Date: 26 December 2009 16:01:11
You can tell I'm banned from the kitchen, can't you? (Ms M and friends are busy preparing for their annual Christmas get-together). So having Done My Duty and taken Miffdog out for his constitutional, I'm, regretably, obliged to take refuge in the study, with little to do but blog. Oh the hardship. It's tough, however, I think I can just about manage to force myself!
Anyoldhow. I had another brilliant pressie; no smellies this year, but a forgotten gem from way back when we were not much older than Ms M is now. Are any wibloggers old enough to remember the American TV comedy 'Soap;' that completely for then - off the wall, incredibly convoluted, and completely addictive series that made 'Dallas' look like a documentary about Trappist monks? Remember the Tates and Campbells: Jessica and Chester, Mary and Bert, their umpteen dysfunctional offspring? Mafioso, food-fights, alien abductions? And Benson?! Cheesy 70's fashions and hairstyles? These last about the only cheesy thing about it, as when we sat down last night to watch the first couple of episodes, it came over as fresh as ever. From the moment we heard the familiar intro: "This is the story of two sisters: Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell..." we knew we were in for a treat. And offspring seem to agree with us on this one.
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