General Chat

Cherry dear just think of Mr Darcy, Camilla and Geoffrey will become a distant memory. Of course you could think of Mr Brand if you so wished but the poor man always looks in need of a good scrub with carbolic soap :-S

Teresa

hello Teresa, I am waiting to watch Mr Firth in Girl With A Pearl Ear ring ... got it on video tape. When I've finished with him, I shall return him to you ;-) :-D

As soon as I realised he was in Pearl Ear ring, I got the point of Shakespeare wearing an ear ring in St Trinians, Fritton's Gold. Unfortunately ....... I can no longer separate Mr Firth from "Geoffrey and Camilla", they just crack me up!

CC

Running in to Motie Towers in excitement looking for the smelling salts...................................................................................



Ladies, he is back in a new film :-D :-D :-D :-D


My favourite Gentleman walker









Mr Firth and he is in a shirt tie and no trousers ;-)




Teresa

here we are :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica

I dont think I am allowed to copy Wiki text but all the info you need about this Iceni queen is in the Wiki. Its not clear whether she killed herself, or simply died of an illness.

CC

hello Lesley, I watched a documentary about Boudicca a few months ago but I cannot remember how she did away with herself. There was a daughter as well, who also suffered at the hands of the Romans.

While you are searching for Boudicca's gold, would you pop over to the Norfolk Wash and look for King John's treasure? there's a dear.

Thank you for asking, I am quite well following the flu jab. I've never had problems with these, to date. The only problem I have, is remaining germ-free in order to have the jab. There are more and more folks hacking and hawking and sneezing around SainsCo, instead of staying home until they are fully recovered. I spent the weekend "sweating" because MFH had a cold and of course I didnt want to catch it from him.

Yep arent some statues "a price" ..... a ridiculous valuation when so many people in the world dont have enough to eat. Such monies could be better spent ..... aaaah if Aye was chancellor of the exchequer ................

CC

dear Petunia is snoring so sweetly I havent the heart to wake her, so I will leave her a handwritten note ready for her to read when she wakes up, to let her know that Pat rish aaaah is being as difficult as ever where I am concerned. I helped Mrs Berry clean the kitchen following dinner which was as always delicious.

In spite of my healthy appetite, I never eat Christmas puddings. They do not agree with me, its all the raisins.

I shall not be shopping at The Paradise; I've popped in twice but I was not overly impressed with this emporium. The owner is a little too oily for my liking. And I wanted to slap Miss Audrey's simpering face.

The night has turned quite chilly. I shall put a warm wrap over Petunia so she does not feel cold when she wakes up. And stoke up the log fire ..... from chilblains to toasted tootsies.

I really must raise the issue with Petunia, in the morning, of my returning home. The dear lady has made is clear she wishes me to stay on but one does not wish to outstay one's welcome. Also, having spent the day dusting and polishing and slaving over a hot Mrs Berry, I seem to be turning into a piece of the furniture, while Pat rish aaaah plays with a large boat, and a rubber hammer, in the garden all day long. I suppose it keeps the gel quiet but she really should do her fair share of the work. To think I was on her side, originally.

*later*
how strange, I had started packing my portmanteaux, cases and hatboxes earlier, and I went down to the kitchen to warm some milk and raid the pantry, and now everything is back in the wardrobe again ........

CC

Dear Auntie Petunia the statute isn't one of Henry's but one by a Jonathan Clarke :-) I have heard said that Tower Hamlets Council are to sell a Henry Moore sculpture A Draped Seated Woman estimated value 17 million :-S excuse me while I check my loose change :-D

I think Boudica/Boudicca/Boadicea poisoned herself by drinking from the Roman River :-( now where did I put my metal detector and miners helmet I've just got time for a quick search for her GOLD :-D before I prepare for slumber.

CC and Petunia I do hope you are both well after your flu injections :-)

Cough cough! Cough cough! COUGH COUGH!

Why is no-one taking any notice of me?

I have my flu jab today, too! A very naice young student doctor gave it to me. He is fully qualified but only looked about 12. He looked a bit like that naice young Matthew in Downton Abbey. He addressed me as Miss Mortimer too. I do like a bit of formality. When one is in hospital they address you by your Christian name whether you like it or not. Cheek!!!!!!

My arm is very stiff, so I feel I will be sleeping sitting up tonight. I must remind Pat-trish-aaaah to get a few spare pillows out of the airing cupboard.

One went shopping this morning in w@itr0se and bought one of those Christmas Puds with an orange in the middle! Its that Heston Bloomingtakingusfornanas creation again. My dear friend had one last year, and said it was 'interesting' so I decided I must have one. I have hidden it away somewhere safe so that dear Cherry does not get her choppers onto it.

Lesley dear, I am not that familiar with the statue of Boudica. Is it modern art dear. A Moore?

And yes Cherry dear, she is purported to be buired in Kings Cross.

I think we may venture on the Ghost Walk dear. They are taking bookings now. £5 per adult, but concessions for Pensioners. We must make sure that we wrap up warmly. It is a bit parky over there in the evenings.

