(Tress)LE is just FULL of looks! I just recently rewatched it and love the look on his face as Nonnie flirts with him while he is sitting in the theater! Very funny! Yes, LE is excellent for looks and those voice overs kill me. But that look that you mention in the theater with Nonnie is one of my favorites. He looks so innoncent yet so smug...knowing that he's got what she wants. *major sigh*

I thought he looked like something was happening... down south, if you catch my drift.

(Rika)..down south, if you catch my drift I have never seen LE, but I'm pretty sure I'm with you ;-) (I have to wait a long time for this one, but it sounds as if it is worth waiting for).

I love LE. I got it for my birthday last year, and had intended to watch it a little bit at a time (it's about seven hours long). But once I started I just couldn't stop. He's in almost every scene, plus he's the narrator (complete with a Yorkshire accent). He's very young - was 26 or so when he made it, but looks much younger than that. And it's an interesting story, too, though there's a rather lurid section of it that I thought went over the top. He also winds up kissing most of the female cast members. Oh - and there's a scene where he gets tickled and he giggles, and it always cracks me up because the giggle is a bit high-pitched. V. cute.

Do I look like the sort of man who'd have a Bread album? (Kathyf) Hi, have just been glancing after a long absence and saw the above quote. Am probably way past this discussion now, but this is one of my favourite quotes also. We recently had a garage sale (Australian talk) and my DH was clearing our, very reluctantly, some old albums to sell - one of which was "The Best of Bread". Of course I immediately launched into the FP quote above. Funnily enough, someone did buy the record - a man, and I had to refrain from again repeating the phrase as he handed over his money. Felt sorry for him that he was such an (imaginary) object of derision.

(Rika) Oh - and there's a scene where he gets tickled and he giggles, and it always cracks me up because the giggle is a bit high-pitched. V. cute. I love that bit! Isn't that when Julie reaches over and either pinches or bites him (and he 'yelps' as well...v.v. funny)? It is shot in the reflection of a picture hanging on the wall....? (annea)...my DH was clearing our, very reluctantly, some old albums to sell - one of which was "The Best of Bread". LOL...so what your saying is that your DH is the sort of man to own a Bread album?? ;-)

(Rika) I thought he looked like something was happening... down south, if you catch my drift. (pervy alter ego talking) I'd like to catch your drift..You would'nt happen to have a photo that illustrates?? (annea)...my DH was clearing our, very reluctantly, some old albums to sell - one of which was "The Best of Bread". (Tress) LOL...so what your saying is that your DH is the sort of man to own a Bread album?? ;-) Cute Tress..

(Tress) I love that bit! Isn't that when Julie reaches over and either pinches or bites him (and he 'yelps' as well...v.v. funny)? It is shot in the reflection of a picture hanging on the wall....? Exactly. And you hear the yelping/giggling both at the start and the end of the scene. His voice is usually so deep and mature, so the contrast always cracks me up. I wondered if she ad libbed whatever she did to him and that was his unrehearsed reaction. (me) I thought he looked like something was happening... down south, if you catch my drift. (Maria)(pervy alter ego talking) I'd like to catch your drift..You would'nt happen to have a photo that illustrates?? The scene is shot in tight close-up on his face, so I was talking about my interpretation of the look on his face, not of any other evidence in the frame. But here goes: I'm not sure that a capture can pick up the little nuances you see in the actual scene, though. In fact, I was going to pull some captures from the "favorite looks" that people mentioned, but often the power is in the subtle little things that happen during the look, and one photo can't do that justice.

(Rika) I wondered if she ad libbed whatever she did to him and that was his unrehearsed reaction. I thought this as well...if it wasn't ad libbed, actually scripted, then it was the best piece of acting ever done. He seemed genuinely surprised! And thanks for the picture Rika! So funny! ODB did such a great job in LE. His character is so 'contained' and he does so much of his acting with just facial expressions (especially his eyes)!

(Tress)His character is so 'contained' and he does so much of his acting with just facial expressions (especially his eyes)! I much agree and IMHO found that "containment" even more impressive when he was acting opposite Olivier.

