It was... been singing "can you hear the people sing" and "I dreamed a dream" since I left the cinema. 
I cried, but not as much as I was led to believe I would... also, I cried a lot more during the last 2 acts of La Boheme. I think, if I'd seen the show or read the book... they didn't explain "L'amis de l'ABC" enough, I didn't bond enough with them. No matter how pretty Enjolras was.
If you were on Twitter I would direct you to EmergancyPuppy. Cute things on tap.
Thank you I enjoyed reading that. Didn't know CP had a site - its bookmarked!!!
You saw La Boheme? Its a Puccini opera isn't it? That'll be your italian ancestry 
Did you see it on stage?
Only on Sky Arts. I wanted to try and watch opera to see if I liked it. I did.
Puccini, yes. I watch that Opera thing on ITV when it's on, I like the songs I know... thought I'd give it a go. No idea if ancestry helps. 
He mostly uses it for flogging his luxury calendars.
Ah Hitch, my cultured friend I don't know much about opera but enjoyed what little I've heard. Saw La Traviata when I was a kid [ the elderly lady next door Miss Mehaffy used to take me to shows] and wept buckets. Also used to listen to Maria Callas when travelling on the train between Belfast and Dublin when at uni. Looking out at the scenery + her voice = bliss.
Oh and Nessun Dorma in Italia 90... sigh.
I'm only cultured after eating an yoghurt. 
Impressive, did you have the miniature binoculars?
Ah Pavarotti! I remember that World Cup well, it's also the only World Cup song I remember.
Yoghurt
Nah but I still remember being all 
at La Traviata . Its Verdi.
Opera's one thing I want to explore... must try listening to Puccini. Youtube's a good place for cheapo music.
I saw the beaver! That was so cute!
The pigeon stuff was great too. Impressive.
All hail YouTube! Although, they didn't have Gabriele Viviani as Marcello, which I was looking for. I did copy a video of him singing something else though. Not sure what song, or what it's from but they're dressed as knights, so... yay.
Are those peeps from La Boheme?
Been reading CP's site - thanks again for the link. Hmm interesting fella. Can't understand his devotion to poodles though. Also Itchy and Scratchy are pedigree - he bought them 
With all the abandoned dogs in need of a good home and being put down. Black mark for CP there.
Marcello is, yes. My favourite character.
Yeah, the poodle thing is weird. They aren't the nicest looking dogs either... I'd give anything to be able to go to Glasgow cat and dog home, I'd need my own place for that though. 
Aww sorry about that... it would be nice to get a rescue cat or dog *nods*
Except poodles. Poodles are snappy vicious little things with fangy little teeth. I've a childhood memory of a white poodle going for me. Hated them ever since.
The dogs that get a bad rep are always lovely... it's the wee, posh dogs that are evil incarnate. I would take a rottie over a chihuahua any day. Chihuahuas hate me... I swear.
True true! Me also. I knew people with a doberman and a rottie and they were both sweetie pies.
Chihuahuahs however... 
The junkies round here all have staffs, because they get a weekly allowance for a "companion dog". They get staffs thinking they are hard... and they're all getting abandoned because, obviously, they aren't. Cat and dog home is full of them.
Thats so terrible, the stupid idiots
Yes.
On a cheerier note though...
Jezza, via Twitter:
In ten minutes, we shall start recording show one of the next series of Top Gear. We are all noticeably fatter.
Oh excellent
That means Sunday? Right? 
Yup They've been away too long.
Do you think Jezza will mention Saville and that? He wouldn't...would he? 
I imagine he shall... or the BBC lawyers will be ready to man the panic stations.
I bet they are
*head desk* I am ending this week with two overtime sheets on the go... Here's hoping I put the right thing on the right sheet. 
Lol hope so. How is your back problem? All recovered hopefully?
Back is currently hunky-dory. Thank you for asking.
Everything ok on your end?
Glad the your back injury has healed.
I'm doing ok-ish thanks. My father suffered complications after the hip op and it looked dicey for a while but he's improving.
Got a new community nurse who is already an improvement - even after one visit. She's a bit young but she'll do.
Hope everything goes ok for your dad. Complications aren't good.
Yay for useful nurses! Maybe young, but she's got to start somewhere. *nods*
Thanks. How long did it take your father to walk after his broken hip?
A few weeks... not really sure. wasn't a majorly long time.
Thats not so long.
Though I'm not close to my father when it looked like the auld fella might slip away, it was so sad. He was in intensive care, his blood pressure kept dropping, then needed a blood transfusion, then developed fluid on the lungs. The doc rang my brother saying he had v.little energy and it wouldn't take much to push him over the edge. I prayed and prayed. He recovered thankfully, but has a persistent infection and you worry about NHS hospitals these days. Lets hope he pulls though.
You mentioned your father didn't get that great care in hospital so you probably know what it feels like
My dad wasn't put into traction until the day before the other hospital were coming to pick him up for the operation, he was in agony until they did that.
Then after he was out his wound got infected, thank goodness my cousin is a nurse... she pushed for NHS24 to get someone out to him.
Hope your dad will be ok.
Not exactly cheery, but slightly cute... Cassetteboy has worked his magic on JM. http://youtu.be/HZZaAad8N7U
Oh thats awful, your poor father
Thanks for the good wishes - he seems better today.
Thanks for the JM clip - watched it without audio [having pc probs, probably Win8 related] 
Edit: fixed He's lovely when he's grumpy
Grumpy is excellent. *nods* So, did you see TG? Jezza's vignette was brilliant.
Indeed it was brilliant. Jezza's contraption, "the P45"
Do you think he's taunting peeps who demanded he be sacked?
Vignette is a lovely word - shall nick that *nods*
Hehe I like to think he is. Taunty taunty!
The Dragons' Den bit. lol
Damien Lewis' lap looked a bit hairy. 
Was he even slower than Richard Whitely? Really?
Yep. Suppose on a frozen track it was ok though. The dragons den bit was brill!
To be fair to Jezza... I have trouble understanding that guy and I'm Scottish. XD
Really?
b.t.w. have you seen Harry and Paul's DD spoofs, they're funny.
No... not a fan of Harry and Paul... I do remember them doing a TG skit once.
Yeah a lot of people don't like them. *shrugs*
What kind of stuff do you like? Only Alan Carr HIGNFY TG and maybe Jo Brand make me laugh out loud.
Miranda and Mrs Browns Boys are painfully unfunny
