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Karen (Kew) wrote: "Lorraine wrote: "Karen your French is perfect !"

I went back and edited the spelling of "singe" from "sange" which was how I'd first written it!!!

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I won't lie, I had excellent grammar when I was young, but now I don't think I could live without spellcheck lol !

Or when you get typing dyslexia! All the right letters are there...just not in the right order!!! :)

funnily enough I have never had any problems spelling medical terms and drug names

Mark wrote: "Or when you get typing dyslexia! All the right letters are there...just not in the right order!!! :)"

In the film Marnie - Sean Connery's character calls himself a "somewhat creative typist" - I like to use that description for myself!!

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I find the word diarrhoea is quite problematic for some people...

I never have a problem with the names of any Lovecraftian creatures or characters from 80s cartoons...however when it comes to writing a letter to a Member of Parliament my fingers just seem to move too fast for the keys...lol

Mark wrote: "I never have a problem with the names of any Lovecraftian creatures or characters from 80s cartoons...however when it comes to writing a letter to a Member of Parliament my fingers just seem to mov..."

That's because you know that they've been fiddling their expenses and it makes your blood boil !

Where is our queen of the typo tonight?

You hoo!! Gingerlily?

Oh, sorry - i was away watching 3 episodes of Time Tean one after the other.

Tean. Hehe

She never lets us down.

I swear this place is doing things to me... I am there laughing out loud at A TYPO !

So are the rest of Lorraine! Mass hysteria!

It has been reported that there is a bad case of the 'titters' is going round. Caution it is highly contagious.
I always have trouble with the word diarrhoea (I had to look at Lorraine's spelling three times!) I like to say I've got the squitters instead.

Whenever I type further, unless I'm very careful I type furhrer. Not good when I was working for a German company. I offered to annex the Sudetenland, but it didn't help.

My daughter is reading the boy in the striped pyjamas and instead of Furher she says further.

I prefer the German word for diarrhoea - its durchfall, which literally means 'throughfall'.

Vanessa wrote: "It has been reported that there is a bad case of the 'titters' is going round. Caution it is highly contagious.
I always have trouble with the word diarrhoea (I had to look at Lorraine's spelling ..."

Vanessa, I worked in the Human Resources department for a large company. Part of my job involved typing the reasons people were off sick in their computerised files. I have typed the word Diarrhoea so many times that I don't think I will ever forget how to spell it. And I have seen many different ways that people have misspelled it. Had a form where one guy attempted to spell it 3 times. They were crossed out and eventually he wrote "skitter". ;-)

mmmmm... next time I'll think twice about mentioning the poops on here... catching up with the thread while having breakfast is a bit of a no-no !

Gingerlily wrote: "I prefer the German word for diarrhoea - its durchfall, which literally means 'throughfall'."

I like durchfall. Wasn't that the title of a Dean Koontz book?

Lorraine wrote: "mmmmm... next time I'll think twice about mentioning the poops on here... catching up with the thread while having breakfast is a bit of a no-no !"

Perhaps we should start a scatological thread especially for the purpose? We could call it The Midden. Being as we are in this thread though, may I suggest John Waters Pink Flamingoes?

Lorraine wrote: "mmmmm... next time I'll think twice about mentioning the poops on here... catching up with the thread while having breakfast is a bit of a no-no !"

And don't forget that you might spill milk on whatever it is that you're viewing the thread on...that's always difficult to explain later on.

Backing up the thread from effluent to Eddie Izzard (not a link I think he'd be proud of) - you haven't lived until you've seen his death star canteen sketch as illustrated by Star Wars lego on You tube.

Oh yes - thats wonderful!

is effluent backing up something we want here?

Ahem. Remind me to wash my hands when I'm finished posting here.

I watched the first episode of Downton Abbey last night. It's great! Had to stop myself from immediately watching the second as it was 1am.

I'd put it on now but I have to peck my way through a great, long email first. Ugh.

Geoff (G. Robbins) wrote: "Lorraine wrote: "mmmmm... next time I'll think twice about mentioning the poops on here... catching up with the thread while having breakfast is a bit of a no-no !"

Perhaps we should start a scato..."

Geoff that was total gobbledigook to me... :(

Mark wrote: "Lorraine wrote: "mmmmm... next time I'll think twice about mentioning the poops on here... catching up with the thread while having breakfast is a bit of a no-no !"

And don't forget that you mig..."

Mark, actually laptop is safe... got used to the little one climbing up on me for cuddles so I keep well away from the laptop !

Lorraine wrote: "Geoff that was total gobbledigook to me... :( !"

