SB: I noticed that ODB appears to have a scratch maring his beautiful skin. Has anyone else noticed this? Is it on the right side of his neck,(our right side as we look at the screen)partially covered by the shirt? I actually thought it was a love mark, and meant to comment on it, but was too embarrassed. Are my thoughts unchaste, or does anyone share my impression?

IT'S ONE OF HIS LOVELY MOLES!!!! He has three moles on the left (his left) side of the neck, one largish and two smaller ones, just inside the edge of the collar. Also some on his back (check Femme Fatale) and one on his right thigh (check Fever Pitch).

Correction, I think it's his left thigh.

He may have even more than you know now. Moles have a tendency to proliferate.

He has three moles on his neck,....Also some on his back.. and one on his thigh **Sigh**

Arami: IT'S ONE OF HIS LOVELY MOLES!!!! He has one on his back I saw this one in the tub scene, sigh... Karen: Moles have a tendency to proliferate I've read that moles should be inspected regularly, for health reasons of course. I pledge myself to do all the inspecting required...*sigh again*

Too funny, SBR and Lidya!

MOLE HUNTERS COMMENCE!!! You can start with the one on the left back, shoulderblade high. As I didn't think of this I will have to relegate myself to a very minor role in all this. I will volunteer for the worst and least rewarding job in this deeply important episode, namely to be the one to hold out the silk dressing gown for him as he rises from that steaming tub. Sadly he will be facing me,you lucky ladies will all have his back moles toward all of you, but I am prepared to put up with this disadvantage in the name of Darcy mole research!! SBR, I am happy with ANY division!!!

Lord! I go off to get an education and look what you're doing. Mercy! Prominence, orchids, navels, mole hunts...tsk, tsk, tsk--naughty women ;-p Gi, I'm telling...;-) BTW, I've always considered whipped cream to be the sure sign of an amateur ;-)

Lizza: Sadly he will be facing me,you lucky ladies will all have his back moles toward all of you Here you will have all the advantage, my dear.

Damn Lidya , you've unmasked my cunning plan!!! Having been shoulder to shoulder with him, I thought to try a different angle!!!

Nan, oh, Nan, am I glad to see you at long last... I can't manage on my own... I'm trying to stem the flood of whipped cream quite in vain. (Btw, have read recently that some 40% of women responding to a glossy mag readers' poll want to smother George Clooney in whipped cream. How common and unimaginative. Come on, Droolies, surely you can muster more class and style than that - if only just to welcome Nan back to our fold for a while? ;-P)

Nan, oh, Nan, am I glad to see you at long last... I can't manage on my own... I'm trying to stem the flood of whipped cream quite in vain. (Btw, have read recently that some 40% of women responding to a glossy mag readers' poll want to smother George Clooney in whipped cream. How common and unimaginative. Come on, Droolies, surely you can muster more class and style than that - if only just to welcome Nan back in our fold for a while? ;-P)

(Oops... I can say that again...)

Arami: have read recently that some 40% of women responding to a glossy mag readers' poll want to smother George Clooney in whipped cream. They should have asked me. I care for neither whipped cream nor George Clooney. How common and unimaginative. [S]urely you can muster more class and style than that. How about some alternatives? I would not need any whipped cream to smother Mr. Darcy...

(Arami) Nan, oh, Nan, am I glad to see you at long last... And it's good to see you too, sweetie :-) I've just finished the semester and am taking a week to recuperate before diving into the puddles...

Nan, glad you're back. Enjoy your week off and come visit at Odds & Ends.

Good to have you back, Nan! (Nan)Gi, I'm telling...;-) Please don't... <-( (Nan)BTW, I've always considered whipped cream to be the sure sign of an amateur ;-) Amateur means one who loves... I like whipped cream, although not by itself.

All right, then - count me in the game: only let me see to his moles sans whipped cream ;-P. Much tastier, I'm sure.

