The Three Musketeers

[whitelop]

:laugh: You don't really use bleach, right? My nephew when he was a teenager really thought people used bleach to bleach their hair. So of course he stuck his head in a bowl of bleach. BIG mistake!

I do use bleach, but its for hair. My mom is a barber and she does my hair. I don't use house hold bleach. I can't stand the smell of it anymore.
But my hair is...pretty blonde from the bleach. haha.
My brain has been my son/dog and chickens and math. Its been a busy few days in my own head. hahaha.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Oh, I´m so glad you guys love that series as much as I do. All the characterisations are so good.

I also love the banter between Maggie Smith and Mrs Crawley, they are so good together and some of the one liners are so funny.

O´Brien and Thomas are the baddies, schemers but they do play their parts so good, we love to hate them. It´s so funny for us as the guy that plays Thomas was in one of our longest soaps called Coronation Street and was killed off a couple of years ago and is now in Downton, at first, it was weird getting used to him. I love Carson and Mrs Hughes, Carson always seems to be a bit of a wet blanket but he shows he has a heart of gold. Mary is portrayed as a bit of a nasty piece really, she´s not nice at all to Edith, she´s always referring to how plain she is but Sybil is lovely. You always feel sorry for Edith and always hope she´ll find Mr Right. I really like Lord Grantham and Hugh Bonneville is a great actor. He was in a story at Christmas called Mr Stink on the BBC and it was so good, I really enjoyed it. I´m not so keen on Lady Grantham either but you sort of grow into her as the series develops.

Matthew sort of grows on you as the series develops but you´ve got lots of surprises and intrigues to come. And yes, imagine having to dress up for dinner and being served every course and then the men retire for drinks while the women go somewhere else....how times have changed. I´m getting withdrawal symptoms thinking that I´ve got to wait until September for the new series....aaaarrrggghhh.

Jenny, I love Poirot as well and you´re right, David Suchet is so right for this part. I´ve seen films with both Albert Finney and Peter Ustinov but neither were right for the part. I liked the ones with Hastings and Miss Lemon, they´re on UK tv most days so when I can catch them I do, there are some series I never tire of watching and this is one of them. It´s a bit like the Miss Marple with Joan Hickson. I think she was so right for that character.

Colin Firth as Mr Darcy is a legend, no one has quite played it like him but I still prefer the book, it´s so well written. I remember reading it in school for the first time years ago. Come to think of it, I like Colin Firth in most things lol.

 

[JBun]

Morgan, I guess my nephew must have done it wrong then. He just stuck the whole top of his head in the bowl of bleach, then it started burning his head. I know nothing about bleaching. I have red hair so I've never tried the hair bleaching thing.... Thinking about chickens, dog, and son makes sense, but why in the world are you thinking about math? Sounds like mental torture to me

I just love Lady Cybils personality. She's nice, but also strong willed and independent. I guess Mary has grown on me a bit. I don't like all the nastiness or snobbery, but there are aspects of her personality that I do like. I think it's more as you get into the second season that you get to like the sister's more as they kind of come into themselves more and aren't just always bickering the whole time(hope I'm not giving too much away).

Chris, I LOVE Miss Marple with Joan Hickson. She is just so perfect in that part. I've seen some of the more recent versions with different actress', and they are ok, but just not the same. She's just the ideal clever dotty old lady, haha. You know, there are just some actors/actresses that you almost feel a certain role was just made for them because they play the part so well.

I love Colin Firth too, but who doesn't He was so good in King's Speech and it was such a great show.

I have to show you guys what my sweet little Pip did to me a few days ago. She was out playing and playtime was over and I went to pick her up and..... CHOMP..... right into my finger. So then it was getting a little infected so I put neosporin on it, then I got hives from the neosporin, so I put some benedryl cream on it, then I was allergic to that. So I've got the bite now on my finger, with hives all around it. What is with these biting animals lately. Don't they know how good they have it?

 

[Katielovesleo3]

OH GOOD GOD THAT SCARED ME! I'm just scrolling down and BAM! BLOOD! ooooo! What a little bugger! Shame shame!