Looking for fairies dear? I think you jest, but there are certainly flashing lights over there...............

I think they will be walking past Red Arches, where Dick Turpin is supposed to have hidden when the law was after him. Then maybe onto the Vale of Health. So named, or renamed, to alleviate from the fact it was called the Vale of Death, as it is the site of a plague pit. See, I am informing you as well as being pleasant and charming!!!

I shall be watching The Paradise later on tonight. Cheeky of Teresa to suggest I bought my bonnets there......................I only have unique, handmade bonnets, not some 'line' sold in a Department Store. Tutty tut!

I think I shall prepare for beddyboes dears. Get myself comfortable before the programme starts....................I have had a busy day.........................shopping..............organizing..................flu jabbing.....................Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

I had my flu jab today, and all is well. So far. Make sure you get yours!!
CC

Do feel sorry for me - one is attending the pharmacist for the flu jab tomorrow afternoon. And one's offspring has returned from a short break in Finland, where it was required to attend some Rock Fest or other. Offspring tetlephoned with the Lowdown today.

I'd get the jab for free at the GP surgery, but get better treatment at the pharmacy.

CC

ah some signs of life. I shall move back from the fire, and let the heat get to the cold corners of the room. Then, it wont be me wot develops chilblains.

I believe Boudicca (the Iceni Queen also known as Boadicea) is interred under Platform 9 at Kings Cross. Not to be confused with platform 9 and a half, from where the Hogwarts train departs.

Now Petunia, I must point out that slapping my face with a wet fish would do nothing for my complexion, but it might cause me to catch fishgills. Also, violence never solved anything.

I would be delighted to attend your next WI meeting. I am sure that it will be most illuminating to learn 101 things to do with a jamjar. When I was a gel, they had only two functions. To store jam in, and to catch tadpoles in.

I cannot help regarding EastEnders. I never watch the show. The first five minutes of the very first episode was more than enough for me.

*claps hands* I would love to go on a Ghost Walk. Can I Can I Can I Can I Can I? Hunting ghosts on Hampstead Heath will make a nice change from watching fairies.

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I havent spoken to Mama today, Lesley, but my sister tells me the cat is well, making up for missed meals, and clearly pleased to be home again in the warm and dry. Just like me. Making up for missed meals and pleased to be home in the warm and dry. I am delighted to announce that I am able to partake of chocolate again.

CC

Good Evening Ladies.

Oh dear I hate to admit that I am in dire need of a manicure :-0 all this gardening has played havoc with my soft as silk hands :-( so I am going to treat myself tomorrow :-)

This afternoon whilst bringing in the geraniums for the winter I thought of you Susan :-) getting your garden ready for the summer, I know what I would prefer to be doing :-)

The Midnight Beasts :-0 quick Teresa pass Auntie the smelling salts :-D The only statute of Boudica in Colchester that I know of is at North Station by those lovely roundabouts :-S

CC how is you mama's cat today?

Teresa dear.

Please give my very best wishes to your little girl when she sails the Seven Seas.

Now, I am a woman of the world, and there is not much I have not seen...................lets Doodle said popular beat combo.

Oooooh, I say!! Well I never!! Is that really?


Faints.

Gooood evening dears,

How are we today. Pat-trish-aaaaah has been working like billy-o on the Ark. It has been pouring today. My normally straight hair has a definite kink to it tonight!

Those nails in her mouth must be good for her, all that iron, because she is starting to get muscles to rival Popeye.

Boudica dear Lesley. In North London, there is what used to be Battlebridge, which is now Kings Cross. Tis said that Boudica was killed and buried there. With all the excavations on the new line out of St Pancras and King Cross nothing has been found. But there are wonderous lights now flashing around the place. There is one that looks like a birdcage fit for Tweety Pie, and it flashes different colours on different days! I believe it is called Art, Sweetie.

The Paradise dear Teresa, I am not sure if I like it on not, on the television. It is a little stilted I think. And I cannot see that nice Miss Lancashire, without thinking of her as Racquel in Corrie. She still has her dimple in her chin I see. Did they have dimples in Victorian Times? Would that not have been considered an inperfection? I find it quite charming, but then again, what do I know?

Cherry dear, I am soooo pleased you have calmed down dear. I was considering slapping you around the face with a wet fish, but I desisted. Please do join us on our next WI Meeting. They will show you things to do with a Jam Jar (new of course, not recycled as in accordance with EU Rulings] that you never thought possible.

You can keep an eye on Mrs Warburton and her itchy fingers. She is not short of a bit of dough, so I think pinching stuff that is not hers, is an illness.

Can anyone explain the workings of Eastenders to me dears? I think the plot is now so convaluted, it defies all reason. I shall not watch it soon dears, it is so depressing. All this palarvar with Kat and her mobile. Who is she phoning? Is she slipping from the straight and narrow? Who cares?

I saw in my local freebie newspaper that there is to be a Ghost Walk on Halloween on Hampstead Heath. There was great interest last year, the initial one, and some people were so frightened they had to return to the local Hostelry to fortify themselves for the rest of the journey!!!!