I know it's been a long time, but have you forgotten how to post, Nan? ;-P

Nan has not forgotten how to post. She has just found the most illustrative photo of ODB with all of his attirbutes displayed and is having second thoughts about posting it where she will have to share them. We are only to imagine what there is to admire while she has the proof all to herself ;) Welcome back from the grind, Nan Dear! BTW, I much prefer clotted cream, but this is exceedingly difficult to spread on anything (dollups are more like the way it is served), but alas, this too needs something with which to go (with =P)

Nan has not forgotten how to post. She's just realized we've gone completely gaga, and is having second thoughts on rejoining this place.

Nan..you've been gone too long......a few days and you'll be in the swing of things.... ****** Dollups of clotted cream on moles!!.....yummmmmm.

Arami, I'm sure Nan has no delusions about the quality of our brains ;-)

LOL! As ever, Arami knows me too well ;-) I did actually post something then changed my mind and deleted it. You excellent woman! I just love how I can't slip anything past you ;-D (Gi) Arami, I'm sure Nan has no delusions about the quality of our brains ;-) Indeed, I do not. It is my own twisted brain I have doubts about ;-p I'm afraid I can't get into the cream thing (don't like to dilute my sex with food, ya see...) but I understand the impulse in this case ;-)

Nan, since you have experience in this which we do not, might you tell us how we are to have sex (virtually all of us =P) with a life-sized cardboard cutout? About the best we have to offer is a virtual licking which ODB so richly deserves. How it is to be applied (I suggested using 1/4 of the picture as icing, 1/4 whipped cream, etc and was accused of being sadistic)...I will leave my little board while you and Arami drool over one another, and off I go to make Gi's Party as festive as I possibly can.

(Marcia) Nan, since you have experience in this which we do not, might you tell us how we are to have sex (virtually all of us =P) with a life-sized cardboard cutout? LOL! Clearly someone is telling stories about me. I've never had sex with a life-sized cardboard cutout...at least not that I remember (some of the days between 1984 and 1986 are a bit of a blur) ;-p I will leave my little board while you and Arami drool over one another Not to be confrontational, but what is that supposed to mean? and off I go to make Gi's Party as festive as I possibly can. I understand that I've been volunteered for a part of the festivities, which I will cheerfully do for dear Gi and for the fun of it. I'll even add the cream if it makes her happy.

I meant nothing particular that the pervious postings did not say (read: we with silvery stuff in our normally brown locks are getting testy from time to time - no names please =P). Happy your sense of humor is with us and your modesty, too I hope your Master's thesis is about those years of 1984-86 so we might all enjoy them (I think there is space for them in the http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/sex/ conference =}) When you make the cake / Darcy for Gi, she requested a cherry to pluck from his...(unspecified); Evelyn and I are into Dollups of clotted cream... BTW, did you know you had a Wessex cap in your safe keeping on the SiL list?

(Nan) You excellent woman! Hear, oh, world... :-D while you and Arami drool over one another And Marcia is just a teeny-weeny bit green... ;-P I've never had sex with a life-sized cardboard cutout There's a crude joke in there somewhere... only we wouldn't want to offend any visiting gentlemen, so... :-& ;-D a cherry to pluck from his...(unspecified) Drool lexicographers - add "unspecified" alongside "incroyable", perhaps...?

LOL Arami, You are in excellent for tonight! As to my green shade, 'tis a reflection of my emerald birthstone and comes with the territory...;) I am such a child in these things, I would like a picture of the crude joke so I might compare it with my imaginings. How lewd can one get with cardboard?! One begs to ask if there has been intimacy with cardboard of any sort...=P To top it all off, you pondered the possiblities and concluded that adding unspecified alongside incroyable in the Drool Lexicon was a *Good* thing. Hear! Hear!

