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(Jeanie) 10 heads of silky curly hair to run the fingers through (sigh), 20 soulful brown eyes to follow my every move (SIGH),100 long, tapered fingers to hold and smootch, (Zoinks)....... & last but not least.. LOL... 10 googies to.. well, I'm sure your fertile imaginations can fill in the blanks. (comatose) LOL.....comatose indeed! I have been thinking on this and I think I could make it work! I have room for at least 10 ODB Clones. The DH and I have no kids and our place is a bit small, but we do have two guest rooms....after the initial shock of having 10 other men move into our abode, I think the DH and the Clolins (to use your term) would get on famously. And the drawbacks??? I am already used to never having the remote and finding empy orange juice containers in the frig.... ;-) (Jeanie) Can you imagine the wrestling that would be going on between these clolins,(clone&colin)... ROTFL.....okay, I'll admit it...I would look forward to that part of it (can I add some jello?).... ;-D Yura, your PRICELESS Thanksgiving list made me laugh! Thanks!

(Yura) 10 satisfied ODB, flashing their beautiful dimples at you-PRICELESS That's for sure! LOL!

(Yura) 10 satisfied ODB, flashing their beautiful dimples at you-PRICELESS That's a total of 20 counting the left and right sides. Now that is really priceless;-)

(Tress) Best Googie coming straight at you: FP (Paul getting out of bed in those grey boxers) Ever since I read this I've been meaning to.... investigate (inquiring minds want to know, after all), and finally got the chance tonight. Tress, I can't BELIEVE I missed this:

Ooooooohhhh Rika! You have outdone yourself! The notorious grey googie! Nice package (Am I allowed to say that here?)!!! I have the most vivid dreams at night involving Paul Ashworth and those 'pants'. **sigh** You have made my evening. Thank you!!! (Rika) Tress, I can't BELIEVE I missed this And now it will be burned on your brain forever!! Woooohoooo! I believe he is holding *my (borrowed) lighter* in his right hand...I am a lucky girl!!! ;-)

(Tress) Ooooooohhhh Rika! You have outdone yourself! The notorious grey googie! Nice package (Am I allowed to say that here?)!!! I have the most vivid dreams at night involving Paul Ashworth and those 'pants'. **sigh** The soft grey boxers have always been one of my favorites! Wot a great grey googie gift they are! I wonder if my son notices how often I stand transfixed before the television with this very scene playing slowly backwards and forwards. Thanks, Rika!

Thank you Rika. The Googie Goddess gives you an A+++++ for that capture. (Rika) Tress, I can't BELIEVE I missed this Me, too. I better be careful, I may loose my title.;-)

(Tress) I still have not seen all of Nostromo (still working on it...) I just saw some of Nostromo this morning, doing the laundry, and I might have found the encourichment you need, to watch it. At least in the beginning, in those lovely white-ish ridingpants, there definetly is material for the Googie-discussion. I'm sure, that if it were out on DVD, Rika would know to proove my point in no time. But - it doesn't reveale as much as the soft grey boxers (dozing off to dreamland - again)........

Ah, motivation to finally get around to watching Nostromo!

Okay - I will try hard not to complain - but it is quite frustrating to see a listing of movies, shown on various stations in US - and I cant find them anywhere overhere. So, what I'm trying to say - very inarticulary - is, that if someone in this lovely crowd of wonderful women (mostly, I mean mostly women, not mostly wonderful) can find it in their heart to help me, by taping some - it would be more than nice. I don't know, if I dare ask for Londonium, but in any case I would like to see for myself, just how bad it is. Perhaps you have allready figured it out, but I am quite obsessed, when it comes to watch everything with ODB in it. So would you please, please, please, please just e-mail me, if you can assist me? If I'm out of line, by using this conference for this purpose, please let me know, and I will fall back in disgrace......

(Anette) So, what I'm trying to say - very inarticulary - is, that if someone in this lovely crowd of wonderful women (mostly, I mean mostly women, not mostly wonderful) can find it in their heart to help me, by taping some - it would be more than nice LOL! Not inarticulat at all! I second all the above and dare ask for SLOW.(Anette, can you read my mind ? You express all I wish to say so well. BTW I'm willing to share the copies I have, but probably you have everything I've got.)

Rika! Thanks for the capture, since I missed the sighting too!!!! It is indeed "burned into my brain" now, LOL! Annette, if you have a DVD player, and you are having a lot of trouble finding CF's stuff for your region, I have seen players for sale on the 'net that supposedly play any region DVD. But, if you have VHS only, what format will your player support? I believe Europe and North America have incompatible formats (you are in Europe, right?), so unless you have the right player, American stuff isn't going to play on your machine :( However, I have seen European formatted VHS stuff at Ebay, so you might try there. Hope that helps...

Moonstar raises a key point. I know from past experience that some folks "across the pond" have VCR's that can play both NTSC and PAL tapes, but I don't know if that's universal. The vast majority of us in the States can only read and write NTSC format.

As to the vcr-formats, I did some research when I wantet to buy The Advocate. In Europe, if you have a fairly new VCR player, it plays both formats. Most of the new VCR's has a label on them, that states, that it can play both formats. As to the DVD, I only have a PS2, which I borrow from my son, when I want to watch some of my DVDs. Knowing, that I will se all of ODB's movies "a lot" I try to buy DVD when possible.

