We have a new old fart. Don W has joined the pack although I'm not sure he's quite old enough to be officially designated an old fart. And I've never forgiven him for taking the Michael out of our quiz team - the legendary Book Worms.
I had to remind him that such is our legendary status that he once changed the name of his quiz team to Wood Lice. You might have to think about that one. He's gone off to find out whether this is true. But as he's one of my primary readers (nothing to do with schools) I have forgiven the past and won't hold a grudge at all. Actually I like the guy (but don't tell him).
Let's move on. My friend and fellow old fart Richard H who is now a published author mentioned that he has just bought a DVD set of a little remembered comedy/drama programme "A Most Peculiar Practice." I remember this with great affection. It was quite surreal and they always had nuns walking across the screen. It starred Peter Davison and was written by Andrew Davies. Davies.
The person I really remember from A Most Peculiar Practice is David Troughton as a rather arrogant priggish character. I too loved the programme and was surprised to see that only 15 episodes were made.
It was set in a medical centre on a University campus (a bit like the current soap Doctors). The University campus in question was supposed to be the University of East Anglia, but apparently the powers that be at the UEA were a bit concerned after some fall out with the filming of The History Man (I'm sure a certain bloggette can confirm or put me right on this one).
That led onto a discussion amongst the old farts of another of my favourite light-hearted programmes "Ever Decreasing Circles." I loved the character Martin who was always fastidious in everything he did and whose life was totally ordered. We all know a Martin, although I'm definitely not one as my stuff is all over the place and I'm pretty disorganised.
Then we went onto Guy Fawkes. Did you know he wasn't hanged but broke his neck falling off the scaffold, we were asked. You can now see how we get the title of Old Farts.
Well this is partly true. He was sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered but broke his neck first which prevented him from suffering the rest of his fate although as he was dead it didn't much matter whether he was drawn and quartered as well IMHO.
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Got the 100th edition of Hethersett Herald online yesterday and it was nice to get a message of thanks from the Pantomime Group and also Hethersett Hall. I also set-up a meeting with another group for a coming feature and it made me think about what I do when it comes to the Herald and I have redefined what I feel my role is.
I see my role as supporting local causes and groups and fighting for what I feel is right for our village. In other words pleasing and being supportive of some and rattling cages of others. One of my bloggettes who shall remain nameless said something that quite moved me about what I'm doing, believing that I'm putting together a record of life today for future generations. That's a huge compliment.
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And so to a question on The Chase which was along the lines of what did tiktok influencer Belle Delphine run out of after selling it on the internet in jars for £27 (something like that anyay). The options were eye lashes, bath water or toenails (or something like that). The answer surprisingly was bath water. Now I know the world has gone mad. Who would pay £27 for a jar full of somebody's bath water? I ask this question because I sell my bathwater for a tenner if anyone would like some. Problem is I now mainly shower rather than bath and how can you be sure its her genuine bathwater anyway?
"What are you doing today dear?"
"I'm going to have a long soak because I need to fill another 100 jars with my bath water and I need to ensure there's some genuine soapy scum in them."
More to the point what on earth would you do with the jar full of bath water? I only ask out of curiosity of course.
But it set me thinking as to who on earth Belle doodah is. Turning to my old friend Wikipedia I found this:
Mary-Belle Kirschner (born 23 October 1999), better known as Belle Delphine, is a South African-born British media personality, pornographic actress, model, and YouTuber. Her social media accounts feature erotic and cosplay modelling, sometimes blending the two together. Her online persona began in 2018 through her cosplay modelling on Instagram. Her posts on the platform were often influenced by popular memes and trends.
Media outlets have described Delphine as an "e-girl" and a cross between an Internet troll and a performance artist. Delphine has also been cited as an influence on the e-girl style commonly adopted by TikTok users.
So now you know, kind of. And the word cisgender is one that came up at Old Farts. I had to look it up and I'm not sure how it came up in the first place. It's a word I had never heard of. Any ideas? Ok I will tell you.
Would you believe it's a term for somebody who identifies by the sex they are born or in other words: somebody whose sense of personal identity and gender corresponds with their birth sex. In other words I'm cisgender and I suspect most of my readers are as well.
Have a nice day. I've got a busy day and I will tell you about it tomorrow.