Perhaps be better to ask J in Nottinghamshire - though Newark has a slightly different accent.

Hey up duck
(hello friend, mate, pet - 'duck' is more like 'mate' around here - it's not patronising at all)

Please could you give us a sign?
'a sign, a sign' - like the 'eyeballs in the sky'
(suspect he might have read that in the newspaper as a kid - as a child)

You might have got a bit kaylied at t'weekend and you maybe felt a bit badly, but it's summat and nowt - lads and lasses do go out with their mates . We understand
(might have had a little bit too much to drink and maybe felt a bit ill, but it doesn't matter - young people do go out with their friends)

We know the weather here 'as bin more like back end, and tomorro' it might look a bit bad over Bill's mother's, but it is getting better and warmer.
(weather has been more like Autumn, and thunder clouds are approaching )

So you could come back to be on TV or radio and have nice weather and not feel nesh
(cold)

Any road, don't be mardy Please let us know you are alright Ta muchly
(anyway, don't be - there's no translation for mardy) Thank you very much


Or maybe he's gone to the USA to escape the football, even Aliona's got involved


PS hope your arm is OK jnb

This has been bugging me for days...I was sure I'd heard Jay mention Redone (the music producer and creator of the video with Jay and Aliona together) before but couldn't remember where. I didn't realise it was so long ago but he talks about wanting to work with him in this interview. Also, the origin of #WantedWednesday and other bits n bobs.

https://youtu.be/_Us0oUeKAv0


Missing him so much...come on Jay, get in touch.

Is it Louis at Manchester

??? ???

I do believe it is.

It's all right for some!

J and I say "Good morning!"

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DVBWrQTs9b...0-p-nu/wed.gif

Ditto!

Don't follow football myself, but seeing all the pictures of those happy faces on Twitter is a joy!😍


Edit: Good morning back to Korky and Jay.

Edit 2 Thanks for the dialect lesson Fred.

Good morning everyone.

Fred Dust thee come from ma neck of thee woods ?

Going back to ticket sales etc some folk are selling their tickets for Manchester and Wimbledon

Morning all

Mmmmmm. ........ou est Jay????

I see Korky is still dressing up as a Tweeny. Naughty Korky

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...1d391e470f.jpg

I thought Korks looked rather fetching in her check shirt

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...417a8fac94.jpg

J lent me his feather boa to wear today

http://imagesmtv-a.akamaihd.net/uri/...=jpg&width=480

And with that nonsense out of the way I'm off to work.

Whatever happens today please treat everyone, whatever their view, with love and respect.

"We have far more in common than which divides us"

Hey guys back again, missed you all very much but have been keeping up with everything, want to say how emotional I am right now, Aliona's just tweeted some of her very rare appearances in dance routines during strictly and they were always my favourite due to a certain someone finally getting a chance to actually star in one. She certainly is and will always be the best dancer she was heads and shoulders above the rest of the pros anyone can see that surely. I remember sitting at home and anxiously waiting to see whose going to be dancing the results show routine today, fat chance it'll be Aliona but when she did appear in that titanium routine I got of my seat and actually had a little sob. I don't understand why they wouldn't let their best dancer star in some of the routines she hardly had a role last year was pretty much the Clifton's and their two besties... 😐😕 Which after a while I did basically skip an just re watched on you tube to see if Aliona did make an appearance. Anyways how have you guys been??

Yes - her transitions are part of what makes her a great partner. Makes her partner look good. She doesn't weigh much, but she makes herself seem even lighter when she dances.

Unfortunately there is no HD video of the Titanium dance. It showed that she has the most complete CV for a program like Strictly - she can do it all extremely well.

Morning Hannah
If it would help I can repost with links to the pics individually instead of to a single document ( was trying to save having to click on individual links )

Hope everyone is ok weatherwise

Ditto on the colaborjaytion

A picture tells a thousand words


Yup (keep it brief for Gill's sake )


I know I'm a twit, but not on twitter.
Yes, come on Jay, if it's fit for public consumption!

BIB - don't know if you've ever tried homeopathy (cue tuts and sighs) but when I had a frozen shoulder, causticum was the only thing that gave me any relief - it's not a cure, but saved a lot of pain killers/anti-inflamatories which didn't actually work anyway.




Thanks for the link, speedy. That could have been even more interesting if the music hadn't been so intrusive - thought at first it was just me and my elderly ears but then I read the comments.

