For all my Big Mama Bear histrionics, I am sometimes a right booby. The number of cells active in my brain seems to develop inversely proportional to the number of years I am clocking up in life. Sometimes I wonder whether I am actually suffering from early on-set Alzheimer. But then I remember that I am not a junior anymore, and this isn’t *early* on-set at all. I am getting side-tracked. The point is: Thanks were more than overdue. I had received a really cool present last December – a hand-woven scarf made by fellow fan Monica. There are no excuses – it appears that I never said thank you. I didn’t post a picture of my lovely new neck adornment (even though I clearly remember intending to do so), and I didn’t mention my present anywhere. On top of that, a search in my e-mail inbox actually revealed that I had received two e-mails from Monica – and never even replied to that. Seriously. Not on! So when the inspiRAtion flash hit last week, I very quickly decided that some of the mini RAPSes needed to be sent as long-overdue offerings of thanks. And this one went to Monica:
Monica works in a spiritual vocation. Angels and atonemints seemed appropriate 😉
And the other side of the tin already hints at what is inside. *doh* as does the background.
You can see that I was still kind of running on Steampunk steam… Monica had watched The Crucible, and this tin is meant as a little late souvenir of that unforgettable live experience.
The concept of fast food would probably have been alien to John Proctor. Mind you, the way he tucked into his food was pretty fast. Or maybe *he* is the fast food in question? What I was really searching for in my stash of ‘fridge poetry’, was the word ‘soul’. Because Richard is our soul food, right? Alas, there was no soul to be had. Only ‘fast’. *hmph*.
Monica can decide for herself. It’s hers now and she can take the magnet words out of the tin if she prefers. And the atonement of the tin lid really refers back to the RAPS maker – may this RAPS be a little thank you for your support and your generosity. Even if I am late in acknowledging it – I appreciate all the attention I receive from all of you. You are the soul of this blog. xx
Ooh the famous Nipplegate picture! I enjoy appreciating both serious plays AND serious beauty. I love the atonemimts tin!
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I still can’t believe it was all complete coincidence that they created a costume that had a hole at exactly *that* place. I mean, did no one notice how it showcased the nipple? 😂 BUt well, no complaint. It definitely attracted my attention…
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Maybe it’s the shadows in the picture or maybe it was because his pecs were pumped up playing Proctor but to me it looks like RA had a proper man boob in that nipplegate picture. If it was a renaissance painting, I could imagine a babe in arms suckling at it!
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*sniggers* Oh Zigzag!!!! Don’t let the RArmy hear that!!! That was not a man boob but a very well defined pec… *grins* 😉
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Guylty, you lucky duck you!! Good for you to see it live and in all its glory!!
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One of the highlights of my cultural experience. And something that re-ignited my love for theatre on a grand scale and long-term. I’ll forever be grateful to RA for that.
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Guylty, yep I can totally see that. I love the theatre, I really try to go once a month and I am soo looking forward to seeing Ink in NYC in early May. I think if Richard knew you said/thought that he would be very happy and so flattered b/c that is what it is all about isn’t it? The theatre experience, then he has done his job and more!!
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Yep. What a pity he’ll never know ;-). But well, maybe he’ll be repaid in karma!
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Yeah I think how happy he looks now and with The Stranger then Seville Communion in the Fall (I think right?) I think karma is smiling on him!!!
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Yes, fabulous tin and contents! Proctor was so extraordinary.
You have my sympathies re memory, Guylty: though you are nowhere near my age you have officially entered the period when if you don’t write it down, it doesn’t happen! 😂
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LOL – I think I will have to. I have been experimenting with to do lists for a while. But more than writing lists, it is actually following through *as soon as possible* that I need to do. The longer I leave something, the harder I find it…
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Guylty, you are not alone in that. sadly… I find if I don’t write a list out for say the grocery store I inevitably forget what I went there for originally!
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Luckily I live close to the shops… I go grocery shopping every day 😂
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Oh see half of my grocery bill is doggie stuff treats to keep the two lads out of trouble so going everyday would get very expensive for me but I’m glad it works for you.
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Helen, I’m definitely with you on all of that!!
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Although you didn’t need to atone AT ALL because you do so much for all of us in the RA fandom, I love my very own RAPS! Cheers to you Guylty!
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I am glad the surprise worked 🙂 xx
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Atonemints! 😂😂 Oh, that’s brilliant. How you turn these teeny tiny things into art is amazing. I’d go nuts with the fiddliness.