Thank you Rika!! (Rika) so I was talking about my interpretation of the look on his face, not of any other evidence in the frame LOL!! If there had been any other evidence I am sure it would have made many appearances here before!!

(MariaT) LOL!! If there had been any other evidence I am sure it would have made many appearances here before!! Oh, I don't know! I remember there was a time, just a little while back, where Rika 'caught' a moment from P&P that I had not noticed before (capture of Darcy running to catch up to Lizzy at Pemberley). There are hidden treasures that pop-up all the time!! ;-)

(Tress) There are hidden treasures that pop-up all the time!! ;-) LOL!! You are killing me...

(Tress) There are hidden treasures that pop-up all the time!! ;-) Naughty girl. You are always posting what I'm thinking;-)Pleasant thoughts, indeed.

(Annette) (I have to wait a long time for this one, but it sounds as if it is worth waiting for). Believe me Annette the wait is well worth it. This is one of my absolute favorites. I know all the lyrics to the songs I've watched it so much. Word's can't describe him. Absolutely delectable, good storyline and great cast. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. (Linda) Pleasant thoughts, indeed. I agree Linda, the most pleasant of thoughts indeed.

My favorite comedy scenes with Colin: FP...Though not a fav movie of mine...has a great scene when he's interviewing the school board for the new job. TIOBE..several Interview with Lady Bracknell as a potential suitor with Gwendolyn. The cigarette case scene at the theatre with Algie. BJD...When he first meets Bridget in the reindeer "jumper". MLSF...explaining the facts of life to Fraser. He's brilliant doing 'deadpan'

(Evelyn)He's brilliant doing 'deadpan' I agree! I'll second all of your comedy scenes. When you say comedy, I have to bring out Relative Values. Every scene with Sophie Thompson are hilarious (dutch curage, week at the knees ...) There are some good ones in TA too: There must be priests in hell, and when the daughter tries to seduce him in the hall and he says Oh shit.

Oh fun! Those are good. I like HOTPIG v. much. The scene and dialog in the bath with the priest and nekkid women. The scene when he laughs out loud in cort when pic was accused of eating human flesh on Friday. Sissy fight is v. funny

that's *court* as you probaly guessed.

Some of my favorite comedy scenes with CF: FP: Steve and Paul watching the final. "It's my flat" "Yeah, well try and get me out." "Sisters don't have seasons" scene and the Bread album scene! FP has many funny moments for me! Hard to pick just a few. TIOBE: Also like the Lady Bracknell interview. Proposal scene with Gwendolyn. "We have to talk, you have to leave" scene with Algy. BJD: Blue soup scene. "Did I really swim around naked in your paddling pool?" "Yes. You were four and I was eight" "Bit pervy really" "Yes. I like to think so" Love how he delivers those lines! SIL: His 'proposal' scene with Viola. "It was your eyes..." Lord Wessex is so beautifully icky!

(Evelyn)MLSF...explaining the facts of life to Fraser. One of my all time favorites. I agree, Annette. Just about all of his scenes in RV. Here's looking at you kid. The scene in the restaurant in FP... it was just a one off. Explaining the facts of life to Sammy in SLOW...love his facial expressions in that. I just got back from the weekend, and you guys caught me off guard. I'll be back later after a good think.

(Tress) There are hidden treasures that pop-up all the time!! ;-) I have noticed a scene in DQ (which I couldn't comment on in the film discussion - as that was serious) which holds some potential. Take a look at the scene where Lucy asks "Donovan, who is Daniel Quinn?"

(Evelyn) He's brilliant doing 'deadpan' Yes, he is. And I don't think he gets nearly enough credit for it. That's not as easy as some people think. Interview with Lady Bracknell as a potential suitor with Gwendolyn. I love his facial expression when he's trying to decide if he knows everything or nothing - and then afterwards, when he finds out he made the right choice. Very subtle, but very effective. Also, I never failed to laugh when he started to describe the handbag (though I was usually the only one in the theater laughing). (LindaK) Here's looking at you kid. LOVE him there. There are parts of RV where I can't decide if he's too broad, or if he's supposed to be that way, but in that scene I think he's absolutely perfect.

