Colin Firth

Well I will be the first person to post on all of these. I LOVE COLIN FIRTH!!!! oops sorry, Rupert, didn't know you were looking over my shoulder

Amy, I am so ashamed that some of our raunchiest drooling occurred under the thread named for a little girl. Please accept my apologies for my contributions--I forgot we had youngsters looking on. But can't they get here, too? I guess the best differen ce it that here they are forewarned. . . . . .

Please don't anybody apologise for anything. We jsut have to segregate the content I think, if we want to stay clear of the Surf Watch/Net Nanny filters.

I'm all for a no-holds-barred Colin Firth drool thread. Obviously, he's got something that we all recognize and love!!

Ladies, Start your droolers! ;-)

Oh! and I forgot to add...Ooh baby, ooh baby! ;-)

#7 Not a chance! One of my favorite things about CF is the way he says "hmm" just before or after he says things. An interviewer mentioned this in an article excerpt posted here, but I had already been enjoying it for some time. It's really noticeable during the wet scene at Pemberley when he can't think of anything to say to Lizzy and keeps inanely asking about her family. He asks once, thinks, says "hmm," then asks again when he can't think of anything better. Love it excessively!

I love the way he mumbles in the surprise meeting scene, too. His "Adn where are you staying?" is great. Barely intelligible but so much in context that you know instantly what is is saying.

And what an engagement or even marriage has to do with drooling? As long as we differenciate our enjoyment of the image and the public man instead of the real private man (which he's allowed to be), we will surely keep it under good regulation :)

Tis better to drool then not to drool.His Adn where are you staying and hmmm have always had my (swooning) attention.

I tend not think he is engaged, only because he won't comment on it. Listen the guy was desperately in love with Meg Tilly, she had his kid, but yet he did not marry her. He could be engaged but then nothing comes of it. He seem the type to like his freedom and independence. Besides he hasn't met me yet. I too am not averse to getting married, but I do like the life I have now. My mom always said that you should be hap py with your single status. When you FEEl you have to get married (i.e. because everyone else is) then you are not happy with your status. A man should complement a woman and vice versa.

I think he should break up with that Italian actress and return to JE. He will be sorry!

I think that the guy is a very normal human being, who deserves the right to privacy the same as anyone else.It's just that his smile is imprinted on my retina.And unless he does something monumentally stupid and gets caught at it, � la Hugh Grant, I'll j ust continue to drool, whether he marries or not.After all, is Mel Gibson any less an object to drool over because he's a happily married father of six? Not in my book.

HC, are you whipping that old horse again? Ladies, I think he's jealous!

Whether he's engaged or not doesn't make any difference to me!! After all, it's his image on the screen or TV set that I drool over. By what I've read, we could walk right past him in the street and not know it's him because he always looks so different. Amy2, I think his Italian girlfriend might be right for him; she's not an actress but getting her PhD in English Lit. That might be the attraction - she won't be filming in one part of the world while he's in another--plus she might be his intellectual e qual. Part of my drooling reason is his intelligence. Just a few random thoughts as I mop my drooling lips!!

#14 and #16: I AW. Whether or not he's married is irrelevant to the drool factor. He's just fun to fantasize about, and I think we all wish other men would take a page out of his book!

Sorry, it's me again; I keep forgetting to ask about the daggy thread. I read in another topic that we could find the old info at aprice@mail.newcastle.edu.au, but no luck. Can anybody offer clarification?

Linda mailed me a number of the daggy thread files today. I will try to sort through them this weekend and figure out a way to present them.

Amy: I will try to sort through them this weekend and figure out a way to present them. Oh that may be ticklish! ;-)

Ladies, I saw a promo for TEP tonight and guess who was in the very first scene shown? Yes, our dearest, loveliest Colin! Whereas before he was merely a brief glimpse in the background walking from his plane, he is now seen resplendent in his tuxedo! S eems that the powers that be have noticed that our boy is a bigger attraction than they thought...:-)

The drooling which will not cease just because he is to marry reminds me of a "Friends" episode where Ross and Rachel could make a list of 5 unattainable people which if faced with the opportunity, it would be OK to sleep with. The key word here is unatt ainable. My husband and I quickly made out our own lists. Here they are: My List: Colin Firth / Jackson Browne (which by the way, up until CF, I told my husband would be the only man who I would ever leave him for) / Aiden Quinn / Richare Gere / Brad Pitt (for the let me play Mrs. Robinson factor) Louie's List: Sigourney Weaver / Helen Hunt / Megan Gallegher / Amy Irving / Jane Pauley. So who would be on your lists?

Though I belong to those who look favourably on whiskers, beard and the unshaved face of Mr Firth, I have been lately contemplating the very great pleasure which a smooth and curved line from ear to chin in the face of this handsome fellow can bestow. Ver y appropriate for kisses in my opinion ..... At my nearest lunch place where they sell pizza and other greasy stuff, they have covered the cash register's keyboard with plastfilm....migth be a good idea for us heavy droolers, don't you think?

] covered the cash register's keyboard with plastfilm.... __ Market it, Ann2.

HI ALL! hope you're having a good weekend so far. Here's my list: winter's unattainable list: 1) Jeremy Northam (sorry! but CF ranks just slightly lower) 2)Colin Firth 3) Ralph Fiennes 4) Leonardo diCaprio (yes, he IS a bit young, I know) 5)Harrison Ford (if he wears his 'Indiana Jones' hat ;-) ) MAY THE FIRTH BE WITH YOU, win

they have covered the cashregister's keyboard with plastfilm....migth be a good idea for us heavy droolers, don't you think? You have done it again, Ann. Fell Off My Chair Laughing!

Listen girls, more Firth news..... My friend in England has just informed me that CF is starring in another hot and steamy period piece/miniseries, although she did not give me the name.... I have made further inquiries, and will let you know the name of it as soon as I find out.

CF is starring in another hot and steamy period piece/miniseries Rebecca, your words are for me the most heavenly honeydripping piece of information that I have ever had the pleasure of having dripped into my ears on the net so far. Thank you and don't let that friend of yours get off the hook. Make her speak!

Rebecca: My friend in England has just informed me that CF is starring in another hot and steamy period piece/miniseries, I hate to dampen everyone's enthusiasm, but could your friend possibly be referring to Nostromo, which is being broadcast in England this weekend?

1.) Colin Firth 2.) Kevin Costner (and you must approve, H.C., because he's divorced!) ; ) 3.) Harrison Ford 4.) Stephen Spielberg (so I can make him do for CF what he did to HF) 5.) Bill Gates---all that money! There"s nothing wrong with ol' Bill that a lot of money won't fix! Please, as you read these, set your tongue firmly in your cheek----that's where mine is!

1. Colin Firth 2. Edmund Grey on All my Children (can't remember his real name) 3. Nick Nolte (he's moved down the list in recent years) 4. Tom Berenger 5. Daniel Day Lewis (esp. in Last of the Mohicans) Being held to five is really difficult -- "so many men, so little time."

The old Darcy/Firth drooling topic is now in the austenarchive conference, but you can't post there. Post new messages here. Here are the last 4 days of messages from the old topic: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 371 of 391: Elaine (Elaine) * Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (08:05) * 1 lines Mr. Firth should be admired from afar. Apparently, he bites if you get too close. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 372 of 391: Anne3 (Anne3) * Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (09:26) * 1 lines That's okay. He can come nibble on me any time he likes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 373 of 391: Elaine (Elaine) * Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (11:24) * 1 lines But, first you will need to purchase a vacuum cleaner! One can only marvel at these modern-day appliances. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 374 of 391: Kali Pappas (Kali) * Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (14:56) * 1 lines Isn't that funny? Out of all the things she could be seen carting into his place, it had to be a vacuum. A domestic appliance? What kind of omen is this?! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 375 of 391: Elaine (Elaine) * Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (15:17) * 1 lines It is rumored that his flat had not seen a vacuum since he first took up residence there several years ago. Anyone willing to clean a bachelor pad certainly deserves the bachelor as part of the prize! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 376 of 391: Mari Topitzes (Mari) * Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (15:55) * 16 lines ''It is rumored that his flat had not seen a vacuum since he first took up residence there several years ago.'' But Elaine, what about this quote from the Tatler interview..... ''Colin torches a Marlboro Light and his froideur ebbs away as he pokes fun at the yellow press - and himself - rather engagingly , in that low, rasping voice. 'I've had people saying, 'Oh come on , you love it', but, what's fun about somebody taking pict ures through your window? It gives me the jitters. There was a picture of me buying a vaccuum cleaner, not something I am particularly ashamed of, but it does make you think twice about going out to buy bog-roll and bin-bags if you think you might end up on page two of the Sunday Mirror. So you think, I won't pick my nose in front of the living room window, or wear that horrible sweatshirt to Marks and Spencer.' He laughs, devastatingly. Odd. My legs appear to be tur ning to jelly.'' Hmmmmm... what other use could they have for two vacuums? And what, pray tell, are bin-bags and bog-roll? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 377 of 391: Inko (Inko) * Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (16:21) * 10 lines Mari: And what, pray tell, are bin-bags and bog-roll? Bin-bags are trash bags--trash cans are called dust bins in England! Bog-rolls I'm not sure, I think they're probably toilet paper. What's wrong, however, with buying either? I think it's rather endearing that a bachelor would do his own everyday shopp ing and they are necessities! Anne3: He can come nibble on me any time he likes! LOL - Ditto!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 378 of 391: Jane (jane) * Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (17:53) * 5 lines Anne3, I also was sent the Sunday Telegraph article by a dear friend who understands my interest in the subject. She has also sent me articles on Regency gardening inspired by Austen-mania, etc. How nice to have friends. I had no idea when I read it that it was supposed to be a substantive announcement. Anyway, if he said, no, she's not the one, that would be the end of that, and who would vacuum? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 379 of 391: Susan Christie (Susan) * Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (19:48) * 8 lines The nibbling thing: Yes, Anne3, even biting would probably be permitted! His comment about the press makes me wonder if that's what was the bee in his bonnet over being asked about Livia. He probably would like to keep some things about his private life private, but I'd say he's out of luck. As for me, I'll take all the pictures I can get. And Inko, thanks for the definitions of bin-bags and bog-rolls. Inquiring minds wanted to know. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 380 of 391: Inko (Inko) * Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (20:34) * 4 lines Anne3 or Jane: I'd love to see the whole Telegraph article! It's not on the FOF site--can either of you put it in here?? It's not on the electronic Telegraph, because I searched that with no luck!! I don't think they put their magazine articles on the net. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 381 of 391: Anne3 (Anne3) * Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (22:33) * 1 lines Inko, I'd be happy to put in the interview, but I have to defer to our gracious hosts here at the Spring on this one--there may be copyright issues involved. But if you e-mail me with your snail mail address, I'll send you a copy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 382 of 391: Amy (Amy) * Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (22:52) * 4 lines defer to our ... hosts here Anne, I guess I would rather leave the article business to the FoF page. They usually put things up in fairly short order. You might want to contact Carol and see if she has the copy yet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 383 of 391: Elaine (Elaine) * Thu, Jan 30, 1997 (10:51) * 1 lines What other use could they have for two vacuums?....The first vacuum was immediately lost under dissolving pizza boxes and undetected bog rolls. Vacuums seem to play a key roll in Mr. Firth's publicity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 384 of 391: France Osegueda (alfresco) * Fri, Jan 31, 1997 (19:28) * 8 lines This is stupid but I'm writing it anyway: this week has been so bad I have literally gotten the start of an ulcer; I came here to "lighten up" my mood and found that we'll be drooling , etc., outside the house, so to speak (kind of like a smoker going ou tside) from now on. This depressed me (anything would at this point!) for some weird reason, though Amy's need to PGify her BB again is doubtless necessary, given some of our recent remarks (including yours truly) of an astonishingly "dagger" nature. B t then, I'm never at ease around "remodeling" environments. (Maybe a week's hiatus from Spring will calm the gastric flow and I can return in jollier, more creative frame of mind.) Anyhow, good luck, ye carpenters, painters, and writers of Regency! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 385 of 391: Cheryl Sneed (Cheryl) * Fri, Jan 31, 1997 (23:16) * 9 lines I share some of your concern France, but agree with Amy that this needed. And I kinda like change...everytime I log on there's something new to pique my interest. Like to day, for instance, I really appreciate this white background to write in, and Amy, is this the blue blankie fluff from the WNO? I like it, much lighter and pleasing to the eye. Can't wait to see what things will look like tomorrow! Change is Good! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 386 of 391: Cheryl Sneed (Cheryl) * Fri, Jan 31, 1997 (23:18) * 1 lines Gosh...did that sound too Pollyannish? :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 387 of 391: Amy (Amy) * Fri, Jan 31, 1997 (23:57) * 1 lines A little Pollyannish, but not too. Thanks. No, the blankie fuzz is a little more cyan and blurred. This is spilled dill weed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 388 of 391: Johanne (JohanneD) * Sat, Feb 1, 1997 (00:57) * 1 lines Very refreshing, love the background ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 389 of 391: Cheryl Sneed (Cheryl) * Sat, Feb 1, 1997 (02:30) * 4 lines Amy: This is spilled dill weed. Gosh, my countertop looks nothing like this when I spill dill weed...;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 390 of 391: Kali Pappas (Kali) * Sun, Feb 2, 1997 (05:06) * 1 lines Spilled dill weed. Right. And that really was you growling on Joan's GRRRR graphic...;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic 3 of 4 [austenarchive]: A thread for Darcy/Firth drooling and PG innuendo Response 391 of 391: Amy (Amy) * Sun, Feb 2, 1997 (06:23) * 1 lines This is a representation of spilled dill weed. It really is me growling.

France said:drooling outside the house (kind of like a smoker going outside. But just consider, while outside for a smoke (and I am one, occasionally) you might just meet Colin there for the same purpose!!

My list of unattainable: 1. Colin Firth 2. Alan Rickman 3. Jeremy Northam 4. Ciaran Hinds (notice a pattern here?) 5. Jean Reno (not in any Jane Austen movies, but I love his eyes) And Henry: We women do not reserve our drooling for unmarried men only. Besides, fantasies can include a brief affair or a divorce! ;-}

I'd smoke with him anytime,Inko;-)

Ah! I see where everyone is meeting now...let's see, 5 top hit men on your list, drooling abatement procedures, smoke alarms, spilled weed...say, what's going on here, ya wise guys? Sounds like another case for The Thin Man, aka Nick Charles. And if he ain't around, how 'bout that Inspector Colin Lestrade with the Hackney accent and the daredevil dimple? The gangster dolls sure can't keep anything from him! Whya, just the other night this dame, whatser name...oh yeah, Cheryl Baby Sneed, she fing red (squealed on) every gangster this side of Chicago in three minutes just so Inspector Colin would personally handcuff her, read her rights in a sweettalkin' voice, and promise to visit her every day in Ladies Detention Hall. What's that guy got, anyho w? Bay rum?

Cecily: Whya, just the other night this dame, whatser name...oh yeah, Cheryl Baby Sneed, she fingered (squealed on) every gangster this side of Chicago in three minutes just so Inspector Colin would personally handcuff her, read her rights in a sweettalkin' voice, and promise to visit her every day in Ladies Detention Hall. And don't forget the private interview in the interrogation room! Ooh baby, ooh baby!

Cheryl! You were listening over the intercom again...I didn't want to mention the private interview for fear all the other dames would rush the room while you were midway through the, uh, interview ;-)

Anne3, that is probably what she is talking about.....(frown)

Cecily: I didn't want to mention the private interview for fear all the other dames would rush the room while you were midway through the, uh, interview That was real stand-up of you sister, but we ain't gonna be needin' the interrogation room no more...seems the inspector has a thing for vaccuums, and I got me hot little Hoover number that I'm bringin' over to his place tonight...if it does the job, I'm there for keeps!

