maryte wrote: 
  I was about to post Blackadder too

 jagdriver wrote: 

A Bit of Fry and Laurie was brilliant, Alfresco was hit and miss - but the two of them, along with the rest of the stellar cast, are not to be missed in seasons two, three, and four of Blackadder!

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 

Absolutely - he's always on my list of people I would love to have dinner with!

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 

Loved their portrayal of Jeeves & Wooster. But then rented a DVD of short comedy bits that came up WAY short. Sigh.......

 dionysius wrote: 

both he and Hugh Laurie have had stratospheric careers- often when a double act goes its separate ways only one is a success

I know what you mean mary- he'd be a nice chap to have living next door

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 

And one of my longest standing crushes, his playing for the other team notwithstanding.

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 

An international treasure, now.

 dionysius wrote: 

he's a national treasure!

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 

We're there.

Stephen Fry is doing a series on BBC radio called "Fry's English Delight".  You may be able to listen again but I know that sometimes stuff isn't available overseas.

 fidget wrote: 

LOL... must say, I did think of that possibility, the Chief of Police being a bit of an androgynous woman...

 lunar1963 wrote: 
 Lesbians

Slang question:

I'm reading a Dave Robicheaux novel by James Lee Burke in English (I'm Dutch), set in New Orleans. One of my favourite writers, well written, atmospheric and a good plot.

We have an FBI agent, quite a strange woman, who just had a quarrel with the local Police chief. Now she talks to Dave:

Agent:'"She called the FBI "Fart, Barf and Itch".
Dave: "That's an old NOPD heirloom"
Agent: "I don't care what it is. I told her we expect a degree of professionalism from her and her department, unless I walked into the tongue-and-groove club by mistake."

Now, that's a wood construction (had to look it up), but what else does it mean apparently?

 meower wrote: 

Now  I look it up...

 n4ku wrote: 



I did not know that.

I shall try to use them more often.

 meower wrote: 

and his young child would be a Baby Ruth.

 meower wrote: 
Better than being a roofie, I guess.

 trekhead wrote: 

no you are ruthful.

and perhaps you'd be a ruthie

The word 'ruthless'.

What are you? With no ruth???

If I am kind (opposite of ruthless) am I ruthie?

What the fun?

Stephen Fry on Language