Yellow and black striped necktie worn to London Premier of SIL, AllisonM Striped? I thought it had yellow flowers on it. I shall have to take another look. Not that I mind what it has on it as long as it has been round that lovely neck.

Marcia, dear, what happened to the towel he carries when he runs down to the lake in MLSF? That one belongs to me! Can I claim his fishing pole? He can 'fish' for me anytime...

Sorry...updated MLSF list Keepsake list from My Life So Far His Sporran, Marcia His Wire-rimmed Eyeglasses from, EsBee His Scots Accent , Lizza The Cap he wears while Curling, KJArt The'Running up the stairs to save Baby Fraser'Outfit, Eileen The Little Towel Hiding his assets as he runs, Lidya His Kilt, Lucie His Navy Blue Dinner Suit, Evelyn His Dorky Striped Pajamas, Karen

newer update.. Keepsake list from My Life So Far His Sporran, Marcia His Wire-rimmed Eyeglasses from, EsBee His Scots Accent , Lizza The Cap he wears while Curling, KJArt The'Running up the stairs to save Baby Fraser'Outfit, Eileen The Little Towel Hiding his assets as he runs, Lidya His Kilt, Lucie His Navy Blue Dinner Suit, Evelyn His Dorky Striped Pajamas, Karen His Wedding Ring, Lynda

My...are't we proprietory today :-) Hey Marcia....I claimed Lizzy's long gloves that he held at the Netherfield Ball

Let's start new SLOW list.... 1. I claim the ghastly "Ever Ready Eddie" bathrobe.

And i have Lizzy's necklace :)

I thought so!!!...let me check. Apparently I have updated the lists in here but not on the separate file in which I keep them all together. I am having trouble finding it, so bear with me. I know it exists. Lizzie's keepsakes are Her gloves by Evelyn and her Garnet cross by Lidya or Esbee?? Huinting back through the files of 113 and posting asap.

Speaking about the Netherfield Ball, can I have the tiny flowers in Lizzy's hair? He didn't touch them, but Lizzy is my idealized self, and they were in his presence, as was her necklace.

Esbee, have you received an email I sent you about a week ago? If not, Marcia would you take care of that one. Thanx, must chop the pancetta (which I overfroze and now had to thaw...)

OK Karen, will do. Oooh, more lists. Thank you ladies. Lizzie's list grows to three items Lizzie's List of Keepsakes from P&P2 Her long white gloves from the Netherfield Ball, Evelyn Her garnet cross necklace, EsBee The flowers in her hair from the Netherfield Ball, Lidya

Keepsakes from SLOW The ghastly "Ever Ready Eddie" bathrobe, Evelyn

Karen, I just emailed you from work... sorry havent checked my AOL account for a while *sheepish grin*

Ijust sent you a duplicate of Karen's per her request.

(Lidya)Speaking about the Netherfield Ball, can I have the tiny flowers in Lizzy's hair? Those will look as beautiful on you as on Lizzy....I thought she looked dazzling that night....those sparkling "fine eyes".

I have seen Lidya's image, with dark flashing eyes and beautiful dark shiny hair. Those flowers will indeed be exquisite on her. Lizzie and Lidya...a formmidable pair!

(only one m, kiddo! Yes, I know!!!)

Hey, I also own a pen which he used to sign my program and I'm sure it was on the list of Items touched by CF Kept by Owners. And has no one claimed His Codpiece from SIL? Extraordinary.

And has no one claimed His Codpiece from SIL? Extraordinary. Far better to have seen it in person...as Lizza has.

Hey! That is mine!!! I even wrote a limerick of two stanzas about it!!!

Sorry Arami, Dear....I am sure you are correct, and your keepsake (touched by *Himself* is duly entered (I hunted back to January and could not find my error) Items touched by CF Kept by Owners Cross Pen used to sign autograph, Evelyn The Trenchcoat through which He Hugged Her, Heide The Pen with which he signed his autograph for her, Elena Her Right hand which He Shook Hands, Winter Black Uniball Pen He used to sign Heide's Program, ?? Her Heart - right after Kit dies, before the church scene., EsBee Pen used by CF to sign her program, Arami

Marcia, since we are posting corrections... my item touched by CF should just read 'My Heart' (i was trying to be witty) the "right after Kit dies, before the church scene" was in reference to something else. :)

