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Old 20-11-2016, 00:37
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I thought they were gonna give the panto storyline a miss this year when Lynda was away. Clearly not.

It's the same every year:

- Lynda rushes around the village harassing people into joining the cast
- She speaks wistfully of what an amazing interpretation the panto will be, complete with overly complicated words, some said in a French accent
- There's a disaster when a key member of the cast drops out, but Lynda saves the day anyway
- There are several disastrous auditions where Lynda barks at the cast who just take it lying down, despite the fact no real life volunteer would tolerate being spoken to like that
- They pull it off against all odds delivering an amazing panto to an audience that sounds like the Albert Hall, despite it being a small village play
- Tristram Hawkshaw writes a top review in the Borchester Echo and Lynda is hailed as a hero
So true.
She said 'Jeux de scène' one year. I remember because I had to google it.
It means 'stage or theatre business'.
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Old 20-11-2016, 01:58
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Hardly dare say this but... I'm beginning to warm towards Toby! He will definitely have Lilian onside now that he has got the gin recipe right! (Just top up my glass, will you dahhling! Cackle, cackle!)
He has? Surely you can't knock out gin in a fortnight can you. I know it doesn't sit in a cask for a decade like whiskey/whisky or brandy but a fortnight??
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Old 20-11-2016, 07:13
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He has? Surely you can't knock out gin in a fortnight can you. I know it doesn't sit in a cask for a decade like whiskey/whisky or brandy but a fortnight??
I thought that too, I reckon he's just infusing.
This (rather hyper account, by some old lush probably) was online:

Method:
weigh out your botanicals
pour the botanicals (minus any particularly punchy ones) into a clean sterile bottle (sterilise with boiling water)
top with your chosen vodka
leave for 24hrs to infuse
have a taste, it should be starting to taste all junipery and ginny – hurrah!
add any remaining botanicals to the mix, or if there’s a particular flavour you want more of, add a bit more of that botanical!
leave to steep for a further 12-24hrs agitating the mixture at least once
taste, and once you are happy (longer does not mean better, beware of over infusing) use a sieve to filter out the botanicals
if there is still sediment you can use a coffee filter, muslin or cheese cloth to filter again
leave to sit for a couple of days. Re-filter out any sediment that settles
run through the brita filter/freeze if you want to, with further filtration e.t.c as necessary
bottle your gin
gin + face
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Old 20-11-2016, 07:55
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He has? Surely you can't knock out gin in a fortnight can you. I know it doesn't sit in a cask for a decade like whiskey/whisky or brandy but a fortnight??
These instructions seem to say that it can be done in 2 weeks. Doesn't say anything about letting it mature.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Maki...apour-Infused/
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Old 20-11-2016, 10:25
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Thank you for the gin recipies guys. I will pass if you don't mind though - i can't stand gin.

Apropros - nothing in particular. Did you know there is now a Welsh Whiskey - Welsh Guy? Its called Penderyn.
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Old 20-11-2016, 11:02
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I thought they were gonna give the panto storyline a miss this year when Lynda was away. Clearly not.

It's the same every year:

- Lynda rushes around the village harassing people into joining the cast
- She speaks wistfully of what an amazing interpretation the panto will be, complete with overly complicated words, some said in a French accent
- There's a disaster when a key member of the cast drops out, but Lynda saves the day anyway
- There are several disastrous auditions where Lynda barks at the cast who just take it lying down, despite the fact no real life volunteer would tolerate being spoken to like that
- They pull it off against all odds delivering an amazing panto to an audience that sounds like the Albert Hall, despite it being a small village play
- Tristram Hawkshaw writes a top review in the Borchester Echo and Lynda is hailed as a hero

Yes, that about sums it all up, yet I cannot think of any way to brighten it all up myself, so I would be no help at all. I just wonder if Lynda will cast Rob as Mother Goose as a last resort, and if he would play a Dame considering his anti-gay persona.
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Old 20-11-2016, 12:55
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I confess I quite enjoy the village pantomine annual story line. Not so much the panto itself but listening to Linda round up the village is like listening to a master class in project management or at least one major skill set of that occupation.
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Old 20-11-2016, 12:59
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Thank you for the gin recipies guys. I will pass if you don't mind though - i can't stand gin.

Apropros - nothing in particular. Did you know there is now a Welsh Whiskey - Welsh Guy? Its called Penderyn.
Whoops apologies Welsh LAD - got your name wrong there.
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Old 20-11-2016, 19:17
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The psychiatrist's report was spot on! Rob will go ballistic!
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Old 20-11-2016, 19:22
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Wasn't the psychological assessment of Rob quite blissful to hear?

I'm so looking forward to his responses but I'm guessing it will be pretty ugly and hope that Helen and the boys will be safe.

Maybe I'm not looking forward to it after all.

He is so volatile and it could be horrendous.
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Old 20-11-2016, 19:48
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The psychiatrist's report was spot on! Rob will go ballistic!
Wasn't the psychological assessment of Rob quite blissful to hear?