 

[whitelop]

Wow. What a bad Pip! It looks pretty painful. I haven't been bit since Foo and I'm thankful for that. Those little teeth hurt SO bad.
I have math in my head because of chickens. Eggs, dimensions of chicken coops and runs. What I'll do with the extra roosters, dimensions of their runs. My garden space. Its all math. Ugh and my brain is tired.
I wish I had red hair. My mom does but I didn't get it. Bummer.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Jenny, that´s a nasty bite, looks like the one I had on the back of my hand a few weeks ago from Houdini. My fault for plunging my hand in his space and scaring him. It does hurt though and those little teeth are razor sharp. Glad it doesn´t happen very often.

It like most series where you know they will go on to second and third series where they do develop the characters along with the story and you sort of grow into them all.

I did love Joan Hickson in that, you´re right she was just made for that part and I don´t think anyone has come near.

I´m imagining Morgan wtih a massive desk making plans for her new chicken coop...I bet it´s going to be awesome, you must put pics on here of progress. I love seeing people get into new projects, it´s always so exciting.

 

[agnesthelion]

Oh yikes jenny that is quite the bite!!!! I've never even been bitten, other than nipped if people consider that a difference, but I imagine their teeth hurt pretty bad!

 

[Chrisdoc]

Lisa, yes, there´s a big difference between a nip and a bite, those teeth are really sharp and cut deeply. I was looking a photos of two does who had been rescued and had been left to fight by the previous owners. Their ears were terrible and they had terrible cuts and scars on their rears, it really makes me wonder what these people are like who can do this to these poor creatures.

As I said, Houdini´s bitten me only twice and both times, I don´t put any blame on him, first was on my chin when I´d split him and Snowy up and picked them up and he was still fired up and probably thought my chin was Snowy. Second was when I put my hand suddenly in his cage from his blind side and he lunged. I´ve learnt not to do that again and am much more careful as they can scare quite easily.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Well, bunnies are quiet and sleeping in the afternoon sun. I´ve been trying to download some videos on photobucket but my internet keep freaking out and shutting down just as I get around half way through so I´ll have another go today.

Picked my friend up from work last night in my pyjamas. Well, she finished at 10pm and as I ´don´t have to go outside, I thought why would I change as I´m there and back in 15 minutes. I was telling my sister and she said she used to do the same when she went to pick her son up, pyjamas, dressing gown and slippers. One night, she hit a pot hole and had a flat and there was a police car about 20 metres away. She ended up getting out the car in her pyjamas, dressing gown and slippers to change the wheel, yes the police did help her but I bet she was really embarrassed. I just laughed so much and said the only thing missing was her having rollers in her hair lol. Since then, she´s never done it again.

That actually happened to me when I had my dog and I took her out at around 1 in the morning in the summer in my pyjamas. Just as I closed the door, I realised I´d picked up the car key and not the front door key so I´m outside with no phone, no front door key and only the car key. I ended up having to drive to the owners house about 20 minutes away to ask for the spare key. Thank goodness, they were still up.

I´ve started an online course to learn how to do web pages. It´s really interesting and I did my first page yesterday, it´s really satisfying when something comes out right. Admitted, I was following instructions but I still managed to get it all right. The course is in spanish but it´s easy to follow, the good thing is that most of the codes used to write these pages are in English....thank goodness for that.

This is Houdini in his litter box, he was a bit fed up cos I closed his cage cos he was been a bit naughty, as usual. I then send him to the sin bin for 10 or 15 minutes so he knows.

 

[whitelop]

The sin bin. Hahahaha. That cracked me up!

So since you're in Spain, is this website in English or Spanish? Its so different. I go out in my pajamas too sometimes. Like, if I don't have to get out of the car to go in anywhere. Sometimes, like if we don't have our son we'll go get fast food late at night(usually dessert and I've usually been drinking) so I'll have pajamas on and slippers. My husband likes to sneak stuff on me. We'll get food and he'll be like 'hey lets go into the store and get a movie or something' and I just look down and I'm like, 'hmmm...I have on zebra pants and a tie-dye shirt and slippers, I'm going to say no to that.' hahaha. So now if we go anywhere at night, I have to ask him if we're ONLY going to get food and nothing else! haha. He likes to torture me.