On the other hand, one advantage to DVD players on computers is that it's easier to get around the region problem on a computer. (AND, if you choose, it's easier to do captures!!!!)

(Horse Cave Woman)Rika! Thanks for the capture, since I missed the sighting too!!!! It is indeed "burned into my brain" now, LOL! Not me! Muhahahahahahaha!!!! Cough, hack.. I have a terrible cold.. ick.

A new googie sighting! I've not heard this one mentioned before. In DQ, when he and Sandy are taken to the Windmill offices after stopping the train, there's a very close up shot of him from the waist down. Check it out! Sorry, it's on video, and I can't do screen captures. Rika? :)

Wonderful Googie capture Rika! Speaking of DQ, we want to watch it sometime during our firthnights, but we can't find a copy!! Does anyone in the US have a copy we can borrow or make a copy? Willing to pay for video and shipping! Or does anyone know where we can buy one? The firthnight ladies and I are DESPERATE!! E-mail me if you can help! I got the the soundtrack to TIOBE.....The track where oDB and RE sings together was worth the price I paid for the CD. It's been in my CD player all weekend, playing continuously. Now I can't get it out of my head...not necessarily a bad thing though ;)

(Annette) I just saw some of Nostromo this morning, doing the laundry, and I might have found the encourichment you need, to watch it. At least in the beginning, in those lovely white-ish ridingpants, there definetly is material for the Googie-discussion. (Rika) Ah, motivation to finally get around to watching Nostromo! There is another G moment just as he is being forced towards the garrot machine(?), he is twisting his body back and forth , left and right and it tends to lump the equipment together and force the package to the surface...Not that I wasn't riveted by the drama but I could'nt help noticing...

(Annette) At least in the beginning, in those lovely white-ish ridingpants, there definetly is material for the Googie-discussion. (Rika) Ah, motivation to finally get around to watching Nostromo! (MariaT) There is another G moment just as he is being forced towards the garrot machine(?), he is twisting his body back and forth , left and right.... LOL....okay...Nostromo is being dusted off, and I am putting it into the VCR tonight!! I must have my share in the conversation!!!

FYI, the garroting pic has been posted here many times.

(Janet) Sorry, it's on video, and I can't do screen captures. Rika? :) Sorry - I can only do DVD's. I may need to ask for that Snappy for Christmas after all....

(Maria)he is twisting his body back and forth , left and right and it tends to lump the equipment together and force the package to the surface... Oh, Gawd, what an image you just conjured up in my mind. And it doesn't take much. Guess what I'm watching tonight? Rika, more motivation for watching Nostromo.

Just when I'm surrounded by an avalanche of papers to grade, all this temptation to watch Nostromo!!! It couldn't be something quick, like his role in "Blackadder Back & Forth." Noooooooooo. It's gotta be a miniseries. And from what I'm gathering, this isn't something I could watch with one eye trained on the TV and one on the paper I'm grading, right? The plot sounds a bit too convoluted for that. Semester break isn't coming a second too soon.

(Rika) Just when I'm surrounded by an avalanche of papers to grade, all this temptation to watch Nostromo!!! It couldn't be something quick, like his role in "Blackadder Back & Forth." Noooooooooo. It's gotta be a miniseries I don't have papers to grade, only a curious family, asking why it is only the part of the livingroom, where the TV is, thats getting cleaned up and decoratet for Christmas. I had told myself, that it would be enough to hear his voice while I was getting on with the above (today I picked RV after doing the BJD research), but something, or should I say somebody, kept dragging me back to the screen.

I have both a copy of DQ and the necessary video capture widget, and will try to oblige. I probably won't be able to do it until the weekend, though, and I'll get stuck watching (I *always* do!) so it will help if someone posts the approximate minutes into the film. The widgets are cheap, around 60. for a pretty good one, and very easy to hook up and use.

(Elizabeth S) and I'll get stuck watching (I *always* do!) I know. Occupational hazard.

(Elizabeth S)I have both a copy of DQ and the necessary video capture widget, and will try to oblige. It's around 19 minutes and 30 seconds into the movie, Elizabeth. Thanks

Last week HolaLola posted (HolaLola) How can you not adore a man so completely and madly in love with his little baby? BTW, he's just as sweet and loving with his pets too! The Firth man is just one of the really good guys out there in this world. A talented professional who balances his life with love for wife and family and the world he lives in by trying to make it a fairer, better place. You people have chosen a fine person to admire. Smart bunch! :) As I was traveling for the holiday last week this got me thinking...We know that men of this calibre aren't prevalent, there are not alot of heroes to admire, not even for "ready money"...So I was reading my book, a biography of L. DaVinci, "Leonardo, The Artist and The Man" as I waited for my flight and they had this to say about Mr DaVinci - "Celestial influences may shower extraordinary gifts on certain human beings which is an effect of nature, but there is something supernatural in the accumulation in one individual of so much beauty, grace, and might." OK, I admit, that is over the top in reference to ODB but the next part... "He praises food to any friend, rich or poor, his kindness, his sweet nature, his eloquence, his regal magnanimity, his sense of humor, his love of wild creatures, his terrible strength in argument, sustained by intelligence and memory, the subtlety of his mind, his aptitude for science, music and poetry. What was more, he was a man of physical beauty beyond compare." Call me crazy, but as I sat in the boarding lounge reading this, and raised my eyes to survey the men around me, (actually singing the little Madeleine Kahn song from History of the World "No, no no no no no no, no.." all that came to mind was ODB, and that it has been a 500 year wait for the cosmos to work it�s magic like this again� Well it WAS a long trip, and I was excessively tired, and really its just a small obsession...