EsBee, if we listed all of the anatomical parts CF has touched in Drool, it would be NetNanny-worthy ;D (butm I surely appreciate your corrections) Items touched by CF Kept by Owners Cross Pen used to sign autograph, Evelyn The Trenchcoat through which He Hugged Her, Heide The Pen with which he signed his autograph for her, Elena Her Right hand which He Shook Hands, Winter Black Uniball Pen He used to sign Heide's Program, ?? My Heart, EsBee Pen used by CF to sign her program, Arami

Marcia, are you looking for the claimant of the black Uniball Penn he used to sigh my program? Guess what?! I've lost the pen! Oh the shame of it. It may be buried somewhere in the bowels of my purse - I just had it last week and used it to write a phone message down and then I don't know what I did with the pen. So right now it can not be claimed because it has disappeared. You may properly chastise me.

It was valid at the time of your claim. What has happened since then is irrelevant as you did have it in your precious possession (why did you not enshrine it?!) at that time. It is yours to keep as a memory no one else can have in quite the same way. *grin*

Items touched by CF Kept by Owners Cross Pen used to sign autograph, Evelyn The Trenchcoat through which He Hugged Her, Heide The Pen with which he signed his autograph for her, Elena Her Right hand which He Shook Hands, Winter Black Uniball Pen He used to sign Heide's Program, Heide My Heart , EsBee Pen used by CF to sign her program, Arami

He also touched my, er, program... he held it tightly pressing with his left thumb against his palm and supporting it with his fingers whilst scribbling away. He asked for my name and looked deep in my eyes. Yes, his beautiful eyes touched mine. (I don't know how I survived this.) Mmmmmmm.....

Since the process for claiming keepsakes seems to be claiming them (as opposed to submitting an application, being vetted for worthiness, and subject to vote by a quorum of fellow droolers), may I claim In Movies Other Than Those Listed Specifically Tommy Judd's bathrobe (AC) In P&P2 Since body parts are disallowed--I claim his wick. That is of course the one he extinguishes with his bare hand at Rosings. This is assuming he did not use a finger double for insurance purposes. I wish to be absolutely assured upon this point as I do not want to be squeezed by someone I don't even know. Titles Bestowed I don't know if one can bestow one's own title, but mine is a very humble one, so perhaps that will be acceptable. I ask only to be a tenant on the Wessex estate. For example I might be a maid at an inn where he might be staying while his house in Virginia is being built. (The fact that there were no inns in Virginia in 1593 is a minor irritant we will simply ignore.)

(Evelyn)I thought she looked dazzling that night....those sparkling "fine eyes". She really did! I play the whole scene over and over. One thing I like is that if one looks at the other actors who are standing on the sidelines, they are all in character. Mrs. Bennet is twitching away, Lydia is being her usual self, and Mr. Collins, oh dear, he is looking at Lizzy with such an adoring expression! Col. Forster gives a very eloquent smile when he looks at Lizzy, too. (Evelyn)Those will look as beautiful on you as on Lizzy. (Marcia)Lizzie and Lidya...a formmidable pair! You ladies have made my day. Thank you!

Cymbelline, you have been granted your three wishes. Happy Holidays! Now, write something about the Keepsakes, please!

(Arami) He also touched my, er, program... he held it tightly pressing with his left thumb against his palm and supporting it with his fingers whilst scribbling away. He asked for my name and looked deep in my eyes. Yes, his beautiful eyes touched mine. (I don't know how I survived this.) Mmmmmmm..... Duly noted on the proper list...*gasp* Just reading about it buckles my knees =)

I have so enjoyed those lists. Marcia, dearest, thank you!! May I claim Lizzie's muddied petticoats from her walk over to Netherfield? ("Six inches deep in mud" etc). i love the way Darcy swaggers ahead of her to lead the way, his great coat flapping around those comely calves of his! Also may I claim Lizzie's stick with which she teases and plays with the dog while he looks on damp from his bath, hair curling at nape of neck etc Loved your poems Eileen and Marcia, heady stuff. Can anyone tell me how the fanfiction is going, anything along the lines of the Cottage Eileen? I have been out of touch for a while.

I guess no one will read this for ages as you are all watching P&P2 you lucky lot!!!

I think we are only allowed one keepsake per character in P&P2. Which of Lizzie's items would you enjoy keeping safe the most (I would certainly opt for the pheramone-laden petticaots!!!) *sigh* I was toed up on National TV in our basketball tournament all weekend and I am about to crash. Night-night till tomorrow...

