Here we can all be heard for a little while. Part 3

Izadora

I'd completely forgotten about Cold Feet being back. I saw an advert for it the other day and, as much as I loved the original, I wasn't sure if it was going to be a wise idea for them to bring it back. I also find James Nesbitt incredibly irritating.

Tea - I agree about the This Life update. I absolutely adored the original ones but that was an absolute travesty.

Georgiegirl256

I'm the same, I had to have a little recap!

I would have thought it would have been ok to watch WaS, but if Pyxis reckons not, then maybe she's seeing something that might upset you that I'm not.

Apparently the writer wrote Rachael back in but Helen Baxingdale didn't want to do it....not sure how they would have made it work? Probably like Pyxis says, that's a point where it might have been too over the top with her character coming back as a ghost or something?

Ooo I quite like James Nesbitt Izzy! I think it's that Irish Charm!

tea_lover

I watched The Secret a while ago which was James Nesbitt as a multiple murderer. Really put me off him :rotfl:. I also think he's had some weird work done to his face.

Pyxis

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

I'm the same, I had to have a little recap!

I would have thought it would have been ok to watch WaS, but if Pyxis reckons not, then maybe she's seeing something that might upset you that I'm not.

Apparently the writer wrote Rachael back in but Helen Baxingdale didn't want to do it....not sure how they would have made it work? Probably like Pyxis says, that's a point where it might have been too over the top with her character coming back as a ghost or something?

Ooo I quite like James Nesbitt Izzy! I think it's that Irish Charm!

Re. Helen, my thought was they were going to have her in his mind, sort of thing, not actually physically back, a bit like that bit where he thought he saw her at the airport.
I think Baxendale was right to desist, though. A bit of that type of thing is ok, but not every week!

There is something funny going on with him, though, and I think we might find he's ill.:(
(That's just my thought, not a spoiler or anything).

Re. WaS, I think they'll be bound to write some sad stuff into it, or people getting hurt in one way or another, etc. That was why I thought WaS should avoid it.

Georgiegirl256

Yeah you're probably right Pyxis :A

Do you mean ill in real life or the show?

Just been reading an article on Helen Baxendale not taking part etc, and I was like "you're having a laugh surely?!" when I saw her kids names! The first names are fine, and even the first kids middle name I was like well I've heard worse, but the other two OMG! Ok, first kids middle name is Marmalade, seconds is Mustard, and thirds is....wait for it....MASH!! :rotfl:

Rainy misty day today, so I'm using it as a chance to get the rest of my stuff on eBay, although I'm finding it kinda hard to get motivated.

tea_lover

I was at uni with a guy who called himself Tim. His actual name (we saw his birth certificate) was flowerpot. How is that even legal?!

SingleSue

I don't watch Poldark or Cold Feet but thought Goodnight sweetheart was pretty good.

Been missing from here for a while as boys are home from uni so time has got away from me. I've been doing OK mentally recently although I don't know if that is just because I am crisis coping rush around mood or because things really are OK.

I'll be able to tell in 2 weeks when everything is back to normal ...well our normal anyway!

Georgiegirl256

Lambyr wrote: »

I sometimes think that famous people should be banned from naming their own children. I know that probably sounds a little authoritarian, but when you end up with the name Fifi Trixebelle Jayne Wellsely Smythe Bumpkin Cuddlekins Jackson III then I'm sure your human rights are being violated somewhere along the line.

I agree, some names are just totally absurd!

tea_lover wrote: »

I was at uni with a guy who called himself Tim. His actual name (we saw his birth certificate) was flowerpot. How is that even legal?!

His first name was flowerpot?? Poor guy! Although I'd have picked a better name than Tim to replace it with....no offence to any Tims out there.

Well, I've now got about 65 items listed on eBay! :eek: Thought I'd finished, and now I've just spotted another pile of stuff to list.

tea_lover

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

His first name was flowerpot?? Poor guy!

Yep! His parents were very.... free-spirited :rotfl: and objected to having to register his birth. They waited as long as they could then registered him with the name flowerpot. The mind really does boggle :rotfl:. The funniest thing was he had a younger brother (same parents) and his registered birth name was Rory. They'd obviously got over the hippy thing by then!

Am so impressed with all your ebaying Georgie. I think I've managed to sell 4 things in maybe 10 years.

Pyxis

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