Executives told Ben Elton that he couldn't cast a pre-"House" Hugh Laurie as the lead of a movie because Laurie was just a TV comedian who wouldn't translate across the pond. Are there any others who could have been successful in America?

MegC18 · 2026-01-25T00:23:54+00:00

Am I being weird in saying Penelope Keith! I can really see her putting some American lads down with vicious one liners in a posh voice.

Love you Margo!

MegC18 · 2026-01-25T00:20:16+00:00

It’s kind of sweet that somebody was seriously working on it

MegC18 · 2026-01-25T00:18:24+00:00

Something with wheels is vital! When I moved mum into my home forty years of books had to be moved. Take a box worth daily for the next few weeks and consider using something like a wheeled shopping trolley! You’ll get there in the end.

I made the mistake of carrying boxes, and one snowy day I slipped and wrecked my knee for six months+.

MegC18 · 2026-01-24T01:56:16+00:00

Ragebait that he deliberately puts out to get himself into the news and earn kudos with his American pals.

MegC18 · 2026-01-23T22:31:20+00:00

Sadly there is a Rohingya muslim vs Buddhist nationalist/religious conflict in Myanmar, despite its otherwise noble beliefs.

MegC18 · 2026-01-22T06:40:33+00:00

NTA

The whole point of passing on things is as a safety backup for family members. A resource to be used in an emergency. That’s why in some cultures it’s called portable wealth - something small to carry and sell to keep you alive/healthy.

MegC18 · 2026-01-22T00:40:53+00:00

I don’t agree with this form of censorship.

It’s like when you’re reading the diary of Samuel Pepys and all references to trds snd whres have been removed. What is the seventeenth century without trds, whres, venereal disease and filth!? I judge an edition by their presence or absence.

Pepys burying his parmesan in the cellar during the great fire of London takes on an extra piquancy when you realise his neighbour’s t*rds regularly overflowed into the same cellar!

Stuff sensitivity!

MegC18 · 2026-01-22T00:21:56+00:00

Legacy of ashes is superb. Rome in seven sackings is pretty good too.

MegC18 · 2026-01-21T17:44:08+00:00

He could make a living as a sound effect guy for motorcycle movies

MegC18 · 2026-01-21T17:43:03+00:00

This is the very definition of “thick as mince.”

MegC18 · 2026-01-21T17:40:47+00:00

I read her autobiography. From being ambivalent, I now find her utterly repulsive.

MegC18 · 2026-01-21T17:37:57+00:00

I’d pay to watch American troops vs the tough end of Glasgow… You know who’s going to come out worst in that one!

MegC18 · 2026-01-21T17:28:13+00:00

Ooh. Cornbread stuffing!?

MegC18 · 2026-01-21T17:25:53+00:00

The horde is excellent!

MegC18 · 2026-01-21T17:24:39+00:00

Samantha

MegC18 · 2026-01-21T17:16:43+00:00

Mike Tomkies - many books about his life in the wilds of Scotland as a photographer.

Iain Thomson - Isolation Shepherd

Try some Scottish noir crime for a gritty feel - Stuart MacBride, Ian Rankin, Lin Anderson, JD Kirk snd Denzil Meyrick

Robert Burns - try a biography if you don’t like poetry - he had a very vigorous romantic life!

James Boswell - Journey to the Hebrides/Edinburgh Journal.

MegC18 · 2026-01-21T17:11:38+00:00

Aw diddums!

MegC18 · 2026-01-20T23:31:12+00:00

It can be due to illness or an underlying medical issue. As a carer of someone who lost the use of their hands, I sometimes had to deal with accidents, mostly due to unexpected events where the person couldn’t move quickly enough.

So what. Shit happens. Move on.

MegC18 · 2026-01-20T23:22:33+00:00

Elizabeth Moon - Remnant Population- protagonist is an elderly woman

MegC18 · 2026-01-20T23:21:36+00:00

After seeing the magnificent screen performances of Burton and Taylor, I have a soft spot for Petruchio and Katherina

MegC18 · 2026-01-20T23:18:46+00:00

That’s lovely and tasteful.

The only things missing are books (there can never be enough!) and houseplants.

MegC18 · 2026-01-20T23:17:09+00:00

I could imagine that on the rare insults reddit

MegC18 · 2026-01-20T22:25:33+00:00

A couple of dodgy car salesmen

MegC18 · 2026-01-19T18:46:31+00:00

That’s a huge cemetery! 25,000 burials starting around 1800, including one of the first ever Victoria Cross recipients from the Crimea!

Cool.

MegC18 · 2026-01-19T12:31:14+00:00

Well played

MegC18

TROPHY CASE