(Marcia) When you make the cake / Darcy for Gi, she requested a cherry to pluck from his...(unspecified); Evelyn and I are into Dollups of clotted cream... And I will, of course, indulge you ;-) I've been drawing little cherries since Evelyn told me about the cake. I'm trying to come up with something that you won't need a plug-in to view...but, oh the things I could do if you all had Shockwave ;-) BTW, did you know you had a Wessex cap in your safe keeping on the SiL list? I heard, yes. Does anyone know the name of that type of hat? If this turns into an Incroyable debate, forget I asked the question ;-) Marcia, I think that was before your time but trust me when I say that the name "Humpy Hat" came out of pure desperation... (Arami) only we wouldn't want to offend any visiting gentlemen, so... :-& ;-D Speaking of which, I had the great pleasure of meeting Ben this past weekend during the Pemberly Tea and the Barbizon. I am going to give him the best compliment I can think of--he gets the joke. He had us roaring at the end of the table. I intend to get him drunk and see if there is any way he can possibly be more entertaining than he already is ;-) (Arami) Drool lexicographers - add "unspecified" alongside "incroyable", perhaps...? I believe you mean "INCROYABLE" ;-p

Is Ben not the cutest thing this side of ODB?! I would love to meet him in person. I'll bet it was a lively eveing =) INCROYABLE is so different from the humpy, incroyable hat. But, that is another topic. This one I have dubbed, for lack of better description, his Flumpy hat. So, you have Humpy and flumpy...cottontail and peter? or are we working on a set of diamond-mine-owning dwarves? Anyhoo...it is in your tender care!

since you are all asleep and I get first crack at it, I want his towel from MLSF for my keepsake.

and EsBee has claimed his glasses.

A-Ha! I knew you were going to claim the towel! :) Thanks for claiming the glasses for me! Now to compose an essay in their honor...

Pipped at the post again!!! May I claim his Scottish accent then?

Oohh, Lizza -his accent! (I'm getting chills of anticipation!) ;)

I am surprised no one opted for his swim trunks (the brown or burgundy wool ones with the white belt). Here is the list so far from My Life So Far His Towel From My Life So Far, Marcia His Wire-rimmed Eyeglasses from My Life So Far, EsBee His Scottish Accent from My Life So Far, Lizza Nan, here is the citation for the hat you are keeping safe for Wessex: Wessex' Flumpfy Hat with Tickly Feather, Nan

Since I have been anointed Keepers of the Keepsake lists, I have another list we all need to participate in. I need a birthday month and day list so we know whom to applaud and when. I know there is another beside Heide and me having a birthday - a week after mine, in June. Please give me your month and day and I will publish it throughout the month appropriate. Mahalo!

(Marcia) I need a birthday month and day list so we know whom to applaud and when. What happy thought! I went to RoP the other day looking for that information and found nothing. So I'll be the firth to volunteer: October 25th.

Marcia) I need a birthday month and day list so we know whom to applaud and when. Hate the thought...July 13th.

Thank you ladies. I'd like to mention that plaudits are in order for Gi whose Art Exhibition opened last night. Congratulations, dear! And, you thought she did not have enough to do with surgery and an upcoming wedding...!

(Marcia) I'd like to mention that plaudits are in order for Gi whose Art Exhibition opened last night. And, you thought she did not have enough to do with surgery and an upcoming wedding...! Oh dear, Marcia. I feel quite inadequate already, thank you. Even with the techno-wizardry you and Karen have been offering, I still can not see the MLSF trailer. No matter. But at least if I can not do, I can appreciate Gi's accomplishments. Tell us more about the exhibition, Gi. I'm off to check out the shower arrangements.

Congrats, Gi!!! For the new list, born exactly 2 days after D-Day.

8th of June for KarenJ. Thank you!

18 days after Colin's

September 28th for The Karen ;)

Knew I should have made it tougher! ;-p

I need all the help I can get. If I run out of fingers and toes, as I did in your case, I cannot always rely on Arami to correct something I have cast in cyberspace months before. I just put it up there for lurkers to snicker at and feel superior about...about which to feel ...Pttttttt =P

Let me guess Karen, you said Michelmas?

