tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post5837020107437544996..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: A Summer Idyll - 1984Betty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-30558780743415884642023-01-21T14:26:05.209-08:002023-01-21T14:26:05.209-08:00Oops. Typo. “I’m so proud of having a daughter-in-...Oops. Typo. “I’m so proud of having a daughter-in-law.” Gotta love the Robert Redford book cover, though. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-74622708686786481592023-01-21T10:29:12.348-08:002023-01-21T10:29:12.348-08:00Lol. How about George’s mom’s comment “I so proud ...Lol. How about George’s mom’s comment “I so proud of having a daughter-in-law”? What the heck is that supposed to mean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-36368065073280835392021-05-14T04:18:53.557-07:002021-05-14T04:18:53.557-07:00We agree with Magdalen, that without the checklist...We agree with Magdalen, that without the checklist of events, George and Phoebe would have the shortest MOC in all of Neelsdom. <br /><br />It is not without its charm, but it simply doesn't have the memorable line or that satisfying stolen kiss. <br /><br />Any one else get the vibe that Woolpit has a creepy underbelly? 'Mrs Thirsk came right into the room, beaming. 'Well, I never did! If that isn't as good a piece of news as I've heard for I don't know how long!' She shook hands with them both. 'And won't the village be pleased! Took to you, they have,' she explained to Phoebe, 'just the wife for the doctor'. Shudder. The Silencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11726296159407789314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-84299638673282885662021-05-13T13:56:12.522-07:002021-05-13T13:56:12.522-07:00One of my all time favourites. George is the absol...One of my all time favourites. George is the absolute bestest and Phoebe is priceless. La Neels at her very best. The energy between them is almost real...Betty Lee-Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-90947919057919198622011-04-07T22:08:12.593-07:002011-04-07T22:08:12.593-07:00I really like this one. It just seems refreshingly...I really like this one. It just seems refreshingly different from some of the others... can't put my finger on just why though. I agree that Corina gets old. Kasper never does bother e too much, it's easy to see he isn't really interested in Phoebe, but that Phoebe, grr. It takes George too long to see through her.<br />Wish I was as pithy as some of you, but LaNeels is usually just an escape for me!opramumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576604368249554678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-25278359698817917622011-04-07T20:37:35.221-07:002011-04-07T20:37:35.221-07:00There has to be a term (other than the generic &qu...There has to be a term (other than the generic "plot device") for the opposite of a <i>deus ex machina. Diabolus ex machina</i> ... or in this case, <i>Veronica ex machina</i>!<br /><br />In other words, George is confident that they'll be a "happily married couple" within a month and Phoebe is already eying the master bedroom, so without a <i>Veronica ex machina</i>, what's to keep these people from making out like a couple of stoats? Nothing, that's what.<br /><br />It reminds me -- and I should say in advance I've been awake for over 18 hours at this point, so I'm a bit muzzy -- of that joke where the newly married couple goes to see the vicar. "We were told something wonderful would happen on our wedding night, so we stayed up waiting..."<br /><br />George and Phoebe would have done very nicely on their own in Woolpit (they didn't even need Stourhead) but it wouldn't have taken them long to figure out what they were waiting for -- and that would have been a very short MOC and thus a very short book indeed.<br /><br />Oh, and Betty Debbie -- with the exception of the Pre-Raphaelite painting of St. George, those have to be the most disturbing photos in TUJD history. The pink girdle alone is going to haunt my dreams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-19701790005868388122011-04-07T14:25:20.581-07:002011-04-07T14:25:20.581-07:00Come on, you two. Give poor George a break. He w...Come on, you two. Give poor George a break. He was a smitten kitten from the start. That's what I love about this one - he is actually "stalking" her like a teenager(how many other RD1/2Ds watch our plain Jane through their windows?)Even Corinna doesn't bother me. After all Phoebe invited them in the first place out of spite! We all know how badly that ends up.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604612970156243425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-10836396895013603162011-04-07T11:49:29.249-07:002011-04-07T11:49:29.249-07:00Betty Barbara here--
I felt the same way you did. ...Betty Barbara here--<br />I felt the same way you did. The first half was great! Loved that dear Phoebe actually smacked Basil! And the dastardly biker silver thief bit with George to the rescue. Just great! and oh my! the shopping trip o' love--what fun. Corina and Kasper were fun at first, but we had to put up with them waaaay too long. And Corina's final visit-where she invited herself to stay-was a bit over the top.<br />The apology scene didn't bother me too much, as Phoebe's apology was lukewarm and Corina had to do without breakfast in bed. <br />What irked me was George's statement at the end that he flirted with Corina to make Phoebe jealous! Oh yes! He said that!! While other RDDs/REDs have said worse (much worse), that is still a statement that deserves a mighty put down!Barb in Marylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374278685536530837noreply@blogger.com