(Tress) Lord Wessex is so beautifully icky! Icky, but wonderful! There's a point where he does this little wiggle thing when he bows to Viola, and I just want to smack him, he's being so smarmy; makes me laugh every time I see it! (Rika) Also, I never failed to laugh when he started to describe the handbag (though I was usually the only one in the theater laughing) The only one? :( Thankfully, I was in a theater of people who were ready for a good time; I remember several people laughed along with me at the handbag description.

(Rika) Also, I never failed to laugh when he started to describe the handbag (though I was usually the only one in the theater laughing). (moonstar) I remember several people laughed along with me at the handbag description. The DH laughed out loud at this bit! I was surprised! We both thought this scene was very funny (although, I had seen the film about five times prior to the DHs first viewing and knew it was coming up). I love ODB's hands in that scene....as he opens the 'invisible' bag to demostrate! Cracks me up!

(Tress) I love ODB's hands in that scene....as he opens the 'invisible' bag to demostrate! Cracks me up! Exactly. It's the hands - along with his earnest (no pun intended, but it works, doesn't it?) attempt to describe the handbag accurately. It's a great little piece of subtle comedy that also says a lot about the character. He's so caught up in the handbag, because it's his only link to his family, that he doesn't realize that its physical features are utterly irrelevant. I'd love to know if the business with the hands was his, or if OP suggested it.

Rika, Tress; I'm all with you in the "handbag-business". I remembered one more funny scene from SLOW; When he is sitting on the wall with Sammy/Sweet Potato and they are having a shoot-out. The way he dies and falls gets me every time.

YES! I can't believe I didn't think of that. That little grunt, and then he just pitches off backwards. SLOW is another movie with some fun deadpan stuff.

More deadpan stuff... BJD...the launch party, when Bridget describes Perpetua and Mark with thoughtful details...When it's Mark's turn and he describes Briget as playing naked in his paddling pool. I love the subtle glint in his eyes as he takes a sip of his drink. He's sparring with her, and its caught her very off-guard.

yet more deadpan stuff.. SLOW..the conversation with Nimia in her office about the rules of employment. "those are the rules.....for now." Hummmmmmmmmm

And... SLOW........telling Sam, "Real men just lop the handles off altogether." (Linda) I love the subtle glint in his eyes as he takes a sip of his drink. He's sparring with her Love this too....a "gotcha"!

I have a Netflix subscription, and every now & then I'll do a "Colin Firth" search to see if they've added Lost Empires to their catalog. No luck on this morning's search, but I was amused to see that HS & WAGW are to be added when released, and they already have *viewer ratings*, no less! In case you're wondering, they have HS as a 2003 DVD release, the DVD cover shown is the "Titanic" shot, and from five ratings an average of three out of five stars. As for WAGW, they also have it as a 2003 DVD release, the DVD cover shown is the much-seen shot of AB & the guards, and from eleven ratings an average of 4.1 stars! (*giggles*) Okay, 'fess up; who's been pumping up the ratings on a film that hasn't even been screened yet?

(moonstar)Okay, 'fess up; who's been pumping up the ratings on a film that hasn't even been screened yet? LOL, let's see what we can do for the ratings for HS. Thanks for the Netflix info. Keep us posted.

Help me! I'm trying to sum up the favourite lines and add, which movie they come from. But - MariaT postet this one "I am not afraid of you" and I know I've heard it, but I just can't remember where. Would someone please help me?

(Annette) I'm trying to sum up the favourite lines and add, which movie they come from. But - MariaT postet this one "I am not afraid of you" and I know I've heard it, but I just can't remember where. Would someone please help me? Annette, it is from P&P. At Rosings when Lizzy is sitting with Col. Fitzwilliam at the pianoforte. She is teasing Mr. Darcy... "Indeed, Mr. Darcy, it is very ungenerous....and very impolitic too -- for it provokes me to retaliate, and say such things as will shock your relations to hear." "I am not afraid of you."