I agree with Laura M. - considering all that came before with Meg, I'll consider his engagement reality when it turns to MARRIAGE! Hey, Amy2, is Livia really an actress? I thought she was just an English Lit. graduate student...;) My unattainable list: 1) Jeremy Northam 2) Jeremy Northam 3) Jeremy Northam 4) Colin Firth 5) Jon Christensen 6) FDR (he's dead...that counts as unattainable, right?) I'll add as I remember... Oh, who put Bill Gates on their list? Not to be witchy, but isn't that considered on par with sleeping with Satan in some circles? ;)

Susan... have been a John Callahan fan (Edmund Grey's real name) since he was on Santa Barbara. You can go back to your dreams now that you know... nothing nagging in the back of your mind to wake you up at the wrong time...(grin)

Mari, thanks for Edmund's real name! I could have looked on the credits, but now I don't have to and I won't lose any more sleep over it! How nice to know his appeal is noticed by others (not the least by Eva LaRue, his costar Maria and now his wife in real life). Whoever started this thread said, before Colin Firth, Jackson Browne had been the only man she'd leave her husband for. Edmund (John) was that for me. But seriously, I love the way that CF is the only constant on all our lists. There is something about him that's universally appealing to a broad range of women. Whatever it is, I'm glad we get to see it onscreen! Viva la Firth!

Whatever it is, I'm glad we get to see it onscreen! Viva la Firth! .. or rather, 'MAY THE FIRTH BE WITH YOU!' :-) winter

Whatever it is, I'm glad we get to see it onscreen! Viva la Firth! .. or rather, 'MAY THE FIRTH BE WITH YOU!' :-) winter

FYI - With all the rumors of CF's marriage, I wanted to mention one reason why he and Meg Tilly never got together. I read (I think on the FoF page) that Meg had married an older gentleman last year (early '96, perhaps). As for drooling, I know his appea l for me is he is really intelligent and attractive. It is rare to find those qualities in men (even fantasy men on screen). Kali - love your comment regarding Bill Gates and him being Satan in the mind of many.;-)

He broke up with her in '94, I think. I understood that there was no other relationship keeping either of them from tying the knot! Thanks, Karen...to this day I refuse to use any microsoft products. This summer at work, I switched windows off and used OS2...

Kali--you use OS/2? Always nice to find a sister-in-arms against the Gates brigade :)

Why is it generally believed that Collin Firth is intelligent? I have never heard the man speak but the few printed interviews I have read seem to go both ways. Some reporters appear to be making fun of him (men?) while others gush all over him (women). I would be more comfortable with CF if he were a "thinking being" but I harbor contrary suspicions. Besides, it has often been said that intelligence gets in the way of an actor.

Could be his professor parents that gives him the rep. I have heard some interesting quotes. What was it he said about how only a dark Darcy could smoulder?

] only a dark Darcy could smoulder? that a blond would merely have looked sulky...

Karen I agree with you. A large part of his attraction to me is his intelligence, especially the way he has to get all the background on a character before he can become that character. Too many actors, I feel, get by on their looks and just spout the w ords given them by the author without really feeling and internalizing the meaning. CF seems to understand not only the words but also the motivation behind them.

I would be more comfortable with CF if he were a "thinking being" but I harbor contrary suspicions. Interesting, Elaine.I often get the impression that he is extracting the michael out of his interviewers. And himself. I give you "bin-bags and bog-rolls" as an example.

oh, I don't know... "bin-bags and bog-rolls" has great alliteration AND it sounds like a firther parody of that Julie Andrews classic in Sound of Muzak... (virtual soundtrack and Firth in pajamas made from old drapes, singing away) Bin-bags and bog-rolls And soup-cups with noodles, Vacuums with hairballs And fans with their poodles, Silver-white diamond that shines on her ring, These are a few of my bachelor things

ROTFLOL Cecily!! I love it.;-)

Cecily - you have done very well indeed. :-) Elaine - I understand your skeptism. I made that comment based on the interviews I have read about him. When he talks about he researches his characters, he sounded as if he had thought things through in order to bring certain emotions and intensity to the screen. It is similar when I read interviews and screenplays by my favortie British (now-defunct) couple - Ken and Emma. Each of them sound as if they would be excellent companions for scintillating conversation.

Brava Cecily! :-)

I know what you mean, Elaine...In the "Making of" snippets they showed on A&E, he sounded so stupid it wasn't even funny. My friend Liz was, like, "I guess they don't pay him to think, Kal!" Guess not. But I'm certain he's much smarter than we gave him credit for. --- Thank goodness for people like you and me and Karen, Tracey! I own a Mac, but at our office this summer used pc's, so...OS2 it had to be! I kinda like it better, even though my first experience with computers was with Windoze...

Cecily, you are too funny. Talk about people I'd like to hang out with...

My cut on Colin Firth is that he's intellectually lazy, lonely, and immature. If he is researching his characters, he's probably bored. I believe he was quoted in the NY Times as saying something about researching his character for A Thousand Acres. He wasn't certain if researching made any difference;but, nevertheless, it gave him something to do. Apparently, he didn't enjoy sitting around the Holiday Inn in rural Illinois.

Well that's because all of us lovely ladies weren't there to enterntain him. You know there's just something about Italy Italians. They aren't as funny as american Italians.

"bin-bags and bog-rolls" has great alliteration I believe he was quoted in the NY Times as saying something about researching his character for A Thousand Acres. He wasn't certain if researching made any difference;but, nevertheless, it gave him something to do. Apparently, he didn't enjoy sitting a round the Holiday Inn in rural Illinois. Ladies, this is exactly my point. Imagine, for a moment, that you are a reasonably ordinary man, who has spent the the last twenty years trying to make a living in an uncertain profession where looks and charm are as important as your ability. you cash in on said looks and charm because t hey bring in the money, but at the same time you try and live a normal life, have a relationship that means something with a woman and stay sane. After taking on the most exhausting role of your career, you suddenly find yourself a success, your screen haracter so powerfully affecting everyone around you that you cannot see or do anything that does not go un-noticed.Your past life, your romantic mistakes, your child, your parents, your work are all a matter for public scrutiny.People want to interview you, not because you have anything important to say, but because you sell papers.People pick apart your every pronouncement, even those you said ten years ago that were possibly misinterpreted by the reporter. Your girlfriend is watched wherever she goes At your new work, where you are tired, probably not very comfortable,and far from those you care about,you are trying to do a decent job of work and people ask you the same impertinent questions that you answered at the last interview, and you answer the m as best you can, knowing that even your tiniest "hmmm" will be food for the publicity mill.How do you cope with all this?Colin uses a sense of humour that no-one wants to acknowledge he posesses-everyone is still looking for the humourless Mr.Darcy. Can you honestly criticise him for not enjoying living out of hotel rooms for months on end? Or for occasionally poking fun at his own image and at the very people who are interfering with his life? I hope he never gets to hate Mr Darcy!

My Collin Firth opinions are based on a very few articles and by reporters which are quite unfamiliar to me. I'd love to see a live interview, even a rehearsed, live interview is more telling than an article which factors in reporter bias. Few would cri ticise CF for disliking hotel living. Acting is a mean job and most have not the grit to be successful. I am simply questioning whether CF is thoughtful, introspective or is that the way I want to perceive him...the old image versus substance.

Brava, Caroline. Very eloquent and true. Elaine, I've read all the interviews at the FoF site and a few that have appeared since then, and while CF's opinions aren't always consistent, his personality is. I don't need a reporter or interviewer to tell me whether the man is intelligent; that is obvious from the quotations. While anyone can be misquoted, there are too many examples of Firth being articulate, analytical, and honest (sometimes uncomfortably so) for me to doubt that we're getting a glimpse of the real man here. I don't know why yo r opinion of him is so negative, but if you really dislike him, why not just ignore him?

Elaine, I apologise.Guess I am just crabby today. Must be the snow! Anyway, can we start droolig again, please? It's much more fun!Does anyone else think he has lovely hands?And feet! and bits in between!

Ooohhh yes, Caroline: hands, feet, broad shoulders, slim hips, long legs, curly chestnut hair, etc., I like the whole package!!!;-)

He should really go on "The Charlie Rose Show" PBS it would just be "CF" and Charlie.Just like when he interviewed Juliet Binoche,Richard Gere and Dave Lettermen for an hour. There isn't anyone in the audience. Now that would be something. These view inte rviews that I happen to watch were "great". Richard Gere was wonderful, Juliet Binoche cried and is very cute and Dave kept trying to light his cigar,but Charlie kept him talking. Charlie really gets everyone to talk. http://www.charlieroseshow.com/

#66 Caroline, I agree. It's the fantasy of Firth that I like -- I have no desire to marry or date him and don't care to debate his intelligence or lack thereof. Drooling is much more fun! And he certainly provides plenty of drooling material!

Since we are drooling again, which of CF's qualities (I won't force you to select one) make you weak in the knees (or more specifically the jaw)? For me it is a combination of his deep resonant voice (with the bonus of a British accent), his wonderfully expressive eyes and when his hair is curly.

I would die to see him mess that hair up in frustration.

I would like to dance with him at a formal city ball, just to get him in a modern Darcyperfect attire, good manners, and the right mood for an elevated sort of chat AND of course to get me in the same elegant attire, mood, etc. We would both then be at o ur best (in this best of all civil fantasies), with the bonus of waltzing, tangoing, etc., ever so close and in perfect rhythm. (Hey, I'm a married woman, so I'm being old-fashioned here!) :-)

I shall abandon my question. I'm communicating poorly. I do not dislike Colin Firth. Concurrently, he's worth your attentions and difficult to ignore because of the fire he has the capacity to deliver.

Elaine, you are found out!you are a closet Colin-ist! (just joking, my love!) As for Colin's parts, I really, really do like his hands.And like Amy, I would love to see him mess up that hair.And I like the fact that his walk is slightly off-balance, that lovely long stride when he gets worked up! And the fact that his body, all of it, doesn't quite match up(his hands are kind of stubby, and workmanlike)He is a bundle of delightful imperfections!

His shoulders! His wet-shirt draped shoulders! Ooohhh! My spring is a-tingling!

Elaine, I have just gone back and re-read what you said about CF's intelligence, and your last post, that sounded oh, so sad. You have made me think a little more on the subject.Elaine, I cannot find a bio for you anywhere, so I don't know if what I am go ing to suggest is completely new to you or whether it is teaching a grandmother to suck eggs, so please forgive me if I seem a bit patronising.The question of "what is anyone's intelligence?" fascinates me and if you are really trying to make a decision n Colin's, then look up this internet address http//k12.cnidr.org:90/edref.mi.intro.html (sorry, I don't do links yet).This site may bring you a bit closer to an answer.

http://k12.cnidr.org:90/edref.mi.intro.html Needed a colon in here. You know, I know and I think everybody knows there are different kinds of smarts. I also know that IQ tests are culturally biased and all that. But, am I being terribly snooty, or has anyone else ever wondered whether these alternate theories are sort of an apology or an "out" for people who are not really with it? "Well, he has street smarts," is something always said about a person who does not read, just the large woman's pretty face is always pointed up in polite company.

The voice and the eyes, and the half smile; not the full out one, but the soft, wry or self-deprecating one (sigh...). I just saw 'Dutch Girls', courtesy of Kathleen Elder (Thanks again!), and all of these lovely qualities are present and pleasing even a s a youth. My only quibble (and I admit that it is a very personal preference; so please don't go bonkers on me!) is that his chest needs SOME hair on it! For perfection, I think this necessary. All right, you rabid anti-hairists; go to it! ;) ;)

#77 Amy. Dunno, Amy. This one has a lot of backing to it in the teaching world in the Great White North. I put it in just to try and help Elaine come closer to answering her own question. Thanks for making it more accessible, anyway!

I don't know either, Caroline.

Bravo Mari! It seems British actors that I think can act, lack that gene!

The eyes, and the "hmm"... but mostly the eyes.

Colin Firth's best feature...now this is something I can sink my teeth into! Starting from the top and working my way...down...I love his hair when it's curly and messy...very expressive eyes...cute little dimple in the chin...I am very fond of hi s neck, especially when he leans back in a chair...I agree with Mari that he needs a little more chest hair, not much more, but just enough to snag a ring in...I also like the slim waist and hips--hey, one of us has to have them, and since he does, I can stop worrying about mine! While we're in the waistal region...no, no, I cannot even speculate, well I could, but I shall refrain...moving on...thighs, I really like this man's thighs, especially when riding a horse or climbing up stai rs...there could be more meat on the calves...I am afraid I am not well acquainted with Mr. Firth's feet, but I am willing to be introduced... What was the question again?

...just enought to snag a ring in... ...I am willing to be introduced... Cheryl, you are the best! Ditto, DITTO, DITTO!!!!!!

DITTO, DITTO, DITTO, from me too Cheryl. His curly hair...his eyes... (swoon)...and other parts hereto unknown!

Cheryl, I'm still laughing as I post this; you are a mess :) Amy - I'd love to have a conversation with you about IQ. I understand what you are saying about street smarts and agree this can be used as an excuse. But having been in academia and watch how intelligence testing is used as a club (and to prove eugenic theories of racial hierarchy), I can't take it too seriously. Loved your messing up the hair thought. Actors and intelligence - Is it just me, why is it that most British actors and actresses seem very smart? I know quite of few of the popular ones today went to Cambridge (Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant). Now of course my yardstick is I'm comparing them with American actors/actresses.

Karen: Is it just me, why is it that most British actors and actresses seem very smart? Karen dear, it's the accent! ;-)

Standardized test results, I believe, are a very good measure of one's attention-span (of which I have none).

Can someone please tell me, why a British Accent seems so smart to an American? I have one, and I am constantly baffled by this.I talk more like Lizzy than Lady Catherine(can you tell the difference between the two?)I cannot see any advantage of a brit accent over, say, that of Bill Clinton or Dolly Parton. Do you find a regional br it accent, like John Lennon's or Jimmy Nail's more or less smsart than standard BBC/Stratford pronounciation?

Caroline: To me at least, the British sentence structure and vocabulary add to the intelligence factor and impression given. As to accent, 1) there was never any doubt of Lennon's IQ, given his content and creativity, so the Liverpool accent only added a soupcon of rebellious artist/young tough to his image; 2) BBC accent, like formal American standard accent, sounds great, but I honestly enjoy Scottish, Welsh and Irish accents too (and confess they all sound "smarter" to me than muttered mericanese). Perhaps some Americans have an inferiority complex regarding sounding smart enough, too, but how can we? Listen to our TV and film stars talk and the scripts given them; read our very mediocre diction and syntax in most publications; if tha t's what we're exposed to 24-hrs-a-day in media, how can we grow up sounding remotely intellectual? Only diehard Austenites, PBSers, THE NEW YORKER readers, and so on, have much exposure to classy style and indepth thinking... (sorry about the length, an no, I'm not antiAmerican!) About that CF person, Cheryl summed it up! :-)

Am I imagining it, or are we Americans lazier about our vocabularies?

I like the way Americans can't be bothered to spell the entire word, such as humour, colour and aluminium.

and then of course you have the likes of "thru"!! >.

#92Actually, Elaine, most of that can be blamed on old Noah Webster, who not only wrote dictionnaries telling Americans how to spell, but pronounciation books on how to talk as well!And you know what? He was far more logical than the Brits are about it! #90Perhaps some Americans have an inferiority complex regarding sounding smart enough, too, but how can we? Listen to our TV Most t.v. in most countries reaches the bottom level, Wendy. I can assure you , not all brit t.v. is as good as Masterpiece Theatre. #91 I don't think so Amy, speaking as a non-American! Anyway, dealing with the refined society we have here is doing wonders for my vocabulary!

''I also like the slim waist and hips--hey, one of us has to have them, and since he does, I can stop worrying about mine!'' - Cheryl Cheryl, I blush to say I almost overlooked this very important consideration. It is fortunate that you are attentive to this sort of thing (grin).

Amy : "Americans lazier about our vocabularies" Funny you're mentionning this, just heard Rosie O'Donnell yesterday saying the major difference was England being a country of adjectives (a nanny originally from Britain introduced her), I think she's partly right. We have the same idea regarding French from France. We are "americanized" in this too thus simplifying and more to the point, less flowery, less researched. Why does it sounds so much better : well for starts the accent is intriguing and the range of vocabulary far more extended. There is still a decorum in the language that lacks the fast paced american english. Aussie english took a similar but different co urse, also simplified but kept different words for usual purpose such as reckon vs think/believe. I call it the Barry White syndrom : everything (and I mean everything) you say sounds darn good!

You are too nice, Johanne!One difference on this side of the pond- American/Canadian English seems to have far less colour and variety than both Canadian French and British English in the matter of "swearwords." I have often wondered why.

