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Post by Queenie on Aug 7, 2005 4:00:44 GMT 9.5
OK I haven't watched it for ages *hits self in punishment* but I will do my very best!
Miss Susan Emily Gilchrist lives in Scotland with her teenage niece Flora (although she doesn't seem Scottish!) They have quite a large house with a few servants (in the film there are footmen on carrages and drivers for the horse and carrigae they own etc)
Over the years she has travelled to many countries and collected a great many things. She meets Major Farquhar Chevening (Richard E Grant) and it is kinda clear that she er....likes him, althought he at first flirts with Flora!
Then he starts to flirt with her although at first then she also becomes to like him alot too!
(More to come, I have to go for now!)
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Post by Mel on Aug 7, 2005 4:02:19 GMT 9.5
Okay, thanks. Though I was looking for more about her personality. But thanks anyways! ;D
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Post by Incapability on Aug 8, 2005 21:03:24 GMT 9.5
well, she's very cool, and a bit crazy. very spontaneous. when this flora chick wants to go too france to see her beloved (the mayor happens to be there as well ...) she say "No, it's way to dangerous and to far away and - I'll come with you!". she's pretty cool and one of my favourite characters makes the movie definetely worth watching. oh my god. just rmembered that I'll do my theoretical driving test tomorrow. what an I doing here? I mean, I only went through each of my test papers 2 or 3 times! I mean, there are only 60 of them, after all! *runs of*
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Post by Queenie on Aug 8, 2005 22:38:59 GMT 9.5
Im sure you'll do fine Incap.
Good luck anyway. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Post by Mel on Aug 9, 2005 3:05:24 GMT 9.5
Theoretical driving test?
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Post by Incapability on Aug 9, 2005 4:29:34 GMT 9.5
You've got a paper with traffic situations on four pages. there are about 25 questions on each paper and there are 60 different papers - any one of them could come up in the test, really nasty. the questions have points, the more important the question, the more points you will get if you answer it wrong. if you have more than 10 penalty points or answeresd more than one 5-point-question wrong, you failed and then you have to pay the fee for the test again, which is a hell of a lot of money. luckily, I managed to do all of my papers with 0 points over the weekend, so I'm rather optimistic, which is not typical for me.
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Post by Mel on Aug 9, 2005 4:50:46 GMT 9.5
Hmm. Sounds difficult. I got my learner's permit to drive last week and the test was really simple. Only 20 questions and around 20 traffic signs to identify.
I know you'll do great Incapa! Good luck! ;D
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Post by Natalie on Aug 9, 2005 13:19:52 GMT 9.5
When I turned 15 I took a written test to get a permit... but when I turned 16 all I did was sign some paperwork and automatically got my license. I didn't have to take an actual driving test, that was nice.
But anyway, GOOD LUCK!
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Post by Queenie on Aug 9, 2005 23:29:46 GMT 9.5
I can't wait untill I an drive. In the UK you start learning at like 17 I think. My cousin is learning and he's 17 so yeah....thats probably the age you start.
You guy's are so lucky that you can start at 15!
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Post by Mel on Aug 10, 2005 3:11:30 GMT 9.5
It's pretty nice. I guess. But I'll have to take a driving test once I'm 16 to get my license (I took the written for my permit).
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Post by Natalie on Aug 10, 2005 9:10:35 GMT 9.5
A few years ago I think they were going to make the driving age 18 to begin...
In Texas, at least.
Apparently they decided against that.
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Post by Incapability on Aug 10, 2005 20:33:38 GMT 9.5
I did it! I didn't even make one fault! In almost exactly one month, I'll turn 18, and I hope I will have done my actuall 'Driving'test by then. *prays*.
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Post by Queenie on Aug 10, 2005 20:38:46 GMT 9.5
As Ive said before in another post.... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Incapability on Aug 11, 2005 1:05:20 GMT 9.5
Gee, thanks. But enough of driving tests. Now that I've got that out of my head, back to what the thread was originally "dedicated" to: I actually finished a new chapter of "Worlds Collided"! And here it is: (Corrections most welcome!!!)
Incompetence all around
Madame Giry found herself in a very small room. Just a moment ago she had been standing on the stage of the Opéra and given the ballet girls a lecture about punctuality that had started to turn into a speech about the general incapability of the opera management and the awful conditions she had to work in. and now this! She decided that simply standing around would not get her back, and she stepped out of the tiny space. She stood in another room, and in the doorway there stood three women who all seemed vaguely familiar and yet were completely foreign to her. Two of them looked like actresses from an opera with their unworldly robes, the third one looked at her with an open and curious face, a friendly smile was dancing in her eyes. Madame Giry wanted to ask them who they were, but she was so shocked by her situation and the sight of the three women in this strange place that the words got lost on the way to her tongue. “Don’t be afraid. You’re not in danger. We came here just the way you did. This”, the friendly, brown- haired woman nodded towards the darker one of the other women, “is Mab, and this”, she nodded towards the bright figure that seemed to be floating behind her, “is the Lady of the Lake. My name is Viv.” She finally regained her speech. “I am Madame Giry, the ballet mistress at the Opéra Populaire in Paris.” The woman called Viv squealed in excitement. “The Opera? You must tell us about it! Perhaps we should sit down again?” Being pulled into another room by the exited Viv, Madame Giry caught a glimpse at the two others who were exchanging puzzled glances. “Do you know what an opera is?”, Mab whispered to her sister while they followed into the living room. The latter simply shrugged. “I guess we shall find out now.” Ant thus, Madame Giry found herself sitting between three very different women who were all looking at her expectantly. “Well, as I already told you, I am the Opéra’s ballet mistress, and that means that I train the ballet girls for the opera performances, I decide which girl dances which part, and so on. But I must admit that lately my main task seems to be to keep those incompetent managers from ruining the Opéra. They are simply incapable of doing that job.” At this, Mab could no longer hold her tongue. “Tell me about! If I think about all those fools my son Merlin brought upon Britain’s throne! One more incompetent than the last. This Arthur boy actually left his kingdom for years on a quest to find the Grail!” “He was Trying to clean his conscience!”, her sister interrupted. “He was ruining the country!”, Mab snapped back. Madame Giry stared at them wide-eyed. “They keep picking at each other about this ever since I arrived. Seems a bit childish to me, don’t you think?”, she heard Viv whisper into her ear. She simply nodded, too dumbfounded to say anything. Suddenly, all their heads shot into the direction of the bathroom “Bloody incompetent floo-networkers! What have they done now?”
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Post by Queenie on Aug 11, 2005 1:10:10 GMT 9.5
*jumps up and down in excitment*
Oh wow Incap, its fabulous. I can't wait to hear more about Rita and the "bloody incompetant net- workers"
Wow, Im so excited, its just amazing!
Yay!
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