And Proctor—well, you’ll never hear ME complain about Mr. Intensity. *swoon*
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P.S. And who better to choose for an ‘atonement’ theme than Proctor, really. Although, now that I think of it… Porter would also work, or Thornton, Thorin, Guy… After the steampunk series, how about an atonement allotment?
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Hahaha, atonement allotment… Your argument is spot on – all those guys mentioned would sit pretty well in an atonement scenario. Not sure whether I have enough Atonemint tins, though 😉
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I think atonement shrines would work in other tins as well… 😁
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A-ha! Alrighty. I’ll bear that in mind. (Maybe now is the time to do a post on all the different tins I still have in my stash? You’d be absolutely horrified if you knew…)
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Guylty, speaking of A-ha “Take On me, take me on…” sorry I couldn’t resist!!
If you have a hoard of tins, so much the better!! Good for you…
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Hoard is a good word. I am obsessed with all those tins. Pathologically.
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I didn’t realize I used that word although I meant it in a good way
There used to be a American show called Hoarders on some cable network where true hoarding takes place like can’t get inside a house I lasted 8 minutes watching it thinking I’m a pack rat like my mum not a hoarder. I think the tins are cool and obviously they bring you joy and creative spirit and you send them to wonderful recipients like myself who are immensely grateful so I see nothing but beauty and kindness and generosity in that.
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Hehe, no worries, I didn’t take the word “hoard” as an insult, M. I have tendencies of hoarding, with my hobbies leading to serious shopping frenzy… The tins are a combination of being unable to resist buying funny tins, and my lovely fan friends sending me tins… They are quite a collection…
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Guylty all I can say is go girl!! More power to you and I agree w Donna I enjoy the post describing your thought and creative ways and how cleverly you put in clues and asides like a puzzle !! 😘👍👏❤️❤️💜💜💜
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*sits back with a cuppa*
Do go on, dear friend…
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Haha. Ok. I might turn this into another video then. But it needs preparation. Not only do I have to collect all the tins from their various hiding places; I also need to count them and categorise them. Small tins, large tins, tins with special designs, antique tins… The longer I think about it – maybe I’ll make another video…
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Even better! 🍵 🍫
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Hehe, those mini mint tins are just so funny. They really work perfectly for my purposes. The fiddliness is challenging. I am actually amazed that I am not going crazy over it. Quite the contrary – it feels as if it is almost meditative for me to slow down and work on these small boxes…
Mr Intensity – too right… Whoa, I can tell you, the man really had such presence on stage… Even several rows back you could almost “feel” him.
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Don’t tell me or I’ll cry in the office! 😭
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Ah, there will be other opportunities to “feel” the man. *coughs*
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Are you sure? 🤨
{No hugs, no crowns, no funny business}
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Yes. Sure. Hey, he’s back in the UK. And didn’t I just read that Yael Farber is also in the UK? Ha – I bet the two of them will finally cook up their next collab. So yeah. Rich is definitely going to be back on stage at some point. And we’ll be there. (Cod, that sounds like a threat, doesn’t it?)
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The anticipation is a killer!
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IKR! I really wish they’d consult us every stage of the way *sniggers*
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Independent team of experts for role selection that we are. Approved by Brian Percival!!
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Exactly. They should pay us, that’s how good we are.
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I’ll take payment in non-monetary form. A one-on-one Q&A where I get to ask ALL the questions mayhap?
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Proctor is my ideal man so this RAPS is a masterpiece! To have half of your creativity Guylty just 👏👏👏👏to you! Kudos to Monica for your kindness and great taste!! The Crucible is phenomenal and as Proctor The Armitage is just beyond fabulous out of this world extraordinary!!❤️❤️❤️❤️😘💜
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I’m wrecking my brain right now wondering whether I ever made a proper, *big* shrine with Proctor… I remember I had reservations about putting him into one of my “jokey” tins. He just seemed a sacrosanct character. (Over time, that feeling has eroded…) I know I made several small ones with him in it. If I haven’t made a big size one, I really need to change that.
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OH yes!!! 😘😘😘😘I think I went ga ga over F Quart b/c that intensity is there too and that is sexy to me! Hopefully you will see what I mean. Proctor has a lot of qualities that are alluring!! Hmmm fanfic mind starting to churn here 😉🤔🤗
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Starting reading The Seville Communion today. I’m not very far yet, and it is starting slowly…
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Just stick with it.. F Quart is sexy IMO!! I thought the writing was fabulous. Focus on Quart…
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👍🏻
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I will add I love the JP on the back… spot on!!