Caroline....finally able to get your recommended site on MI. I appreciate your concern. I hadn't meant to use the word "intelligence" in that sense. I had thinking or thoughtful even intellectual more in mind, but; nevertheless, this is probably not th e appropriate thread as this topic is essentially non-drooling. From my own experience, I have drooled, even slobbered over men who would not have scored well on any derivation of an intelligence test and have always adored slightly tousled hair, coal bu ning eyes and thighs that grip a meddlesome mare like denture fixative.

Amazing how attractive some dangerous rebelious (but good looking) bad guy gets us going compare to the sweet and kind-hearted Bingley type, well at least for me Heard once, Caroline, how much the type of swearing in a country/group of people actually shows of its cultural tabou are concerns, you can do the same analysis with the type of advertising. French canadian are about things related to the church, under its boot since the English regime we kicked it only 30 years ago (during the French regime the colony was not that religious at all, but took refuge after the "conquest") Continental French is a mix of sex with residues of church/religious. Our close religious compatriot the italians and the irish share some similarities. You can distinguish the US by its religious connotations mixed with some related to bowel movement. Italians, obviously the church

LOL and DITTO Cheryl. I would also like to be introduced to everything that hasn't been covered (is that uncovered) in this topic - up close and personal!!;-) Even his chest hair is enough for me - have you seen him i n "The Advocate" - there's quite a bit of hair there!!!;-) I'm like you Caroline, still talk with a British accent, although by now I consider it to be a mid-Atlantic accent. The worst was when I first came to the States and someone would say "I love the way you talk, please say something" at which point I never knew what to say!!

(Imagine this is an FM woman DJ's voice speaking to you, with some romantic mood music or smooth jazz in the background...) It's Friday night, like Saturday a night for love-- unhurried, complete, and tender. The man you want is with you, hair ruffled, t highs taut, eyes smouldering, just waiting for a sign from you to... You close your eyes from sheer nervous excitement, but hearing his gentle gutteral hmmm, hmmm swiftly and unconsciously draws you toward him...

#99 Amazing how attractive some dangerous rebellious (but good looking) bad guy gets us going compared to the sweet and kind-hearted Bingley type, well at least for me. And for me also, Johanne! I think it has some biological bases. In the wild, the aggressive, not-so-nice males generally impregnate the females. The latter will not allow themselves to be mounted by the less strong males. In a different vein, I recently read that aggressive, love-em-and-leave-em men generally don't have impotence problems. The sensitive males we say we really want as mates do, however.

Wendy: It's Friday night, like Saturday a night for love-- unhurried, complete, and tender. The man you want is with you, hair ruffled, thighs taut, eyes smouldering, just waiting for a sign from you to... You close your eyes from sheer nervous excitement, but hearing his gentle gutteral hmmm, hmmm swiftly and unconsciously draws you toward him... I'm there Wendy, I'm there!

Susan - Please don't be insulted but your comments above had me laughing so hard I cried. :)

Not insulted at all, just passing along some info I had run across.

Me again. I had a thought about this thread that I'd like to do if people are interested. We've guided each other to pictures of CF before, but I thought it might be fun if everybody chose their favorite picture. Since I'm a know-nothing newbie, I can't actually download mine, but it's the one that comes up at this link: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~ketchell/firth/ It used to be at the Friends of Firth site and then it disappeared, and I was going through withdrawals until I found it here. What's yours?

Nice picture, Susan. Title should be: "Smile. People will wonder what you are up to."

I'm pretty fond of this picture myself...;-) http://www.iupui.edu/~rogersc/images/COLINHB3.JPG

Cheryl, that's my favorite picture of him of all I've ever seen. OOhh baby, to quote you!!;-)

Donna's nomination:

Again.

Donna, he looks almost American there, like he's about to yell at the left fielder. Maybe he can pull off the pick-up truck and farm implement logo cap in 1,000 Acres after all.

I love it. I want to say more,but I have to take my son and his friends to the MALL. Love this stuff.

Keep them coming -- this is great!

"why a British Accent seems so smart to an American" not sure when or why it began - but TV reinforces it with its many stereotypes. Just as painters know how to 'suggest' a cloud with a few well placed brush strokes, TV 'suggests' intelligence or stupidity or lcak of educaiton of even immorality with a we ll placed accent.

Katy, how true. All those British actors on TV pushing products (and not just actors now--have you heard about Fergie?), who clean up and then go home and belittle Americans and sneer at our commercialism.

I would like to think objective Brits do not sneer at us in general.

Re British accents: I don't think most Americans can detect much difference between different British accents -- and even if they can, they probably don't know what it signifies. I can hear obvious differences (for example, the actors on "Are You Being Served?" vs. "Inspector Morse,") but I'm not always sure what it means (different social class and location?) But I don't hear any accent difference between Lizzy and Lady Catherine. What is it, I'd love to know!

Susan: #106. Here's the picture URL: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~ketchell/firth/ I hope I did this right.

One last try then I'll go back to lurking:

Hurray! The picture by itself is at: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~ketchell/firth/firth.gif Sorry, I don't know how to do a hyperlink, but just add "firth.gif" to the end of the URL for the page.

You did it, Margaret. Stay out of lurk mode, won't you?

I have many favorites here is another one.

One more

Okay just one more.

I must say I'm happy to be back on-line! What pleasures you have all been indulging in while I was locked out. One missing iosubsys can do a lot of harm I can tell you that from experience. Now for more material points. Cheryl, dearest, your pic was new to me and though I have still got lousy colours, it seems to be endearing. Did you see that Donna made it possible for you to dig out treasures from the sand? (Re:124; Feet required?) As for the rest of your notations, I find them attentive and mostly justified, will just add that you should have taken your time to comment on cheekbones.With or without whiskers or beard, I consider them to be of a kissable nature and certainly not to b e neglected, even if I can understand where your mind was leading you. Thighs of the most divine construction indeed. When I've found my best pic I'll let you know. His voice is indispensible of course as has been mentioned above.MMhhmmhh,am I glad to be back!

I too am a newbie here and thought I had taken leave of my senses or drifted into premature senility until I discovered this group. I feel so much better after reading your colourful colinisms as well as neat side topics that I have begun checking in f requently...Thanks to you all!

Cheryl, love your taste in man and Amy, could'nt believe how similar this picture his to someone I knew...sigh, the resemblance is absolutely stunning! (just different hair, same color though)

Welcome back, Ann2. Sure missed you! #124 Feet! feet!

#121 Thank you, Margaret -- I just love the tousled hair in that one! Please don't just lurk; your input is great. #128 Thighs of the most divine construction indeed. Ann2, your sentence construction is pretty divine also! The visual image you bring up for me is definitely divine...

Considerable thought has gone into what I am about to say, so try not to construe it as droll or boorish, if possible. I think that CF/Darcy, beyond his very attractive whole and parts so evident in all these photos and in his filmwork, has another chari smatic point- he looks like a man who would do a lot to please a woman. That impression means a lot to women, single or between marriages or married alla Collinses or even your average contented wife. It represents I think our perpetual feminine intrig e with a mystery man of romance.

Wendy, I know what you mean. In reading several different articles on him I am impressed with his ability to make and remain friends with not only former lovers but apparently everyone he meets. According to his mother in some article I read, he has a g reat capacity for friendship--a very nice quality in a man; shows he's not out for just one thing and then drops the person!!;-)

Does anyone know if he's available, because I am in need of a man who would do a lot to please a woman! ;-) (Actually, I'm just in need of a man!)

#133 and #134 That's always the sense of Colin Firth I've gotten when reading his interviews. I think he values his relationships even though he hasn't found a permanent one yet (well, neither have I). Plus he appreciates women in the best way. Remember in the Making of P&P book he was quoted: "He [Darcy] learns his lesson when he falls in love with one of the barbarians and realizes that she's at least his equal, if not his superior, in terms of wit, intellectual agility and sense of personal dignity." The emphasis is mine, but how many men talk about women in those terms? Here's my favorite picture, by the way. It's from the FOF site. Here's hoping I did it right this time!

Ann2 darling, so happy to have you back, I have missed you! *samooch* Forgive me for not addressing Colin's cheekbones, they are indeed delightful, especially if there is some bit of hair beneath them! Carolyn suggested that I turn the dear boy around a nd have a go at cataloguing my favorite parts from the back....perhaps I shall some day, but I don't know that I shall be able to post my "musings"!

Speaking of facial hair, don't you just love his perpetually unshaven look? Like he just got out of bed. *Sigh*

Anne3: Like he just got out of bed. *Sigh* And is ready to go right back! ;-)

Got myMonday morning treat and LOL there Ann3 and Cheryl! And Wendy , Meg and Inko must agree with views on his inside qualities as well. My abstinence made them less obvious at first and I do appreciate your more mature angle on him ;=)

I agree with all the lovely observations about Colin's person and persona contributed so far. However, I have one quibble with Caroline--"his hands are kind of stubby and workmanlike". Since a man's hnds are so crucial I'd just like to get a grip on this. I always thought his hands were quite elegant with long, slim fingers. Note pic #125 or recall a Month in the Country--trying to light a cigarette under the unblinking gaze of a little girl on the train; or touching his cheekbone to stop the quiver while a stony-eyed older couple watch. (What do they say?--I think it's actually supposed to be sympathetic). Anyway, that's just MHO. Are we ready to do the other side?

Cheryl, that is by far my favorite pic, also. I think, though, that he looks a bit gaunt in that series of photos, and I worry about the dear boy's health, and the course of his relationship. Isn't Livia giving him enough pasta? It is my experience tha t a man in the throes of settling into a good relationship gains at least 5 pounds. Maybe he has been doing too much vacuuming.....

LOL Mari! yes, perhaps we should mak a surprise inspection and check up on our dear boy! And if she is not taking good care of him, we shall be forced to remove him...it would be for his own good! ;-)

Loved reading all your drooling postings... Did someone already post this? if so, sorry, but CF is in the English Patient. And he looks GOOD! But then, he always does. ;) And has anyone any clue to what the name of the English Movie where he played a young gay man, in college in Camebridge and in love with the biggest, baddest spy that country ever had? If so, please post it! TC! :)

Re #144 -- The movie is "Another Country" but CF is not one of the gay men. The major gay parts are played by James Wilby (also starred in "Maurice") and Cary Elwes. I have read that CF did play the lead in the play that this movie is based on (of the same name?). In the movie, however, he plays a young Marxist-leaning student who is friends w/ the lead character. It is a very good film, and CF is very young.

CF did play the "spy" role on the stage, Guy Bennett. Rupert Everett, was the original Guy Bennett on stage, CF replaced him. Here's a picture from the FOF website of CF as Judd (the Communist):

Sorry, I didn't think about how long it would take to show the image. I guess the threadbare sweater "proves" his politics, huh?

Thanks for the pic Margaret. Wow! What a baby! And a babe! ;-)

Margaret -- I love that picture. And thanks for the info about the play -- Rupert Everett, not James Wilby, of course, of course. I shall have to rewatch that movie to refresh my memory!

Hi Guys! I'm brand spankin' new to your chat group on CF, but believe me -- my addiction to anything Darcy/Colin-like is already deeply seeded (I saw P&P on video for the first time a month ago and haven't stopped watching it yet!). Are most of you Brit s? I'm a very uncouth American, but perhaps you can forgive that characteristic as I join you in other traits I've seen expressed on the Net. I'm curious to know if you have any web addresses for me in terms of British publications? We seem to have very little here. I found a reference to a Mirabella article, but can't seem to pull that magazine up. Is it online? Enough for now. Thanks for supplying me with a great many chuckles thus far...

Hi Sweet and welcome. You will probably get the official daggy welcome from our own dear Cheryl. No, most of us are Americans, with healthy Canadian and Aussie contingents. Bernie's English. She is about it among the regulars.

Re #146: Boy, did he have a lot more hair in those days. You know, one thing that worries me abou the dear boy is the state of his scalp. If you look closely at recent pictures you can see a definite thinning on top. To say nothing of the LBS (little bald spot), just visible in a couple of shots in P&P. Okay, I suppose, as long as it doesn't turn into a BBS.

I'm afraid his scalp line is indeed receding, but which P&P pics show a little bald spot? (Eek!) Some of his earlier pics make me howl with the sheer VOLUME of hair! I've not seen TEP, but the trailers make CF look fat and a little dumpy. Is he fat in TEP? Is he charming, handsome, disappointing what? Is it understandable that KSThomas would have an affair with RF, though married to our CF?

Sweet Buckles: which P&P pics show a little bald spot? (Eek!) I caught it twice, once at the Netherfield ball and once at Pemberley, when he turns his head to look at the Gardiners. Eek indeed. An LBS is one thing, but a BBS could have a serious effect on my drooling capacity. He's not fat in TEP. He has a solid look, like Darcy. I guess we're meant to consider him dull, but personally I thought Katherine was nuts to prefer an iceberg like Fiennes.

Amy: Hi Sweet and welcome. You will probably get the official daggy welcome from our own dear Cheryl. OFFICIAL DAGGY WELCOME Welcome Sweet! So glad you have found us, you may feel free to revel in your Darcy/Firth obsession here, only please watch your step...we wouldn't want you slipping on all the drool and hurt yourself!

Sweet: I've not seen TEP, but the trailers make CF look fat and a little dumpy. Is he fat in TEP? Is he charming, handsome, disappointing what? Is it understandable that KSThomas would have an affair with RF, though married to our CF? Sweet, CF is indeed charming in TEP, not at all fat, he is, as Anne3 puts it, "solid" a good description I think. He hair is too short, but it was the 40's. There are quite a few reviews of TEP at the Austen Conference here at Spring if you care to rea d some. Most of us really liked TEP, but there are a few dissenters, vital to any community! ;-) You must go see for yourself!

Anne, Amy and Cheryl: Thanks for all the responses. So quick! Does anybody have work to do?!! So Cheryl -- what the heck is a "daggy welcome"?

Sweet: So Cheryl -- what the heck is a "daggy welcome"? Well, Sweet, it is a long story..."daggy" is an Australian slang word that we use to describe a playful, sexual innuendo manner of speech. WE are not overtly crass and descriptive, but we get our point across, if you know what I mean! ;-)

Looks like we will have the complete old BB archives up before too long, if it's okay with Terry. So the evolution of the term can be traced for future bewildered students of our little sub-culture. Imagine what we will seem like 500 years from now, shoul d anybody care to inquire into it.

Thanks Cheryl and Anne3. Today has been rather delightful. I feel like I've connected with REAL friends. I've been in a funk recently, thinking no one quite understood my obsession with Darcy. For I do think my drooling has more to do with Darcy than Colin. (That theory remains to be proven since I have only seen Colin in one other thing - Nostromo and I felt that was a bomb!) I just adore men who love smart women, who are even able to acknowlege a women's superiority on occasion and then love them w th a passionate and ardent regard. Till tomorrow.

Meg, I can tell you that this is the Colin pic I have on the wall in my office together with a few other men, whom I admire for different reasons, not all of them daggy at all. And Ann3 LOL at BBS, I laughed repetedly at this funny pun! Great wit IMHO! I was appalled to hear that the LBS is visible at Netherfield ball, I would not have it so. And at Pemberley, I must have directed my glances elsewhere ;=) Does it show while he has those yellow thighbecoming breeches ? Then that would explain my failing to observe it. Must increase our mutual heavy burden in respect to forthcoming headstatus of Mr LoveButt, by pointing out that as he advances towards Pemberley and buttercups, declining to ride any more, the LBS is hard to ignore once you've noticed it. However the scen es that follow make amend and other parts of his being become center of attention! Am I rigth or am I right eyh ladies?

Welcome sweet! I first noticed the LBS when watching Darcy rush out of Pemberley immaculately dressed after his swim. Kind of ruins my enjoyment of him in such anguish searching for Miss Bennet ;)_ Amy - a daggy archive is probably a good idea. I'm in danger of beginning to use it in everyday conversation, which is not a good idea here in New Zealand, with it's slightly less evolved connotation ;). I just caught a news item on the radio - appears that TEP has picked up a few Oscar nominations. Which means lots of shots of the TEP table at the ceremony...[pause for me to find a tissue to wipe the drool off the keyboard]. That's better :)

RIGHT ON SISTER

Ann2 dear, I love your expressions! "Thighbecoming breeches" indeed! And "other parts of his being become center of attention! Am I right or am I right hey ladies?" Actually yes, you are right and he is left...;-)

LOL Anne 2 and Cheryl - love the thighbecoming breeches, and yes Cheryl, you are right, he is left! Meggin, I love that photo of him in Another Country, right down to the moth-eaten sweater. What a babe is right Cheryl. The more photos I see of him, it seems he looks much younger through Valmont and then, after he'd taken time off to be with Meg Tilly, he aged and his hair got thinner. Is that due to fatherhood???;-)

(i sent a message just a second ago, but i guess there was an error) hi everyone! welcome sweet! glad you could be here! as i was saying in my aborted post, CF's receding hair-line, of course, is not a result of fatherhood. imagine if it WERE true: what's he to do if he and livia ever have childern? (which is a depressing thought for me as it is)he must immediately get a m embership with the hair club for men, because i cannot imagine our dearest, sweetest colin bald! worse yet, WITH A COMB-OVER!