(Maria) it has been a 500 year wait for the cosmos to work it�s magic like this again� Maria, I have never regretted my inability (or rather, failure to try to learn) to post graphics here soooo much. If I COULD post the appropriate graphic here, it would be a gold medal, of all the tributes to His-Firthfulness I have ever seen, this must be the best. I'm just a sucker for understated obsession I guess! All I have to say is thank G*d for celestial influences!

(Maria) it has been a 500 year wait for the cosmos to work it�s magic like this again� I'm so very happy to be in the time of his magic. Great comments Maria.

I copied these postings from topic 165, but I'm trying very hard to follow Karens instructions as to a) is this current? b)am I just drooling? and c) I would so much like to earn a membership at Drool - so I'll make my comment here. (Yura) My friends and I were talking about his dancing just yesterday. I don't know of a scene where he really *grabs hold* of a woman (you know, hands on waist, not like the dance seen in P&P). Even if the dance is with his own daughter, I'd still love to see that on screen :) (FanPam)I believe in SLOW there is a scene where he is dancing with his wife, also Playmaker has a scene as does Dutch Girls, so he does dance. The comments of his dancing takes me to Valmont. It's a period-drama (I know, I know) and there isn't much hand on waist, but - to be Meg Tilly in that finale embrace of their dance, I would defy a thousand Wessex's (no, sorry red fingernails). This is not to say, that I wouldn't enjoy the grabbing part. I most certainly would! (Maria) it has been a 500 year wait for the cosmos to work it�s magic like this again� I'll just repeat FanPams comment, as I can't figure out to articulate it any better: I'm so very happy to be in the time of his magic. Great comments Maria.

(Annette) but - to be Meg Tilly in that finale embrace of their dance, I would defy a thousand Wessex's (no, sorry red fingernails). Or to be twirled around, like later in Valmont..... Speaking of Wessex, he danced in SIL too.

Has his dancing in TEP already been mentioned? If I remember right, he even danced twice in that one. I'd like to have been his dance partner while his "wife" danced with RF.

Hey, if you're interested... I posted four closeup pictures of my Darcy sim at Odds & Ends... I was able to make some closeups of him today, and he looks gorgeous! Please, if you're one of the girls who asked me for him once I finished making him, post me a note, here, or email me, and I'll send him to you!

(Tress) Best Googie coming straight at you: O.K. I know this is taking it back a few sessions, but last night while watching SLOW, I saw the absolute mother of all Googies coming straight at you! About 30 minutes into the movie, Sammy falls asleep at Matthew's house and Matthew is on the phone, Nimy comes in and he gets up...Frame by frame it takes up the ENTIRE screen ...I jest you not. Oh how I wish we could rent a movie theatre somewhere and have a CF filmfest, we could all drink wine and scream REWIND! at appropriate points (all too often, I'm afraid)and enjoy ODB on the big screen at leisure...I promise, if I win the lottery.......

(MariaT)I promise, if I win the lottery I've already told my dh that if we win the lottery I'm opening an art house movie theatre nearby. What I didn't tell him was that I would also have a CF film festival, LOL! A girl can dream...

(Maria)Frame by frame it takes up the ENTIRE screen ... OH, GAWD, how did I miss this.

(Maria) Frame by frame it takes up the ENTIRE screen ... HEL-lo!!!!! It sure does! Yet another one I can't believe I've never noticed before. That was just the ticket to brighten up a snowy afternoon. I like the film festival idea (just imagine that image up on a HUGE screen), but we need to make sure that the projector can not only rewind but also pause, advance frame by frame, etc.

(Rika)but we need to make sure that the projector can not only rewind but also pause, advance frame by frame, etc. Oh, and don't forget the zoom. It must have a zoom feature.

(MariaT) ...Frame by frame it takes up the ENTIRE screen ...I jest you not. (Rika) HEL-lo!!!!! It sure does! Yet another one I can't believe I've never noticed before. Ohhhhhh....it's just not right! I am stuck here at work and cannot take a quick peek! Are we sure it is ODB and not a 'googie double'??? (lindak re: CF Filmfest) Oh, and don't forget the zoom. It must have a zoom feature. LOL....Pause, frame by frame, zoom feature...AND only one remote, because if we all had one we would be hitting every button, every which way and lock up the entire system!! ;-)

LOL.. "googie double".. a stunt googie?! (laughing)

(Tress)Are we sure it is ODB and not a 'googie double'??? You mean like a stunt googie? Like the stunt butt in V... A stunt googie, now that gives me loads to think about on this snow day.