That's it! Thank you. Off course I know it. I haven't had my P&P dvd available for about 2 months, so I'm missing out on my weekly quota :-) I'll get back to organizing the quotes (my DH is out, so I try to make the most of my "free" time in front of the computer ;-))

I have now summed the quotes. About the vote; there�s been all these b***** hints and stuff, but has there actually ever been any known fiddling with the votes? (big winkie and hint at the lates poll for film-discussion;-)) I suggest, that we all get to pick 10 quotes. The 10, that get�s the most votes, wins. If any qoutes gets the same number of votes, they will be placed alongside eachother, eliminating the next numbers in line (am I making myself clear, or have I really messed up this time?) The maine reason for this pole is an excuse to get Rika to post some captures, but please do not let this influence your voting (as if anything I say could influence you in any way;-)). Another reason is to distract some of us, who won�t be able to see WAGW next week (or the next year for that matter). Sorry about the fretting, here are the quotes: 1. AC I'm the school joke. I quite realize that. But I am, don't you think, a respected joke? 2. BJD Enough, enough 3. BJD grunt in the doorway 4. BJD I forgot to kiss you goodbye, do you mind? 5. BJD I like you just as you are 6. BJD I�ve been laboring under a misapprehension.. 7. BJD Not as such! 8. BJD So it would seem 9. BJD What I'm trying to say, very inarticulately, is that I like you, very much, just as you are 10. FP A, I hate her, B, she hates me, and C, what's the point of it all... 11. FP Alright, no more football. 12. FP Bet you anything, you like! 13. FP Do I look like the sort of man who'd have a Bread album? 14. FP Do I look like the sort of man who'd have a Bread album? 15. FP Eighteen years, eighteen...f---ing years 16. FP He is the full axminster! 17. FP I have to vary the answers 18. FP I have to vary the answers. 19. FP I knew it, I knew it! You shagged the football hooligan! 20. FP I know, I know! 21. FP I�d pay extra! 22. FP it was just a one off. 23. FP It's not the smoking, Steve, it's the crapness. 24. FP Mortgage, Wife, Kid, Cool! 25. FP Paul, are you a complete fool? 26. FP Paul, you need medical attention. You've got some kind of dicease that turns people into miserable bastards. 27. FP that shows what you know about it 28. FP that'll do me, wife and kid 29. FP Words fail me! 30. FP Would you PLEASE, please, please, please just f**king, F**K OFF! You have arrived at the worst sixty seconds of my life and I REALLY don't want to see you 31. Nostromo Yes, here 32. P&P I am not afraid of you 33. P&P I shall conquer this, I shall! 34. P&P In vain I have struggled 35. P&P Nono, the green one 36. P&P On foot? 37. P&P Wot? 38. P&P Wot? 39. P&P You have employed your time much better. No one admitted to the privilege of hearing you, can think anything wanting. We neither of us perform to strangers 40. P&P You have said quite enough, Madam... 41. RV Be still, my beating heart! 42. RV I've gone quite weak in the knees 43. RV Moxie's "I mean really.." 44. SIL It was your eyes. No, your lips 45. SLOW Say my name? 46. TA A pig? They want me to defend a pig? 47. TA good god,that dog smiled at me 48. TEP Uxuriousness. That's my favorite kind of love. Excessive love of one's wife 49. TIOBE I know nothing! 50. Yes

Ooops, I seem to have listet WOT twice. I know, it's good, but nevertheless it should only have one entering. The same goes for the Bread-album guy and vary the answers. Sorry!

(Annette) Ooops, I seem to have listet WOT twice. I know, it's good, but nevertheless it should only have one entering No, no....you can never have too much of a good thing. ;-)

Just for you Annette...... 1) #50 - Yes 2) #34 - In vain I have struggled 3) #4 - I forgot to kiss you... 4) #45 - Say my name 5) #30 - Would you PEASE, please....... 6) #13 - Do I look like the sort of a man.... 7) #39 - You have employed your time much better.... 8) #9 - What I'm trying to say..... 9) #32 - I am not afraid of you 10)#37 - WOT?.......in just about everything This was a very hard one to call!

These were a very hard ten to call 3, 13, 15, 17, 21, 22, 24, 31,45,46 thanks Annette...just thinking about these makes me want to go and watch each and every one, again.