Well, we could focus on the scientific notion that men heavily endowed with testosterone (well-hung, so to speak) are often the Telly Savalas, Sean Connery, and (eventually) Colin Firth type in terms of receding hair and bald pates. (Personally, I think men like Yul Bryner, Capt. Picard, etc., are extremely virile, attractive, and intelligent looking.) Not the boy look, no, but some of us want a man, not a boy! ;-)

worse yet, WITH A COMB-OVER! PERISH the thought!!! Our dear CF the target of ridicule...the mind reels!!

[So the evolution of the term can be traced for future bewildered students of our little sub-culture. Imagine what we will seem like 500 years from now, should anybody care to inquire into it.] That's kinda scary.

Sweet: So Cheryl -- what the heck is a "daggy welcome"? Well, Sweet, it is a long story..."daggy" is an Australian slang word that we use to describe a playful, sexual innuendo manner of speech. ____ Aha! Now it comes out. Candace is so sly. It was she who effected the sharp turn in the meaning of that dear word. On October 15. Just before midnight EST. (You guys are going to adore what Henry has done with the archives. Don't bug him to finish it, though; he's been such a dear about it.)

I am all anticipation! ;-)

I have yet to see the bald piece. Is it when CF turns his back to the camera and his hair appears to be slightly parted? This is something quite subtle and possibly not detectable through casual use of the tapes?

You can notice it when he walks through the buttercups and down the steps at Pemberely. It could be due to injury to the scalp(scar) or just thin spot. He is still gorgeous hairless or hairy. He doesn't have a receeding hairline.

Welcome Sweet, we are all fanatics here. Do you like Rupert Graves by any chance? Amy, just trying to recruit I finally got the Tim Dalton version of Jane Eyre and he is quite good. Very surprising as a matter of fact. But this version is faithful to the book, which is refreshing after last year's big screen treatment. well going home, not feeling well. Talk soon

Such dedication in a recruiter. Pushing even while she is ill.

Oh my gosh! I've just arrived at my desk to find such fun! Ok -- disagree all you want, but I watched my P&P tapes last night (Netherfield and the walk at Pemberly) and MUST say (sorry to all those I may offend) -- I don't really consider "that" to be even an LBS. I think the part in his hair is the problem and that is all. When I part my hair a little wacky (and remember -- he's been dashing at Pemberly to get his clothes back on) it also looks a little bald on the back crown. I didn't seen anything at all at Netherfield. Could it be that we're a little TOO concerned over our Colin's hair? Please say it is so. It is one of his best features -- I'm with many of you that his fine eyes and thunderous thighs are on the top of my list. Laura -- I'm sorry. I have not had the pleasure of meeting Rupert Graves. I look forward to catching his act. OH -- and Timothy Dalton is FABULOUS in Jan Eyre. His acting is superb -- he's MY kind of Mr. Rochester. I felt the casting could not have b een better. Little Jane was quite suited to her part. By the way, I DEFY anyone to name a better Lizzy than Jennifer Ehle. How is her last name pronouced, anyway? She is personality-plus! Her run is as goofy and off-kilter as Darcy's, don't you think

Has any one George C Scott in Jane Eyre? Filmed eons ago. Timothy Dalton is good too. BTW I like Mr Bennett, in a cuddly sort of way. Never detected a LBS, and that's one scene I watch closely! (Maybe I'm looking looking at places other than the back of his head) :)

]Could it be that we are Too concerned about CF's hair. And every other thing about his body. The size of his hands,his feet and the size of his "brain" plus fine eyes and thunderous thighs. I know, we never have mention his "lips",nose or ears.

Donna: I know, we never have mention his "lips",nose or ears. A dreadful oversight Donna, that I am sure will soon be remedied! Ok! I'll take the lips! mmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/8801/ is where we share his lips, eyes, ears and stuff..............................

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/8801/ is where we share his lips, eyes, ears and stuff..............................

Sorry, a "netwok error". But did it link? If so, it's my first!

Cheryl, down, girl, down! ;) Those lips are too cute! Think about how much of his ability to convey entire paragraphs without words depends on them. Happy thought, indeed

Bellybutton. We havn't discussed his bellybutton. Or if we have, we need to do it again...............

Bellybutton. We havn't discussed his bellybutton. Or if we have, we need to do it again...............

I agree that the LBS is not one at all; merely an effort to show how little time he took to put himself together in his effort to rush down and speak to his unexpected visitor; 'Shall I bring out the brushes, sir?' 'No, no, never mind about that, just get me the green jacket!'

I often wonder if he still has on that wet shirt, under the green jacket.....

Mari - I'm on your wavelength on the LBS in the Pemberly seen. Being the hopeless romantic that I am, Darcy rushing down those steps is BY FAR my favorite of the entire series. I can't stand how excited he is to see his beloved Lizzy! How cute is he as he tries to straighten his jacket! I love especially how his eyes dart back and forth trying to catch a glimpse of her!

EEk - I got so excited writing about Darcy that I suddenly can't spell anymore! Forgive the errors!

Welcome sweet. Unfortunately my computer has not been able to download most of everyone's wonderful pictures and it is much too embarassing to be caught in public (using the computers on campus) drooling. BTW has anyone seen the new picture of Colin cur rently on the Friends of Firth site (my parents computer can download pictures)? It's took my breathe away. I love the quote too b/c it is so appropriate to CF - (its something like I know a man who when he speaks women's names, they give themselves to im). I don't have the address; I know other pictures have the address of the site.

Here is the address: (if you can't get in, try it first ending at the end of the word images, then once there scroll down to the second firthtst.jpg on the images list) This makes a terrific walllpaper, as Cecily said! http://www.iupui.edu/~rogersc/images/firthtst.jpg

Has any one seen George C Scott in Jane Eyre? Filmed eons ago. Yes, absolutely wonderful version!! I have been e-mailing with two other big fans of this one, and so far we have not been able to find a video. Does anyone have or know how to get one? We keep hoping that these new versions will bring back a video of that one, but not yet. It pains me, oh how it pains me, to admit that I also saw the LBS, both in P&P2 and Nostromo. However, it doesn't detract from my drooling! I guess that shows just how attractive he really is to me.

LOL - My goodness - I took just a couple of days off, and just look at all the activity in my absense! I cannot believe that you all did so much drooling without me! Yet not one word regarding "WET"! :-)

] Yet not one word regarding "WET"! :-) maybe the new drool pool is not yet big enough?

Candace: I cannot believe that you all did so much drooling without me! Yet not one word regardingc "WET"! :-) But Candace darling, where there is drool , there is WET!! ;-)

Well, ladies, now I've done it! I've gone and Firthified my best buddy. I gave her an "innocent" ;) vcr alert for the rebroadcast of P&P, and received this email today: "I'm officially bonkers over Colin Firth. Those eyes. That smile. That brooding countenance. Troubled man, but passionate. OK, time for a cold shower." She continues in this vein--needless to say, I will point her to this conference! Up till now, I've been lurk/drooling, but I may have to become more active .....

Tracey's Friend: "I'm officially bonkers over Colin Firth. Those eyes. That smile. That brooding countenance. Troubled man, but passionate. OK, time for a cold shower." Oh yes! Sounds like your friend will be quite content here Tracey, and I'm so pleased you are no longer just lurking! ;-)

Hey I Firthified my 6 y.o. I would at least say that was an accomplishment. I have just seen a video of a very young CF in LOST EMPIRES and WOW does he look like a babe. He's on the thin side, lots of curly brown hair. And he plays opposite (drumroll please) Lawrence Olivier. It was shown here about 10 years ago. It is about Richard Herncastle going to live with his Magician uncle and spending time in the theater(Empires) they used to call them in Europe. RH(CF) does become part of his uncle's magi act. But his uncle is supposed to be from India so they wear dark makeup, and oh my GOD!! he's a babe. Want more info email me.

Sorry this is late, but didn't you ask the other day, Sweet, how Jennifer Ehle pronounces her last name? It's Ely--long "e." Her father is John Ehle, a novelist. I once looked up his books in the library (he's written quite a few) and on one of the jac kets he was photographed with a blonde toddler--obviously Jennifer! Her mother is Rosemary Harris, the actress. There was a picture of the two of them together in The New Yorker a couple of months ago.

Anne3 - thanks so much for your response! No wonder Jennifer has the brains and talent to portray a fabulous Lizzy. I don't buy into the theory that the dumbest people make the best actors. I prize so much more the thinking actor. The trick, of course , is to also get the feeling at high volume as well. HEART AND MIND in combination is stunning -- but no easy feat indeed. I believe I saw Jennifer's mother on Broadway last year in Oscar Wilde's The Ideal Husband (I live in NYC.). She was terrific, but most definitely a diva. I know the stage manager and she and Elaine Stritch hated each other! I wonder if Jennifer got tha t little quality from her mother. She's seems charming. Personally I would loved to have seen Colin remain with her. What's a little worrisome is to see him take up with someone new with each location change. I know I'm exaggerating, so I suppose I am being unfair. Another concern of mine is that he would spend any great length of time with Meg Tilly -- she's a definite nut case. Perhaps he's matured since then? Then again, what do I really know about her? So is he REALLY engaged to this Italian girl? I, for one, will be glued to the Oscar telecast just to catch of glimpse of Colin AND his date!

Here's something from the Six Degrees of Separation File: I recently discovered from one of my best friends that she took horseback riding lessons with Jennifer Ehle when they were children. For some reason, the family was residing in Winston-Salem, NC (I remember Rosemary Harris doing local Public Service spot s for the SPCA, now that I think about it), and they had bought Jennifer a pretty fancy pony. My friend said that she figured Jennifer would end up acting, and that she wasn't too crazy about riding. Small world, huh? (This is a different friend than the recently firthified one, in case you're confused!)

I am new to this so pardon the errors. Does anyone know if there is any kkinship between Colin Firth (all breathe deeply) and Peter Firth who played in the BBC's Northanger Abbey?

Jean: Does anyone know if there is any kkinship between Colin Firth (all breathe deeply) and Peter Firth who played in the BBC's Northanger Abbey? They are brothers I believe...

No, Cheryl I think Colin's acting brother is named Jonathan. The facts are on Friends of Firth Faq, Jean I have no URL but use Alta vista and Firth Faq, and you'll get there.

No relation. Firth FAQ is linked from my links page http://www.bluemarble.net/~amyloo/wwwboard/links.html

Sweet B, I too live in the NYC area and saw Rosemary Harris on Broadway last spring with Elaine Stritch. The play was Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance, not the Wilde (which I also saw). Did Stritch and Harris really hate each other? No wonder t hey sparred so ferociously on stage! Coincidentally, I ran into Elaine Stritch in a cafe a few weeks ago, and told her how much I'd liked her performance. She was very pleasant and thanked me. BTW, did you know that Anna Chancellor (Caroline Bingley in P&P2) is appearing now on Broadway in the play Stanley? I saw it last night, very interesting.

You mean I'm not perfect? Damn! ;-)

Another concern of mine is that he would spend any great length of time with Meg Tilly -- she's a definite nut case. There! Somebody finally said something against Meg Tilly and I'm free to speak. When I first heard about her (after having viewed P&P2 for the first time), I thought, no, she can't be who I thought she was -- that woman is far from attractive. I even r ented Valmont to see them together, and found that she was who I thought she was. My next thought was, WHAT, in the name of heaven, did he see in her? Do we need to have a guy explain this?

I hate to tell you this girls, but CF probably won't be at the Oscars, since he is not nominated, nor is his role large enough to probably induce an invite.

I agree with Rebecca. I can't imagine he'll be there, and I don't imagine he'd want to be either. Remember on Monday we were discussing the film Another Country, where Rupert Everett played a gay British school boy who became a spy and Colin Firth was his straight communist friend? Did you know that there's a picture from the stage production on the web with CF as the gay student? There's a link to it at the "cyber-kisses for Darcy" site on geocities. I won't show it here because it takes a while to load, but it's worth a look. http://members.aol.com/DJohn10589/ac0084ax.jpg

Rebecca: I hate to tell you this girls, but CF probably won't be at the Oscars, since he is not nominated, nor is his role large enough to probably induce an invite. I agree with you Beck, but it doesn't hurt to look! ;-)

Rebecca: I hate to tell you this girls, but CF probably won't be at the Oscars, since he is not nominated, nor is his role large enough to probably induce an invite. I agree with you Beck, but it doesn't hurt to look! ;-)

Just saw the pic of Colin in Another Country on stage and all I can say is OH...MY...GOD!!! What a cutie! How old was he then? I really had no idea that he had been around the acting scene for so long. Wow! And the hair...perfect running the fingers thru hair...*sigh*

Cheryl: The Firth FAQ says it was 1983, so he would have been 22 or 23 years old when the photo was taken. He looks younger.

Margaret: he would have been 22 or 23 years old when the photo was taken. Oh I'm so relieved! I'd hate to think I swooning over jail-bait! So then you're saying that's it's perfectly legal for me to incorporate this pic into my dreams tonight? Oh goody! ;-)

Anne3 - What a goofball I am! Of course Rosemary was in A Delicate Balance? Hello! Actually, before I talked to the stage manager re the show, I had already noticed, while attending the play, that the Elaine seemed bound and determined to upstage Rosem ary's soliquies! But, from what I heard, it was Rosemary who was the real diva and not Elaine. A flight attendant friend of mine (who works First Class) had the opportunity to keep Miss Elaine company from NYC to LA (Elaine is very nervous flying and ca no longer console herself with liquor). My friend found her a hoot -- of course she has a VERY strong personality, but was extrememly personable. And no - I didn't know Anna Chancellor was currently on Broadway. Thanks for the tip. I thought she was great in P&P. Susan -- I know of few actresses I like less than Meg Tilly. Irritating would be one of the first adjectives I would pin on her. Maybe it's because I hated her Agnes of God character, but I doubt it. I've never been impressed with her interviews and he r sister is EVEN more unbearable. But perhaps we can forgive 'ol Colin -- if he was dating Jennifer for a while, surely his taste has improved? Ok - back to Firth. One of my many favorite scenes in P&P is when (at the beginning of Tape 5) he is waiting for Lizzy in a chair (he wants Lizzy to meet Georgiana). He practically LEAPS up in his most gentlemanly manner. I can't stand it! He's so ena mored with her. His eyes almost bore through her. Love those EYES!!!! They also look particularly dark in that scene.

What's the deal on this supposed affair between Firth and Ehle during P&P filming? I've heard bits and pieces but wouldn't mind some real info!

Re: JEss' R 218--what's the deal with JE/CF affair? Here are some more bits and pieces from a rcent posting by AbFab on the P&P2BB: During the filming of P&P they were supposedly so hot and heavy that Ms. Ehle would occasionally need special made-up att ention paid to her lips because they had been kissed raw.

Ladies, I can't stand it,I must share with you my latest favorite CF pic...I've just made it my new wallpaper! ;-)

Ok...now I have to do this one as well, and then I'll stop...he's just so darn cute in this one...;-)

Messed up hair, yes.

[Oh I'm so relieved! I'd hate to think I swooning over jail-bait! So then you're saying that's it's perfectly legal for me to incorporate this pic into my dreams tonight? Oh goody! ;-)] Cheryl, you are o.k.- just. After all, he may be 22, but he's playing a 17-year-old!And I am sure you have heard the old adage about why a teenage boy's eyes light up every 40 seconds........;-)

Cherzo, dear we have the same wallpaper!!! As soon as I laid eyes on this pic I singled it out... and click went my finger ! And Sweet, concerning that Lambton inn visit with Georgiana, I love it too, eyes flying to her and his face is so ... sort of softened from happy thoughts.