(Jeanie)...a stunt googie?! (laughing) (lindak) A stunt googie, now that gives me loads to think about on this snow day. I suppose, there would have to be both, huh? A 'googie double' to do those shots where ODB's equipment just needed to be present (but he may be somewhere else shooting those essential close-ups and dialogue shots) and a 'stunt googie' for those "action" or "dangerous" googie sequences.... BTW, I am jealous of all those who have snow right now....just wet here! Oh, and Jeanie, I am one of the girls interested in Mr. SimDarcy. I will e-mail you from home as I am at work right now...

(MariaT)Oh how I wish we could rent a movie theatre somewhere ... Mr Young's on Wardour St.(Soho) in London will be happy to rent you his theatre.. We did once....

I'm having a really hard time trying to explain to DH why I'm sitting here laughing so hard. I'm not sure if he'd exactly understand about googie doubles and stunt googies..... (Tress) Ohhhhhh....it's just not right! I am stuck here at work and cannot take a quick peek! Yup, that was one advantage to having a snow day today. I'm afraid I couldn't provide illustrations 'cause it's not on DVD. (Evelyn) Mr Young's on Wardour St.(Soho) in London will be happy to rent you his theatre.. We did once.... That was to see SLOW, wasn't it?

Okaaaaay..... I'm watching the "Forever Ealing" special. And one the female stars being interviewed is named.... Googie Withers.

(Rika) I'm watching the "Forever Ealing" special. And one the female stars being interviewed is named.... Googie Withers. ROTF....Withers?? Ohhhh noooooo...I don't think Withers and Googie should be in the same sentence! ;-D

ROTFL! I missed that aspect of it - I was just so taken with the "Googie" part!

(Rika)Googie Withers. Now, there is a good reason to have a googie double. Perfect timing, as usual to our discussions. The tears are still coming down. My sides hurt, too. (Tress)I don't think Withers and Googie should be in the same sentence! ;-D LOL. You said it. I don't even think someone with a name like that should be on the same TV special with ODB. Makes the Googie Goddess nervous.;-)

(Rika) I'm watching the "Forever Ealing" special. And one the female stars being interviewed is named.... Googie Withers Well.. now you've done it. I just laughed so hard I had a convulsing coughing fit and well.. .since you don't have kids you probably don't have this problem.. but, um, let's just say that after four childbirths, one's bladder never really completely recovers. (rolling eyes) Have you girls ever pondered why and how these strange coincidences of timing and content take place with us? I mean, when I mentioned the word "googie" a few weeks ago there was no possible way that I would've known that Barb had just eaten a "googie burger" for lunch.. (snickering).. and now, after discussing stunt googies, Rika watches a show with an interview with "Googie Withers".. (starting to laugh again).. ok, time to buy depends.

(Maria)Frame by frame it takes up the ENTIRE screen ... (Lindak) OH, GAWD, how did I miss this. (Rika) HEL-lo!!!!! It sure does! Yet another one I can't believe I've never noticed before. Okay, what we need to do is start a petition for a DVD of this movie. The giant googie does fill the whole screen, but imagine it in the high definition of DVD!

(Rika)Googie Withers. I read this at the gym on the bicycle/internet machine and squealed with laughter, one woman on another machine raised her eyebrows so high they left her forehead and joined her scalp... Which leads me to Jeanie's post below...I have no kids but I am right there with you!! Googie Withers, we could'nt have come up with a more hilarious name if we had been trying!! (Jeanie)Well.. now you've done it. I just laughed so hard I had a convulsing coughing fit and well.. .since you don't have kids you probably don't have this problem.. but, um, let's just say that after four childbirths, one's bladder never really completely recovers. (rolling eyes)

I'm putting this here and not on 165 because it seems perhaps a tad "chatty" even though it's about something current. I watched 'Forever Ealing' at 8:00 last night but our cable reception was bad at the time. So I re-taped it at 11:00. DH came into the room a little after 11:30 - we're in the habit of watching Letterman - and said, "You know Dave's on, or did you want to watch this?" I shrugged and casually replied, "Oh, I'd like to watch this if it's okay." (At the moment I can't watch one thing and tape another due to technical difficulties.) So he settled in and started watching with me. The program listing of Tumbledown appeared a few minutes later, and to my surprise, DH noticed it and remarked, "Look, it says 'starring Colin Firth.'" Excellent powers of observation, but as I knew the little segment on TIOBE was coming up, it was all I could do not to burst out laughing. The new Ealing logo came up, and then that familiar face, and I said.... nothing. DH just stared at me for a moment, sighed, and said, "I should have known." I think he's onto me....

(Rika) The new Ealing logo came up, and then that familiar face, and I said.... nothing. DH just stared at me for a moment, sighed, and said, "I should have known." I think he's onto me.... Oh Rika, I can totally relate to this!...As Londinium is on this morning (and my husband taped the wrong channel for me the other day, an oversight? I think not!) I bought a 6 hour videotape and pressed record before I left for work, taped a message on the TV, "please do not touch, recording" and went in to my sleeping husband and whispered in his ear, "I'm going, I love you, please don't touch the tv/vcr, I'm recording"..He rolled over opened his eyes slightly, frowned, and said "You don't love me, you are having an affair"...Ouch...