Oh, I love a poll. It's almost impossible to narrow it down to 10, but for you, Annette, I'll do it. 4, 8, 9, 10, 17, 21, 33, 36, 37, 45 Let's hope this inspires Rika to illustrate our top ten list. Thanks for a great idea, Annette.

Got a bit busy today, but I have been thinking about this: 1, 4, 7, 15, 17, 23, 30, 32, 34, 36...

ARRGGG! I hate this...got to whittle 3 away... OK, now one more... Got it...(Woohoo, got to put the grunt back when I realized 9 also covers 5...) 3, 4, 9, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 39, 45 Thanks Annette, this was fun!

Tough choice, considering I haven't seen all the lines mentioned, but (3 4 7 9 15 21 33 36 39 49) get my vote.

Don't care for this weeding out process... 9, 10, 12, 17, 21, 23, 27, 33, 43, 47 If you asked me tomorrow, I'd probably answer differently...

We anyway have to vary the answers.

(KJArt) If you asked me tomorrow, I'd probably answer differently... You are so right...and I feel disloyal eliminating ANY of them but for right now, today... 3,4,8,22,27,30,32,34,36,45

closing

...a pig, they want me to defend a pig? Here is a *good* list too... If this doesn't work as a link, please just cut and paste since I'm very busy and important.....(so why do I have time to find this?......my lunch break) http://www.drury.edu/multinl/story.cfm?ID=5947&NLID=229

Good job Annette. Here are my choices: 4, 8, 15, 25, 33, 37, 42, 47, 49, 50. Thank you.

Here are mine: 3,5,7,8,9,15,33,36,37,45 (Hen) Let's hope this inspires Rika to illustrate our top ten list. Thanks for a great idea, Annette. Only if y'all are very patient. I'm buried at the moment and am likely to have to spend the next couple of weeks playing catch-up (but for a fun reason - the World Figure Skating Championships are in town, and I bought an All-Events Ticket. When I'm not at school, I'm at the competition). We'll have to see, anyway - sometimes there's not that distinctive of a facial expression to go with a line of dialogue.

Come forward, ladies, there is still time to place your votes! Another matter: Apparently the commentary track with Oliver Parker is not on the danish TIOBE dvd. Would you please tell me, if this is reason enough to wait another 5 months for the dvd (in your oppinion, off course)?