Happy Valentine's Day! Here he is, cropped and masked, as you asked, dearest Cheryl...

And also in that visit to the Lambton Inn, his soft and very personal emphasis on 'No, not at all..' sighhhhhh

For Valentines Day, I would like Mr. Darcy to have a Heart on for me!!! ;-)

[I must share with you my latest favorite CF pic] That is a really good one, Cheryl! It is the first one of him smiling that I like.

For Valentines Day, I would like Mr. Darcy to have a Heart on for me!!! ;-) What a naughty girl you are, Candace! Although, I wish he had a heart on for me, too!!!!!!!

Ann2: Cherzo, dear we have the same wallpaper!!! As soon as I laid eyes on this pic I singled it out... and click went my finger ! Ann dearest! I knew you were a woman of impeccable taste and refinement! ;-)

(me too)

Alright Amy!

During the filming of P&P they were supposedly so hot and heavy that Ms. Ehle would occasionally need special made-up attention paid to her lips because they had been kissed raw. Oh...my...God!!!! Every once in awhile one of you says something that stops me COLD -- this is it for today (and tonight)!

Ladies...I have just received the most wonderful Valentine's Day gift from Ann...get ready...;-)

Ann, that must be the handsomest gift anyone has ever given! And Cheryl, you well deserve such a handsome gift from a good friend! It's even better that we can now all enjoy it!;-)

Isn't she a dear, sweet girl, Inko? :-)

ROTFLOL!!!!!!!! I can't get enough of all of you ! ouch... my side hurts. must stop laughing or i shall topple off my chair....

Just a note on Another Country. Kenneth Branagh acted in the stage production of it too. He describes it in his autobiography "Beginning" which I read ages before I even knew who CF was, so I'm not sure if he makes any reference to him. I do remember it talking about how he and Rupert Graves would try to make each other laugh during the really serious parts of the play I _like_ this conference. Glad I found it.

I actually have a copy of Beginning. I bought it because of the increadibly frank introduction which said he was only writing this to get more money for his theater company Rennaesance. Since I would later see, and thoroughly enjoy the perfo rmances of Rennaesance's Midsummer and Lear (with Emma Thompson playing the Fool) that I saw years back in Chicago, the money seems well spent. I just read through the Another Country section, while he talks a bit about Rupert Graves, he does not mention Firth. Brannagh played Judd in the production on stage for six months (it opened March 2, 1982), and was in the original cast. I believe Firth came in as a replacement for another character, but did play Judd in the movie. My guess is that they did not overlap in the production. But of course they were both in Month in the Country a few years later.

Cheryl, I have touched up your picture a little http://www.spring.com/~anneh/cheryl2.jpg

Brannagh played Judd in the production on stage for six months (it opened March 2, 1982), and was in the original cast. I believe Firth came in as a replacement for another character, but did play Judd in the movie Colin Firth replaced Rupert Graves as the title character, Guy Bennett. I saw somewhere that Graves recommended him.

Ann darling, you are a marvel! I did not think that could be improved upon, but you have done it! *samooch*

Here's another picture of Colin Firth from Another Country. There's a larger version of the same picture at the link. He was 22, but he really does look like jail bait in this one!

Here's another picture of Colin Firth from Another Country. There's a larger version of the same picture at the link. He was 22, but he really does look like jail bait in this one!

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what a baby! maragaret, i have to agree: even for 22 he looks SO young! definitely jailbait material!

Whoa! He looks to be about 15 there! Wow! Even I cannot drool over that pic, much, much, much too young...but I can search the face for signs of the man he will be and be very happy indeed! ;-)

Maybe that picture will be helpful to you, Inko? As our little Fitz is growing up, would he not have something like that sincerity in his eyes and...sorry I'll leave it all to you, knowing his future to be in excellent hands. Cheryl, you lucky girl! Are you back from that swim yet? Was it very wet? ;=) Here's a hanky with Ooupps on it! Got it from Amy's shop of Darcystuff.

Oh yes, Anne, as soon as I saw it I thought "there's my young Fitz" at Eton or when he's ready to enter Cambridge. So young, so vulnerable, so young, so sincere, so young!!! And Cheryl, I agree, it's nice to be able to search for the man he will be, and find it at least in the eyes! Too young for drool, but what a pleasure to look at such a boy and imagine him as your son!;-)

Inko: Too young for drool, but what a pleasure to look at such a boy and imagine him as your son!;-) well...a mother/son relationship is not quite what I had in mind Inko dear...;-)

Cheryl, Nor did I!! But I'll take the older version of the man that this young one! Thank goodness, the older version is now available (well, sort of)!!;-)

Hello All! I've been on-line about two weeks and CF was the first thing I did a search for and I found all of you. How comforting it is to know that it's "ok" to be happily married with two children and daydreaming about a 19th century fictional charact er portrayed by the most attractive Brit I've ever seen in my entire life. He makes me feel as giddy as a 12 year old over the Bay City Rollers. (Does anyone remember them?) Thank you for being there :) :)

Welcome Kim! glad you found us, and yes, I remember the Bay City Rollers (Saturday Night!) ;-)

CF was the first thing I did a search for the most attractive Brit I've ever seen in my entire life Hi, Kim! CF was also my very first search, and I was all astonishment to find so much on the Net about him. You also reminded me of something I meant to mention in my message regarding last night's version of Emma: I don't generally find British men at tractive (Jeremy Irons, and Daniel Day-Lewis are notable exceptions), but CF blew me away right off the bat and I still find him probably the most overall attractive man I've run across. (Somehow I get the impression this is not an isolated feelin !)

Glad you found us, Kim. Drool away.

Genie wanted me to post this picture for you. I have some ideas for playing with this picture, since I don't like the mouth so much but it is such a very nice portrait in other respects. Don't worry, no bathtub blasphemy.

Sorry, can't FTP in to fix this right now.

Stop struggling; those lips are just fine with me!

Yeah, that seems to be the consensus. But I may try one more thing.

My goodness! This pix is sooo large! I had to turn off my tool bars to view the entire thing. It is just like having him right in the room with me. BTW -- what possible objection could you possibly have with the mouth? It is all just fine by me!

I like it very well indeed, Amy, but is there no way to get it to all fit on one screen? It seems to have the potential for new wallpaper, but I cannot see the whole thing at once...but I like what I see. ;-)

//some ideas for playing with this picture// I am not in the least surprised of your inclination to do so Amy: and from what I see you have been rather obsessed already!!!LOL at that struggle one.Zooom indeed!

Amy, Thanks so much for posting that pic of CF for me. One of these days I've got to learn how to do these things for myself. ---genie

Ah those fine eyes...

Have your salivary glands all dried up? So far no one has drooled today.

I'll have a go a drooling! We all seem to admire his fine eyes, but I'm most attracted to his fine eyebrows! I want to rub my lips gently across them, while he nibbles and nuzzles my neck---I've given this a lot (okay, too much) of thought!;-

Would he murmur as he nibbles and nuzzles?

Would he murmur as he nibbles and nuzzles? Oh yes, Amy -- I think he would make that marvelous "hmmm" sound he always makes when he's trying to figure out what to say -- love it excessively!

O my! Somebody open a winda...it's getting warm in here...;-)

Cheryl, I knew I would find you at the center of the LBS action!

That was droolprovoking indeed. I had to get hold of my desk here.Do I take it LBS now has another meaning than 'small area not covered with lovely curly hair'?

]Would he murmur as he nibbles and nuzzles? I don't know because I can't hear for the pounding of my heart (and possibly because of my Tarzan-like yell) ;-)

Hmmmm. All our ceaseless yearning for this man is reaching such mythic and latin intensity here it reminds me of part of an image-laden Muriel Rukeyser poem, WORD OF MOUTH (Part II): ...all the time the line of the poem: Amor, pena, desig, somni, dolor. The grapes have become wine by the hand of man. Sea risen from the sea, a bearded king. The seaward cemetary risen from the sea like a woman rising. Amor. Phases of sun. The wine declared god by the hand of man. Pena. A rumor given me by this side and that side. We drive in brilliant glitter, in jungle night, in distant war, in all our cities, in a word, overtaking. Desig. A cry received, gone past me into all men, speaking, into all women. A man goes into the sea, bearded fire and all things rise from this blaze of eyes, living, it speaks, driving forth from Spain, somni, dolor, These cliffs, these years. Do we drive into light? Driven, live, overtaken? Amor, pena, desig. [Note: The line is from a Catalan poem in CANTILENA by J.S.Pons; translated, it means Love, agony, desire, dream, suffering.]

Hi all I am new at this, I just have to say I love Colin Firth, he is so good looking and gorgeous. I can't stop watching him in P&P. He is just so wonderful in that part. Does anyone know if he is for certain engaged to that woman or whats up now. Well its nice to be into something were I can talk to people who feel the same way as I do. See ya'll later.

Tammy, have you ever come to the right place.

Wendy, that was absolutely lovely. I have copied and will read and translate all later. Thanks.

Hey, will some of you lovely ladies come downstairs to help me wax poetic about jeremy's nose?

]Hey, will some of you lovely ladies come downstairs to help me wax poetic about jeremy's nose? Sorry, Kali, but I have to be true to my love-butt! (If anyone ever shows this to my husband, I'll be soooooo embarrassed!);-)

Oh no! We're not harking back to the days of Mr. Love-Butt now, are we?!!! ;-P Come on...PLEEZE? Colin can spare you for two minutes...besides, Jeremy needs you...!

Kali, Kali, Kali -- go to bed before you post this pic in all the topics!

Sorry, Kali, but this gentleman waiting for us in his private study cannot be denied...

In a Bauhaus chair yet. I like the background color too. Nice pic. He looks young. Never saw this one.

Wendy -- where did you find this nice photo? An excellent treat for the eyes, most excellent indeed. ;-)

http://www.grin.net/~meluchie/firthlist/

]Come on...PLEEZE? Colin can spare you for two minutes...besides, Jeremy needs you...! Jeremy doesn't need me, but it sounds as though you sure need Jeremy....I believe you are able to carry that thread all by yourself!

I happened to catch a small portion of Playmakers (I think that's what it was called) with CF and Jennifer Rubin the other night while my husband was channel surfing. Has anyone else seen this? It was made in 1994, and I tuned in just as CF was disrobing to perform a unique "audition" for Ms. Rubin. I must admit it had me going for a day or two. I assume this was made just before P&P2.

Whoa, Susan! Sounds like my kinda film...;) Kathleen, don't worry...I won't post that picture, lovely as it is, in every topic...though the temptation - now that you mention it - is overwhelming! ;-P Thanks, Meggin...just doin' my job! ;)

If you want lovely pictures of Austen heroes, how about Darcy? Especially in this topic. I love this one. Meg

Re: Susan's comment on Playmaker: CF has said he hopes Playmaker disappears from sight--or words to that effect. The movie is a poorly scripted B erotica thriller, but there's the audition scene and 2 tother 'sightings' worth catching. I've slo-mo'd and freeze-framed the first one to death.

This pic confuses me. Though his eyes were dark? I've certainly stared into them enough, it would make me laugh at myself if through it all, I hadn't even noticed what color they are!!! Reminds me of those pigmen who have no idea what she was wearing, but defintely appreciated the "huge tracts of land"

This pic confuses me. Thought his eyes were dark? I've certainly stared into them enough, it would make me laugh at myself if through it all, I hadn't even noticed what color they are!!! Reminds me of those pigmen who have no idea what she was wearing, but defintely appreciated the "huge tracts of land"

This pic confuses me. Thought his eyes were dark? I've certainly stared into them enough, it would make me laugh at myself if through it all, I hadn't even noticed what color they are!!! Reminds me of those pigmen who have no idea what she was wearing, but defintely appreciated her "huge tracts of land"

sorry! some day I'll learn to proof my message before submitting it

I like that pic. of him being Darcy.... P&P and Cirlce of Friends is the only movies I have seen him in. Can anyone recommend anything else where he is the main character? I like it here. Thanks Kate this does seem to be the tight place.

Tammy, check out the Friends of Firth (FoF) site: http://www.grin.net/~meluchie/firthlist/index.html The FAQ has a complete list of all his movies/tv/radio/theater work. Unfortunately a lot of it is available only in the UK, and even those movies released abroad (are you in the U.S.?) can be hard to find. Among the ones I've seen, I'd recommend Another Country (his first movie) for acting (his) and drooling (yours), A Month in the Country for acting (not drooling--he looks like Bart Simpson here), Apartment Zero and Hostages for acting and Femme Fatale and The Advo ate for drooling. I didn't care for Valmont--either the movie or CF's performance.

I love that Darcy picture posted by Margaret. I think the eye colour results from the original print--to me it looks like all the colours are somewhat softer than others I've seen. Can someone tell me how to put in a picture?? I tried over at the practice place, and it never came up. Anyway, here is one of my favorite, recent pictures of him: http://www.grin.net/~meluchie/firthlist/cfmail.htm

Inko, you are close. This is the tag you put in. [img src="http://www.grin.net/~meluchie/firthlist/cfmail.htm"] Everything is right except you need for the file name itself to point to a picture file, ending in *.GIF or *.JPG. If you have Netscape it will tell you the URL of the graphic. Right mouse click on the pic, I think somebody said. If you have MSIE as I do, you have to look at the source -- do you know how to do that? Or sometimes do some snooping and guessing. In this case the photo was right in the same directory as the HTML page, so it was easy to find: http://www.grin.net/~meluchie/firthlist/sm_cfmail.jpg So the tag woudl be [img src="http://www.grin.net/~meluchie/firthlist/sm_cfmail.jpg"] Sub square brackets for pointies. (SSBfP)

Thanks Amy, I think I understand now. I made the mistake of taking the line on my locattion instead of clicking and finding it on the picture itself.

And she gave up this for Ralph Fiennes? Not bloody likely!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BABY!

Donna: You were leaving out the underscore between sm and tvtime in the file name. (This is going to be awfully embarrassing if I fail here like I did last week). Tammy, I disagree with Anne3 about A Month in the Country: Among the ones I've seen, I'd recommend ... A Month in the Country for acting (not drooling--he looks like Bart Simpson here) There are a couple of scenes where his looks bring on deep sighs from me. Near the beginning there's a scene in which his character falls asleep in the sun only to be awakened by the Vicar's wife (Nastasha Richardson). She asks "Did I wake you?", to which he responds: "That depends on whether I'm awake or not?". The look on his face; it's as if he's seen an angel. Great acting, but he's also very good-looking too. The moustache grows on you, so to speak. The character he plays is so gentle, te der and wounded. It's my favorite Colin Firth movie. I wish there were pictures on the Friends of Firth site from that one.

Agreed! We discussed this film and his "kissable" moments in it on a thread now buried in the austenarchives vault...

I Margaret's picture pretty well, but ladies, his hair... almost wild ;)

Ooups! I like Margaret's picture, etc.....

Oh Inko/amy pic is bewildering...and Susans is just...I want to be at that table! And the third one is walzing around on topics now this is the fourth time and it does not bother me...I mean it does indeed bother me in a pleasant waynever mind the hair, take in the LOOK ladies, the LOOK , his gaze if I make myself clear...

I just saw CF in The English Patient and he was great though not on the screen nearly enough for my satisfaction! I was a bit disappointed with his looks though and thought he looked somewhat like Tom Arnold! Nothing compares to his look and demeanor in P&P!!!!! Gotta love it!

I just saw CF in The English Patient and he was great though not on the screen nearly enough for my satisfaction! I was a bit disappointed with his looks though and thought he looked somewhat like Tom Arnold! Nothing compares to his look and demeanor in P&P!!!!! Gotta love it!

Okay, I showed this to Auntie, and I thought Candy and the rest of you droolers might like this one:

Pray do not be shocked, but for a moment I couldn't tell if that was his knee or...someone else! (My mind tracked off in the direction of part of the Darcys' Lake District honeymoon waiting on my hard drive, I guess...) ;-)

Greetings: I stumbled on this site last night while searching for Jane Austen sequels and had 2 reactions...happiness that I am not alone in being obsessed with Colin Firth (and that I'm not as deeply in trouble as some of the rest of you seem to be!) and sadness that what had been a special, personal, and private feeling of having Colin to myself, now seems a little silly. I greatly enjoy having to explain who he is to most people but worry that someday soon he'll be a household name. My favorite movi is "A Month in the Country" followed by "Pride and Prejudice." I love all of the great photos here. Thanks.