I'm so looking forward to his responses but I'm guessing it will be pretty ugly and hope that Helen and the boys will be safe.

Maybe I'm not looking forward to it after all.

He is so volatile and it could be horrendous.
Hehe she totally demolished him.

He's been living on the idea that Jack (and even Henry) are going to end up living with him. Deluded psycho.

His little fantasy is going to crumble

Hope this means a brief return for Arsula so she can have her nose rubbed in it too!
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Old 20-11-2016, 20:07
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I imagine Rob chewing the carpet after reading the psychologist's report. However, she nailed him.

Pip love, wake up and smell the roses. When your bloke begins to blatantly sponge off you, it's time to take stock, and I don't mean the cattle!
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Old 20-11-2016, 20:39
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Thank you for the gin recipies guys. I will pass if you don't mind though - i can't stand gin.

Apropros - nothing in particular. Did you know there is now a Welsh Whiskey - Welsh Guy? Its called Penderyn.
Yes - in Methyr Have you had it? My Dad loves it. His birthday is very easy gift-wise!
Whoops apologies Welsh LAD - got your name wrong there.
Lad, guy, dude... I don't mind
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Old 20-11-2016, 20:39
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I imagine Rob chewing the carpet after reading the psychologist's report. However, she nailed him.

Pip love, wake up and smell the roses. When your bloke begins to blatantly sponge off you, it's time to take stock, and I don't mean the cattle!
But postit, 'he da man' as he told us last week!
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Old 20-11-2016, 20:43
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The psychiatrist's report was spot on! Rob will go ballistic!
That psychologist has obviously read this thread.

I'm really looking forward to Rob's reaction. And to him losing the deposit on Blossom Hill Cottage, on account of leaving his bodily fluids on the carpet.

Looking ahead, could we have some sort of distilling related incident at Rickyard Cottage, do you think? It'd be just like Tobytwat to blow it up or something.
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Old 20-11-2016, 23:10
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Yes - in Methyr Have you had it? My Dad loves it. His birthday is very easy gift-wise!

Lad, guy, dude... I don't mind
I am tempted to get a bottle for my brother for Christmas. Sort of the novelty value as much as anything. Trouble is I don't like Whisky (no spirits in fact - I can just about deal with rum well watered with lime, mint and soda) and am no judge of it. I understand liking whisky does not mean you like all whisky, some I understand are very peaty and some not peaty enough. The thought of drinking anything flavoured with what is in effect soil is enough to send me running.
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Old 21-11-2016, 08:44
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Of course he would expect that.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder -

Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Expecting to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it
Exaggerating your achievements and talents
Being preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate
Believing that you are superior and can only be understood by or associate with equally special people
Requiring constant admiration
Having a sense of entitlement
Expecting special favors and unquestioning compliance with your expectations
Taking advantage of others to get what you want
Having an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others
Being envious of others and believing others envy you
Behaving in an arrogant or haughty manner

Tick, tick and tick.
Hey seejay, you called it on the narcisstic disorder.
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Old 21-11-2016, 09:36
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Hey seejay, you called it on the narcisstic disorder.
The writers are mining our thread
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Old 21-11-2016, 10:00
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I'm looking forward to hearing his reaction to the psychologist's report. Need to get a bucket of popcorn ready
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Old 21-11-2016, 13:51
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I know some of our 'on-line gang' have no desire to know or read anything about the cast, but for those who do there is an interview with Carolyn Jones about playing Ursula Titchener.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/arti...11116&ns_fee=0

I am still in shock about Carolyn's views.
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Old 21-11-2016, 14:33
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I know some of our 'on-line gang' have no desire to know or read anything about the cast, but for those who do there is an interview with Carolyn Jones about playing Ursula Titchener.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/arti...11116&ns_fee=0

I am still in shock about Carolyn's views.
She sounds as deluded as the character she plays or maybe she is just a die-hard method actor and never comes out of character....?
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Old 21-11-2016, 15:59
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She sounds as deluded as the character she plays or maybe she is just a die-hard method actor and never comes out of character....?
Glad you said that, as I thought it was maybe just me who thought she sounded just horrible.
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Old 21-11-2016, 16:00
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Yes, she sounds really deluded!!!
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Old 21-11-2016, 16:54
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Narcissistic.......fits all the criteria.......he is just like the man who has just ruined a relative of mine's life, plus her parents. Cannot say too much but it went to court and his solicitor trashed everything she said and he was believed by the magistrates (no jury) and he got off scott free. Could not bring up the fact he had done this before to another poor girl. She and her parents are in bits. enough said. That is the main reason I want Rob to get his comeuppance from the scriptwriters. She was fooled by a charmer who turned into a beast, and now he is engaged to another girl who worships the ground he walks on........it is a shame that women have to be afraid of a man who is too charming......
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Old 21-11-2016, 17:20
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now he is engaged to another girl who worships the ground he walks on........it is a shame that women have to be afraid of a man who is too charming......
Sadly his new fiancee wouldn't believe anybody if they told her. She'd think he was different with her/she could change him.
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