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Ah, another blast from the
Ah, another blast from the past, and this one is starting off on a wrong foot. Kick him again Cathy, if he needs it.
CaroL
CaroL
A great shame that Simon wasn't with her
He'd have decked the pillock.
Loved the speech. Short but succinct.
S.
I Agree, but..,
i do think it is a pity that a poor fish species should have its name misappropriated for describing nasty bigotted and clumsy incompetent people. What did Pillock ever do to you, or any of us, to deserve this? :)
Briar
Briar
Fish?
Chips maybe - according to Chamber's Dictionary, pillock is derived from pillicock which is a Shakespearean slang term for the penis.
The fish I think you might have meant is a pollack or pollock - and very nice too, had some for tea last night.
Angharad
Angharad
C’mon, Cathy...
...get yer dander up. Don’t be the victim, again—it’s time to break the cycle and let ol’ Aubrey Murray have it with both barrels.
Thanks A+B: Cathy has spoken at a number of funerals during the course of this saga, and each time I can’t help but be impressed at the words you come up with which are inevitably apposite.
Panegyrical Strikes
Bike Resources
Bike Resources
I also want to say...
...that while the end of this Bikesode dominated my thoughts as I made the previous comment, the first part contained some genuinely funny stuff that had me laughing aloud as I read. I did so enjoy the sushi and wet flannel incidents.
Positively Slapstick
Bike Resources
Bike Resources
You're slipping...
You forgot to credit Izzy for the sushi scene - or the breakfast that followed! :)
-oOo-
Anyway, onto the episode itself - once Cathy had woken up, that was a brilliant duo of tactics to wake up Simon - first the sushi fib, then the wet flannels :)
Everyone gets home safely - so they have (at last!) broken the curse of the hotel - and the funeral service goes without a hitch.
Now what's the betting we'll have an instantaneous medical diagnosis in tomorrow's episode - something along the lines of advising he see a GP asap if he doesn't want to be the next recipient of a wooden box. It wouldn't surprise me if he has a deep-seated psychological issue which influenced his attitude towards her past and present.
A physical attack is going to be very unlikely given there are crowds around, but let's hope Cathy maintains her resolve against him and doesn't fall into her usual trap of taking insults literally. Let's face it, the slimeball is going to be intensely jealous of her, since she's come a long way since Lady Macbeth (BSc, MSc, started a PhD, TV appearances... not to mention marrying a very eligible batchelor!) while his life has probably gone downhill.
There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't...
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
nice misdirect
There we are...a former colleague.. Dunh Dunh DUHHHHH.... nope. Nice little improv speech and then...cliffhangery thingie.
So Cathy, straighten up and fly right, you can do it. Swift kick and watch his expression change. But if she is mesmered Danny could step in. Of course maybe old Mr Whatsit has changed....nahhhh.
Kris
It always seems
like these idiots turn up at the most inconvenient times. This one sounds like a real winner. I'm looking forward to seeing just how Cathy shreds him. I have trouble seeing her overlooking that sort of opening line...
You're better than them
Cathy. Don't let other's stupidity get to you. And please stop Danny from decking the fool on your behalf.
And I agree, the speech was great. Cathy really has a way with words. (or I guess it's A&B who have it and show it through our heroine)
Again?!
Another pompous bigotry ass from the past? There's loads of them mind, so you can rehash this for some time. It'd be nice to see Cathy blast him into oblivion and shrivel his ego to the size of a needle's point too small even for one angel to dance on. He deserves no less.
Maybe she can goad him into a brain aneurysm, where he loses his ability for coherent speech but enough of a brain function to fester in futile frustration ? *How do you like them f-es :) * Yes, I'm feeling a little vindictive today.
Then again, it sometimes makes me soooo incensed and boiling with anger realising the number of short-sighted self-righteous gender-zealots at times, I feel some venting is absolutely admissible. Certainly after being left on the cliffs' edge hanging by my blistering fingertips.
Still wonderful writing Ang, although you toned down the heroics quite some. *Grin* Reading your comment on the Amsterdam prose I couldn't help but chuckle some.. Thanks though, I really look out for your daily piece, it's something to wait up for. Now I can go to rest some.
Jo-Anne
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The Mint…
…still sucks, it seems. I'm sure Lady C will find a suitable put-down to deal with him. Pay-back time for his long overdue overdraft.
Gabi.
Gabi.
Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1272.
Lady Catherine Cameron gave a eulogy for the second an to have adopted her. Alexander Whitehead truly was an exceptional teacher, whereas that Murray deserves to be given her Royal A$$kicking Treatment with Danny cheering.
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
What?
Another dumbass?