Scatological - An obsession with excrement or excretory functions (poo to you or me).

Midden - A dunghill or refuse heap.

Pink Flamingoes - A movie by John Walters where his transsexual star, Divine, ate a dog turd on film. JW was interviewed and asked whether there were multiple takes of the scene. His reply "I wasn't trying to torture him!".

Hope this helps Lorraine. Knowing me, probably not.

Oh right... Thanks Geoff !

Love this forum, I learn so many interesting things !

The Truman Show


A great film. Sometimes I think I am in it.....

Currently £2.49 for a special collectors edition DVD so a bargain!
The Truman Show

Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "The Truman Show


A great film. Sometimes I think I am in it.....

Currently £2.49 for a special collectors edition DVD so a bargain!
The Truman Show"

I came quite late to watching The Truman Show, but when I did I enjoyed it a great deal. I always get put off when films are hyped.

I can't stand Jim Carrey. My sister went to high school with him.

Patti (P E) wrote: "I can't stand Jim Carrey. My sister went to high school with him."

What was he like at high school...?

We watched two films last night on BBC iplayer - Phenomenon, which I found a bit dull but gave me things to think about (I was convinced until the end that it would be an aliens type thing...) Then we watched one of my fav films of all time - Strictly Ballroom!

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The same as he was in the any number of films, Karen.

We started Das Boot last night. I was bored and Dave fell asleep so I shut it off.

Have you ever watched `Heimat` patti? if you have a few weeks spare it is fab.

am watchin `breaking bad` season 3 - proper quality telly.

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My husband has found another film on bbc iplayer - we're watching Kratatoa, East of Java!

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Geoff (G. Robbins) wrote: "Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "The Truman Show


A great film. Sometimes I think I am in it.....

Currently £2.49 for a special collectors edition DVD so a bargain!
The Truman Show"

I came quite late ..."

The Truman Show is one of my almost perfect things. I loved it from start to finish. Ed Harris is bloody marvellous considering he took over from someone else and learned his lines on the plane.

At the end, my wife said 'they can't stop there, I need to see what happens'. I think she kind of completely missed the point.


By the way Kew, famous film error Krakatoa is really WEST of Java.

Got home from dinner. Dave put Das Boot on again and promptly fell asleep again. I'm thinking of winging it into the garden...

Darren wrote: "By the way Kew, famous film error Krakatoa is really WEST of Java. "

Maybe they approached the island from behind....?

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WillieWit wrote: "Have you ever watched `Heimat` patti? if you have a few weeks spare it is fab.

am watchin `breaking bad` season 3 - proper quality telly.

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Missed this post, sorry Willie.

No. What's a 'Heimat'?

Wow, it just goes to show.

I put a link up to The Truman Show yesterday. You could have grabbed it for £2.49

It was obviously a mistake because now it is £29.99

Did anyone get it?

The Truman Show!

That's a ridiculous price for an old film. Perhaps they have it wrong now?

Maybe someone bought it and the Amazon algorithm repriced it thinking it was going to be popular.... how knows!

Missed this post, sorry Willie.

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`Heimat` is a German Drama series about life in one area of germany between 1919 and 2000, it is 53 hours long over 3 series.
It is the best thing i have seen on telly, fantastic.

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Is it dubbed into English?

Nah... would sound daft in geordie or scouse accent...

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Geoff (G. Robbins) wrote: "That's a ridiculous price for an old film. Perhaps they have it wrong now?"

That's a ridiculous price for a new film. If there was a film that I was going to pay that for then The Truman Show would be in there with a fighting chance.

Watched Sideways last night. Been a few years since I saw it and I had forgotten how funny it was. Comedies are not usually my thing but I can definitely recommend this film.

Watched a few episodes of Dexter too. Love this series. Am trying to watch series 1-5 before the 6th one starts soon.

I love Dexter and have read the books as well although after the first, they bear little similiarty. I've seen them all on FX but I'm re-watching series 1 at the moment when I have chance. My biggest annoyance was "Liking" Dexter on Facebook and finding out the end of season 4 weeks before it was broadcast in the UK!

Gary wrote: "I love Dexter and have read the books as well although after the first, they bear little similiarty. I've seen them all on FX but I'm re-watching series 1 at the moment when I have chance. My bigge..."

Lol I did that too Gary. Wasn't facebook though. I was curious about where I had seen one of the actors before and went to IMDB to find out. I ended up reading some of the discussions and spoiled what happened at the end of season 4. I've been careful about avoiding it since.

Started watching it a few months ago from the first series. So far I am at episode 4 of season 5.