homework 14/10/19 A CLASS ACT

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homework 14/10/19 A CLASS ACT

Post by Neville Briggs » Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:16 am

A CLASS ACT

Under the influence
of royalist admiration
my wife induced me to
the Downton Abbey cinemation.
Some popcorn was enjoyed
until hypnotic somnolence
blurred out those affectations.
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Re: homework 14/10/19 A CLASS ACT

Post by Shelley Hansen » Wed Oct 02, 2019 3:29 pm

Sounds like the popcorn was the best part, Neville!

Some friends of ours donned period costume for the occasion - I'm wondering if you see yourself as the butler, the lord - or perhaps the king??? ;)

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Re: homework 14/10/19 A CLASS ACT

Post by Neville Briggs » Wed Oct 02, 2019 6:09 pm

Cheers Shelley.

The popcorn was certainly the best part. I was hoping that the phrase "hypnotic somnolence" would have given away the extent of my enchantment with the British class pretensions. :lol:
The only good bit was actor David Haig's appearance ( the Kings butler who gets locked in his room) a great actor who did wonderful comedy stuff with Rowan Atkinson in The Thin Blue Line.
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Re: homework 14/10/19 A CLASS ACT

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:32 pm

well you made good use of the prompt even if you didn't like the show :lol: and I suppose the popcorn was an added bonus.

I am a Downton Abbey fan I confess and I loved it, but then I do have pommie origins :roll:
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Re: homework 14/10/19 A CLASS ACT

Post by Neville Briggs » Sat Oct 12, 2019 4:24 pm

Thanks Maureen. :)
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