Our Girl and Captain James Discussion Thread Volume VIII

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Feel free to join in as we discuss all things Our Girl related

Honorary Members of The CJ Collective:
Ben Aldridge
Tony Grounds
Lacey Turner

Richtea I think you'll find Damian is included in the wrestling comp (depending on the vote now of course), because the Richmond Sausage look was a deliberately harrowing sight to make the storyline more realistic. When he was in Brodie/Band of Brothers mode he was a rather more tasty 100% pork banger. I'm liking Downton as the setting, though, particularly with Bates taking our coats, as I do have a little crush on him, even with a limp...ooh there I go again!!

Richtea you are very kind but there is a basic problem in as much as the story i.e. the characters and broad plot are not. I think the BBC and TG might sue me if I tried to do something like that! I'm too poor already! I would have to think of something entirely of my own. Still not sure about script writing. I did actually have a go a while back, but I realised how hard it is. Apparently the dialogue has to serve the story not tell the story. I think I can't help wanting to keep control of it all! There's a control freak thing going on!

By the way, are the sausages on sticks! I don't want to get greasy fingers!! Yes to Downton. Will we get sherry on arrival or god forbid that modern invention of Cocktails Would love to see the Dowager Countess' face should she walk in on the contest! For some reason I keep imagining that great big hallway where they had the Christmas tree - as long as it wasn't draughty!

The word missing after not is 'original'

Just a thought if we can't do voting buttons. I would be prepared to remain neutral and allow you all to PM me with your vote for each bout within a set time limit and then I could declare the results- like a general election! Not a secret vote of course but my lips would remain sealed. We would of course need to draw up a full list of the competitors first. Am I taking this just a little bit seriously?

Ooh yea the hallway would be perfect. Sure there would be a nice big fireplace there too.

Think it's survey monkey that can do a poll/contest. And is anonymous too.

Loving all our authors new chapters, such a talent!

Cjwoof, yes totally forgot the Damian Lewis part of the "action". We will need to think of some other waiting staff other than Bates, with a limp!

Has anyone worked out what regiment and division the under 5s are in? I'm hoping someone on here might have a clue to save me lots of clumsy research on the british army website.

I know who'd love to be working there - Barrow with or without the black glove!!

OMG jen just read chapter 2 of your ff, absolutely hooked - you are the nuts, love it, love it, love it. Takes a lot to impress me but you've done it today. AND I haven't even had chance to look at Rhubarbs yet, it's going to be a Saturday night FF Fest, lovely!!

Pixie I wonder if it was a real cap badge or a made up one? Have you got a still or close up of it you can compare?

Can't help with cap badge but the only close up is on tarmac at Brize.

Are we having scantily clad men parade around around the ring holding up the round number? If so, can I offer up the young Steward who lives opposite who has a suitably long and toned body and loves walking round his house in his boxers with the curtains open ( tried to add wink face but couldn't). I really am an old perv.

If you've got a picture you could try looking on here.

www.armylists.org.uk/badges.htm

I've been squinting at cap and lapel badges in pictures but I can't see anything clearly enough.

mooj you can't be pervy if he's dangling it in your face so to speak (even if you do need binoculars), so I say he's welcome to be the round board parader. Sounds like the kind of extrovert we need! Perhaps we could have a different uniformed boards man for each round, starting with full desert combats and headset after Round 1, just to get the audience in the mood

I've been squinting at cap and lapel badges in pictures but I can't see anything clearly enough.

Sorry for the double post

The regiment was always undetermined. I've zoomed in photo of CJ with his beret from ep 1 but it's very blurred. I presumed it was a made up one so not to cause issues- but could be wrong

I agree with the rest of you. I've just paused it and gone through the list of cap badges and it doesn't match any of them. Whilst Molly's is clear being RAMC I assume that theirs is fictitious. Pixie why don't you just make a fictitious regiment name then no one can take exception to it?

Looks like a shield shape with pale blue

Hi all, been a busy day but have been fortified by discussions of more naked wrestling. I like Bates too, and maybe Nigel Harman could help him out?

Been looking at badges and see if this helps? But have trawled through the web and can't find anything remotely similar, so may be made up?

Is it possible as half time entertainment (in addition to the round board parader) to have Mark Ruffalo and James McAvoy on their unicycles? I accept that neither might be able to participate as wrestlers (McAvoy- images of Mr Tumnus and Ruffalo rather too hirsute) but their uni cycling skills might help to pass the time...

Oh goodness, that's an idea! Half-time entertainment. cherin I thought of you last night when James McAvoy was on Graham Norton's show. Mind you, I also thought of all of us and our ramblings when he went to that website about hairy men and read out the comments! God forbid he invites Damian Lewis on anytime soon. Can't imagine he'll be thrilled to be compared to an uncooked sausage in spite of all the nice things we said too about his other ahem talents! Oh Crikey, that's not unlikely is it - what with Wolf Hall coming out this year! Tremble!!!

Unicycling could be a tad painful for them if they were naked though, but agreed it could be good entertainment . Might gonna need first aid applications of linament when the wrestling resumes and they have to pedal off up the hall...

Pixie, maybe ok could tie it to stags or fireside wrestling .... You could call it NFSW regiment (people would think it meant something very clever, but we would know ..... Or maybe that's moe suited to zombies?!?)