Are you feeling a little chilly in Motie Towers dears? Mrs Berry please stoke the Aga before you go. Pat-trish-aaaaah put the wood in the hole dear and close all the doors. Cherry dear..................do you think someone else could manage to get somewhere near the fire? Thank you dear, toasted shins are not attractive dear!

Tutting and Flapping
Auntie Petunia

Teresa, I read The Time Travellers Wife, and was totally disgusted with the novel, which I passed on to my daughter as she enjoys such salacious writings. However, the movie version of TTW was really nice (nicer than the book) and I have that on DVD.

CC

*sniff, sob, gulp*
Oh Petunia dear, how very kind of you not to strap me in the chair. Oh yes indeed, I would not wish to agitate poor little Tricki Woo. The cup of herbal tea has done the trick, I dont know what herb it is ... but my head sure is buzzing now, man. And the wallpaper is looking really bright, all of a sudden, man. Thank you, man.

*blows nose and decimates a box of paper handkerchiefs*

Well - I had noticed the activities of the Womens Guild. That is why I have to keep replacing the toilet roll. So many Comfort visits. I didnt like to cast aspersions but I was sure your visitors take the toilet paper home with them in their handbags. Unused, of course. They must like the little puppies imprinted all over each little sheet.

I shall take myself off to the kitchen, and assist Mrs Berry with tonights dinner. I've worked up quite an appetite all of a sudden.

Errr - you arent trying to manipulate me, I trust?
*unpacks portmanteaux, trunks, cases, and hat boxes*.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ waves to Teresa, and to Lesley, sans information ;-)
CC
*silently praying that Petunia never finds out it was me who dropped the Spode teapot, and not the lightfingered Mrs Warburton.

Hallo one and all, I thought I recognised old Boudicca Lesley :-D
Now where is it located? I cannot remember if I drive by it or not :-S :-S :-S :-S

I am sorry I have been away for a while. FTE departs next Monday to the seven seas and it has been frantic of late to say the least. She has hithered
to a beat combo this evening called The Midnight Beasts. Don't doodl Auntie for you may be a little shocked but also amused :-D

I'm glad the cat has returned Cherry dear, tis a worry when they disappear off hunting and courting etc :-D

Hallo Susan, hope all is well in your patch :-D

Will pop in once normality returns, talking of circus Auntie and Lady's, if you get the chance there is a wonderful book called The Night Circus by the Author who wrote the time trailers wife.

Oh by the way, did I spy Auntie in the Paradise the other evening buying all manner of hats and smalls :-D


Teresa

Dear Auntie Petunia I changed my avatar to my beloved football teams coat of arms last evening whilst having a jest with a North London football club supporter :-| new avatar is a modern sculpture of Boudica/Boadicea :-)

CC dear to much information :-D :-D

Sits Cherry down, without straps, and gives her a cup of herbal tea.

Now dear, did I say anything about you? No, I didnt think I did. Please dear, do stop crying, it is upsetting Trickey Woo. She is a sensitive soul, and will start peeing all over the carpet if she is upset. No, of course I did not mean you, I meant the others. As you know I have the Womens Guild around once a month, and some of them are really nosey. Have you not noticed how Mrs Warburton manages to always ask to excuse herself, and disappears for about 15 minutes. I have had to have locks put on all the doors. I am not saying that she has sticky fingers, but the last time she went on a 'comfort mission' the Spode teapot out of the display cabinet went walkies.

No, really dear, I could not possibly let you go and decamp to Teresa, I would not inflict that on the poor dear. She has work to go to, and your nocturnal wanderings and the playing of music at all hours of the day and night would not be conducive to her work patterns.

Yes dear, of course I am more than happy for you to stay a little longer. No, the odd breakage is acceptable, it is all insured. Yes, Mrs Berry is always happy for a little help with the cooking..............and the eating. And of course you have taken Pat-trish-aaaah under your wing.

Now..............come on dear..............dry your pretty eyes, and blow your nose.

Thats it, all better. Tea and bikkies dear?

Potters off to get Pat-trish-aaaaah to make tea
Auntie Petunia

I heard what you said, Petunia dear, about how to make visitors go home, and am quite alarmed. Were all those dust bunny disturbances meant for me? Is this your way of telling me I have overstayed my welcome? I surely cannot understand why that might be so. My can of Sparkle, and my duster, have whizzed through Motie Towers on several occasions so everything shines like a new pin, which eases the burden on Pat rish aaaaah, not that the gel is ever grateful. I help Mrs Berry in the kitchen, most assiduously. I replace the toilet rolls, when necessary. I turn the lights out, when a room is empty. I stay behind when you and your cronies go off on your cruises and various jaunts in which I am not included. I run to and fro with refreshments when you entertain your cronies for afternoon tea or card games although I am never invited to participate. I thought I had made myself indispensible, and most useful to the point of being a piece of furniture.

Ah well, I suppose it is time for me to start packing my meagre possessions and return home. *smiles brightly* I know, I shall make a detour to visit with dear Teresa en route, she will be glad to see me for a few months ....... in fact, she will wonder how she ever managed without me

*sniffing sadly*
CC