i have sad newsfrom the a-team side of things. Stephen J. Cannell has passed away.

 Oh no, however I'm not sure who he was, who did he play?

he wasn't an actor...he created the series.

Aww jeez thats sad

it is.. and norman wisdom passed this morning too...

well, that's been three.. hopefully no more for a while.

Who was the third Hitch?


Richard Hammond was on Irish radio this morning, the TG liveshow is going to Dublin next month.

He said the Stig will return next series in another guise. He also let slip that Jezza is scared of spiders

tony curtis was first, then cannell and wisdom last.

quite a bunch.

oooh excellent! maybe they are going to pretend to kill the old one again? new stig should be purple!

Tony Curtis was great wasn't he? I watched SomeLike It Hot last week, he was brilliant in it. A real star.


I thought my family was the only one that had the deaths-go-in-threes superstition, nope - guess it must be a celtic thing?

yeah, must be... common over here.

we need a sassenach to ask.

Wonder do we share other superstitions... there were loads in my house. Don't wear green - its unlucky, don't give someone gloves- it means a parting, robins are unlucky and mean a death etc etc
Also NI seems to be the only place outside Scotland which has the New Year tradition of first footing. Southern Irish people have never heard of it!

i don't know those ones, but i always get into trouble for whistling. is that one of yours too?

with the coal and whiskey? cool. nice to know another country know about hogmanay things.

Oh yeah, women whistling, thats a no- no.

Yes we have the first footer bringing in coal tradition, not whiskey though. I think its sugar for us in NI. Whiskey - thats a great  improvement lol. Also the first footer should be male and dark in colouring preferably.

tall, dark and handsome...

rarely get one out of the three though. i think i should tell my boyfriend about that one, he covers all three bases.

sugar though, that's a weird one.

He does? Cor lucky you


I suppose coal would be warmth for the year, and sugar would represent food?

i guess so... but whiskey would be food too.  i feel shortbread should be involved too.

mmm... shortbread.

well, i think he does. (nb. i could be biased) well, he's certainly tall.. and about as dark as you can get. i suppose the handsome bit is down to taste, for example, i wouldn't be all whoo! if brad pitt showed up. i kind of don't get brad pitt. lol

Early Brad Pitt in Thelma and Louise was cute, but since then, nah.


I have a bloomin' cheek!!!  

nah. not even in that. lol

yeah, i shouldn't be talking about anyone really.

The Stig was in Ireland last week. This article was in the Irish Independent. I can't help but feel sorry for him, he did keep schtum for years  Sound like he's not on best terms with the TG guys


http://www.independent.ie/ente...olls-in-2378599.html

yeah, they are a tad pissed.

back to work tommorrow for me... bummed.

  ((( )))  <--- old fashioned hug

i remember old fashioned hugs... they rocked.

Just as well.... for some reason, half of my smilies don't work here. Do you have the same problem Hitch?

umm... haven`t noticed to be honest.

just done a practice.

Gah! About half mine aren't apppearing.Never mind, heres good news...
JM has a new series, starting 31st Oct called James May's Man Lab.

"New series. The host tries to redeem the reputation of modern men, who he believes are perceived as being unreliable, clumsy and oafish, by teaching them skills cherished by their forefathers. His first group of students faces challenges including defusing an unexploded bomb, serenading a woman, building a kitchen out of concrete and creating a motorised picnic table".

i saw an ad for that last night before buzzcocks. looks good.

JM serenading a woman... can't see it somehow.

he does have a degree in music.. but, yeah, i can't it involving voice for some reason.

maybe he'll be in back with a keyboard or a flute?

Stig was on the Paul O'Grady show, he seems to be cashing in while he can. I think I heard that he was going to get a spot on First Gear too.

fifth gear on channel 5 i think... i saw an ad too...

i seem to see a lot of ads... *Ahem*

 


Are you looking forward to Halloween HItch? I love this time of year.

yes! is a sunday too. so, i can walk about all day with my brakmarian wings on. (dofus alignment, basically demon wings)

Err...are those RL or online wings?   Yay....Halloween is my favourite time of year. The only crap thing is, I want to carve out a turnip lantern, but Tesco / Asda only sell tiny turnips. I think they call them "swedes" too. Gah! I will reluctantly buy a pumpkin but it feels so U.S.

technically online... but if i put them up i'll get aggro'd a bunch... i have some demon wings from Woolworths though.

i'd like to do the turnip thing... never get round to it.. plus i at least know i can eat the innards of the neep, same can't be said of the pumpkin.

Just as well... wings would be uncomfortable sitting down in.


Neeps / turnips are murder to carve - it was usually the menfolk who carved them in my family. Maybe its best I go for the soft option

yeah... my dad has cerebral  palsy, can't see him carving a turnip for us.

 Aww no, very sorry to hear that Hitch. How long has he had it ?


Carved turnips aren't that great... they smell awful once they're lit.

since he was a baby... it's a head injury as a small baby that causes it, the mid-wife dropped him. thankfully it's not severe.

hehe i could imagine pumpkins smelling better.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! (is wearing her wings )

Sorry about your dad Hitch xx


  Happy Halloween! Oops sorry I didnt post yesterday. I heated up some takeway prawns from the bottom of the the freezer. Oh I didn't feel good after, I yakked them up Exorcist style  <<<< this was my actual colour.


I think today is Day of the Dead isn't? Spooky!

yeah, i was kind of ill on hallowe'en too. but mine started on saturday night and kind of petered out just before evening.

i celebrated dia de los muertos too! skull scarf, nightmare before xmas mug and jack skellington cushion to snuggle (since you can't get sugar skulls here)... good times.

 Heh heh sounds like you had all the right gear.


I saw some online photo galleries of families in Mexico etc, celebrating their departed ones. I really like the whole concept of Day of the Dead - even having a picnic gathered round the tombstone doesn't freak me out. 


And yes! Jack Skellington does look like very those thin skeleton thingies, right you be!