Comments | lost_spook: "She mustn't get angry or upset... where's Mr Brittas?"

lost_spook

"She mustn't get angry or upset... where's Mr Brittas?"

Feb 26, 2011 18:12

Back to being really obscure again (sorry)...

( I didn't know you spoke French... or German )

laura lancing, 30 days of awesome women, icons, brittas empire, meme

Comments 11

persiflage_1 February 26 2011, 18:27:58 UTC

Anyone who can survive working alongside Brittas without murdering him definitely qualifies as awesome.

lost_spook February 26 2011, 20:03:28 UTC

Yes, I think Laura ends up being about the only person in the world who doesn't want to kill him! oh, dear... :-)

persiflage_1 February 26 2011, 20:04:30 UTC

Well you know what they say - there's no accounting for taste!

sallymn February 26 2011, 21:06:37 UTC

Oh I remember that show...! I think :)

lost_spook February 27 2011, 10:50:28 UTC

Heh. I hadn't seen it for years, but my sister recorded some eps off UK Gold the last time I went to see her, and it was much better than I remembered. :-)

It was the one with Chris Barrie and the leisure centre, where he kept being irritating, causing his staff to go crazy if they weren't already, and blowing things up. There was even a chainsaw massacre, I seem to recall.

And there was Gavin and Tim (who were a gay couple, but Mr Brittas never noticed), and Carole the receptionist who kept her children in the drawers under the desk...

Um. If you're thinking of something else, you're going to be backing away slowly now, aren't you? :lol:

sallymn February 27 2011, 19:53:10 UTC

Yes, sounds like the one... I might see if it's available on rental or loan anywhere near :)

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daibhid_c February 27 2011, 21:34:52 UTC

I think my favourite Laura moment is when she's offered a full manager's job at a leisure centre in another town. So Gordon and Helen visit her at home, and she's gardening, in this huge, beautiful garden. And when they bring up the job, she says she turned it down. And Gordon -- who can't understand why anyone would turn down a job as manager of a leisure centre for any reason -- is completely unable to make a connection between her decision and the garden.

It's just a small scene, but it showed she had a life beyond trying to counteract Brittas's disasters.

lost_spook February 28 2011, 16:34:44 UTC

I have to own it's been ages since I've had the chance to see more than a few odd episodes my sister had recorded, but that was enough to remind me of Laura for this meme.

And, yes, that really nice - I'm glad you mentioned it. I really must rewatch it properly sometime, I think.

kronette February 8 2012, 04:12:12 UTC

Can I snag one of the Laura/Gordon icons? I've been searching for fic and found your site (and love your stories), and then found this post.

lost_spook February 8 2012, 08:31:08 UTC

Thanks - and, of course, go right ahead!