew.
Seems to have more concern for the servants.

Wish Matthew would ask for his money back.

Would the women really have stayed at Isobel´s?

Would they really not have known that Ethel was there?

[HoratiaWinwood]

diddl but who would have told them?

[diddl]

Well the impression I got was that it was known.

But if not, then I´m surprised they didn´t leave/that no one was angry with Isobel.

Also surprised that Violet "sided" with Cora by staying.

Maybe just having lost Sybil they were having a "what the fuck does anything matter anymore" moment.

Mary is pissing me off now.

When edith says "maybe I should learn to cook"

"Whatever for?"-for something to do?

And because you might have to since your twat of a father seems intent on burning through any money given to him!

[ppeatfruit]

diddl There was a huge snobbery connected to cooking in those days it was considered very posh to say you couldn't boil an egg in the same way as aristos liked to boast they didn't work (remember Violet saying what's a weekend?)

So Edith saying she was going to learn to cook was being very rebellious indeed!! Sorry for the history lesson if you knew that anyway

[diddl]

I know I get it-they´re Earl´s daughters.

Mary just pisses me off!

Looking at it from our perspective-with hindsight!-it´s hard to see supposedly intelligent people so clueless.

Lord G has had financial problems-but won´t even bother to listen to Matthew.

It´s an ongoing case of the next generation propping the place up before they even take it over!!

I only like Edith & Isobel!

[Felicitywascold]

Looking at it from our perspective-with hindsight!-it´s hard to see supposedly intelligent people so clueless.

Don't confuse class with intelligence. The men get their jobs through birth, the women through marriage. They don't educate the girls outside of getting a 'governess' which stops at an early age.

It's quite possible that Lord 6s financial woes are down to the fact that he just isn't very bright!

Mathew more so, but he is the recipient of the best education amongst them.

[diddl]

Oh yes, I get it about Lord G-he seemed quite proud of not understanding whatever papers Matthew was looking at once.

But surely he pays people for that-and financial advice?

[Felicitywascold]

But as he himself said 'a fool and his money are easily parted'

The economy has changed since Lord G took over the estate and be has failed to keep up.

[diddl]

Well yes, he is a fool-but he won´t learn from it, will he?

He has failed to keep up-but not only that, won´t listen to someone who has invested money & is trying to help-that´s just arrogance imo.

Mind you, I´d quite like to see the whole lot crumble around Mary´s ears!

[lucysnowe]

Hey just dropping in to post this:

i.imgur.com/WbIOC.jpg

Now, which of your drew it, hmm?

[MarthasHarbour]

i love that pic!

[Felicitywascold]

Me too wish id drawn it