Wren
And that is what takes the heart out of us.
The exposure that we always fear in the back of our minds; always seeming to come at the worst moments; catching us at our weakest. Too bad that her blue light does not include lightning bolts.
Khadijah
Somehow...
Somehow, I don't think THIS blast from the past will turn out to have been trying to help Charlie... Wonder if/how he'll get "woken" up.
Danny was a good boy - today... And, quite right to cry at such an occasion. Nice he's not been corrupted by the "manly" bit so he thinks it's wrong to cry.
Wonder where you'll take things next.
Thanks,
Anne
Go for it Cathy!
As is bent the twig, so grows the tree. (Old Chinese proverb.)
Give us the child, you can have the man. (Old jesuit saying.)
Both sayings reveal that bigots are tempered by their childhoods. Their ethic is cast within them by their parents, their mentors and their childhoods.
Such bigots rarely change unless they are extraordinarily perspicacious and/or telespiscacious. Sometimes, if they are exposed to serious, life-threatening circumstances from which they know fully that they have been lucky to escape or survive, it might change their perspectives. Sadly however few meet with such epiphanies.
By far the most effective device to to tackle such bigotry is to educate the children in tolerance and equanimity.
The greatest tragedy is that many of these opinionated bigots often find their way into educating children where they not only perpetuate their bigotry but also compound it.
I am sure that Lady Cameron, (Not Cathy,) will use her marital status here to blast this newfound bigot out of the water.
I suspect it is her old headmaster for bigots often saught power to purvey their intolerance.
Go for it Lady cameron, teach the creature a lesson but please let him live to regret his life of evil.
Still lovin' it.
OXOXOX
Beverly.
Growing old disgracefully.
The Best Defense
I am sick to death of Cathy being so insecure, fragile, and defensive when faced with toadish tormentors. It's time for a self-affirming change of attitude.
The best defense is a good offense, and best delivered with a smile. And, by offense, I do not mean violence. The toad should be cut down, no... obliterated entirely, with a jovial, but cleverly barbed riposte.
Remember, they're in company, surrounded by mourners/celebrants, many from the school. In a loud, clear voice, I'd like to hear her say, "Aubrey, you filthy old darling! How are you, my dear? Such fun we had when I was in your school, you chasing my tush, and me playing coy! Are you still up to your old tricks; they're not onto you yet? Have you graduated to the Third Form yet, or do you still have a thing for those vulnerable children in the First Form? And you, at your age! Tsk-tsk! Good to see you again. Not! Well, must run. Ta."
And, she just walks away smiling. Bear in mind who has the power and public respect in this situation, and it's not the toad. If he doesn't have a heart attack on the spot, or go off raving like a madman and get himself committed, he's at least "gonna have some 'splainin' to do!*" Whatever he says, however he reacts, no good will accrue to him.
The man is definitely a creep, and by his obsessing about Charlie, I suspect him of being a pedophile, one who has possibly already acted on it. I'd love to see him brought down before he does any more damage.
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* - Reference to a line oft-delivered on the vintage sitcom, "I Love Lucy," by the character, Ricky Ricardo.
I so trust Angharad ....
... to get this slug properly squished via Cathy. Eventually.
Thanks again for a great episode.
According to your chart
I appear stuck in the 1980s.
Oh knickers!
Angharad
Angharad
Since Cathy just finished a
Since Cathy just finished a very nice eulogy for Mr. Whitehead, perhaps she is in a state of mind where she will take this "person" down a few notches plus perfect a cold stare of her own right back at the "person". I use person in quotes, because I feel it is her old headmaster who just spoke to her; and he is not worthy of being called a human being based on how he treated her and probably many of the boys at the school.
I Hope Cathy Opens Up On Murray With Both Barrels
I hope Cathy opens up on Murray with both barrels. It has been a long time coming and he deserves everything he gets. Cathy has come too far to let a useless piece of garbage like that to intimidate her. I think he is about to get a huge surprise, because Cathy is no longer the scared little girl in the school. She has now outclasses him in more ways than one. She has her title as a Lady and has gone further academically than he ever did. If he knew what was good for him, he would turn around and run the other way. I'm looking forward to seeing him go down in flames for his reprehensible treatment of Cathy.
former HeadMaster
Well, we all knew He would of shown up for this funeral. He been working with Mr. Whitehead long B4 Cathy's time in School and prob. afterwards. It'd been more shocking if he hadn't
Looks like she gets to confront
her fears after all. I suspect this dork is not prepared for the elegant polished young lady he has just insulted. One who is clearly his intellectual superior many times over.
Oh, no !
Another one ? Just how much punishment does Cathy need.
Karen