Oh man.. my dh has pretty much reached the boiling point, as well.. great, now our husbands are becoming hormonal at the same time, too... (rolling eyes). I told one of our sweet & shy lurkers who wrote to me the other day that I've been feeling like an adolescent again, but thusfar I haven't put any posters up on my bedroom wall.. .not yet.. (laughing). So, Rika, since my husband has been aware of my addiction for quite a bit longer than yours has, just try to be gentle.. LOL..I, basically, keep all of my Colin dvds out of sight and have discouraged Samuel about doing his rather admirable impersonation while Dadoo is present. We simply just don't mention his name around Dad anymore. (hiding face) But, though "he who must" may be out of sight whilest some of my family members are about, he'll never be out of mind.. or, for that matter, heart. ;) No, I'm not in love with the man, but I sure do admire the good & decent person that we all perceive him to be. The fact that he's a handsome and fine actor i .. well... simply the yummy scoop of vanilla ice cream on a hot apple cobbler.

I'm having a really hard time trying to explain to DH why I'm sitting here laughing so hard. I'm not sure if he'd exactly understand about googie doubles and stunt googies.. I'm ever so glad my DH is not at home at the moment, I'm sure he'd come asking me what I was laughing so loud about and I wouldn't like to have to explain that at all. I have not laughed so hard for a long time. This whole "googie discussion " is too funny!

Quick notes...on the run... re Googie Withers-too funny, but then so is the picture of Maria on her bike reading that...at least I could fall off my chair in the comfort of my own home! re DH sensitivities to ODB, OMG, there truly must be some karmic connection between all of us -and that is NOT the reason I'm on the run, but IS the reason I have to choose better when I catch up with Darcyfic. re all the conversations about SLOW, I have

Jeanie, What a timely discussion. My DH indulges my "hobby" and has read "us", including "googie chat", the whole enchilada. I have to tell you that in his eyes you personally have set a new standard with your recent "sim" posts. He thinks they are hysterical. Dadoo should be proud. It's like playing six degrees of separation at our house. How can something I am reading, listening to, watching possibly be related to CF? It's his job to find out. (LOL).

...(got to start watching what I'm typing...) ...got to find that movie.

(Rika) The new Ealing logo came up, and then that familiar face, and I said.... nothing. DH just stared at me for a moment, sighed, and said, "I should have known." I think he's onto me.... LOL....sounds like you outed yourself!! (MariaT) "I'm going, I love you, please don't touch the tv/vcr, I'm recording"..He rolled over opened his eyes slightly, frowned, and said "You don't love me, you are having an affair"...Ouch... My DH knows that I'm at home....and we work together, so it is not like he doesn't know exactly were I am 90% of the time. I have already told him that one DH is waaaaaaay too much work! Why would I want another one around? ODB is nice, because I don't have to pick up his jacket from the couch! I can love the man from a distance and not have to do his laundry (perfect)! (Jeanie) Oh man.. my dh has pretty much reached the boiling point, as well.. great, now our husbands are becoming hormonal at the same time, too... (rolling eyes). LOL.....it is like when a bunch of women all live together, and their cycles all start to coincide. Our DHs must be getting vibes through us!!!

Uhm...hello! I'm de-lurking long enough to introduce myself and say how much fun it is to read all your posts about ODB. I'm a relative newbie to CF..I've known about his work for years (and I've seen quit a bit of it) but I wasn't really "aware" of him until last year when I caught (what else?) P&P2 on A&E. Of course since then, it's been an almost obsession. My friends think I'm completely nuts (even though one friend managed to finagle a theatre poster of TIOBE for me). My DH just rolls his eyes and calls him "that Colon Filth guy" and my 4 yr old loves to watch P&P2 with me when I'm folding clothes. I took both my boys to HP and when the trailer for WAGW came up, he stood on his seat and shouted.."dat's mommy's boyfriend!" VERY VERY embarrassing. Anyway, I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in and let you all know how nice it is to know that there are other women out there with this obsession. I know now I'm not alone....and not crazy...heh And thank you Karen for all your help and support!

Welcome Ada! LOL about the "mommy's boyfriend" story. My son when he looks at my screensaver just goes:"Mommy, is that your Mr Darcy?" What can you say to that? Of course, I do have to share with all the firthettes here, but it sure enhances the experience! Enjoy and we're glad to have you here!

Welcome AdaVW!! Glad you decided to de-lurk and join the party! (AdaVW)...when the trailer for WAGW came up, he stood on his seat and shouted.."dat's mommy's boyfriend!" VERY VERY embarrassing. LOL...your little boy is funny!! So is your DH..."Colon Filth" !?! ;-D BTW, Maybe we should all start a support group for our DHs?

Welcome AdaVW!!! (Ada) Anyway, I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in and let you all know how nice it is to know that there are other women out there with this obsession. I know now I'm not alone....and not crazy...heh Nope, you are definitely not alone!! And the craziness is the best part! (Tress BTW, Maybe we should all start a support group for our DHs? Great Idea! Maybe they would'nt feel so all alone then...