Someone sent me this older article and I thought it was cute. It was originally published for Valentines's Day in the San Diego Union-Tribune by Karla Peterson (you'll recall her interview during the TIOBE promotion; it's in the archives and she wrote me about it). Lights, camera, attraction; It�s a celebrity crush In honor of Valentine�s Day, this one goes out to the ones we love. The ones we crave. The ones who have no idea that we exist. And how could they? They are somebodies and we are nobodies, and between us lies the lonesome one-way street of the celebrity crush. Of all the pranks Cupid inflicts on helpless humans, falling hard for a star is the most humiliating. One minute, you are a reasonable person, minding your own boring business. The next, you are a beady-eyed lunatic devoting time, money and precious Internet resources to someone who will never acknowledge your presence, much less return your insane affections. If you have ever haunted eBay for rare Erik Estrada photos, or celebrated David Duchovny�s birthday as if it were your own, then you are familiar with the hypnotic power of the celebrity crush. And you will not be surprised to hear that mine started with a fever. This time last year, my husband was out of town and I had the flu. Out of sympathy for an ailing working mother, a friend dropped off her VHS copy of the 1995 �Pride and Prejudice� miniseries. She figured that whatever TheraFlu and chicken soup couldn�t cure, a six part BBC costume drama probably could. She was right. And so very wrong. For hour after hour, tape after rewound tape, the love affair between the imperious Mr. Darcy and the delicious Elizabeth Bennett bloomed before my glassy eyes like a tidy oasis. It was sumptuous, smart and sexy, and I watched the whole six-hour saga from beginning to end. Three times. And when the flu bug finally flew the coop, I emerged from my sic bed with an obliterating crush on Colin Firth, the dreamy British actor who played the brooding Mr. Darcy. In less than a week, I went from being vaguely aware of him (He was the guy in �Bridget Jones�s Diary� who was not Hugh Grant, right?) to being wildly obsessed with his life and his career. Driven by a bewildering hormonal rush not felt since ninth grade, I had to feed the craving on an alarmingly regular basis. Fortunately, there were a million ways to keep the pathology alive. Thanks to the Internet Movie Database, I was able to view Firth�s long and wildly varied filmography. Thanks to Amazon.com, I could buy whatever I couldn�t rent from my Anglophile friends at Kensington Video. An with the help of the TVNow Web site, I always knew which obscure Firth film was playing on HBO Signature at any given time. Then I found the fan sites. Firthfrenzy.com. Friends of Firth. �Pride and Prejudice� Paradise. The Colin-y Sites dedicated to his stage work. Sites that archived pretty much every article ever written about him. Sites like the pop-culture obsessed FameTracker.com, where savvy Web-page editors like Tara Ariano keep an eye on lunatics like me. �Celebrity crushes are very common. I�m not surprised by anyone any more,� Ariano said reassuringly form her Toronto office. �If someone is in the public eye enough to be a celebrity, they generally have enough charisma that someone is going to be attracted to him or her. And there are so many entertainment products now, that celebrity crushes can be fed very easily.� Can they ever. On the FameTracker forums, like-minded fans passionately discuss Billy Corgan�s shaved head, Sarah Michelle Gellar�s weight and Kylie Minogue�s underpants. On the Colin Firth forum, my insane sisters sigh over Pride and Prejudice,� give multiple thumbs� up to video-store treasures like 1988�s quirky �Apartment Zero,� and express collective anxiety over the upcoming teen-comedy �What a Girl Wants.� Whose resemblance to �The Princess Diaries� makes us all kind of twitchy. �When my roommate and I saw the trailer, we just sat there, stunned,� one poster writes. �And I think at the same time we just said, �Ohhh�.Colin�� What we don�t discuss is why we devote so much time and psychic energy to someone we don�t know and have no real hope of meeting. Isn�t life too short for follies like this? �Why do anything?� Ariano says. �Why collect stamps? If it�s fun to put pictures of pretty boys up in your cubicle, why not? I think most celebrity crushes are harmless. It�s something fun to occupy your time. It�s like a little hobby, coming up with harmless, generally PG-rated fantasies of what would happen if you met your live object.� A few months after Firth became my love object, I actually met him. We sat next to each other on a couch in the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, where I interviewed him about his role in �The Importance Of Being Earnest.� He was handsome, smart and quotable. He had also been ground to a nub by the movie-promotion machine. So while I was one life regression away from writing �Mrs. Colin Firth� in the margins of my geometry homework, he just wanted to wrap up his media duties and go home. I could not have made less of an impression on him if I had stayed in the parking garage. I should have been heartbroken, but frankly, I was grateful for the reality check. As I drove back to San Diego, I realized that the man of my dreams was no the lanky actor who scuttled out of the Four Seasons lobby as if his sneakers were on fire. In fact, the man of my dreams was at home, waiting patiently for me to get over this Colin Firth guy so I could get back to him. �He really is something special,� I thought, remembering my first love with a smile. And if the would just let him out of that little video box, I�m sure Mr. Darcy would say the same thing about me.

Cute article. It's just a job; just like hers.

Amen! But I really try to avoid reality checks;-) Great article, Karen. Thank you.

(article) So while I was one life regression away from writing �Mrs. Colin Firth� in the margins of my geometry homework, he just wanted to wrap up his media duties and go home. I could not have made less of an impression on him if I had stayed in the parking garage. LOL! If I ever do meet ODB, this is how I see it unfolding! Thanks Karen....very funny! And Linda, I've been boucning those reality checks for years! ;-)

(article)Driven by a bewildering hormonal rush not felt since ninth grade, I had to feed the craving on an alarmingly regular basis. Story of my life! But - as you, Linda and Tress, no reality checks for me;-) Thank you for the article, Karen.

Fortunately, there were a million ways to keep the pathology alive. Ain't it the truth!

�He really is something special,� Amen sisters. Thanks for the really cute article Karen.

My Top Ten: 3,4,17,27,30,31,32,34,36,39 Ask me tomorrow, and I'd probably think of others, though!