I love when they lay in the sun! I moved one of Ellie's boxes and now the sun hits it for a large part of the afternoon and most of the day she slept in the box in the sun.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Yes, the sin bin...when they send rugby players off for fouling, they send them to the sin bin for 10 minutes so I do the same to Houdi.

The course is in Spanish but I don´t find that a problem. The coded language to write websites is in English wherever you are, i think, so that´s really handed as it´s easier for me to remember without having to think too much. Only thing is i could do with two computers to do this course as I have to keep stopping the videos in order to go to the programme to write the coding so it takes twice as long, I might ask my friend if he´s got a spare computer he can lend me for about a month, he´s got about four or five.

I know what you mean about going out in pj´s. I laughed last night as, just as I left my house, the light came on saying I was low on petrol and i only take my driving licence and my cellphone with me. Good job it´s only round the corner or else I´d have panicked cos I didn´t have any money to put any petrol in. It is funny though cos in little villages over here, you´ll often see women going to the local shop in their dressing gown, and slippers. I remember where I used to live, they were all there in the butchers on the corner...quite a site but quite normal here.

 

[agnesthelion]

Hahaha that's funny about your friend getting a flat in her pajamas! isn't that just how it works. The same kinda thing when I dart to the store looking horrid and then run into everyone I know including someone from school I haven't seen in years. Duh!!! So frustrating!! Lol

 

[Chrisdoc]

Lisa, it was my sister actually in England.

Just snapped Snowy having a nap....talk about out dead....I´m so happy as usually they hear me coming and jump up so I always miss the shot but this one is so funny....out for the count.

And food time....here´s bandy tucking into the fennel greens, Snowy enjoying his hay and Houdi having a drink....all quiet on the western front. That´s a poopy litter tray and I only cleaned it yesterday night.

 

[JBun]

:laugh: That is too funny. Didn't Snowy used to do the same thing as a baby? Houdini totally looks like he knows he was in trouble laying in his cage for his time out, haha.

I go out in my pj's all the time too, but I don't care too much if anyone sees me. My pj's are usually just a hoodie and scrubs, so I guess I wouldn't stand out too much though. That would be too funny, having a cop show up, but I'll bet a cop has seen things a lot more shocking then someone in their pj's

 

[Chrisdoc]

Jenny, yes both Snowy and Houdi used to do it when they were babies, I haven´t seen him lie like that in ages and I´m so pleased I managed to get a photo.

I think it was just the embarrassment of the copper being there but it was a help as she managed to sue the local council for the damage to her wheel and the copper was her witness....how solid is that.

 

[agnesthelion]

Oh sorry, your sister! I misread and thought you were talking about your friend

That is one awesome dead bunny flop. I love it!!!! Larry (Nancy) avatar is a one of the best dead bunny flops but I think Snowy may rival his!! Lol

 

[Chrisdoc]

I know, when I took the photo I was thinking of that photo...I can´t believe he didn´t move, I always manage to frighten them usually. It´s just so funny with those legs in the sir and his ears were sideways under his head....he´s just so gorgeous, I just love him to bits. Bandy did a quick one yesterday, sort of rolled completely over, it was so funny but I just couldn´t get it on film and that was some roll with all that fur.

Lisa, I just love them all to bits, I can´t believe I never intended to have pets again and ended up with these three. I suppose I should thank my useless ex for something anyway lol.

 

[whitelop]

I have no idea how i missed those pictures, but its fantastic!
I would love to see Ellie do something like that.

Snowy's name is too perfect for him, he is SO white!

 

[Chrisdoc]

Morgan, when i saw it I was so excited, now I know why they call it a dead bunny flop...just there splayed out without a care in the world. I´d love to see Ellie do that, she would be toooo cute. He is such a cuddly little boy although i laughed this afternoon as he grunted at me and he´s never done that before, it was so comical. And last night, Houdini was on the sofa with me and he was honking at me, that´s the only way I can describe it. I was stroking his head and he was pushing my hand up and honking. Bunnies are just so complex, you never know what they´re gonna do next lol.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Do you remember I told you about Houdini getting stuck in the cushion cover, well took a short video which isn´t very good but it just makes me laugh as all you can see is the cushion cover moving. It was so funny that he got so far inside, he couldn´t find his way out and started to panic and I put my hand in to open it and his head popped out...he´s such a laugh.