Any other Downton Abbey fans?

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Awful. Ended up seeing most of the Christmas special: farcical to the point of being funny. You can tell it's written by a Tory toff.

This reminds me of Quinlan Terry's comment that he enjoys designing houses for American clients as they just see his Georgian houses as nice houses. In Britain there's always a big huff about "values" and "living in the past" and all sorts of political qualms. It seems the same applies to Downton Abbey. I like the show, I ended up watching the third season online unaware that it had not aired in the U.S.

But I imagine the show will be highly unpopular amongst the forum's members for the same reason some don't like neo-Georgian houses.

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Mr. Bates is ki-

-ssed by Anna.

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Do you like anything or anybody?

I'm currently listening to a very good recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams's The Pilgrim's Progress and am enjoying it a great deal, so, yes.

Also, and telly-specific, if you read my long post in this thread, you'll see a lot of things that I implicitly like.

What? Al likes something I like?

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That was the Christmas special. Damn. Didn't know it was going to be on.

And stop calling him John. I only know him by "Mr. Bates". Also, I think you're wrong about you're theory. I'd tell you more, but then I'd give it away. PM your theory.

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"Mr. Bates"

Mister Bates.  That name was was probably made up to make you giggle.  You like it don't you?  I'll stick with John.  That's what Anna and I call him. 

What? Al likes something I like?

The socialist opera or one of the TV progammes mentioned?

The works of the composer of the opera.

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What did we think?

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That wasn't expected. What a shame.

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NO SPOILERS FRODO!

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This was legitimately funny:

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