Tuesday 2 February 2010

Two of a kind

I'm not a bitter man, but my swanky mobile that took me many weeks to learn to use is back for repair for the third time in six months, and I'm reduced to using a phone that's five years old. Not really a problem, but what I've discovered is that I've known nearly all my current friends less than five years. And even Grandma in Cyprus has had the temerity to move abroad in that time. So I'm getting texts and I'm not sure who they're from, and I'm not able to call or text other people I'd like to. Such is the modern world.

I'm not a bitter man, but I've just had to have the petrol tank on the motorbike replaced after just a year. Evidently petrol dripping onto a hot engine is not a good thing, and I could have been flame grilled. I like Burger King.

I was lucky enough last year to go and see Jude Law in Hamlet. He was a surprisingly good, and the whole play was fab....the staging was fantastic. I've no idea what the critics thought. But the main topic of conversation over the interval drinks was how big his hands are. Even now, I hold in my memory a spitting image memory of a man with gigantic hands.

I was lucky enough this weekend to go and see Kiera Knightly in the Misanthrope. She was surprisingly good - although she started off no better than a sixth form drama student, by the end she had captivated the audience with her performance. I've no idea what the critics thought. But the main topic of conversation over drinks at the interval was that her nipples were very prominent. Chapel hat pegs was the phrase used. And not just hers. Tara Fitzgeralds's too. I must quickly point out that it was the women that started this topic and the men just gazed wistfully at the floor, the ceiling, the wallpaper, and nodded as if they hadn't noticed. It must have been cold on the stage....and we were sitting in the front row.

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  1. I said to the wife whilst watching Keira swing a sword about in Pirates of the Caribbean - that girl will have somebody's eye out one of these days... (do hope it's mine)!

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  2. I would have loved to see Jude, and Keira (because the Misanthrope is one of my favourite plays, not because of Keira).

    And you know what they say about men with big hands...

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  3. I like Keira - I guess I like women who can swing a sword and whose nipples pop out :)

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  4. I must admit you do an interesting line in alternative critical theatre reviews. ;)

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  5. I've just had a similar problem with my car - a leak - this time from coolant piped dripping onto engine and buggering up various sensors. Luckily all was sorted for £124 at local garage yesterday, but it's still horrid having a bill you don't expect. My gas bill alone has been twice what it normally is for more or less the same useage (except for the 3 days I was snowed in and even then it wasn't continually in use). It seems everything breaks down and needs paying for at once this time of year!

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  6. And don't get me started on mobile phones - NEVER EVER will I ever touch 3 with a bargpole.

    And talktalk have been nothing but trouble since I transferred last month etc, threatening to cut me off for non-payment even though they have removed a D/d from my account and being completley uncontactable to sort it out! Worse still home internet speed is as crap as it was with Tiscali despite the promises. One of the reasons it's been quite hard to blog lately.

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  7. Big Hands. Sort of explains his popularity.

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  8. I am, as always, impressed by your cultural propensities. I stand in awe of you. And KK's nipplage.

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