Lyric poetry to a schoolboy's sleepwear--'twas an honor that I dreamt not of. Yet velvet-voiced though he may be, of iron is duty's glove. We hesitate and stammer, yet he is such a man When Colin whispers low, "Thou must," Firthettes reply, "We can." Sonnet MCMXXXI -- Tommy Judd's Bathrobe Shall I compare thee to Darcy's dressing gown? Thou art more ratty and less functional. Rough winds could penetrate thy faded plaid That offered thin protection for that lovely bum Against the fowler's cane and wintry bite Of nights spent reading guilty Marx under a shaded light. But ghosts of celluloid are all that fill thee now, which never dim. Tough as an old bathrobe was Tommy till the Spanish got him. A lonely usherette could crush thy hollow shape between her hands And press her face into the Tommy smell and close her eyes And see that corner of a foreign field that is forever England. "Like you, I would have kept him safe and warm." That flame-hard boy whose passion like his blood ran red. But that was in Another Country, and besides the boy is dead.

Well Done Cymbeline!!! :)

Thanks for that, Cymbelline. The creativity and imaginations of the ladies of Drool never cease to amaze me.

Positively brilliant, Cymbeline! Is there a print edition of your Complete Works? The one I have with Shakespeare on the cover is missing this sonnet. ;-D

Cymbeline, your breadth is staggering. From Chaucer to Shakespeare to ...? Do I hear Blackadder travelling through time? Karen, your copy probably doesn't go up to Sonnet 1931 (love the subtle dating, Cymbeline). Never has a bathrobe been serenaded so.

your copy probably doesn't go up to Sonnet 1931 Quite right, Willy petered out after 154. ;-D

Wonderful, wonderful stuff Cymbeline. Marcia, I will keep the petticoats, and give up my greedy claim to the stick.

Oh dear, "stuff" is not quite the adjective to use on such a board as this! Heady poetry of the highest order Cymbeline!

Well done, Cymbeline! He is certainly the face that launched a thousand Firthettes. :-D

Cymbeline....you should publish!! (Moon)He is certainly the face that launched a thousand Firthettes. :-D Don't forget the bum and thighs :-D

You are all too kind--all it takes is a muse worthy of the effort, and we see such a cornucopia of results on all our topics that I really think we should put together a virtual literary mag devoted precisely to our outpourings of devotion, including of course illustrations by the Artists' Coliny I'm sure we have working but whose pieces so far we've seen little of. How about *Firther and Firther*?

Willy petered out... Oh My...! Tres descriptive, no?! I can see it in my mind's eye and it has nothing whatsoever to do with sonnets ;D (btw, it was not just his face that launched a thousand Firthettes...as we have seen)

...oh yes, the muddied petticoats are duly entered as Lizza's to keep safe (with mud intact)

Cymbeline, I adored your sonnet. Too clever for words! "Thou art more ratty and less functional..." LOL!

LOLOL! It's much too good to be lost in cyberspace. I support the call for an archive with index for these gems! (And we all know that it can be done.)

...but do we know who can and will do it? Those without conferences to run along with multiple topics on diverse conferences, please step forward...;)

(Marcia)...but do we know who can and will do it? Those without conferences to run along with multiple topics on diverse conferences, please step forward...;) How much technical knowledge and equipment are needed? That sort of cataloging is up my alley if all you technies can tell me what I need to know. If there is anyone who has the knowledge and the time, I will certainly defer but would be glad to do it if needed.

Minimum requirements: a Cray-class computer and credentials to run the Jet Propulsion Labs ;-D What kind of archiving are we talking about? Like the Fan Fac from 34? And how much material? Cymbeline, have you html'd anything? Do you want to learn? Do you want some candy, little girl? ;-D

Psst...Cymbelline....see Karen...she has what you want....! (Nan was given the Cray on 72. If she has not taken it to her mansion with all those cute guys to help her, it is up for grabs!)

(Karen) Minimum requirements: a Cray-class computer and credentials to run the Jet Propulsion Labs ;-D OK. I've got those. have you html'd anything? Do you want to learn? Do you want some candy, little girl? ;-D Yes, I've worked with it a bit and taken a couple of tutorials as well a short course in archival HTML. I'd have to brush up the tags. I'm a library cataloger, so excessively fussy formatting is my specialitee. Graphics I'm not experienced with, but I guess we're not talking about that with this. And I'd love some of that eye candy we get around here. In the words of Annette Bening, "More. I want more."

