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May 29, 2022·edited May 29, 2022Liked by @STILLTish

Have you watched Cemetary Junction? The bit when one of the working class lads is leaving home & his dad gives him money instead of a hug. Reminded me so much of my dad . I lived overseas for many years. Each time I phoned home and spoke to him it was how's work, are you taking proper care of yourself, are you okay for money. He never said it but I knew that was his way of saying I miss you.

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May 29, 2022Liked by @STILLTish

This is so true. I got knocked off my motorbike once - luckily not injured. Next time I saw my granddad he said, “I thought you were a gymnast? Why didn’t you see him coming, do a somersault and land on your feet?”

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May 29, 2022Liked by @STILLTish

Absolutely agree about Supernatural. Everybody should watch it. Especially those whose responses to Gervais indicate only nauseating virtue signalling, defence of incomes and pensions and the most hideous intellectual cowardice I have ever witnessed.

I couldn’t watch After Life because when it came out I was still in the phase of terminal illness that made it difficult for me to watch certain stuff. Maybe I will be more able to return to it now that oncologists have handed me over to palliative care and I am a little more circumspect about my imminent demise. We’ll see.

Derek I watched several times. It is a work of genius!

Gervais’ genius has always managed to expose the hypocrisies of those who would deny the ordinary absurdities of everyday life, which he does with fruity language that we all know is used commonly but which is frowned upon by the people who are most firmly in his sights anyway.

I am going to watch Supernatural again now :-)

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