Robin of Sherwood and the "posturing catamite"!

[nq:1]That's wot the outgoing Sheriff (Nickolas Grace) called the incoming Sheriff (Lewis Collins) last night on ITV3 - he was furious! - so would you have been, girls and boys! :-D[/nq]
"Catamite" Not something you hear every day. I reckon 95% of modern telly veiwers wouldn't know what a catamite is. When "Robin of Sherwood" was originally shown, I doubt that percentage would have been much h

[nq:1]That's wot the outgoing Sheriff (Nickolas Grace) called the incoming Sheriff (Lewis Collins) last night on ITV3 - he was furious! - so would you have been, girls and boys! :-D[/nq]
Bend over Bodie, Go Doyle !
michael adams
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[nq:1]That's wot the outgoing Sheriff (Nickolas Grace) called the incoming Sheriff (Lewis Collins) last night on ITV3 - he was furious! - so would you have been, girls and boys! :-D[/nq]
If he was standing on a pedestal imitating winged Mercury in full flight while bearing a cup he ought to have been flattered andtaken it in stride.

[nq:1]"Catamite" Not something you hear every day.[/nq]
Isn't it a yeast-based spread for cats, luvvie?
your friend,
Renee

[nq:2]That's wot the outgoing Sheriff (Nickolas Grace) called the incoming ... - so would you have been, girls and boys! :-D[/nq]
[nq:1]Bend over Bodie, Go Doyle ![/nq]
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LOL - BOHICA! :-D

[nq:2]"Catamite" Not something you hear every day.[/nq]
[nq:1]Isn't it a yeast-based spread for cats, luvvie?[/nq]
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that reminds me - must try some Vegemite from Sainsburys! :-D

[nq:2]That's wot the outgoing Sheriff (Nickolas Grace) called the incoming ... - so would you have been, girls and boys! :-D[/nq]
[nq:1]"Catamite" Not something you hear every day. I reckon 95% of modern telly veiwers wouldn't know what a catamite is. When "Robin of Sherwood" was originally shown, I doubt that percentage would have been much higher.[/nq]
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Must've seen it 4 or 5 times

[nq:2]"Catamite" Not something you hear every day. I reckon 95% ... shown, I doubt that percentage would have been much higher.[/nq]
[nq:1]~ Must've seen it 4 or 5 times before, but noticed it this time - I'd hazard nobody on umtm or alt.english.usage knew wot it meant - I certainly didn't - did u? :-D[/nq]
Sure. Some of us read dictionaries, you know. (And some are actually literate!)

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[nq:1]Some of us read dictionaries, you know.[/nq]
From cover to cover? I find they get too predictable

I hope I'm not giving away too much to anyone who's currently part-way through one, but it's almost always the zygote who did it.

johnF
"Ah, but my facts are never factual. (That's a nice quote for John Flynn to haunt me with forever.)"
Robin Bignall, API

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[nq:2]Some of us read dictionaries, you know.[/nq]
[nq:1]From cover to cover? I find they get too predictable I hope I'm not giving away too much to anyone who's currently part-way through one, but it's almost always the zygote who did it.[/nq]
Actually, it's usually a Zyrian (played in the movie by A Rickman)
John Dean
Oxford