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The tin definitely suits JP to a T. I had forgotten the important role a glimpse of his nipple played. It deserved an award of its own. Best performance by a small body part.
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The nipple deserved a RAPS of its own – which has happened. The award hasn’t. Maybe that should be done and prepared for the next possible occasion where the metal medal could be presented?
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Schön, dass du dem berühmten linken Nippel mal wieder eine Bühne gibst. Und Proctor ist sowieso nie verkehrt. Jetzt würd ich aber gern auch noch ein Foto von dem Schal sehen. BItte, bitte.
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Nordlicht, yes! You are reading my mind, thank you for asking!!
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Ich glaube, die linke Brustwarze ist Richard besonders ans Herz gewachsen – so wie er sie in den Vordergrund stellt… *dad joke*
Schalfoto kommt später – hänge ich an den Beitrag von heute mit dran 😉
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😂
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😁
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Wenn sein Herz so daran hängt, kann er das gern öfter machen.
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Ja Nordlicht naturlich!!
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Sicher. Wir haben da immer ein offenes Hemd für. Äh. Ohr. Für.
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Hahahahahaha!!!! You and Nordlicht are a riot!!!
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Dad jokers since 2015.
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You both have very keen sense of humor and even with non German you get the great vibe there!! I just smile and love when you two go back and forth, she is more than hip!!! (Hello, Nordlicht if you are reading this!! Love that you are here!!!!)
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Double-handedly trying to change the perception of German lack of humour since 2016.
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Hahahahahaha I think it is very sweet and entertaining so Nordlicht if you are reading this and not in bed yet since it is closing in on Midnight Germany time danke dir for your humor and honesty and charm and I just now got that you are NOT a Guy fan? Wot????????????????????????????????????????
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Aw Michele, you are way too kind 😳.I´m glad that you understand so much German.
How did you get the impression I´m not a Guy fan btw 😉?
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Nordlicht I thought in the comments Guylty was teasing you about it but I am happily mistaken if you are or even in disguise Guy is multi layered so one has to perk away some of the outer skin to get to his true core!! 😘❤️❤️
Who is your fav character by the way?
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Well, actually you got it quite right 😉.
The King under the Mountain is more likely to mark my destiny.
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Ah Nordlicht we have so much to discuss!! Actually I love Proctor and was delighted to find out yesterday that I am not alone in my thump thump thump of him 😘❤️❤️❤️👍👏🤗
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Well, if it´s for the looks then Proctor is 😍🤤, you are absolutely right.
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Norldlicht, his looks, his manner, his principle, his love, his loyalty, his sweetness, his quiet rage, his hands, his chest, his boots, his scarf around his neck that disappears, his schmutzig fingers, his bum, his back, his presence…. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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❤️❤️❤️👏👍👍👍👍
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Bei soviel Einsatz deinereits wundert es mich, dass wir immer noch nicht als Humorkanonen gelten 🤣. Wir werden ja so verkannt 😭😉.
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Das sag ich dir. Ich verdiene den Bundesverdienstkeks an der Lakritzschnur – immerhin hab ich in Irland sogar als Deutschlehrerin hochoffiziell an der Uni dafür gesorgt, Deutschlands Bild in Sachen Humor gerade zu rücken!
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Ich würde dich sofort dafür vorschlagen 🍪🎖. Großen Taten für die Völkerverständigung verdienen eigentlich schon fast den Friedensnudelpreis 🍝🏆.
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Oh, die Friedensnudel!!!! Ja!!! Die würde ich gerne haben. Ist die denn aber auch dotiert?
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Natürlich. Lebenslange Versorgung mit Pasta, vorzugsweise RAvioli.
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RAvioli… Hoffentlich klappt das. Ich dachte, da ist eher RAcello angesagt…
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Ich glaub, ich steh auf dem Schlauch…
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Höhö, verzweifelter Versuch eines weiteren Dad Jokes – Viola und Cello als Streichinstrumente… Aber vergiss es, die Witze sind heute unterirdisch. Ist halt Freitag!
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Ha, da hab ich ja tatsächlich richtig vermutet. Aber bevor ich völlig daneben haue, wollte ich sichergehen.
Der Preisträger hat bestimmt ein Mitspracherecht bei der Wahl der Naturalien (ich würd Cello nehmen).
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Hehe, zwei Dumme…
Und ich auch.
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Aus seinen OrchestRA-Tagen. *nick*
Deine Witze sind nicht unterirdisch, die sind hervorRAgend!
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Kate, dein StandRAd *höhö* ist offenbar viel zu niedrig!