(KathyF) Okay, what we need to do is start a petition for a DVD of this movie. The giant googie does fill the whole screen, but imagine it in the high definition of DVD! I was just talking to the DH regarding this...he claims that we have the power to convert VHS to DVD on our computer (I really need to learn how to use the thing)! He then asked "why?" and I pointed to my stack of CF tapes (at this point he rolled his eyes)....anyway, my company has a two week shut-down over the holidays, and it is my mission to convert at least one tape (I believe I will start with SLOW). The image will be like the VHS (resolution not so good) but it will take up less space AND allow for slo-mo, freeze frame...oh, wait, maybe I'll start with PM?! ;-)

Not crazy? Wot? I'm a certified loony bird, I kid you not. In many older southern families there is almost always "a character", pronounced "caaacktuh", and guess who the character is in ours... LOL! Sometimes during family gatherings I can just feel the eyes on me.. it's like they're waiting for me to start foaming at the mouth and for my head to spin around. I'm honestly considering taking a can of rediwhip with me during the upcoming holidays and just when I feel as if I've become the reluctant point of interest.. just take a big hit off of the whipped cream and start screaming and carrying on.. Such a move, no doubt, would give them more fodder to expound upon behind my back, but, at least for just a little while, they'd be scared sh*tless. (evil grin) Ada, it sounds as if you're going to have a minion of your own on your hands in a few years if not already. (laughing) My Sam keeps all of us in stitches, but especially me.. we have the same twisted sort of sense of humor. Kathleen, my husband used to sort of indulge me as well, but I think it's beginning to wear a bit thin on him... I can certainly understand his problem with my illness (snorting).. He's always really liked Gina Davis, and I caught him one time drooling over an issue of "Vanity Fair" which featured a photo shoot with her. She, in the picture he was so taken with, was wearing nothing but stilleto heels and a pink feather boa. (laughing) It made me sooo mad, so I can truly understand the problem. However, I refuse to give up my obsession... I have too much fun. Tell your husband that I appreciate his sentiments about my lil' Sim man.. (recalling him wearing his nakey skin and rethinking the use of the word "lil").. perhaps something like "Impressive & Extremely Intrigued Sim Man".. snickering.

Ada!! See, it's not so difficult! :)

(Rika)I think he's onto me.... You "think" he's on to you"?;-) My DH has been on to me for awhile now. I guess it may have something to do with pulling out CF's films and watching shamelessly. Can't help it, sometimes I need it bad. I don't say if it's a CF film, I figure he'll know in the first five minutes. He usually says "oh no, not him again" Or, "how many movies did this guy make"? Or, "how come you have all these movies"? But the usual comment now, is "Colin Frith, again? No, I didn't mistype it that's what he calls him when he's teasing me. He didn't even flinch when I almost came unglued at the site of the trailer when we took our daughter to see HP. He even understood when I left the theater during Bond last Sat. to go and catch the trailer across the hall. He's been pretty good with it. I try not to get too crazy when he's around. However, there are certain films I would never view with DH--PM, HOTP, WOF a girl has to be careful;-)

OOPS, I almost forgot... WELCOME ADA Oh, what a great time to join us.

Hi Ada

(AdaVW) I took both my boys to HP and when the trailer for WAGW came up, he stood on his seat and shouted.."dat's mommy's boyfriend!" That is just TOO funny. I almost didn't share my little story about DH and Forever Ealing - I'm really glad I did because it's so much fun hearing all the other DH stories that have come up as a result. (Tress) he claims that we have the power to convert VHS to DVD on our computer You can do WHAT????? Please keep us informed about this.... I'm willing to offer all sorts of shameless bribes in the form of custom-selected captures from the resulting DVD's..... And.... Welcome, AdaVW! How about a little serenade?

From one newly de-lurker to another: Velcome Ada If I had any talent in lines of graphics an such I would give you garden of roses, but I have not. Just a warning - what I'm about to write is so embarrassing to me, but it might give you a picture as to just how unwillingly obsessed a poor woman can get: This afternoon, having just checked the last postings at drool, it was time to play with my 5-year old. We were to make various things from playdough. He (my son) made some lovely pizza's and suddenly made this remark at my "work": Wouw, Mum, don't use all the dough on that one sausage. Need I add, that the sausage very, very quickly was transformed into some lovely rosebuds. The colour about as red as my face. So from now on, at least for a while, I'll have to skip the Googie-conversations.

(Annette) Need I add, that the sausage very, very quickly was transformed into some lovely rosebuds Oh Annette, how very very creative you are, and such a quick thinker too! I'm sure the rosebuds were lovely but I have to say I would have loved to have seen the sausage, I'm quite intrigued! ROFLOL! And so glad you've delurked Ada. I'm convinced there's safety in numbers, please stay unlurked (?) long enough to dive right in. Although if Rika promises more caps like that as a greeting, you can come and go as often as you like! (That *may* be my favorite so far...I'll have to check them all out to compare though!)

