I LOVE Keeping Up Appearances and Hyacinth. She’s an icon!Watched a few early episodes of 'Keeping up Appearances' last night, it's not actually surprising how much they remind me of Hyacinth! Except Hyacinth is adorable for her faults (I love Patricia Routledge). That desperation to erase your roots and obsess over some antiquated class system, it's manners and mores. I recall a pretty heated, long thread a few years back about how to fucking hold cutlery.
I have this mental image of them all drooling over their ebay sourced copies of Debretts. I feel second hand embarrassment at this point. Surely it's a symptom of poor taste to obsess over social class (or worse, what's common, lol). Someone once asked whether a Diptyque candle was common - I don't think they realise that this is a tired, dated old stereotype of working-class-ism in itself. If you care about being percieved as middle or upper middle class, you obviously aren't.
I never come across this in the real world. An intelligent debate about how the fixation on perceived social class smacks of desperation and insecurity would be a refreshing sight on MN.
Not been on there since the farah post. I feel purified and clean, lol.
A lot of it just strikes me as intentionally created daily mail fodder at this point.
Wasn't that rage against the universe post about a woman in Switzerland in a wheelchair, who had a husband in a menage a troi?
I adore her and that programme isn't as dated as you might imagine it should be, simply because her character is so recognisable in various forms in each generation.I LOVE Keeping Up Appearances and Hyacinth. She’s an icon!
Her physical comedy is incredible as well.I adore her and that programme isn't as dated as you might imagine it should be, simply because her character is so recognisable in various forms in each generation.
Oh it's a very physical role. She manages to be everywhere all at once. And at the bottom of it all, Hyacinth is essentially kind-hearted, but goes about things in such an obsessive and dominating way that any kind intentions are swiftly forgotten.Her physical comedy is incredible as well.
Absolutely love Keeping Up Appearances! It makes me laugh no matter how many times I watch any episode.I LOVE Keeping Up Appearances and Hyacinth. She’s an icon!
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Oh I agree. The comparison is often made on there with HB when they are discussing (perceptions of) class, but they are worlds apart. Hyacinth would have a conniption at the very idea of RICH-ARD! in unironed clothing.Also, I don’t even really associate mumsnetters with Hyancinth.
I picture Lucy & Yak dungaree wearing, fake woke types who brag about never ironing anything (see a recent thread about kids clothing). Our Hyacinth would never
I had to avoid all covid threads. I saw an occasional one when they sneaked it into AIBU.I remember in the early days of covid someone on there predicted that there would be ‘bodies piled high in the streets’.
They’re an apocalyptic bunch.I remember in the early days of covid someone on there predicted that there would be ‘bodies piled high in the streets’.
The hysteria was off the scale. I’ve never seen anything like it.I had to avoid all covid threads. I saw an occasional one when they sneaked it into AIBU.
It was a crackers time on there - even more than usual.
According to some survey I'm middle class... but I'm from a working class background and proud!They are so completely obsessed with class. Anyone who has any class - no matter what it's described as - doesn't give a flying fuck. There's a kind of desperation behind it which I find really hard to understand.
I think that pretty much describes me these days.According to some survey I'm middle class... but I'm from a working class background and proud!
Its huge and carries so much shopping! Also thick so no bits falling outI think that pretty much describes me these days.
I do love the sound of that F&M lobster bag.
Edit: I've just looked it up - very stylish!
That's the one. She isn't in wheelchair yet, it's on standby for her decline. Just complete and utter poorly written bollocks!Wasn't that rage against the universe post about a woman in Switzerland in a wheelchair, who had a husband in a menage a troi?
I think her audience numbers / socks are depleted compared to the days when she was driving them around in an imaginary bus.That's the one. She isn't in wheelchair yet, it's on standby for her decline. Just complete and utter poorly written bollocks!
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