Excellent!! Now what exactly are we supposed to be archiving? ;-)

(Karen) Excellent!! Now what exactly are we supposed to be archiving? ;-) The fan fic, but I know there's already an archive. I think indexing was the main request. I'm already imagining the index terms--hot!

Thought, perhaps, we were talking about all the Keepsake lists. The items, who's got what, what prose/poetry goes in suppport of what items, etc. And if anyone wanted to get fancy, there could be a link to an image of said item. This would be really easy to do and, Marcia, you could set up a subdirectory for Keepsakes or I could. Or then again, there's the Fan Fic index, as you suggest. My oh my, what terms it could generate... ;-)

Go to it, Karen...I think the subdirectroy is the way to go and not under Fan Fic. There is enought stuff in there already. This needs a proper index and I can furnish whatever is needed. It is all available here on 113, but I also have the lists under a separate file for easy access. I can forward that to whomever is compiling this. I simply do not have the time as my Geo conference needs help and is languishing from lack of posts.

(Karen) Thought, perhaps, we were talking about all the Keepsake lists. You are right. It's the keepsake lists and the writings about them. I guess there is no archive for that. Marcia, I can take the lists you have or glean off the topic postings themselves. My email is baine@erols.com. Say the word, tech gurettes, on what you want done. A whole catalogful of Colin--what a dream job. No, dear, I'm sorry we don't have any dinner tonight. I was cataloging all day. I may have to apply to the Library of Congress for a new official Subject Heading: Actors - British - Male - Tall, Handsome, Droolable. That will go along with Actors - British - Little - Ugliest (see Austen, Jane, 1777-1817 - Pride and Prejudice - Television adaptations - 1995).

Amen, My Dear ! I would know precisely to whom it referred and would home in on it like a bat on a moth. I'll allow Karen and you to hash it out and then I will forward the lists if you would like. In fact, I have all of 113 and its predecessor saved to file, so if you need....just ask. My email is exactly what it says it is on that hotlink with my (MarciaH) on it.

Go to it Cymbeline!! ;-) Email me and we'll work out the details.

Capital, capital...

Wow, what a great project, I love it. Karen and Cymbeline, have fun! I'll be eagerly waiting for the results (she says, and - cough cough - snugs back into the bedcovers)

Is it still permissible to request a keepsake? If so, I would like to request the red wine stained shirt from "The Advocate". That's the shirt Richard Courtois is wearing when he has the illuminating dream.

There were also names for the Pemberley pups. It would be a shame to lose them. } Natural and Just. Sorry, don't have any idea about the horses, except Ann2 suggested Get-me-to-her or somesuch.

I have never found that post listing them. Thanks Meggin - will add them to the master list and send it on to Cymbeline. I appreciate all the help I can get!

Look forward to the fruits of your labours. just keep saying "I shall conquer this---- etc."

(Lizza) Look forward to the fruits of your labours. As do I! I know there were many essays submitted before my time, which I would dearly love to read. Can't wait! :)

They are all archived on Topic 53 (as it says in the title.) If you wait till she gets all of the incidental posts out of the essays, you will miss some of the finest drool there is!

They are all archived on Topic 53 uh...Marcia...don't you remember what happened to 53? It only has 5 messages in it now.

That's right but I have them all saved to file!!! Want'um?

Rats! What a disappointment, I was hoping to catch up on back essays, poems, etc. To change the subject, might I still request a keepsake, i.e., Richard Courtois' red wine stained shirt, perchance.

That's right but I have them all saved to file!!! Want'um? Then I misread. Cymbeline should have'um if she's doing her indexing, referencing, anotating, cross-citing, etc. ;-) Am thinking about how she will reference the red billiard ball from P&P. Under Sports-indoors? Sports-indoors-bedroom?

Want me to put them on the unused Drool 100 topic??? 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 The H?HN Silver Mine from Nostromo, Marcia Tommy Judd's Bathrobe from Another Country, Cymbeline Richard Courtois' red wine-stained shirt from The Advocate, CherylB

Sorry. The last sentence should have been as follows: "To change the subject, might I still request a keepsake, i.e., Richard Courtois' red wine stained shirt, perchance?" I'm not a very good typist, actually I'm not really a typist.

Merci to you Marcia. And thank you Karen for saving the essays, etc.

So far Cymbeline just has the Keepsake lists. I think there is no way to annotate the comments and wonderful stuff on 53 and 113 unless she just culls the essays and poems about our keepsakes...Don't know, actually, but they are here for the asking. The horses' names are listed in 113 as well - back a ways because someone asked me to repost them and I did.