Hi Ada, welcome! I'm a new delurker myself. The people here are really friendly aren't they? It's great, but that's to be expected from ladies with fine tastes (i.e. ODB). "mommy's boyfriend" comment was really cute! :) I've been away for a couple of days and I just managed to go through some new posts that I missed. I was so beat and tired but now, I'm all hyper from laughing so hard. re screen filling googie in SLOW ....oh..must watch SLOW again. re Googie Withers I hope I never meet anyone named Googie, I think I'll end up choking myself from uncontrollable laughter. Speaking of colin obssession, my sister the other day remarked " you know, Colin Firth doesn't know you exist"...v.v. cruel I thought. I mean yes, at some level I understand that, that in reality he doesn't know I exist but when it comes to ODB I don't live in realty, infact I'll be happy being in my lala land (or googie land) with Matthew, Richard, Fitzwilliam, Mark, Wessex, Paul etc..... Ok, maybe I do have a problem.....

(Annette) Wouw, Mum, don't use all the dough on that one sausage. LOL My mind is in agreement with yours. WELCOME ADA These women are so friendly, kind, warm and talented. You will really enjoy yourself. And you certainly are not alone as you are well aware. (Yura) when it comes to ODB I don't live in realty, infact I'll be happy being in my lala land (or googie land) with Matthew, Richard, Fitzwilliam, Mark, Wessex, Paul etc..... Ok, maybe I do have a problem..... I'm with you all the way. And isn't it a wonderfully beautiful land in which to live. If you have a problem I'm certifiable. I don't have the DH problem to contend with but I do have the offspring reaction. My youngest, a male, doesn't think I'm quite right in the head. The pics on my wall don't help but what a lovely way to go to sleep at night and no better way to awaken in the morning. My eldest son has watched so many movies with me now he's beginning to rank performances although we see ODB through definitely different eyes appreciating ODB's fine qualities in different ways. Makes for alot of fun. And he laughs outloud with TIOBE. Good company.

WELCOME, ADA! (Ada) my 4 yr old loves to watch P&P2 with me when I'm folding clothes. I took both my boys to HP and when the trailer for WAGW came up, he stood on his seat and shouted.."dat's mommy's boyfriend!" VERY VERY embarrassing. (Odile) My son when he looks at my screensaver just goes:"Mommy, is that your Mr Darcy?" I loved these comments by your very astute sons! My own 18-year-old has never commented about the fact that all the movies I watch seem to feature one actor. Actually, I think he doesn't pay enough attention to notice the difference between P&P2, TIOBE and BJD. I'm quite sure he doesn't recognize CF in FP.

Welcome Ada! Take that observant son of yours to a Firth movie location and order some coffee ;-)! CF loves to talk about toddlers! And thanks, Rika, for the serenade! Very lovely, as usual!

Welcome Ada! It's always nice to have someone new to join the fun. Specially someone with such a clever son as yours :-).

Nita, Could you check your emails?

(Pam)The pics on my wall don't help but what a lovely way to go to sleep at night and no better way to awaken in the morning When it was my daughters birthday, she had just finished redecorating her room. She was not sure what she wanted to put on the walls. I suggested(actually talked her into movie posters) Since she loved BJD and patiently attened several of my thirteen screenings of TIOBE, I happily had the movie posters for these films mounted and very proudly gave them to her as a birthday gift. Now, each morining when I go in to tidy up (ahem, yes I do go in every morning) I see CF's life size picture looking down the hall at me as I approach. I have a very understanding DH, but putting them on our bedroom wall might be crossing the line.;-)

(Linda) I have a very understanding DH, but putting them on our bedroom wall might be crossing the line.;-) Aw, I bet he'd be broadminded about such.... On Ehlenews we have a guy who not only has a picture of Jenn in their( married) bedroom, but kisses it every night.

Thank you all for the lovely welcome..and thank you especially, Rika, for the serenade. I always wanted someone to sing just to me. As far as my DH is concerned..he's relatively unconcerned about ODB, but whenever he gets too impatient with me, I just mention Ally Sheedy and he shuts up. But I think I'd be pushing it if I did put up my poster..sooo it sits in my closet and whenever I feel the need, I sneak a look. Lora, I'd love to take my son to a movie location but I don't think ODB will be allowe...oops, sorry..will be coming to Virginia anytime soon. ;D

So Ada, was it all the googie talk that drove you out of lurkdom? :) Welcome!! It *is* a wild & crazy time... Stunt googie?! Googie Withers?! Good gawd, tears streaming down face, the aching sides! As for my dh, he is still clueless, although I'm not sure how. I don't hide the DVD collection, and he didn't say a word about TIOBE pretty much running constantly the first week after it arrived at our door. Nor has he said anything about the batch of soundtracks that arrived just before Thanksgiving, which all had one thing in common (*Wink, wink*). He would have known, though, if the cinema where we saw HP had played the WAGW preview; a surprise attack of HWM on the big screen in leather pants would have been waaaay too much for me, LOL!

I have a spare PAL copy of DQ (it won't play in North America). - I'll send to the first person to send me an email.