Wendy: Did you say HARD DRIVE????!!!!

Welcome to the crowd, Kathryn! I, too, felt I was alone in my addiction till I went on the Internet last October, and then found out that I had to share Colin with so many others!!;-) But even the sharing, you'll find, is fun and somehow keeps the addiction from getting completely out of hand, and from completely dying out! Kali, get your mind out of the gutter!!!;-)

K: still having those dreams?

Becky: Yeah. :} Inko: Do I have to? ;)

at least it was the hard drive and not a floppy

Cindy!

My, my, my...;-)

Alright ladies, I have just witnessed CF least favorite movie Playmaker and well to tell you the truth it is forgettable, but god does he look really good in it. Jane, I cannot thank you again for the article you gave me on CF it is a great one to boot. Oh yes, who the hell keeps putting JN pictures up on the CF drool. Now even I haven't done that with RG yet.......

Alright ladies, I have just witnessed CF least favorite movie Playmaker and well to tell you the truth it is forgettable, but god does he look really good in it. Jane, I cannot thank you again for the article you gave me on CF it is a great one to boot. Oh yes, who the hell keeps putting JN pictures up on the CF drool. Now even I haven't done that with RG yet.......

Thanks Anne3 for the info. Its cool to know that I am not the only one drooling here. I am in the U.S. North Carolina. I love the newest pic of him and most of all the one of him in the bath tub. I love it on here.

My favorite non-Darcy (and better than some of the Darcy ones) was posted somewhere recently, but can't find it again - Help! - he's sitting on a dock? a sailboat? Got the longer curly hair thing going, beautiful toothy smile. Anybody? Does a lot more than these shorter hair pics

Oh Becky -- Thank you! Thank you! What a wonderful surprise! CF in the baaath again! I saved this one -- But ofcourse, you knew I would!

Cindy: Ba-dum CHING! Hey, Candace! Where have you been?

#330 - Tammy, I'm also in NC; the Raleigh area! Keep those pictures coming! At this rate, I'll be able to change my computer wallpaper daily (much to the dismay of my male office-mate, I'm sure).

Okay new pic guys I like the wooly and wild look about him.

Look closely at who he is with This was taken from the LA premiere of The English Patient

could this neck be any more kissable?????

Okay no more but this is for everyone who has thought that this was the dream couple I promise no more

Laura: who is he with at the TEP premiere? And WHERE did you get the blond JE and mustached CF one from? When was it taken?

Please, make no such promises, Roar.

Colin is with Alan Cumming (?s) in the TEP picture. Alan was the clerk- sleaze in Circle of Friends. Laura, thank you for the lovely pictures. I have grown excessively fond lately of Picture #8--Snappy shot by Amy C-- in the more pictures section of the FOF site. Anyone else? I am not a true proficient so cannot post it here for you, sorry ladies.

This one? OOOH, I like it, too!!

Oh Susan, what a great photo, where did you get that one. You guys should know that I totally steal of the FOF page. They are constantly putting up new pics. That I hope to be the first one to post them to the drool page. I find that my obsession with CF is definitely reaching a FEVER PITCH Okay guys must tell. I have done something totally irrational and I must tell someone before I burst. I have booked a singles tour (no child) to Ireland!!!! I am leaving on 9 July and returning on 18 July. I will fly from NY to London!!! then motorcoach it to Holyhead(Wales) where I will get on a ferry to Dublin and then we tour Southern Ireland for 8 days!!! I am so exicted I will burst. Well so much for Disney World. Well I did need a vacation from the little one.

147 : I like it here. Thanks Kate this does seem to be the tight place. Is this a pun ?;)

Oh Susan, what a great photo, where did you get that one. Laura, see #341 -- she drew me a map!

Roar, that sounds fun. Can I come?

This is one of my favorite pics of Colin. Isn't he yummy?

Good on you Laura, you will have a ball I'm sure !

Amy you can come of course. Anyone can come the more the merrier. I wanted to do something for myself and my mom will keep Rebecca. I am SOOOOO excited!!

Laura, it's my dream vacation. And I love all these CF pictures -- more, MORE, MORE!!!!

Laura, your vacation sounds great! Have fun, I'm sure you will!! Susan, here's another picture from Fever Pitch:

And another -- just think of what Darcy would look like asleep!!

And for whoever above wanted the grinning picture on the beach:

I like it very much indeed, but I'll take him awake, thanks! Can't wait to see Fever Pitch, Inko!

And, once more, my personal favorite!! I have to get a fix of this one every once in a while!

WOWSERS! ALL THESE PHOTOS MAKE ONE GIDDY...PARAPHRASING LYDIA BENNET, "I WANT TO GO TO COLIN!" (or, have him, ahem, come here) %-)

Inko, THX!!! Okay, now, before I lose them again, how do I save 'em? (Yes, I work on the computer all day, but we have grunts to do all this-type stuff.)(but, No, we can't download CF pics at work) I love the teeth!

Cindy, what I do, which is probably the slow, novice way to do this, is I go to the FoF page, find the name of the picture I want, write it on a piece of paper, then come back here and type: [img src="http://www.grin.net/~meluchie/firthlist/colinhb3.jpg"] -- you just have to replace the square brackets with the pointy (greater than, lesser than) ones. Hope this helps. I know some people copy and paste, but I don't know how to do that without losing everything in the process!!

Sorry, just realized you want to save the pic. That's simple. Click the right mouse button on the picture and it should come up with a list, among them is "save as" and then you can save it under whatever name and file you want on your hard drive.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you (if I were at work in my spinny chair, this is where I'd spin around about 1 2/3 times, if I pushed reallllly hard) thank you, thank you (course I wouldn't be at work 'cause downloading these without having them virus-checked first is grounds for dismissal, as well as accessing anything which could be construed to be sexually debase) thank you, thank you, etc. ad infinitum I like the hand-in-that-wonderful-hair one better, too. The laugh oines around the eyes (he IS older than me) oh, did I say thx?

that would be laugh lines - spastic finger strikes again

Re: venturing from this safe haven into FOF When I've gone in their, I get kind of scared. Haven't gone much, but over here I get the feeling that we KNOW that we've checked reality while we're here. I didn't get that same impression when I went there. FYI, I found them loooong before this place, but didnt do it too much. An alarm went off in my head, asking if I was sure that's where I wanted to be - kind of like walking into a HUGE pot party in college days, not really sure it was worth it. SO, as long as I have great friends who don't mind neaking things (brownies?) out to me, I'll live about as dangerously as my little wimpy self can handle

oops, wrong "there" I HATE when I do that

You're welcome, Cindy! You said "He IS older than me" -- which I could say the same thing, but it doesn't stop my drooling, dreaming, etc!!;-)

Sorry - that was meant to be WISH not which - spastic fingers seem to be catching!! By the way, in your first post you said something about sexually debase -- are you talking about a sexual D-Base?? Didn't know there was one!!;-)

36 days, according to FOF you see, I did get some useful information while I was there (parallel = I guess I did inhale)

Inko, I'm sure that would be strictly verboten, as well

Don't think I've seen this one here yet:

What does anybody make of this?

Sorry, that refers to something I was trying to do, Susan, not to your pic!

He looks like such a mischievous little boy

I think that may be the first short-haired one I really like - must have something to do with the smile

Laura, who's he with?

Susan, I think that's a b&w from "Wings of Fame" - seem to remember the look from that movie--in the dining room talking to Bianca.

Girls, I love all of these pics. He looks so good especially the one on the beach. Glad to find somewhere that I can talk to people who drool just like me.

I like that impish one. Yes, I like it very well indeed. It begs for a bubble.

#330, #334 - Nadine, Tracey, I'm from NC, too. Charlotte.

Ladies, ladies! Brava, Bravissima! A record drooling day! I'm so sorry I have missed all the excitement! I was hit with the "everything old is new again" curse at Austen and so haven't been able to get here before now. :-( Thank you all for the lovely pictures, I have saved many, many of them and shall use them wisely, I assure you!

Meggin he is with Alan Cumming. I believe they are great friends. Susan love that picture of CF. When in Ireland in July if FEVER PITCH is out I will definitely see it. They do give us a leisure time (thank god!!) Guys, I am so excited but also very disturbed. My sister has ended up in the hospital due to her seizures. She has been averaging since her marriage 6 a day. They put her on some new meds and she stopped breathing. Luckily here in Boston we have the best hospitals but they are telling us nothing!!!! They even asked us not to go and visit as she does not look well. Needless to say Mom is a basket case and my little one is very upset. I need some words of wisdom if anyone has any. Thanks in advance and I don't want to depress anyone, Im handling t ok, just nervous.

Oh god WHEN can I see Fever Pitch?? Judging by those pics up there.. (and the one in Time Out, that I payed 81 swedish kronas for to get, was worth it!!:) ) it will be a film to die for.. :) I loved the book and as Nick Hornby himself is involved, it ought to be good.. is it out yet?? Swedish relese?? (in another year probably..sigh) :) Ah well.. will have to keep coming here in the meantime, just as fun! Love it..

oh Laura.. I'm verry sorry to hear about your sister, sounds nervous.. I hope it goes well.. do you know what kind of seizures it is?? It must feel really terrible, I remember how it was when my dad ended up at the hospital due to some strange fit.. but everything luckily worked out fine.. I'm sure it will for your sister too!!

Laura, maybe you could get indignant instead of scared and it would help. Like tell the docs you don't care to have them shield her from you because she doesn't look good. It's it your decision. You want to see her. So go. She'll be in my thoughts today, baby. Please report back.

Amy thank you, my mom is on her way to the hospital now. She will report back to me later once she see's here. BTW, my sister's name is Shannon (nice Irish name huh?). I thought it would be okay if I came to work just to keep my mind off of things. well its not working. Thanks guys when I know something I'll keep you informed. Hopefully when she gets out I'll stay with her and we'll watch P&P, she'd like that for sure!!

Take care sweetie.

The Valmont picture is one of my favorites and I wasn't sure if I had the instructions right on how to send it here...it actually worked!!! Thanks for all of the great info and pictures. I'll be busy printing out all the ones that I've downloaded later today. Also, good luck to you and your sister, Laura.

Well If I told you what I wanted to do, the virtual police would come knocking on my door and arrest for having extremely naughty thoughts.

Indeed, Laura, I suspect we might all have the same response as you do. Besides, the object of our drooling is so perfect (in virtual reality, anyway) that he doesn't even have to ask -- he knows what we want to do. (But he probably asks anyway, just to add to the attractive quotient -- he is the only man with a 100% Darcy factor, after all). ;-)

Kathleen and Laura, my thoughts exactly!! But I was going to say, Amy I love the bubble, but do you really have to ask????;-)

Inko, are you still around? I was going to post a question to you in the austen confererence but I did not know if you read every topic there. I guess this is a good place to pose questions you want to be certain are seen. Did you tell me and I forgot -- or did we simply let the thread about Regency dancing die out? Did you ever say what in the world Regency dancing has to do with sci-fi conventions?

Amy, I think we let the Regency dancing thread simply die out. I'm not sure what it has to do with Sci-Fi, since I'm not into sci-fi at all. But my oldest son is into the writing, tech. side of these conventions so told me about a regency dance at the sci-fi WorldCon last August in L.A., and then there's another CostumeConvention coming in Baltimore over Memorial Day weekend. A Regency Dance is listed for Monday, May 26,1997 from 12 noon-3 p.m. I may go over just to have a look (since my son ca get me in for free) and then I'll be able to report back more on what it is and, maybe, why! BTW - I do read every topic (not Austentest)in the main Austen and drool, nearly every day.

Laura I'm thinking of you -- please keep us updated on your sister. It's quite possible the doctors don't know themselves what's going on yet, and that's why they're not telling you much. But feel free to ask them, they should at least tell you they don't know if that's the situation. --Paula

Sorry I lost the thread when I posted the previous message. Somebody mentioned seeing Playmaker -- Where did you get it? Just curious.... There's lots of Colin to be seen in Hostages by the way... he spends a fair amount of time with no or few clothes on, and also in The Advocate.

Brilliant graphic, Amy.

posted elsewhere, but here for you too: the ever-attentive CF http://www.grin.net/~meluchie/firthlist/caretaker4.htm

Paula: Somebody mentioned seeing Playmaker -- Where did you get it? Paula -- I purchased a copy of "Playmaker" from videoflicks on the internet (videoflicks.com?). If you would like to borrow it, I would be happy to send it your way. (email me at kelder@miworld.net with your address.)

You guys are wacky, what can I say? Love ya big though!

Susan C - Your comment back on #309 (Give up this for RF, not bloody likely) has had me rolling all week. I keep snickering.;-) Amy - ROTFLOL!! But truly his eyes say it all. Inko - thanks for the info about saving. You have given me a new lease on life! Thank you everyone for the wonderful pictures. Now I must try to save them.

Where did that pic come from?

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? Well...take a baahth ofcourse!

I can't believe how much I missed out on in one day! The pictures, comments, and all of you are the greatest! Laura, my heart goes out to you and your family -- it's the hardest thing on earth to watch someone you love be in pain. Hang in...

A friend just gave me a copy of the December issue of A&E Monthly, which has a CF interview (by the way, the picture on the cover is to die for, but I don't have a scanner -- can anyone oblige?) Anyway, I love the following quote: "In my teens I resented being forced to be interested in things I didn't like naturally. My math teacher was always accusing me of not being interested in math as if it were something terrible. And I thought, 'I plead guilty. I'm not interested.' Acting, on the other hand, did excite me. It occurred to me one day, why don't I pursue that? It liberated me from the expectation to be interested in other things, and it was a perfect excuse to be bad at math." Let's find that math teacher and give him or her a big kiss. I can really relate to this because I've always considered myself a kindred soul of Peggy Sue. In Peggy Sue Got Married, she regresses from her 30's to her high-school years and tells her math teacher something like, "I know for a fact that I will not need this in later life!" Anyway, what are your favorite CF quotes and why? (Cautionary note: this is, by no means, meant to interrupt the flow of pictures!

Susan, I love Peggy Sue Got Married too. What a gift that would be. I'd have gone off with the beatnik, though.

Well guys, I love you so much that I have come on line to give you my autograph use it wisely Oh and here is my baby brother for you to drool after also GO TO IT LADIES:)

Ann, re the Colin pic? It was posted here maybe early this week? I don't remember by whom.

Amy is this for real, could this be traced for confirmation?

Never mind, LauraMM is a clue by itself, unless Laura personnaly knows a certain gentleman we adore

] Amy is this for real, could this be traced for confirmation? ___ I am sorry, Johanne. That is the trouble with this bleeping linear format. Were you responding to the Colin pic or the Peggy Sue conversation?

She really wanted to tell you guys on Sunday that we personally knew each other, I was there hiding. I had on the big hat and the lavender dress. New role you see. Its Tootsie with a twist. I am a man who dresses up as a woman who also dresses as man. Cute huh? I think this has never been done. Laura's yelling at me telling me that Julie Andrews played the same role Victor/Victoria and she is now doing it on Broadway. Oops, sorry no wonder they were only paying me scale. Well do you guys have any roles I can play. And I really prefer to move it up to the

Sorry not use to this damn computer. Not only do I have Laura down my neck (literally) I saw the picture of me she wants to eat my neck but Livia is sitting on my lap. What's a man to do with TWO beautiful, gorgeous women. Any way to get back to roles I refuse to do anymore period pieces, I want to play a kick-ass, woman-using, tough guy. What Laura? Oh Van Damme and Seagal already own that. Is there any bloody role I can call my own. Livia you really must get off my lap now (please lay off the garli ) well all I'm doing is getting my self into trouble here so I'll sign off. Willie Tilly is waiting for me to take him out golfing?!?!

ROTFLOL!!!! Too much!

Roar baby, you've finally lost it.

Laura - my admiration!! Being able to juggle Colin Firth, Livia, Willie Tilly, neck nuzzling, and a reek of garlic all at once takes TALENT!!;-) BTW, I think Jonathan looks rather like a young Colin in that photo above.

