Actually, I did mean to post about Doctor Who

[tamaranth]

and then the content went into a comment to nhw

"The Olympic Torch was on a par with the Ballroom Horse.

I don't especially like David Tennant, esp. as the Doctor.

I think they filmed some of that episode (the bits with DLR trains in the background) in the carpark of Tesco's, Lewisham. You can see my ex-house from there ...

on the whole, I enjoyed that episode a lot more than several recent ones (though it was remarkably Sapphire and Steelish): but ooooh teasers teasers teasers for next week!"
.. was what I said.

Also: "I was a father once" ??????!!!! WTF is this canon then, is it?

Aside to LJ: your spiffy new beta navigation thing keeps popping up for NO REASON. Stoppit!

Comments

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

Until today, I thought the Kookaburra lyric went:
Merry merry king of the bushes, he

But I wuz Wr0ng!

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

I thought it was merry merry king of the bush is he. What did you hear it as?

Mind you, I didn't think Council employees gave a damn about their tarmaccing skills, either, so what do I know?

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

In the episode, they enunciated it clearly as bush is he. In the Guides, I learnt it from a much slurrier rendition of bushizeeee, which I interpreted as Kookaburra, he is king of the green shrubbery! Not Kookaburra, he is king of the Australian outback! (which makes much more sense, now I think about it).

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

I didn't think Council employees gave a damn about their tarmaccing skills

But they will do in the brave new world of 2012, after a new generation have grown up indoctrinated with customer service attitudes, and as their hearts swell with pride that their great capital city is hosting the Olympic Games!

Maybe.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

You've bin reading them dodgy SF books again, int you?

Or is this some alternate London? Where the trains will run on time and my old flat will be worth millions???

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Your flat will certainly be worth a lot rented out to people attending the Olympics!

[abrinsky.livejournal.com]

Thought I recognised the flat...

shame the episode was utter rubbish.

[devilgate.livejournal.com]

Well, he had a 'granddaughter', you know...

[ivory-goddess.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Bit difficult to get one of those without the intervening generation...