I'm not sure I'm following all the discussion about archiving the Keepsakes. Are they already somewhere and, if so, is there any need for me to do anything? My assumption is that the latest list and all the literary offerings would be posted to a whatever-it-is that is listed at the top of the drool page along with Fan Fiction Archive, JE link, etc. Further these could be indexed in a number of ways if that would be helpful. Marcia, you didn't send me the file to which you refer from the old topic 53, did you? The file you sent me is only Keepsake lists, right? Do you just want the topic 53 file posted somewhere? Or what exactly? I'm still to much of a newbie to know the history of where everything is. I'm glad to do anything useful (for I love to be of use) but don't want to do The Wrong Thing.

I asked Karen what she wanted to do about the rest of 53. I could post it all there, of course but the last four would be out order - which is better than their not being accessable at all. Most of the neat early essays are on there as well as the horse-naming contest etc. I can send it to you... if you would like, but lets see what Heide and Karen say. Did you are the shirt to your lists? There is a new keepsake CherylB claimed just above!

Nope, Cymbeline, you just have the keepsakes lists. Did you want other stuff?

Marcia, whichever is easiest for you: post the literary offerings here or send them to Cymbeline for her project. Cymbeline, other than Marcia's hard drive, those items are not archived anywhere else to my knowledge. They were inadvertently lost shortly after a management change here. ;-)

Mele Kalikimaka

Ok No one has tended their Keepsakes for months. The moths are eating holes in some lovely items. Must confiscate them for repairs and reweaving. Hmmm...he seems to be still wearing this item. Oooh! Sorry! Hope I didn't hurt you when I checked that...Tickled did it? *giggle* So happy it was good for you, too. BTW, Hauoli Makahiki Hou, luv!

Keep your little frozen hands off His Ticker (tick-tock...) and Dangler (swinnnng low... sweet... erm... oh, yes: fob), OK?

Arami! Happy New Year. My hands have never touched your precious keepsake. I was just wondering how many and who might still be webbing onto Spring and Drool in particular. If you are not telnetting as I am, you are one of the few lucky ones! *lol* Love to hear the rest of the lyrics...*grin*

(Marcia)No one has tended their Keepsakes for months. The moths are eating holes in some lovely items. Surely not in his adorable curl, which I cherish so! I keep it washed, gelled, and combed with a slightly obessive diligence, i assure you! :-)

EsBee, that is more than reassuring to know. (Warren said g'night to you last night...!)

My dear Marcia, I hope my keepsakes are still intact! I could never forget them...

Ah yes....I love having check-in time. I was just wondering about the state of admiration in the hearts of the Keepers and I see that it beats as steadily and as strongly as it ever did!

You can bet on it! :-)

*I am happy that my heart does not beat alone...*beaming*

If you are not telnetting as I am, you are one of the few lucky ones! Not telnetting, God forbid - you wouldn't see me here if anything required more intimate knowledge of computing - but I took the hint from Springfolks and use the site numeric address. Meaning - it still doesn't work properly. Love to hear the rest of the lyrics...*grin* Why not compose your own version? ;-P

You want me to add my own lyrics? That goes on all the time inside my head but I let few escape. I think that is a wise decision both for the composer and for the reader who may come upon them unwittingly...

Firth's Real Life Keepsakes Yellow and black striped necktie worn to London Premier of SIL, AllisonM Leather Jacket he is wearing at the DonMar autograph signing, Esbee The boyish green parkab he wore to the 3DoR autograph session, Elena Thanks for the chicken-skin inducing reports from London. No matter how great I imagine it to be, it always defies my imagination. Lovely stuff, Ladies!!!

I now own another ballpen which he used to sign my poster. When I took it back, my hand touched his, and the sensation was... well... sensational... I'm still speechless.

...and I trust you have not washed that hand yet...Ball pen #2 for Arami... Items touched by CF Kept by Owners Cross Pen used to sign autograph, Evelyn The Trenchcoat through which He Hugged Her, Heide The Pen with which he signed his autograph for her, Elena Her Right hand which He Shook Hands, Winter Black Uniball Pen He used to sign Heide's Program, Heide My Heart , EsBee Pen used by CF to sign her program, Arami Her program from 3DoR which he pressed as he signed his autograph, Arami Ballpen #2 He used to sign her poster and touched her hand returning it, Arami

AND the poster, of course...;-)

Oh, yes! I shall amend my list to include the poster...of course!