Day 152
I am sorely tempted to write about you know who and you know what but I am gritting my teeth and ignoring the whole ugly mess!
I have more time than normal for a Tuesday as the rain has stopped play. So what shall we discuss? There are many subjects that I have never touched upon either because I know little about them, they are not prominent at present or they simply don’t interest me.
Watched the first episode of Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing. It is a gentle funny half hour about two men who go fishing. They visit beautiful places and if caught always return the fish to the water. It has an air of peace about it and provided a picture of tranquility and we all need a little of that. I heartily recommended it and it matters not whether you like fishing. Personally fishing is not my thing, although I can see the attraction of fly fishing, which is what they were doing on the river Tay in Scotland.
Also watched an old film called Ball of Fire starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck who revelled in the name of Sugarpuss O’Shea. It’s what used to be known as a screwball comedy! They really don’t make movies like that anymore. There are few nice gentle funny comedies made these days? Unless of course they “gross” comedy! I suppose films are made for the times they are in, which says it all! The same goes for British TV comedy series which just aren’t funny anymore. There is the odd exception but by and large they are dreary and far to angst ridden. We have found a few good international series which are brilliant. Let me recommend Call my Agent on Netflix a very funny French comedy about a talent agency and it’s mishaps. I Never Ever Have also on Netflix is good narrated by John McEnroe and starring a teenage girl in A US high school from an Indian Asian family and all the trouble she gets into! We have also just started to watch a tele-novella in Spanish (subtitled) it is the series that Ugly Betty was based on if you remember that. It is funny and dramatic with no let up also Netflix called Betty in NY.
There that was not so difficult almost completely ignored the orange baboon and his British cousin the blonde ape (Though I apologise to Baboons and Apes for that description)!
Stay well
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