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26-07-2009, 07:10 #1Senior Member
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Joanna Lumley in Nepal
Joanna Lumley appears to be in Nepal studying poverty amongst ex-Gurkhas. Article here http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/N...ow/4819659.cms
Good luck to her.
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India hasn't missed the significance of Lumley's campaign 'against' their former colonial master's 'injustices'; the imagery of Lums surrounded by Ghurka vets in humbled circumstances will tighten the screw more than a little. Suspect she'll be received more like the Queen of Sheba than a 'celeb' gilding their 'charidy status'. Whatever the opposite of vacuous is, Ms Lumliness fulfils that description!
"As we moved slowly through the outskirts of the town we passed row after row of little grey slum houses running at right angles to the embankment. At the back of one of the houses a young woman was kneeling on the stones, poking a stick up the leaden waste-pipe which ran from the sink inside and which I suppose was blocked. I had time to see everything about her - her sacking apron, her clumsy clogs, her arms reddened by the cold. She looked up as the train passed, and I was almost near enough to catch her eye."
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I was in Nepal earlier this year and a mere mortal like me was being worshipped like a great white god , kind of like Kurtz in Apocalypse Now so goodness knows what sort of reception Ms Lumley will get
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Quote from the Times of India 'GAESO said Lumley would raise the cases she sees in Nepal when she returns home on August 1 so that the conscience of the British government is stirred'.
Surely that can't be right, the British government doesn't have a conscience.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8169319.stm
Goddess Lumley has landed!"As we moved slowly through the outskirts of the town we passed row after row of little grey slum houses running at right angles to the embankment. At the back of one of the houses a young woman was kneeling on the stones, poking a stick up the leaden waste-pipe which ran from the sink inside and which I suppose was blocked. I had time to see everything about her - her sacking apron, her clumsy clogs, her arms reddened by the cold. She looked up as the train passed, and I was almost near enough to catch her eye."
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Good coverage from the BBC. A great welcome for Joanna. I wonder if AbFab videos will become a sought after item in Nepal?!
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Highly unlikely since few people have a television set and the electricity is only on for about six hours a day if you're lucky
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An impromptu showing of Purdey in action at the open-air-cinema and there'll be riots! Originally Posted by ABrighter2006
"As we moved slowly through the outskirts of the town we passed row after row of little grey slum houses running at right angles to the embankment. At the back of one of the houses a young woman was kneeling on the stones, poking a stick up the leaden waste-pipe which ran from the sink inside and which I suppose was blocked. I had time to see everything about her - her sacking apron, her clumsy clogs, her arms reddened by the cold. She looked up as the train passed, and I was almost near enough to catch her eye."
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Amazing how many scarves you squeeze onto Peter Carroll Originally Posted by BoomShackerLacker
"A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so."
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nice change from Bono etc
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Lets hope she can prevent Madonna or Angelina Jolie from flying in and snatching a few Nepalese children!
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Ach, video now linked: bugger these germaniums give off some pollen... Originally Posted by CavalryCaptain
Amazing how many scarves you squeeze onto Peter Carroll Originally Posted by BoomShackerLacker
"As we moved slowly through the outskirts of the town we passed row after row of little grey slum houses running at right angles to the embankment. At the back of one of the houses a young woman was kneeling on the stones, poking a stick up the leaden waste-pipe which ran from the sink inside and which I suppose was blocked. I had time to see everything about her - her sacking apron, her clumsy clogs, her arms reddened by the cold. She looked up as the train passed, and I was almost near enough to catch her eye."
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always had time for Ms Lumley since her Purdey days and when she stripped off on children in need admittedly due to the party in my pants ... but respect so due now especially after she bitch slapped that slimy woolas.
The irregular verb TO LEAK - I give confidential briefings, you leak, he's being charged under section 2A of the Official Secrets Act.
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Not to mention Gary Glitter Originally Posted by The_Coming_Man
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