(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!