ETA -fatskia - a) I'd forgotten how good Matt B was and b) (Ano too) we are going to miss Aliona so much this year!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ikaq0JcEtM

its only 720 but it can be viewed in HD although its not perfect - sorry

Can I come back to you. I know Isih had trouble also with links in her epic work.
I don't want to have to make you di extra work when you are already working hard on the KD list

Thanks for the reply Isih, don't mind a bit of negative feedback...beats tumbleweed any day. I'll get the QA department on to it

I did exercise some restraint there...I've had another YT clip at the top of my shortlist for some time but every time I view it I think of thread sensitivities and hold back. I think it's good fun and meteorologically topical (depending on where you live of course) but others might not like the laddishness.

Hi Speedy. I know what you mean. I found a clip a little while ago and keep on debating whether it's appropriate or not. J being v naughty on stage with a young lady.

Hi All, the rain's stopped here. Due to start again at school pick-up!
About to post my latest contribution to the colaborjaytion with Lola. Apologies if it's too long. I've just realised that I didn't post a review of the first Quickstep so it can double up as that too.

Whiffle - loved your one word review with pictures, as did little Miss ahouch. She read the words instead of her usual reading book yesterday. Synchronisation was a bit of a push for a 6 year old though!

er...pm me speedy please! Having a hard day today

'I feel like a right idiot in this'. He adjusts his mortar board as they wait for the music to begin.
'Just play their game Jay. Do exactly what we did in rehearsals and everything will be fine. This song, these outfits. All Good'.

And so it begins, selfies through gritted teeth and running the length of the dance floor as they disrobe. He catches an odd smell in his nostrils as he does so. What is that?

A bit of Charleston towards Aliona and then they are in hold. But there is something strange. The floor doesn't feel the same as it did in rehearsal. Something is off. Tearing up the dance floor like two thoroughbreds. They bounce, and fly through the air.

He catches a glimpse of the judges in the corner of his eye. Too-white smug grins. Why?

But suddenly it all changes. He slips and slides on landing from a difficult piece of choreography. He recovers and continues. But it happens again and again. Is it his shoes? The floor? Something's a foote. Georgia May?..

By now they are wildly out of time with each other. Their heads morph slowly into the images of two painted carousel ponies. One rising as the other falls.
'This isn't going so well Jay,' she whispers through gritted teeth, 'keep going, keep going.'

They stumble to the end, exhausted but relieved to have survived. They hug, he whispers in her ear 'Somethings wrong Ali. That should never have happened'.

He leans down and touches the surface of the dancefloor. It is covered in a fine liquid film. He rubs the substance between his fingers and then smells it. That strange aroma is baby oil mixed with fake tan. That could have done some serious damage.
Sabotage.
Someone's got it in for them. Someone wants the Strictly title and is desperate enough to take drastic measures to do so. They feel an invisible target appear on their backs, or is it just a spotlight as they walk towards the judges?

Those once petrified faces now show a new smug resolve. The competition is back on, the story arc restored. They return to their scripted persona's.

In the shadows of the studio a faint but familiar shuffle bull change can be heard. Focussing on where the noise came from the only things visible are shiny black shoes, protruding chin and pearly whites. The figure turns and disappears into the darkness - Brucie? Anton?

They run to the Clauditorium welcomed by cheers, applause and sympathetic smiles. Everyone pats them on the back, or is it stabs them? They scan the room around them, looking for tells. It could have been anyone. A fellow contestant? A pro? Production? A judge? Tess or Claudia? Just who can they trust?

Scores received they exit the studio and walk down the corridor past the glitterball trophy now encased in glass with extra security. They thought after last week it was theirs. But it seems someone has other plans for them. Playing by the rules this week hasn't worked, someone else is already breaking them.

Aliona channels her inner Bond villain. She arches one eyebrow and whispers conspiratorially;
'Time for a new plan Jamesik...'

Hey katt, good to see you back. Do you know anything about Aliona's plans for the future?

Think I know the one.

Re the rain...I always found it would start at 3pm, just in time for school pick up. Now it always rains just after I've got changed into my gardening clothes and have wrestled the mower from the shed. Gotta love UK weather...there's aways something to talk about.


Give me a few minutes chick...I'm on my phone...hope the clip helps.

That is brilliantly tied in to the QS. What a clever poster you are! I wait with bated breath for the next episode

And you and speedy - I promise to keep my sensibilities to myself if you post your naughty bits!

YES. On the TW days there have been loads and loads of pics of him completely wasted or being dragged out of a club. Even on WantedWednesday videos. I felt pretty shitty when I found out people were talking behind my back so I had to clarify my position. Thank you for your support <3

That being said, I got a message from one of Jay's friends today, saying she is on my side and sees nothing wrong with the pics and believes Jay won't mind either, since there's nothing wrong and the material is public for everyone. It surprised me because I hadn't told her anything about the subject, so it was really nice to read that