Our Girl and Captain James Addicts Part XVII

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The CJ Collective "Sophisticated Silliness"

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Lacey Turner
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orphan sorry about the job interview, clearly their loss, they don't know all your extra skills!!!

Bk how lovely, four poster!! Where there any fur rugs, aka Reign!

nickel glad you survived the weekend, my DH would be useless too. He is unable to do two or more things at once. It's the washing and ironing fairy!!

Unfortunately yes orph I am still barred from ever entering Bulgaria again without a chaperone and strapped-on walking frame thanks to your idea of turning the pommel horse upside-down and using it for Shakaharma Swivel Triple Upsurges (I did tell you back in 1978 it wasn't humanly possible with my knees). I feared you would never let that idea go when you insisted on a repetition with Rupert and CJ on painteds swivel chair and stool recently - it really cannot be done without very strong elastic in your leotard you know - and poor Rupert's audible crack did so take me back to Moscow 1980 and the USSRs entire rowing team - do you remember? Ah, yes the coxing was preferable to the parallel bars in many ways...

Oh yes woof even your patented specially reinforced 'gorilla grip gusset' leotard didn't hold up to the rigours of that pommel routine. But, indeed much happier times were had with the rowing team. They weren't coxless for long were they? I hope I'm not being unduly immodest to remind you that I was responsible for introducing the ground breaking double stroke technique. It was a tricky manoeuvre to perfect, but that USSR team certainly had the balls to try it.

Just lost my coffee to the 'gorilla grip gusset' reference orphan. When will I learn not to drink coffee and read this thread at the same time?!

Orphan So sorry to hear about the job, did you remember to list ALL your skills including 'mistress of disguise'?
CJ Woof The 'butch one' that'll be Nadia Komenechi (probably spelt wrong) surely?
Pixie Total respect to your son, I got vertigo just looking at the photo.
Very concerned that CJ has gone AWOL, has anyone any idea where he is? ILove, BK??

Indeed orph and it was very pleasing to see that, in the interests of international friendship, you extended that unique double-handed technique to the whole of the Eastern Bloc aquatic squad. I remember the overflowing gratitude that selfless act created not to mention the run on Savlon sales at the local chemist, with blisters being the unfortunate downside to the upswing.

Of course, it was as a result of the "incident" with the pommel horse that I invented the low-slung, seersucker spanx with iron rod panelling that I'm still rather fond of wearing today if I ever need to shift two tons of brick rubble in a singe wheelbarrow. Gorilla grip gussets are small change on those occasions.

Unfortunately mummy no, the butch one was always me...

...but I'd like to think I filled the leotard fit to bursting more heartily than dear Nadia or Olga. My icebergs on the run-up to the vault could easily have had the eye out of the judges seated at the back of the arena some 50 feet away and indeed could've performed a dance routine of their own at the same time

Mummy he is supposedly with Lola but we've heard nothing so I don't know what she's done with him. She is the last leg on his tour. He's off for a rest after that.

I'm still blushing at the memory of your leotard 'malfunction' woof at the 1976 Olympics. In your haste to get ready (I think you'd been delayed helping a male athlete who'd got his javelin stuck it's best not to say where ) you put the low backed leotard on back to front. Suffice to say you were concussed for several minutes after your vault routine. Who could have foreseen your icebergs packing such a punch? I think it was after that incident that you added the polo neck leotard to your range.

orphan I'm liking the idea of you working in a convent. How would you introduce them all to the delights of CJ? Guess they must all like a little light entertainment here and there. In fact, it could be a whole new ff!

Indeed orph polo neck and steel reinforced décolletage strapping were well in situ by the time Moscow 1980 took place, but of course by that time I also needed to include the knee meshing encasement coz that's where my icebergs had headed in those intervening years

Hmm ilove I think any convent I led would be a hotbed of seething sexual frustration, like the one in Black Narcissus, fuelled by nightly screenings of OG with us all chanting 'Lead us not into temptation oops too late'. Hopefully, Father Richard Chamberlain from the Thornbirds would listen to our confessions and absolve us of any bulge blasphemy. Oh and Patrick Grant would of course be my own personal wimple fitter.

I have achieved so little today, got caught up in reading old ff's I had forgotten about. God, there are some good ones! Reread acceptance, which was a definite old favourite - whatever happened to onefor, she hasn't been on here for ages? And cherin, come to think of it!

Re-read some of the stuff by laceybird and jennyj90 as well, which is all really good!

Need to go to London on Friday for work - not likely to be hanging around any trendy actor hotspots unfortunately but will be practicing the thigh grip carefully just incase

Mummy when I said CJ was on the last leg of his tour with Lola, perhaps I meant he was on his last legs! He must be shattered: me, you, ice, Jen, Whajeb, Richtea, Nickel, pixie.... not forgetting the kilt fitting. A tall order even for a keen and eager soldier?

orphan liking your style. It has the makings of a convent style porn film.

ilove I was just thinking that. Half expecting father CJ to walk in, and the nuns drop to their knees. In prayer of course

Not sure if orphan has warped my mind or whether CJ has just taken over all my thinking.

In The Thorn Birds, I never knew at the time that Richard Chamberlain was gay. I was so innocent then.

onlygirl just had a re-read of Acceptance after your recommendation and it reminded me that the chapter on "the talk" is probably my favourite chapter ever. I just think she nails it.

It's really good isn't it thread? If I remember rightly, I think she said at the time that there was a little bit of her RL experience mixed in with the writing of 'the chat'.

mummy CJ was moved onto Lola now just waiting for confirmation as to when he needs a transfer!

Just popping up from my lurking duties - to me acceptance is the epitome of 'the chat' just love it!! I'm on the wine tonight - I am now the mother of a teenager! Where do the years go

I always like recommendations from the archives. I've read them all and favourited quite a few but I've forgotten some of the gems.

2 short ones from the distant past I liked were Strip Snap and Flowers or Chocolates?

Btw did you see Daniel Darcy's A/N about his daughter reading OG fanfic. Argh I don't know who I'm more embarrassed for. I think he should get a new pen name so he can write without fear.

Poor guy, that's an awkward situation! . Wonder if she knows her dad is writing some of the ff. My worst nightmare would be my family reading stuff I'd written, they'd take the piss out of me until the end of time.

whajeb a cheeky Monday night wine is always a good move - I like your style! How's it feel to have a teenager on your hands? I still have 4 years to go till that particular landmark, and can't say I'm looking forward to it! I can see both of mine growing up so fast, it terrifies me!

Incredibly scary jen though thankfully I still received a big hug and a chat about everything that's happening at school - can't bear the day that we go through the true teenage years. A friend once said that no matter what insist that you hug at least once a day - think I'll go with that advice ps now 13 year old takes the piss constantly after reading over my shoulder - it did affect me !!!

I loved laceybird, her version of their first argument was brilliant!!!

I really liked laceybird's ff. Thought she captured emotion very well and I liked some of her more quirky titles.

ilove No, I didn't have a clue at the time either as to RC being gay, just thought he looked very fetching in his cassock. I think BA would make a gorgeous priest - chiseled features set off by the black robes etc. Imagine being in a confessional with him and hearing his voice asking if you had sinned... OK, forget second series of OG, I want him to do a kinky priest film!