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Old 08-02-2006, 17:53
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Surely not just another token comedy character. I just hope he doesn't have an affair with Hayley.
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Old 08-02-2006, 17:54
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Originally Posted by Weeping Dreams
Surely not just another token comedy character. I just hope he doesn't have an affair with Hayley.

It will show us some of his past from his school days
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Old 08-02-2006, 17:58
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I don't know why but he gives me the creeps
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Old 08-02-2006, 18:00
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I don't know why but he gives me the creeps
He may well be gay and actualy fancy Roy
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Old 08-02-2006, 18:06
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Where have I seen the man before?

I've seen him somewhere else
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Old 08-02-2006, 18:11
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Originally Posted by Cstar2229
Where have I seen the man before?

I've seen him somewhere else
isnt him off the smoking room?
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Old 09-02-2006, 09:40
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Originally Posted by Weeping Dreams
Surely not just another token comedy character. I just hope he doesn't have an affair with Hayley.
From what I have read he is going to lead to Roy's obsession with trains getting the better of him - leading to Hayley becoming jealous and Roy and Hayley having relationship issues .....

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Old 09-02-2006, 09:43
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I have no idea what the point of him is, at the moment I suspect it's just to annoy the hell out of me
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Old 09-02-2006, 10:27
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isnt him off the smoking room?
Yeah he is! Thought I recognised him... was he also in Brush Strokes years ago?!
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Old 09-02-2006, 10:43
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Don't really like him much, hopefully he's only in the soap for a few more episodes and isn't long term. :yawn:
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Old 09-02-2006, 11:19
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Originally Posted by sean_brom
He may well be gay and actually fancy Roy
Sound feasible but I hope not. We've had enough stalking stories recently and a gay one may well be one story too many. Maybe Roy could introduce him to Sean
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Old 09-02-2006, 12:27
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Originally Posted by littleredhen
From what I have read he is going to lead to Roy's obsession with trains getting the better of him - leading to Hayley becoming jealous and Roy and Hayley having relationship issues .....
Sounds like a good story to me!
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Old 09-02-2006, 12:32
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Dont tell me he is staying?

Oh great another panto character, just when we are rid of Diggory we have him to put up with.

Corrie is really in the pits, its becoming a joke.
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Old 09-02-2006, 13:22
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Originally Posted by CharityDingle
Sounds like a good story to me!
That has to be sarcasm. A storyline based around Roy's train obsession would almost certainly make me switch off.
Just like I switched off a while back during a bloody long scene in which Claire was talking about her love of trams.
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Old 09-02-2006, 13:29
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I think he's a great character. There really are people like that around and the actor's done a good job with it.
People should give him a chance. He certainly is not a panto character - I don't know why you say that. It's not over- played in any way.
It's about time Hayley and Roy had an interesting storyline. The great thing about Corrie is that there are stories running all the time which appeal to everyone. Bring it on!
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Old 09-02-2006, 23:32
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Originally Posted by Weeping Dreams
I just hope he doesn't have an affair with Hayley.
I don't think Hayley will stoop that low
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Old 09-02-2006, 23:48
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Originally Posted by Cedric
That has to be sarcasm. A storyline based around Roy's train obsession would almost certainly make me switch off.
Just like I switched off a while back during a bloody long scene in which Claire was talking about her love of trams.
Her love of trams didn't last long before she transferred her love to a bus then a cab ... fickle girl!
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Old 10-02-2006, 00:08
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Originally Posted by Thumbolina
Her love of trams didn't last long before she transferred her love to a bus then a cab ... fickle girl!
No seriously though, this scene was about 10 minutes long and it was a proper monologue about trams. It was done in a way that you knew the Corrie writers thought they were writing some sort of brilliant commentary on the joys of urban living but it was just lame and boring.

Sorry to go OT, but trains/trams or any other form of public transport should really not be discussed at length in a soap that, lets face it, we all watch for cheap kicks, not frigging dramatic readings or writers showing off what they learnt reading English at uni.
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Old 10-02-2006, 00:17
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Married to a transexual, fancied by a gay man, who might have an affair with the transexual wife, just to split them up. What a headf**k that would be.
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Old 10-02-2006, 03:04
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Originally Posted by Cedric
That has to be sarcasm. A storyline based around Roy's train obsession would almost certainly make me switch off.
Just like I switched off a while back during a bloody long scene in which Claire was talking about her love of trams.
Believe it or not, it was meant seriously. I don't care for trains, but the storyline about the obsession threatening their marriage interests me. Roy and Hayley are both great characters and it's about time they had a storyline.

Claire's tram/train thing was very silly, I must admit. But this all proves we have our own little obsessions - I certainly do (apart from soaps!) and it'll be interesting to see how other halves deal with it in relationships!
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