That's true. Forgot about that.

I'm 8 days after Gi...(30 days has September, April, June and November...). We're not making this easy for you, are we? :-P

Ok, i'm not clever enough to make this too complicated... 20 days before Gi's oh...and Gi Congrats on your Art Exhibition! :)

Thank you for the congrats, Marcia, Heide, KarenJ, Esbee... I have always drawn, but only started to paint 6 years ago. I worked in the studios of two different painters in succession, and now paint usually at home, then ask some artist friends for criticism and help. I do oils on canvas, and my themes are always figurative. This exhibition has two nuclei: one is called Tangos, and depicts (10 pairs of)tango dancers, the other is called Travel Impressions and consists of (5) scenes that I photographed in various places, like four retired old ladies sitting in a garden bench talking, ecc. I promised to scan some photos I took of the paintings and e-mail them to Marcia, Darlene and Moon Dreams, so if anyone else likes to see them, let me know :-) The pics aren't brilliant, I'm not very good at photographing paintings :-( but the catalog they made for the exhibition is worse :-((

It is Monday morning and I stagger to the computer with coffee in hand to commune with the most intelligent and witty people in my universe. Eagerly, I anticipate your postings. Then I discover math problems. On Monday morning! That is not a nice thing to do. Now, I have to go back and see when Gi's birthday is and do some extrapolating...Seaweed salad with extra stingers...=P

Good morning, Gi dear! Thank you for your posting. We are all amazement at your endeavors and wonder when your expedition to climb Mt Everest (because it is there!) commences...as though you needed something else to do ;)

Gi , let me add my congratulations to the others. I would love to be included in the list of those who get to see your pictures. It is a talent that I envy.

Marcia , also thank you for helping out with my downloading. :@))

Ok, Listen up. I just put my shoes back on and my abacus in the drawer. These are your Birthdays. EsBee, Octember 5th and Eileen, Novober the tooth. If that is incorrect, we shall celebrate them then anyway. Teach you young whipper snappers to make fun of the cyberslow ;P

Oh yes, another thing to admire: Gi is fluent in 5 languages and has worked on a 6th (but I suspect she could order food in a restaurant and know ahead of time what she was getting to eat.) And she is gorgeous, too. Just lucky you are nice or we'd all hate you, dear ;)

C'mon, Marcia, if I don't brag about myself, why should you? I am very curious about everything and try to learn asmuch as I can, but I'm not so good at most things as you would have it!

Gi dear, I too would love to see photos of your paintings! :) and Marcia... excellent math skills my friend -You get a star at the top of the page :)

Gi dear, I too would love to see photos of your paintings! :) and Marcia... excellent math skills my friend -You get a star at the top of your homework! :)

oops....

Sorry, Marcia, I couldn't resist. You are correct, though--November (Novober) the 2nd (tooth) it is! I know, payback's a b**ch! Bravo, Gi. Those pics of your paintings are fabulous! Thanks for sharing!

Oops, I think I posted my birthday in the wrong topic. Well, let me re-post it here ... mine is January 10 (such a boring date). Gi, can I see your pictures? so talented...Hablas espanol, my dear?

Gi--I'd love to see your art as well. Please?

Bravo, Gi. Those pics of your paintings are fabulous! Thanks for sharing! Oops - seems I've stumbled on a private party here... Sorry.. sorry... I'll close the door behind myself. Ciao. :-(

They will go up for all to enjoy. Since I couldn't email you, Gi. Make them about 4 x 6 inches or smaller (whatever that is in centimeters) on the screen, but the important thing is to keep them under 40K or so. Might be difficult with the brightly colored ones. Corrientes was about 90K and it was fairly monochromatic.

Bravo, Gi. Those pics of your paintings are fabulous! Thanks for sharing! ditto from me Gi! :) They are wonderful!

