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[coppice]

Couldn't agree more- she brings a lot to the part, in fact with the help of the scriptwriters she has long since transcended its constraints and never stops ACTING, even when it's just reaction shots . Such a contrast to the WAG wooden- ness of Maria and Sarah Louise, neither of whom you can imagine in a theatre role .But Gemma- she'd make a very funky Ariel. Kylie is dead , long live Gemma .

[TwigtheWonderkid]

I was singing Gemma's praises months ago, and nobody thought I was serious!

[nicanary]

"Elizabeth, ye know I love yer more than a man has a right to, so I do, but what the feck do ye look like? Thon hair's like a Brillo pad, so it is."

[Wacky Racer]

nicanary said:

"Elizabeth, ye know I love yer more than a man has a right to, so I do, but what the feck do ye look like? Thon hair's like a Brillo pad, so it is."

Mrs WR says her hair is naturally like that, (so it is), and these last few weeks it had been straightened out.

I reckon Leanne is going to go straight round to the Bistro to try to get back with Nick, freeze Steve out, and by association Liz, hence her comments in the last scene.

[nicanary]

Wacky Racer said:

nicanary said:

"Elizabeth, ye know I love yer more than a man has a right to, so I do, but what the feck do ye look like? Thon hair's like a Brillo pad, so it is."

Mrs WR says her hair is naturally like that, (so it is), and these last few weeks it had been straightened out.

I reckon Leanne is going to go straight round to the Bistro to try to get back with Nick, freeze Steve out, and by association Liz, hence her comments in the last scene.

The word "try" is the crux. No spoiler from me, but I know what's supposed to happen.

[coppice]

I'd assumed her sudden decisiveness was to go the abortion clinic and thus uncomplicate her new future with Nick. Who would then only have devil spawn psycho-brat Simon to cope with.

[Tuvra]

coppice said:

I'd assumed her sudden decisiveness was to go the abortion clinic and thus uncomplicate her new future with Nick. Who would then only have devil spawn psycho-brat Simon to cope with.

I spotted it coming years ago, curly haired little fk....

[nicanary]

SPP (Soap Pedantry Police) alert!!

I was thinking this morning about Pat's nefarious plan to steal deposits on non-existent flats. Suppose it's a largish building, say 40 apartments, and the market remains less than buoyant. He would probably sell no more than 20 immediately, I don't know what it's like in Manchester, but round here a holding deposit is usually £500. That means the most he'll rake in is £10,000, hardly enough for retirement in Brazil.

I can't see buyers willing to purchase an upmarket flat from a small-ad or internet ad. They'd need to find a dodgy estate agent (not too difficult) and he would want a cut. If they're hoping to get the full deposit on signing of contract, then they'd need a dodgy solicitor (another cut). It's not a goer.

Underworld - Carla just about made a living working as sole trader - now Johnny, Aidan and Katie are all earning a salary from the same amount of work. Odd.

[wjwren]

^ ye was thinking the other day how does that business have so many managers.

[Wacky Racer]

^^^^^

It's called Soapland....anything goes.

I seem to remember Carla couldn't afford to pay staff the weeks wages a couple of years back unless she secured a £10,000 order.....

Maybe they now do work for Primark, George, M&S etc, which they haven't told us about, or got Mary Portas in as a troubleshooter...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTLx6E-HUAA

[Wacky Racer]

Am I dreaming, or did they mention a character last week called Billericay Mickey?

Obviously a doff to Ian Dury's song Billericay Dickie, which has some amusing lyrics...

(Spoken)
Good evening I'm from Essex
In case you couldn't tell
My given name is Dickie, I come from Billericay
And I'm doing very well

Had a love affair with Nina
In the back of my Cortina
A seasoned up hyena could not have been more obscener
She took me to the cleaners
And other misdemeanours
But I got right up between her
Rum and her Ribena

Well, you ask Joyce and Vicki
If candy-floss is sticky
I'm not a blinking thicky
I'm Billericay Dickie
And I'm doing very well

I bought a lot of brandy
When I was courting Sandy
Took eight to make her randy
And all I had was shandy
Another thing with Sandy
What often came in handy
Was passing her a 'Mandy'
She didn't half go bandy

So you ask Joyce and Vicki
If I ever took the mickey
I'm not a flipping thicky
I'm Billericay Dickie
And I'm doing very well

I'd rendezvous with Janet
Quite near the Isle of Thanet
She looked more like a gannet
She wasn't half a prannet
Her mother tried to ban it
Her father helped me plan it
And when I captured Janet she bruised her pomegranate

So you ask Joyce and Vicki
If I ever shaped up tricky
I'm not a blooming thicky
I'm Billericay Dickie
And I'm doing very well

You should never hold a candle if you don't know where it's been
The jackpot is in the handle on a normal fruit machine

So you ask Joyce and Vicki
Who's their favourite brickie
I'm not a common thicky
I'm Billericay Dickie
And I'm doing very well

I know a lovely old toe-rag obliging and noblesse
Kindly, charming shag from Shoeburyness

My given name is Dickie
I come from Billericay
I thought you'd never guess

So you ask Joyce and Vicki
A pair of squeaky chickies
I'm not a flaming thicky I'm Billericay Dickie
And I'm doing very well

Oh golly, oh gosh come and lie on the couch
With a nice bit of posh from Burnham-on-Crouch

My given name is Dickie, I come from Billericay
And I ain't a sloutch

So you ask Joyce and Vicki
About Billericay Dickie
I ain't an effin' thicky
You ask Joyce and Vicki
And I'm doing very well

[TheGreatSoprendo]

Wacky Racer said:

Am I dreaming, or did they mention a character last week called Billericay Mickey?

They certainly did, at which point Sally piped up about what a close affinity she has with the Irish

[nicanary]

Many years ago, the town of Billericay was famous for being "first in" with its election results. My dad would sit up and watch the first few returns to get an idea of what the outcome might be.

One night my mum was dozing in her chair, and my dad told her Billericay was in - at this point you need to know that my mum was Norfolk country born and bred, accent and all - and she replied "Billericay, who's he?".

Absolutely true.

[nicanary]

How do the scriptwriters keep coming up with this stuff for Mary? Burning Man Festival because she took a wrong turn. It's the way she uses all this as throwaway lines. Classic and another one for luck

[PoleDriver]

Leanne in that red dress! She was walking like Dick Emery in drag!

[ATTAK Z]

PoleDriver said:

Leanne in that red dress! She was walking like Dick Emery in drag!

Not the best legs on The Street

[nicanary]

ATTAK Z said:

Not the best legs on The Street

She walks with her feet at 10 to 2.

[227bhp]

Tuvra said:

coppice said:

I'd assumed her sudden decisiveness was to go the abortion clinic and thus uncomplicate her new future with Nick. Who would then only have devil spawn psycho-brat Simon to cope with.

I spotted it coming years ago, curly haired little fk....

You haven't been watching for a while then, he's been miraculously cured.

[227bhp]

PoleDriver said:

Leanne in that red dress! She was walking like Dick Emery in drag!

You put into words what I couldn't

[Wacky Racer]

227bhp said:

Tuvra said:

coppice said:

I'd assumed her sudden decisiveness was to go the abortion clinic and thus uncomplicate her new future with Nick. Who would then only have devil spawn psycho-brat Simon to cope with.

I spotted it coming years ago, curly haired little fk....

You haven't been watching for a while then, he's been miraculously cured.

It's amazing what a few months away staying with Peter Barlow can do......a real role model..



Poor Steve McDonald, he seems to stumble from one crisis to another....