I know, that all of you �oldies but goodies� probably have discussed and drooled over DQ earlier, but I need my share of the conversation as well. Or at least just post something to get it off my mind (hopefully). I love this film (thank you, Janet), and want to put something on my fav-list from it, so I was thinking; has he ever kissed a woman on the hand before (perhaps Valmont, but that was way back)? or driven a bus? Mentioning Valmont, now in DQ I love his hair, just not in his �sane� moments. I prefer, when it isn�t too wellgroomed. I also keep hearing the tune: If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me? I hope for the physical answer (as if ODB really was holding me tight against him). I also kinda wondered, why nobody had mentioned the �parking of the salami� during the current discussion, which I btw had promised myself to take a break from. I guess, I have to admit to myself, that attending this wonderful place is indeed going to be a regular feature of life, and I might as well enjoy the ride. Someone postet a link to a website, with some CF-inspired drawings of foxes and at least one wolf. Does any of you also see the resemblence of the wolf, when ODB grins (smiles widly or whatever the right expression is). It strikes me everytime, even on the photos with his son. Not to say, that I don�t like it � just an observation.

(Annette) has he ever kissed a woman on the hand Definitely Valmont and probably Camille. or driven a bus? A first. I believe he mentioned in some articles about how he had to learn how to drive one.

Have just received my multi-region DVD player and TIOBE!!! He is TFG!!! Will comment further when I am sober. - I have just returned from my Christmas Night Out. Am totally pissed ALA Bridget. Good Night!!!

Might I say Janet that you type much better than some other droolers when you have imbibed! Well done! (Take asprin/tylenol and drink water before sleeping.)

Don't know exactly where to put this but must chose a Colin topic. GREAT PICTURE KAREN Very very clever. How do you do it? Love it.

(BarbS) LOL Tress, not so hard when you think about it though, I'm fairly continuous with those types of thoughts myself...wait a minute....ooops, there I go again! Does kind of give new meaning to the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" though, doesn't it? I thought I would move over here since I was going to be silly.... LOL at "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". After I read this, I thought of another Santa song...I'm not even going to type it because now that I think about it, it would be v. v. bad (taken in this context)...and I do want (a particular) Santa to visit....I REALLY REALLY do!! (Annette) Oh yes, and I'm sure we both agree, that it isn't the costume (though he does so love a disguise) but the man inside (perhaps even preferebly without costume at all). Have to stop - otherwise wrong topic (again). It's okay Annette! I moved you over to 166! And I agree...ODB could 'lose' the costume...and still be quite remarkable! ;-D (Annette) btw What does it mean, when you put a D after your postings? It's a laughing winkie! ;-D

(attempting to look around the room discreetly) Mighty quiet in here.. surely this doesn't mean everyone is like I am and haven't even begun (oh gawd) their Christmas shopping yet!?! I'm about as much in the mood for Christmas right now as having a root canal with no anesthesia. BaHHH HUMBUG!

(Jeanie) Mighty quiet in here.. surely this doesn't mean everyone is like I am and haven't even begun (oh gawd) their Christmas shopping yet!?! I'm about as much in the mood for Christmas right now as having a root canal with no anesthesia. BaHHH HUMBUG! Some people are all done. I'm not one of them. :-( I ventured into a store on Saturday, stayed about 20 minutes and left in disgust. So far I've not bought a single present. I wonder how those on my gift list would feel about a donation to charity in their name. (Tress) It's okay Annette! I moved you over to 166! And I agree...ODB could 'lose' the costume...and still be quite remarkable! ;-D It's okay Annette! I moved you over to 166! And I agree...ODB could 'lose' the costume...and still be quite remarkable! ;-D Perhaps if a certain Santa would make an appearance at my house, I'd be more in the mood (yeah, but in the mood for what?).

(Jeanie)attempting to look around the room discreetly) Mighty quiet in here.. Sure is, but now that you are back, things may heat up...I hope.

What a delicious looking Santa...... (Jeanie)attempting to look around the room discreetly) Mighty quiet in here. yes it is. I've been out of town again and came back to see not too many new posts. But I guess it is a busy time of year with relatively few news about ODB :( So went out of town twice within two weeks and I realized that I get very agitated...I feel very empty. Then I realized that I need a colin fix!!! We've had to cancel our tuesday night firth night last week and since we are watching The lord of the Rings on Wed..we are skipping tuesday night firth night again this week....Blasphemy! I know. In the mean time I think I'm going to watch a little bit of Mr. F. Darcy to tie me over... I shall conquer this! I shall!!! oh I can't wait to see some location pictures of ODB as Vermeer.....just thinking about it puts a smile on my face :-D Good luck everyone with the Christmas shopping if you haven't finished already...I certainly haven't....and all the preparations for the festivities!

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sorry...testing to see if the tags are closed...gaawwwd I'm a mess..

(Jeanie)attempting to look around the room discreetly) Mighty quiet in here.. Well, this is how I normally feel. Most of the fun seems to happen when I'm sleeping (where I am the time is now 11.15 p.m.) - but a girl can be lucky (as the Santa and Tress). I didn't just want to take up space for this, so now heres a question to all you experts. On the MSNwebsite, there was a listing for Apartment Zero on DVD. The link was to Amazon, but I couldn't find anything. I know, that even if it is there, it will probably be american region, but I still hope for that multiplayer eventually. So is it out on DVD???? And as to the heating up - ohh my problem is quite the opposite. I'm still going through some of the old postings, and there is plenty of heat for me (but I can't get enough, so please - bring it on).