(Karen)Since I couldn't email you, Gi. Make them about 4 x 6 inches or smaller (whatever that is in centimeters) on the screen, but the important thing is to keep them under 40K or so. I don't know how to do that, but Marcia e-mailed me a URL where I can download a program from that does it, so I'll try.

Gi thanks for sending me those wonderful images!! You are very talented. :~))

Found the following at a monarchy site. I thought it interesting. No wonder Darcy was such a gentleman. Descendants of Royal Historical Figures Jane Austen

Can you try that again, Marcia? Or give the address? Does sound interesting.

You may look through it for yourself - many interesting links there, also http://www.worldroots.com/~brigitte/royal/royal00.htm

On this Memorial Day, with our young men in harm's way, please take a moment to go to http://www.buffnet.net/%7Eambrosia/memorial.htm Thank you.

I have been away far too long, but just wanted to throw in my birthday too since it seems we have quite a cluster around the October November time frame. Mine is October 26. Do I get a prize for being the closest to the lovely and talented Gi :-)?

Jana, how nice! A fellow october scorpio! :-)

My daughter, Rebecca is October 27! Can she be honorary flower girl? (she's 8)

Of course! Virtually anyone is wlecome. I have just the head dress for her

Virtually anyone in Drool of the Firthian sort is welcome. We have had no other flower girls. Ring bearers?

I am going to claim a Keepsake. The H?HN Silver Mine from Nostromo Thank you.

Firth Items from movies other than P&P2 and SiL Paul Ashworth's Leather Jacket from Fever Pitch, Karen His Grey Scarf from Dutch Girls, Evelyn Paul Ashworth's grey undies from Fever Pitch, Marcia His Steel-rimmed glasses from Playmaker, Laura Small bath towel covering his hidden assets from Hour of the Pig, Allison M Paul's Arsenel Boxer Shorts from Fever Pitch, Stacey Valmont's Wig from Valmont, Tineke Paul Ashworth's Official's whistle from Fever Pitch, Heide The Rose from A Month In The Country, Lizza Paul Ashworth's Wrist Watch from Fever Pitch, Elena The Car He Drove in Tumbledown, Lucie His White Fisherman Knit Sweater from Tumbledown, Marcia His Towel From My Life So Far, Marcia His Wire-rimmed Eyeglasses from My Life So Far, EsBee His Scots Accent from My Life So Far, Lizza The H?HN Silver Mine from Nostromo, Marcia

What happened to the (all right, let's be elegant) Kama Sutra style lovemaking scene from Femme Fatale? Doesn't it belong on this list?

Yes it does, and it is yours, as I recall. Going back to check the master list! Ah yes, different list. I decided since I chose the mine for my wish scene, I should also claim the mine in items belonging to CF in other film roles. Lusty Ladies' Wish List Scenes From Firth Films The Vertical Shag from Femme Fatale, Arami Against the Side of the Mine Shaft in Nostromo, Marcia The Kiss Wessex Bestows upon Viola for which he gets slapped, SusanA "The Look" and "The Smile" at Pemberley from P&P2, Evelyn The Kiss in the Kitchen from Fever Pitch, Elena The Whirling and Twirling Love Scene from Valmont, KarenR The Letter Valmont Dictates to Cecile, Eileen Lovemaking scene in Bedroom from WoF, LizzaJ Post Nuptial Kiss in Carriage between the Darcys, SBRobinson Nuzzling of Maria whilst hands are roaming all over her (fully clothed), only in Hour of the Pig, Heide His Lingering Kiss With Bianca in WoF, KJArt Scene in which he is Santa and it begins "I love you sausage." from TEP, LizzaJ

Since we are on the topic of lists, can we have a list of all the birthdays we have compiled? Please?