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StandRAd 😂, oh Mann, es ist echt Freitag…
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Du meintest sicher fReitAg, oder???
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Selbstverfreilich (hier wird aber auch alles passend gemacht).
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Das ist unser Motto: Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht. Oder geRAdegerückt!
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Solange ihr nicht RAdebrecht…
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Naja, gelegentlich werden die Regeln der gRAmmatikalisch richtigen Anwendung etwas gebeugt… So, dass es gRAd noch vertretbRA ist. 😉
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Hahaha, bRA… wie brassiere?
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Woran du schon wieder denkst. Bei mir wäre ja sogar ohne vertretbRA, höhö.
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Naja, lieber WonderbRA als sonderbRA, wie man so sacht, nech…
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😂😂
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Und ich lese hier nur Reit-AG und wundere mich, auf was für eine Schule ihr geht? *stirntipp*
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Guylty föllig ferwirrt—sieht for lauter RA keine Fs mehr.
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Hey, willst du mir hier ein F für ein V vormachen??? Nie im Leben!
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Ich sach’s ja…
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Hahahahahahahaha you are killing me today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ausgezeichnet!!!
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Nordlicht, Hahahahahahahahahaah that is the best line today. Best Pun as well!!!
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Genau, wegen uns muss er aus seinem Herzen keine Mördergrube machen. Lass es raus(hängen) Richard!
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Nordlicht thank you. What Is Corolla reference though? Not the car??
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Corolla??? Now I´m confused 🤔. What are you refering to Michele?
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Nordlicht yeah I was really confused myself there were a couple of references maybe discussing the flower crown or something I thought it was an inside joke to share w the rest of us here😆😉❤️🤣
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Immer gerne. Ich freue mich, wenn ich über albernen Quatsch lachen darf. Das finde ich besser als onkelhafte Ermahnungen *hust*
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Die scheint er im Moment ja eingestellt zu haben. Hoffentlich für lange Zeit…
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Das sag ich dir… When will he ever learn…
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Dein Wort in Gottes Gehörgang. Jetzt ist ja bald wieder Rhabarber(Gelaber)saison. Auweia!
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Wie, wieso? Was kommt bald? Ostern?
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Spargelder = Rhabarberzeit. Und wir hatten doch die unliebsamen Onkel-KommentRAre mal als Rhabarber-Gelaber betitelt…
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Oh Spargel, Spargel, Spargel. Lechz. (Gibt’s hier ja nicht.)
Nee, das ist nicht Rhabarbergelaber, sondern Laberrhabarber!!!!
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Komm mich besuchen… Bei uns gibt‘s zur Spargelzeit quasi wöchentliches Schlemmen. Es geht schon los. Nächste Woche wird‘s soweit sein…
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Yep, wenn schon Rhabarber, dann doch bitte als Kompott oder Kuchen.
Aber vielleicht ist er dann ja grad busy und hat keine Zeit für die Rhabarberernte.
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Ja. Da lieber ein bisschen BTS-Footage vom Filmset…
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Ah, gorgeous hunky Proctor – another chaRActer who lives on in my HappilyEverAfter AU (it’s become quite crowded there with Daniel joining the crew 😉)
My own brain cells seem to be disappearing at a great rate so you’re not the only one. Although I have always been on the absent minded side, it’s become worse post menopause. I have my “Mum’s safe places” where things are stored never to be found again (except when I’m no longer searching or it’s too late for the birthday/Christmas for which I bought an early present). I make daily lists, weekly lists, shopping lists….. the list goes on lol. I lose words. When I mentioned “zeppelin” in my Oamaru comment in the steampunk RAPS post, I had to look up “Hindenberg” because for the life of me I couldn’t recall what kind of craft it was. My mum reassured me by saying it’s not exactly a word one uses on a daily basis, but I,ve been known to lose those common words too! The other frustrating thing that happens is believing I have actually done something (like answering an email) when all I’ve done is think about it – in my mind it becomes fact not intent *eyeroll*
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Ha – how did I overlook this long comment??? Oh yes, I want a Proctor ever-after, too. You know, all those ever-after inhabitants, maybe somebody needs to write a fan fic about that? Must be one hell of a hotel where that lot is hanging out once they escaped hangings, deadly spawn of evil, nasty American traitors… the list is endless.
As for those brain cells – Hahaha, those lists sound familiar. I keep this pad right beside my laptop, writing all kinds of keywords on it. And then I can’t remember what it means…
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Now that is one yummy shrine! 🙂
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Taken with a grain of salt, right? 😉
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That’s always good seasoning. 🙂
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