It isn't easier to choose 10 if you wait! If I could only remember the right phrase, I would quote Edward, jumping into the lake. But - alas and alack - I cannot. I can't keep putting it up. I shall conquer this, I shall, so here are my choices: 8, 10, 12, 17, 29, 34, 37, 41, 44, 45 If only I could pick 10 from each movie, that would do me! If it is allright by you, we will keep open for new to vote until Rika get's over her "skating-thing" and return to more sensible matters ;-)

Exact time might be an iffy thing, but I've got it at right at 2 hr 49 mins before *Karen gets rid of that obscene picture on the front page!*

(I trust she is ready...our ability to hold out might be tested!)

Sadly, it's past midnight (here, anyway) and it's still there. The impostor was on Letterman tonight too. Ack.

I'm starting to wonder whether the picture was (is) a joke. It is midmorning here - We'll have to burn some candles or something.

Karen, I'll do almost anything to get "the real CF" back. I'll try posting a wee flower as persuation;-)

Aarg! The anti-colin is still there! In the anti-wet shirt.

Karen, Isn't it the morning of the 2nd in the US? Please, please, please remove the imposter CF and replace him with ODB asap!!!

Yes, it's morning here, Janet. I don't know what happened to the boss. PLease, Please, Please will someone get that @#$%$#@ imposter off the front page. Thank you.

Help, fast! Someone in the mid-west call 911!! Karen is certainly *lying on floor being eaten by large dogs*! There can be no other explaination.

Thank you so much, Karen - my favorite teacher. About the driving and drooling - well it's hard not to, when you've got the soundtrack from FP in your car;-)

Thank you Karen! Those dimples are deadly! Hope the 'other' CF found a better home!

Ooooh yes!! The *football hooligan*! Thank you, thank you!

Oh I just love Paul. Thank you, Karen. Thrilled to see that the other CF has been booted off. I drool and drive all the time... Yes, Annette, especially with the FP soundtrack.

Thank you so much, Karen. Mr. Ashworth is looking v. delectable and puts that Irish imposter to shame. The dimples...oh, my! Your little April Fool's experiment certainly woke everybody up. Karen, you are the best!

It was only April Fools Day. Can we not appreciate a little humor without the hysteria? You'll know I'm seriously disgusted with the first Colin when my Pepperoni Pizza Boy's pic goes back up. ;-)

Thanks for the great pic of Paul Karen.

(Karen)Can we not appreciate a little humor without the hysteria? Indeed we can. I think our responses are part of the game ;-)

( Karen)Can we not appreciate a little humor without the hysteria? Indeed we can. I think our responses are part of the game ;-) LOL, my thoughts exactly! It was fun sharing in the hysteria this morning and gasping at the lovely driver. Thanks for the tease Karen.

I think I'll post my favorite lines before I change them again: 4, 9, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 34, 37, 45 Thanks, Karen, for adorable smiling Paul Ashworth! It made my day.

(Karen)Can we not appreciate a little humor without the hysteria? Indeed we can. I think our responses are part of the game ;-) Exactly - well said.

I don't know if this means I need to get a life, but, the other day I discovered I had a Hidden Talent . . . I was sitting in the bus, thinking (as one does) of ODB and going to see WAGW when some little thought made me smile. And as I smiled, I had a clear mental image of the same smile on his face. I thought this was pretty good, so I experimented (furtively) with other facial expressions. It worked! I could imagine all sorts of smiles and frowns and looks! I wondered if this meant I had seen too much of him on screen, but then I thought, "Naaa - too much is never enough!" It certainly made the bus trip fly! Am I weird/obsessed/a sad case?