Now, I have known Laura for little over a year now and her obsession with me is natural. I have that talent, because I took the time to practise. Her wit, vivacity and love of life is extremely refreshing. She looks at me dead on with those gorgeous blue eyes and she tells me her most inner dark secrets. And her daughter is the same age as my son, so we commiserate with each other. Laura is a born natural, blonde that is. She did not color her hair or eyebrows or lashes for that. Laura is so virgin l because she has yet to see PLAYMAKER, Laura you mean you did see it. Dammit, I thought the one movie I never wanted you to see. Stupid HBO, first the young lass who played Annie gets fired and now HBO keeps showing that godawful movie. HMM, the young lass is suing for 10-50 Million dollars how much would that be in pounds, lets see if I multiply 10 million times the exchange rate of 1.6355 taken from the WSJ that would give me L8.1 -L81 million quid. That's it this is America the Beautiful, I m suing. What do you mean I have to be a citizen of the good ole USA, no I don't, Liz Taylor sued how do you think she made all her money. Well Livia is now eating calimari, along with the garlic she's going to need about 5 packs of certs. Well must go golfing for the weekend. Laura will be keeping me very, very busy this weekend so have a good one and I try to sneak on when she's not looking. Well girls did you like my baby bro or what?

From the program for "The Caretaker", 1991

One more try:

Hello everybody, I'm new to the scene. I can see I have alot of catching up to do.I love all the info and the pictures. Colin's eyes are what make him so sexy. They hold such expression. I would like to know how old JE is if anyone knows. o w

SYLVIA -- I believe that Jennifer Ehle was about 26 at the time of filming P&P2 (1994), so she must be going on 29 now.

One more try at the picture I tried before--from "The Caretaker", 1991

And this one:

Welcome Sylvia. How did you happen to find us?

Inko -- I for one am most happy that you succeeded with these pics. They are quite yummy! Definitely hair to run one's fingers through. Ahhh.

I don't know that I've seen this one around

Inko, #421 is superb!! I don't usually save them, but I'm making an exception for this baby.

#425 looks like a picture from Master of the Moor. It was on PBS last year. Can anyone guess what this picture is from?

your own personal photo album?

Re: #427 -- is that pic from A Month in the Country?

Is that a mustache or a shadow? I've decided that I don't like him at all with a mustache, although he does look very nice with some facial hair...sideburns, 5 o'clock shadow...I do like the entire beard look though, as in Nostromo...

Isn't the pic from Circle of Friends? OH SIMON!

Hello everyone. I am pretty new here, I know some of you from the Pemberley(sp?)Drawing Room. This is the first time I have read all the drool messages. Great pics and comments. I look forward to seeing some new pics and comments. This is a great place.:)

Hi Suzanne. Nice to see you made it over here. Are you the one who was going to send the dress and bucket?

Cindy, I wish it were, but it's from A Month in the Country.

Cheryl, I agree I don't like the moustache look very much either, but I do like the full beard look of Nostromo. In AMITC his hair was too short, also - I prefer it a bit longer. But the movie was terrific all the same, and his part in it perfect!!;-)

#430 Cheryl Is that a mustache or a shadow? I've decided that I don't like him at all with a mustache,I do like the entire beard look though as in Nostromo #431 Cassandra Isn't the pic from Circle of Friends? OH SIMON! #435 Inko In AMITC his hair was too short, also - I prefer it a bit longer. Love the beard; hate the mustache; definitely prefer longer hair. Simon was too much of a dandy for me, but I got a great kick out of "Nan, Oh Nan, OHHH NAN!!!!"

Colino bambino:

Anne3, thanks for posting above photo. I was thinking of posting it - you saved me the trouble. I think it was taken at the same time as the one in the A&E magazine - sitting in a cane chair on the beach. He seems to be wearing the same clothes and haircut. What think you?

I'll vote with the no moustache, (but some other facial okay) longer hair contingent. The toothy smile is particularly nice, too - shows the dimples

Hi all, I love that pic of him against the wall with his coat. Hey #378 how is Charlotte doing any how. Well I love all the new pics.

Hello Everyone. Posted an intro earlier in Cat 175. Thanks for the warm welcome! Will you do me the honour of reading this letter--despite it's terrible length? Here's my story. I confess, I've been lurking. I have no wish to deny this, nor can I blame myself for any of my actions in this matter. I was drawn in, helplessly so, by all of you with your arts and allurements making me forget what I owe to myself and to my family. My obsession w/ P&P2 and Mr. Darcy are afflictions of a most serious nature. I watched and taped the recent US re-broadcast, and found thereafter that I possessed an inexplicable urge to view "something" of P&P2 (A hit, acknowledged!) every single day! And so I did. The guilt is all mine. But, it was not until my 20th viewing of the dance at Netherfield did I suspect it a serious attachment! You may have imagined how I felt and how I acted! I thought this is highly improper and grew so out of spirits I didn't know what to do. Then...I found your Austen and Drool Conferences. I began to lurk. I found that the whole town is talking of it! Oh, you sirs and madams! You are very good! Day after day, I could be found at your website despite promises to myself to come back tomorrow week. I tried to stay away, but in anguish cried aloud "Insufferable! This is not to be born, I insist on being being satisfied!" and "Is this to be endured? It shall not be! It's most unfair for it's not as if I have done anything naughty!" I must tell you what a dreadful state I was in, how I had such tremblings and fluttering all over me, such spasms in my side and pains in my head, and beatings of my heart that I could get no rest either night or day! All your tantalizing topics, wry humour, candid commentaries, in-depth dissections, and ready wit (I am excessively attentive to all those things) beckoned in a single devastingly resonant tone: COME. And thither also I did come... Every day thereafter while in the Austen Conference, I could be heard to exclaim with utter and complete delight: I am exceedingly diverted! I I think it the dearest place in the whole world, containing others as afflicted as I. And so, you must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and like you! You are all ease and friendliness, bearing no false dignity at all! And though I have not been accustomed to such language as this (in Drool), I like the total want of propriety so frequently betrayed. In fact, I like it very well indeed!!! I hope that you all will become my particular friends. You are all goodness and kindness, as always. I dare say we shall find ample sources of consolation and delight together for I most decidedly wish to be tainted by association. And if I am called an obstinate, headstrong girl or an unfeeling, selfish girl in my obsession? Let me be rightly understood. I CARE not!!! For I'm only resolved to act in a manner which will constitute my own happiness! And as for that tall, proud one? Oh, he simpers and smirks and makes love to us all. I'm prodigiously proud of him! Now. I must beg to return to the house... (Is that smoke coming from MY kitchen? Eeek!!!) Adieu!

Valen, I do believe you're as sick as the rest of us. You won't find a cure here, but who wants to?

Ah, Valen, a truly LOL&LOL moment. If your kitchen fire had not stopped you from typing more, I should have alarmed my neighbors by shrieking with delight!

Wonderful, Valen. You are very welcome here. Come to chat sometime. You sound like a riot.

Valen, I am most excessively amused. If this first missive is ample evidence of your talent, I definitely look forward to more of it. Any ideas for FanFic?

Oh yeah... P.S. to #141: And for its truth (of my letter) I can appeal to the testimony of Lt. COLONEL Terry Cox (my dearest, most understanding husband) who knows every particular of these transactions. And in fact, he most supportively urges me to take every opportunity of enjoying myself! Ah! To be married to such a man! Oh, I do, I do like him. In fact, I love him! (sappy sigh) ***** Thanks all for your kind words on my first foray into Drool. I am afeared that I am, indeed, most grievously sick, Cindy/bernhard. Does it ever stop? Presently I do NOT see a cure, nor am I like to. (wicked grin) Kathleen/elder glad you LOLd! Geez, but I've LOLd all over this conference and its topics these last weeks, it's time to give some back. I have, in fact, frightened the children badly a time or two with my uncontrollable whoops of laughter which brought on tears and spasms in my side! Amy, thank you for the email, and would love to come to chat, just gotta figure out how to get there and when's the best time. (Is my INet illiteracy showing?) Oh, and how do I properly address responses to individuals? By the names in or out of the parenthesis? Susan, verra glad you were excessively amused, and yes, I do have ideas for FanFic, but alas, I think I will have to build up my courage there ere I venture into those realms! So much talent! PPS Uh, I really do know how to spell "devastatingly!" (sheepish grin) Tootles!

Yes I am the bucket and dress Suzanne, that was intended for HC he felt left out when we were talking about wet Darcy and so I promised I would send a Regency Dress and a Bucket to fill with water to splash on the light and pleasing figure he was going to find to fill the dress ( I think he wanted Lizzy Bennet)

Come now, Valen, and Suzanne. Just choose the Pemberley Drawing room, Valen (Suzanne been there) Don't have to put anything in for email or homepage. http://www.worldrch.com/cgibin/Chat/nph-chat.cgi

You are most welcome Valen! So glad you decided to come out of the closet! Do come to Pemberley, I would love to meet you!

Enjoyed the story of your sufferings, Valen . Seems to me that your mind is likely to catch fire just as easily as your kitchen...And we are fond of a good blaze ...And Suzanne ,your concern for Mr HC is truly angelic, some like it hot and some like it wet and we like it all...Welcome to both of you.

Ann2, I don't seem to have your email address anymore.

Welcome Valen - I, too, ROTFLOL at your letter - describes my symptons so exactly, and mine have lasted for over a year now! And Suzanne, you are all kindness at your concern for HC - such generosity of spirit! One of these days I promise myself I'll head back to Pemberley - but time is limited and I have to get taxes done (oh to live in Regency days when they didn't have to bother about such things!);-)

Re #421 -- Inko, I believe that is my most favorite picture ever of CF. I have saved it as wallpaper and now my computer and I both get turned on at the same time!!

This is my first drool letter, HI EVERYONE!!! Most embarrassing thing I've done so far-- I was waiting in a Dr.s office last week when I stumbled upon an old issue of Harper's Bazar, last spring I think. Anyway, I was so into reading the CF interview and Drooling over the pictures, that when they called my name I seriously wanted to either rip out the pics. or stuff the magazine under my coat. I can't believe I've become this crazy over this man. Do you think we all need therapy?

] Do you think we all need therapy? __ This is it, TENNSEP. Welcome.

TENNSEP -- In no time at all you will be feeling much better about your addiction; in fact, you will wonder why you ever thought it was a problem! ;)

Welcome Valen & Tennsep -- I do believe that you fit in very well indeed!

TENNSEPP: True! True! (Kathleen you are so right.) I used to think I was so ill-favored. I could not imagine what had affected such a transformation. I thought, what can be done? I know nothing can be done about this obsessive need to view P&P2 (ie CF/Mr. Darcy) over and over and over again and my spontaneous spouting forth of P&P dialogue everywhere I went. I was shocked, shocked and grieved by my behavior. Then I found these good sirs and madams! I learned, in essentials, we are very much the same, and that 'twas only my incorrect perspective whic led me to believe I had a problem. Now, in fact, my feelings are very much the opposite! So, TENNSEP, you are not to blame, others are culpable. Like the producer, and the director, and the screenwriter, and even more, JA! Those foul fiends! Come be tainted by association! You will find it a most delightful diversion! Ahem. Please excuse me now. I must shake out my hanky and delicately dab the corners of my mouth. I was just again viewing CF in #355. Bless you Inko. Bless you most fervently. It is my most cherished 'smiling' pic of him, leaving me rather weak-kneed and a bit drop-jawed ergo the drool! (KerPLONK!) Oh dear! Excuse me again. My knees just gave way...and where oh where did my hanky go... (I beg you do not make yourself uneasy. I am well. I am well.) AMY: I'm going to try Pemberly now, but I'm terribly ignorant so please excuse my fumbling fledgling steps...

Re #438: Inko, it never occured to me that picture #437 might have been taken at the same time as the one in A&E Mag. You're right that he seems to be dressed the same. I'd thought that the A&E shot was taken "in character" as Jess Clark (A Thousand Acres) because he looks so much like an all-American boy! In pic #437 he looks younger to me--smooth skin, babyish features--but it's so hard to tell with him, he looks different from one photo to the next. (But delectable in all!)

I feel it is necessary to worry about HC he must feel so left out with all our CF talk, so I worry about him what can I say. Valen once again I had a great laugh and was thouroughly amused by your post. I am glad you are joining us at Pemberley.

For those of you who get the cable channel Flix - A Month In the Country will air several times in March, starting March 5. I can post dates and times if anyone needs them (didn't bring my Cable Guide to work, or I'd have done it already!) And now back to our regularly scheduled drooling, already in (splash) progress......

Well guys, here you are drooling over me again. Golfing was ho-hum, this cold Boston weather well acutally warm one day cold the next, (sniff) and I'm coming down with a bloody cold, well at least I have Livia and Laura, (the two L's one blonde one brunette, well, can't a guy dream. In Femme Fatale, I had three women and they were one in the same!!!) Anyway, I was not able to post due to some snafu, oh yeah, Laura and my neck, some fettish I think. Anyway Laura and I rented this really bizarro movie ith my nemesis, Alan Rickman, CLOSE MY EYES, well at least the hunky Clive Owen was worth watching. Sorry gals, Laura is telling me what to write. But it was totally bizarro because it dealt with a brother and sister who could not keep their hands off each other. Wow that Saskia Reeves, what a babe, Livia kinda looks like her. Needless to say, Laura went away drooling over AR demanding to know from me why listen gotta go, Willie boy here needs to check the X-files page. We'll talk soon. Any ideas o what roles I can play, please I'm desperate!!

Yea to #461 I would love to know what time they come on it would be cool to see that movie. Is it not true that they took it off of video. Well its great to see people drooling as bad as I am.

Only one response? It's a joy to find Pemberley online. I've seen P&P five times but will never get tired of it. I've also seen TEP, Circle, Nostromo, Advocate, Valmonst, Wings of Fame, Apartment Zero, and A Month in the Country. You guys are a hoot!! I have laughed, giggled, snorted, chortled, and guffawed at the hilarious postings. Thank you all for expounding on your colinific crushes. I plan to visit regularly..... What do I love most about Colin? His talent. (Take that anyway you want!) Seriously, it's a charisma that expresses impatience, frustration, boredom, irritation, through his incredibly intense, anguished eyes, and clenched jaw. In second place, his deep resonant voice, and the way it drops off suddenly into a mutter. Very sexy. Like a Marlon Brando/Olivier meld. His face and voice remind me of Orson Welles, a personal all-time favorite genius. In all, Colin is a sublime actor and I am hooked.

Just popping in for a tiny bit of drooling this AM. Flipped to my fav smiling pick of THE MAN #355 (again, a fervid thank you Inko!) and could be found to be smiling back in a most goofy way. I am mortified, but what better place to be for such fawning? I do not at all find this society confined and unvarying! Indeed, it is superior! Ciao!

Tammy - I know the first airing is tomorrrow (March 5), once at about 4 pm and then again (I think) at 1:15 am. I'll fill in the blanks for you tomorrow.

Hi guys, here is another great photo Don't they just make a great couple

She looks great.

I love the mysterioso smile in this one.

Oh, Anne, I like it very well, indeed....(sigh, melt, drool....)

Hello everyone, I'm Annie from Arkansas and I am so glad to know that I am not alone in my obsession. Until I found you kindred souls that I was destined to pine away in solitude!!!

Ooops!! I guess I'm doing that "Bingley" thing and typing so fast and furiously that I leave out words that make everything I type seem like a puzzle where you have to figure out the words I leave out. I promise to improve!!

Ooops!! I guess I'm doing that "Bingley" thing and typing so fast and furiously that I leave out words that make everything I type seem like a puzzle where you have to figure out the words I leave out. I promise to improve!!

doing that "Bingley" thing LOL that's a great way of putting it Annie, welcometo this merry gang! And thanks Anne3, for that droolable pic, it's my new wallpaper of the month for I have several. Was nice to meet in chat.

Anne3! Oh, oh, oh... Love that mysterioso smile too! Have never seen this one =anywhere!= I truly like CF when he 'dark.' I also think he looks better in his black and white photos, they really seem to play up his marvelous facial definition ie chin, jaw, dimples... Thanks for a very sweet bit of drooling... ;-)

Anne3! Oh, oh, oh... Love that mysterioso smile too! Have never seen this one =anywhere!= I truly like CF when he 'dark.' I also think he looks better in his black and white photos, they really seem to play up his marvelous facial definition ie chin, jaw, dimples... Thanks for a very sweet bit of drooling... ;-)

Hah! That was my libido, echoing my sentiments. Wanted to be sure we were heard, thus a double submission!

And, BTB, I sort of like his softer smiles best, rather than the big ones. Anyone else have an opinion on his smiles?