Birthday List so far (please help me correct errors!) Spring Birthday List January 10 - Lidia - Chusmanali@aol.com February 4th - Stacey - Stacey Bowling sbowling@eagle.cc.ukans.edu March April 10 - LauraMM - lauram30@hotmail.com May 1 - StephanieB - mhatter869@aol.com ; stephanie.bergstrom@tenethealth.com 31 - Marcia - marci@aloha.net ; critter 514@aol.com June 4 - Heide - Hkalb@aol.com 7 - Lizza - barns@sparks44.freeserve.co.uk 8 - KJArt - kgjart@yahoo.com 14 - Moon Dreams - Motjuste7@aol.com July 13 - Evelyn - eboake@tanet.net August 30 - Barbara - mantyb@gte.net September 10 - Colin Firth - cf@myhouseinhilo 28 - Karen - rosie45@hotmail.com October 5 - SBRobinson - Dojutland@aol.com 25 - Gi - patas@starmail.com 26 - JanaJH - JanaJH@aol.com 27 - Rebecca (LauraMM's daughter) November 2 - Eileen - Eigreen@hotmail.com 22 - Nan - nan@ntr.net December

CF@myhouseinhilo LOL!! in your dreams ;-) BTW, should there be a .comovertomyhouse2 extension?

Marcia, are you sure about CF's email address? The one he gave me was cf@anytimeanyplace.com! His backup is cf@yourplaceormine.com

LOL! .....Marcia, my birthday is 21 Feb.

LOL! Marcia, there is a majority of Gemini's in drool. Our ruling planet is Mercury and that goes for Virgo's too (CF), so you see, we share the same planet:-) What about Dame Winter's birthday?

Oh, geez...I'm really out of the loop. I've been trying to catch up with all my "real world" friends and family (the ones I've been ignoring all semester) and I haven't been home to check the boards. I'll have to come up with something pretty for Marcia's birthday. Hmmm... BTW, I missed all this Scorpio talk...what's going on? I'm a Scorpio (barely)...

Here's the flower Girl, Rebecca (pic is a bit old, but she still looks the same;) Marcia, the headpiece would be quite nice on her!

I think his revised and brand-new address is CF@myhouseinhilowhenhecan.com Laura, such a lovely broth of a lass with the smiling Irish Eyes. Now, tell us she us the image of you at that age. The headpiece will be lovely, but put it on her properly - level and parallel to the ground. The little girl in the picture I posted looked to have had a little too much champagne punch!

Yes, she is the image of me when I was that age, except I had platinum blonde hair and banana curls (yuck!). However, she is definitely prettier! Although her classmates think she has the prettiest mom (okay, it's going to my head!) You know I really think that CF would like Boston, quite Londonish in it's own way, and walkable, he could walk everywhere. Perhaps when he's done in Hilo, he can stop here?

Re: Gi....And she is gorgeous, too. I must add that CF thought so too....He was extremely attentive to every word she uttered....!!!I know, I wuz there....standing next to Antonio!!!

Wow! Rebecca is gorgeous! I'd like to have a daughter that looked like that. Please don't let her be spoiled, Laura, she also looks very clever and sweet. (Moon Dreams)What about Dame Winter's birthday? Winter was born July 9th. (Nan)BTW, I missed all this Scorpio talk...what's going on? I'm a Scorpio (barely)... November 22 is more saggitarius, I believe... Sorry Nan, I'd love you to be a scorpio but...:-( BTW; I thought KarenR's birthday was September 18. Evelyn, here we go again...CF was very attentive to everyone of us in turn...However much I may wish it had been special for me ;-) But thank you :-)

(Gi)November 22 is more saggitarius, I believe... Sorry Nan, I'd love you to be a scorpio but...:-( Well, I've had my chart done several times and they all assured me I was a Scorpio based on the hour of my birth, but just barely. Unless they are wrong and I've been reading the wrong column all these years, I suppose it's a safe bet.

Karen wrote Response 947 of 951: Karen (KarenR) * Sat, May 22, 1999 18 days after Colin's Let's see (removing my shoes once again...) Colin's is September 10. 10+18=28 Yes?