Am I weird/obsessed/a sad case? no, I think you`re a typical ODB fan ;)

(Sue)Am I weird/obsessed/a sad case? I agree with odessa; you're just like the rest of us. What I tend to do most, is find myself walking, long strides etc. you know, just like ... When I become aware of what I'm doing, I go back to a more "ladylike-kind-of" walking. (this coming from someone rather short, not exactly slim, not twenty anymore. So you see, much better smile ;-))

(Sue)Am I weird/obsessed/a sad case? (Annette)I agree with odessa; you're just like the rest of us. How about pursing your lips together, like in the doorway scene of BJD? Been there, done that;-)

Karen's AFG photo of Paul A. popping up every time I stopped by here drove me crazy (and made me smile) so I *had* to watch FP again last night. I'm a newbie so this must have been said before, but our obsession for CF seems so like Paul's for Arsenal! Reading the posts on Spoilers and Colin Firth topics shows we too love and hate (if not him then some choices he makes) at the same time! If CF is in s**t then life is s**t;-) Like Paul, I'm sure most of us will be there for the victory........when it comes.

(Beedee) Like Paul, I'm sure most of us will be there for the victory........when it comes. LOL....let's hope it's not 'eighteen years....eighteen f**king years!' Good analogy!

Great analogies ladies. Let's hope not eighteen f**king years!

(Beedee) our obsession for CF seems so like Paul's for Arsenal! I never thought about it that way, but you are so right! Would Paul endure Miramax marketing, L'ium, potted palms, a teen comedy for his beloved Arsenal? Absolutely! What a weekend! Not only did I see WAGW, but AZ came in from Netflix, and with our new X-box I was actually able to watch it (old DVD player refused to play AZ; very distressing)! Talk about night and day films...

(Beedee) our obsession for CF seems so like Paul's for Arsenal! (Moonstar)I never thought about it that way, but you are so right! Would Paul endure Miramax marketing, L'ium, potted palms, a teen comedy for his beloved Arsenal? Absolutely! It's funny, I have tried to explain the fascination to my DH in this manner but as he is not a sports fan, it did'nt take. Have decided I will work the "It is like a phenomenal wine, and not everyone "gets" it or tries it but to those that do it is breathtaking" angle as wine is a language he understands. Wish me luck...;-)

(Beedee) our obsession for CF seems so like Paul's for Arsenal! (Moonstar)I never thought about it that way, but you are so right! Would Paul endure Miramax marketing, L'ium, potted palms, a teen comedy for his beloved Arsenal? Absolutely! LOL, very nice analogy (is that a word?). (MariaT)Wish me luck...;-) Good luck, Maria! My dh *is* a sportsfan, but I won't even try to explaine "the state I'm in". He wouldn't get it anyway. I'll stick to my "movies-in-general freak". That is something, he can relate to.

Sorry to post twice, but just came across this old journal from September 2002. She writes quite funny, and have some bits, that I particularly like: Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver is fine too, but I can't really see him as some sex god. Oh, by the way, did anyone notice the Pemberley pun there? It's in the scene where Bridget first turns up in the Kafka's Motorbike book launch party. Look at the wall in the scene and you can see the Pemberley sign hanging there, all nice and green. Here is the link: http://blueskies.sunflower-secrets.net/archives/00000034.html

Thanks, Annette! A little scary that she thought CF was in his 40's when he made P&P.... He was, what, 34 then? But she's probably young, and young people often can't tell 30-somethings and 40-somethings apart. One of my students guessed that I was about 18 years younger than I am - and while I may or may not look my age, I DEFINITELY don't look as young as she thought.

Todays result of googling http://www.hellomagazine.com/vote/mostattractiveman/?mensaje= To vote or not to vote, that is the question! Especially with the article from Fameaudit in mind ;-) Okay, I'm off to vote!

Another reason to vote; Colin Farrell is one of the other options. How would you feel, if he beat our CF?

(Annette)Colin Farrell is one of the other options. How would you feel, if he beat our CF? Sure Annette, this's why I'm gonna vote;-) Off I go.....

Last entry (for now): The largest collections of photos, I've seen (I haven't checked, if there are any new ones) http://www.alltheweb.com/search?t=all&q=colin+firth&c=img&cs=utf-8

Omigod! That is incredible. It even has the Colin-behind-the-maple-leaf graphic from my Hope Springs page and the collage of Livia's footwear that was posted here. v. strange search engine, as there's nothing from Dolores' or Lisbeth's site. Seems to have focused mainly on mine, Meluchie's, Carrie's and some of Murph's. v. peculiar. And it picks up every image from whichever page it has honed in on. :-(