I like all his smiles - soft, small, or big and bright!! *sigh*!!;-)

Inko: I like all his smiles - soft, small, or big and bright! Ditto, and I especially like those smiles which are directed at me! (From where I sit, that's what I see.) ;-}

Welcome AnnieC. I flatter myself like Bingley does, too about dashing things off.

Hi, I never heard of CF before November of last year. Now, I totally love him and have seen P&P2 A LOT, Nostromo, and TEP. He can smile at me any way he wants to {sigh, pant, drool, slobber}.

Smiles, anyway CF smiles is okay with me, he is just the dreamiest in any form. Thanks for that great picture always good to see a new one. I agree B&W truly does him justice and the soft smile is a great look for him. Ohh Colin!!!

Smiles, anyway CF smiles is okay with me, he is just the dreamiest in any form. Thanks for that great picture always good to see a new one. I agree B&W truly does him justice and the soft smile is a great look for him. Ohh Colin!!!

Ladies, I have been most lax in my duties to all of you, I humbly apologize and promise to be a more attentive drooler! As an act of good faith, I offer the following... Ooh baby, ooh baby! *sigh*

Smashing, Cheryl! I do so love your visual reminders of THE MAN! Can't place this pic tho, where is our Tall Proud One when caught in this terrific pose?

"And you take an eager interest?"

Oh Valen - this pose (#485) is our dear Mr. Darcy as he listens to Lizzie give him the rasberries after his proposal! He then says something like, "And THIS is all I'm to expect..." when she so shockingly turns him down! Mr. Darcy is SO incredibly pompus in that scene that I must say I have always cheered Lizzie on when she rejjects him. May I cast my vote on the CF smile? I prefer his slight, mysterioso smiles to the big grin. (Although I must admit to being quite fascinated at the sight of his teeth as he grinned briefly at the conclusion of P&P2 in the carriage.) I also vote for CF with darker hair.

Me too, Sweet. No teeth, dark hair. See, we like our Firth as Darcy-like as possible.

Oh Amy! I do, I do indeed! I am ALL eagerness. Hey Sweets! Is this the first time you and meet, I think it is, and I find a sister at heart, I believe. I do love his gentler smiles (NOT being critical of his 'bright' ones, mind!), just that the slight ones sort of make my bones got soft...a most delicious experience! And me too! I was also fascinated by his teeth/smile in the Marriage Carriage! Truly an enthralling moment. Yes, I do like his darker looks a bit better too. A very powerful, masterful look, I might say. Thanks for placing that pic for me! Now I know why I didn't recognize it, I DON'T HAVE THAT PORTION OF P&P2 on tape! (Yes, I am to be pitied, sniff.) Taped it off the telly, and to my utter grief and shock I found I'd not put it on the right setting, so lost that hour. I did view it twice before during the broadcasts, but not like I've since viewed the rest of P&P2. (sheepish grin) No wonder I didn't recognize it. So our Tall Proud One was being excessively so in that scene, eh? Good for Lizzy! R spberries were indeed in order! I hope to be purchasing the 6 hr version soon though and then can review the whole in all its glory! So much anticipation, can scarce contain it all!!

Ah Amy, another for the No Teeth/Dark Hair Camp! I go utterly nuts for his dark good looks, EXACTLY my vision of Mr. Darcy embodied. And Oh. What a Bod. Did anyone else notice as he strides masterfully down the hill toward the pond (and Yes! the unsuspecting Lizzy) how the sunlight pierces the fabric of his wet shirt, outlining his body within? How subtlely erotic, don't you think?

Those of you who is lucky enough to have the COMPLETE P&P2, I mean the six(?) tapes with all the left out scenes. Please tell me, your unlucky sister, what scenes that is. What are the rest of us missing?

Valens: Did anyone else notice as he strides masterfully down the hill toward the pond...how the sunlight pierces the fabric of his wet shirt, outlining his body within? How subtlely erotic, don't you think? Oh honey! There's nothing subtle about that! For which I am profoundly grateful! ;-)

Re #492: Jane, I copied this from the FAQ at the Firth site: How are the television and videotape versions of Pride and Prejudice different? The television version is approximately 4 hours/40 minutes long while the tape version is nearly 5 hours long. The video contains many short transitional scenes and a few longer sections with Mr. Darcy. 1. The first assembly sequence begins with the Bingley carriage coming down the street and contains a number of short additional shots including Mr. Darcy smiling at Bingley and Jane as they dance together. 2. Scenes after the assembly with the Bennets and Bingleys are longer. At Netherfield, Bingley's sisters disagree with Mr. Darcy's opinion of Jane. 3. The Lucas Lodge party has a longer scene of Mary being convinced to play dance music. 4. The trip to Meryton with Mr. Collins begins sooner. 5. The Philips party starts a little sooner. 6. Mr. Collins' proposal starts sooner. 7. After the first Darcy proposal, we see his angry walk back to Rosings and Elizabeth's tearful reaction at the Collins home. 8. Elizabeth climbs a rocky area in Derbyshire to admire the scenery. 9. Derbyshire scenery is shown before Elizabeth hears of Mr. Darcy's arrival in Lambton. 10. After Elizabeth tells Darcy about the elopement, there is an additional section at Pemberly. As Georgiana plays the piano, Miss. Bingley teases Darcy about pining for Elizabeth. He answers sharply and leaves the room quickly. 11. Preparations to leave Lambton are shown with an additional scene of the Gardiners and Elizabeth discussing the elopement. 12. Slight extension of Darcy on the streets of London looking for Wickham and Lydia.

outlining his body within? How subtlely erotic Cheryl: nothing subtle about that! For which I am profoundly grateful! ;-) Cheryl !!! (Same volume and tune of voice as Jane has when Mrs Bennet suggests she'll get wet(sic!) and have to stay the night. Mother!!!)

LOL Ann! So good to "hear" your voice again!

Hah, Cheryl! %-) LOLd at your sentiment, I too was/am profoundly grateful! But, it may not be subtle to =us=! WE'VE watched and rewound our little tapes a thousand times (hmmm, wonder what the stat would be if we added up how many times each of us have rewatched and made a grand total of it?) and WE have dissected every detail with delight.* For a first time viewer, I think very few were consciously thinking whoa, that's erotic. I didn't the first 2 times I saw it on tv. I think we all 'felt' it on a gut level though (wicked grin) I also thought SOMEONE, thank Heaven, surely thought that scene out! Very clever use of the natural light, the whole thing had an unstudied look. Same thing happening right after with Lizzy's dress in that whole walk-up-the-steps scene. Reminiscent of Princess Diana's interview on the playground pre-marriage, dont' you think. Now, the bathing scene? THAT's what I'd call Overtly erotic! ;-) Oh, baby. *Uh, who was it that said that we should all fess us and admit that we, too, had had rewound, watched in slo mo, did a frame-by-frame, etc. of the bathing scene to see if there was anything we had missed? LOL! Oh yes, love the total want of propriety so frequently betrayed here!

Here's a little pre-WET glimpse...why is he waiting so long? I say "Jump on in baby!"

Well he we go almost the 500 mark and I want to be the one who does it. I was number 1 and I'll be 500

Yeah 500!!!!

And 501, god guys Stop MEEEE!! Let the confetti come down Colin Firth has hit a major milestone:)

Celebrate! Celebrate! Dance to the mu-sic! Oh, Lord, does that song date me! But 500 is definitely worth celebrating! Congrats all! =I'm= not stopping you Laura, just go with The Madness! =I= want to join in! Move over, honey! Cheryl: Was waiting for my daily fix, and there you were! Many a fervid thanks I send your way!

That the way uh huh I like it uh huh. do a little dance make a little love get down tonite. get down tonite. summer lovin had me a blast summer lovin made me (forgot the words) I have officially opened the Dom perignon and I have poured 500 glasses come and get it!!!!! Its raining men hallejuia it raining men oh yeah. go walk out the door don't look around cause your not comin' anymore. I WILL SURVIVE!!!!!! Rock me gently rock me slowly take it easy don't you know that I have never been loved like this before. do you think Colin likes Disco?

disco...I think I'm going to be ill...

No Cheryl you can't be ill, shall I give you some wine, indeed you look ill. Oh well I tried. I happen to like Disco thank you.

do you think Colin likes Disco? Oh, Laura, you can be assured he does...check out Dutch Girls (from Kathleen Elder by loan, if you local video store doesn't have it), and see our boy as a youth doin' the disco thang.... Cheryl; Oh honey! There's nothing subtle about that! For which I am profoundly grateful! ;-) You bad girl, you beat me to it! Anne; I do believe that "doing the Bingley Thing' is destined to become a part of P&Pspeaque. I have officially opened the Dom perignon and I have poured 500 glasses come and get it!!!!! Laura, pass me glass; in fact, pass me two (one to pour over my head so that I'm wet, the other to quaff.) (This entry is sponsored by Kathleen's Video Rentals. Our motto; 'We take an eager interest in fulfilling your video fantasies.')

Mari -- I do appreciate your giving me a motto! (I do not believe I have ever had one before.) And, for what do we live but to fantasize w/ our P&P2 friends and laugh at the nonbelievers. (Bad paraphrase, I know, I know.) And Laura, I'll just take a glass of that Dom Perignon. Thank you. Let the celebration continue.

ROTFLOL! and ROTFLOL! Uh huh, uh huh! Laura!!! Gotta love it. Your recall is bettah than mine. Afraid I was of the Disco era, too. Mostly cringed whenever I remembered that, but the other nite Travolta was on again in Saturday Night Fever, and (tho it's dated) DANG he was fine! I'll take a glass of the (non-alky) bubbly--know you've got some for me! Me? I'm going with the Madness, doing a little dance, getting down tonight...

Okay, okay. Not saying the sunlight thru his shirt =isn't= erotic, just that, in comparison to other WET, Less Clothed scenes, it's quite tame, and more subtle in that it's not 'in your face.' Gee, just seem to be digging myself in deeper. I quit. Gotta go do some Dancing, Dancing...Celebrate, Celebrate...dance to the mu-sic!

I knew someone out there had to like disco. What is the world coming to when there is no Bee Gees around.

there you all are! for some reason, i temporarily lost this part of the drool conference, as well as the JN drool. the two don't seem to come up when i hit the drool conference button (only lists 'rupert graves' on down_. so i had to look you all up in 'forgotten' . (can someone please tell me what's wrong?) welcome to the newcomers! (i'm winter, and that's not my real name. i'm incognito at the moment due to some complications with my real name being used over the internet). anyway, i got both darcy's story AND the making of P&P in the mail within 2 days of each other this past week! the drooling ceases to end! i especially like the interview with colin firth (making of P&P) as well as the cast photos of everyone without costume/make-up. had no idea that the actresses who play mrs. gardiner and georgiana darcy are real-life mother and daughter!

Laura: What is the world coming to when there is no Bee Gees around. Why, it will be a much more genteel and refined place, of course!

I offer this token in an effort raise the thoughts of our disco-indoctrinated sisters to a higher plain...the drool plain...;-)

Thank you Cheryl - what a nice drool object - slobber, slobber!! And thank you for getting us out of that disco - Ugh!! Colin likes jazz, doesn't he??

The truth about this disco-indoctrinated sistah, is that I was never really into it. Oh, liked the occasional song--some lyrics couldn't help but stick, but classical was more my thing, yes, an element of the more refined society we so aspire to inhabit. Oooo Cheryl, never saw that one of CF! Drool-worthy, indeed! BTB, was this the topic where a possible LBS was discussed?

Why, it will be a much more genteel and refined place, of course! AMEN, Cheryl!

Winter, you must have hit the "forget" button by mistake. The way it's supposed to work is that you should not be seeing the remember button now. After you hit it, it is supposed to "rebecome" the forget button. But mine sticks. Another pesky bug.

The biggest problem I have with disco is its association to the seventies and everythink icky in it. Some of the music taken by itself was not that bad. I used to love "Last Dance." Donna Summer?

Kwim on the icky Amy, though what particular icky might you be referring too. BTB, CF is of the disco era, might be the tail end of it, but that's where he grew up, being 36 and all. Thanks Mari.

Disco or otherwise, our reason for celebrating had everything to do with our Drool topic, eh Laura! ;-D Stack shoes, and all!

Mari: Thanks for the compliment for the "Bingley thing", I'm trying to make a positive contribution to this wonderful society! Laura: I also like some disco, but I keep having this Colin tango fantasy everytime I hear Bryan Adams' To Really Love A Woman. Is it getting warmer in here???? Air conditioning in March, "Happy thought indeed!!!"

I cannot imagine our dearest grooving to disco, thank god.

Cheryl where do you get these pics! That one was wonderful. I feel like such an ingenue. Darcy was my first exposure to the man. You seem to have a whole library of him. Valen and Laura-Do you think CF can shake his groove thing?????????

Andrea, you too can have a whole library of Colin! Visit the Friends of Firth, I shamelessly steal from them all the time! ;-)

I don�t know if this is the right topic, but there is a question that I just have to ask, and this is the place where everybody is hanging around. Perhaps it is the right place because in a way it is about drooling. Darcy�s drooling over Lizzy. In a couple of scenes, for example the sweet little walk at Pemberley when Darcy asks Lizzy if he�s allowed to introduce his sister to her - the sun is shining right through Lizzy�s dress. You can see her legs when she�s walking. It�s the same i some other scenes. And I wonder (not if Darcy likes it...) was that proper in that time? Didn�t the girls wear petticoats? I know that someone out there can answer me

]CF shake his groove thing?????? ROTFLOL! (Oooo, someone else knows disco!) Dunno, honey, but shakes =my= groove thing! PS. Our Tall Proud One shakes it pretty finely in Mr. Somebody's Maggot though! Such superior dancing! Such a stately bearing! I am all atwitter, or is that twitter-pated?

Colin definitely shakes his groove thang. No I have not seen Dutch Girls but wouldn't mind seeing it. Kathleen???

Is chat down?

Valen, it is not down at the moment, try again. It just takes a while to get Inn

Laura: No I have not seen Dutch Girls but wouldn't mind seeing it. Kathleen??? Laura -- email me with your address. I'll send it ASAP.

Laura: No I have not seen Dutch Girls but wouldn't mind seeing it. Kathleen??? Laura -- email me with your address. I'll send it ASAP.

Kathleen - me, too, after Laura and anyone else. Actually, mid-April is better for me - I'll be busy or away for part of the time till then. Thanks!

I love all the new pics. Hey Tracy either way would be ok I can tape it or you can. Where do you live?

Guys, let's not talk about violating copyright here. Do it, I don't care. Must make the arrangments in email.

Colin and I are the same age (wow! he's in the same sentence with me!) so the disco thing was prevalent as "we" were teenagers growing up (although I don't know whether disco was as prevalent in England)...couldn't escape some of the music and shaking that groove thang! I'd love to see that movie! I concur with all drooling comments, past, present and future! I get a rush of adrenaline just thinking of, reading about and looking at Colin (especially the latter). I'm happy to share *him* with all of you!

Milady Cheryl, where's my daily fix??? No need for contraband, any smouldering look with do... ;-)

More specificially, Milady Cheryl, my Daily Darcy Fix? I beg you, please consent to my request...

Valen, for your viewing pleasure (sorry, not Darcy!), but very nice all the same!!

One more try!

Valen: Milady Cheryl, my Daily Darcy Fix? Ok, have you seen this one? ;-)

No, and it's lovely. I love that cocked leg pose. {{Cheryl}}

Colin and his brother Jonathan, pictured in the British Cosmo magazine:

Don't remember that picture from P&P - maybe it was a trial for costuming, because he never wore his cravat like that! Here's an ad for the upcoming "Fever Pitch"

And, finally, a detail from the ad.

Inko -- wonderful, just marvelous!!

Odd photo from cosmo - he looks kind of pale and bleary eyed. Fever pitch looks great. Is April 4 the US release date?

I don't no when the release date is for FP ,but he sure does look great!

Those legs just go on forever... :)

Cheryl, that #541. He does look awfully stern.

Wow, Inko! How very different from our Darcy he looks! I like the blue jeans though...April 4 release date, that's just in the UK, right? Anyone heard when it will be released here in the States or on the TV? Anyone know any details about this?

oh, what a cutie!

Did I miss this one?

Who was it who wondered if they would like Mark Strong bald? He's in the red shirt next to CF in # 552. (They don't look much like Darcy and Knightley there, do they?!)