The Chateau Diaries #206 Shut it, Cameraman!

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This is for @Heathcliff
 
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Written in 1981, Class by Jilly Cooper.
It is oh so accurate, funny and still very relevant to today's society.

'CLASS IS DEAD!
Or so everyone claims. Who better to refute this than Jilly Cooper!
Describing herself as 'upper middle class', Jilly claims that snobbery is very much alive and thriving! Meet her hilarious characters! People like Harry Stow-Crat, Mr and Mrs Nouveau-Richards, Samantha and Gideon Upward, and Jen Teale and her husband Brian. Roar with laughter at her horribly unfair observations on their everyday pretensions - their sexual courtships, choice of furnishings, clothes, education, food, careers and ambitions...
For they will all remind you of people that you know!'
 
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we dont have that classystem her in The Netherlands...i am glad to say...its there in a way...but not like in the UK..
 
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He’s too gross for anyone else to support him- gay/or straight. Only a person with zero self esteem would enable a loser like him
 
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It seems our very own @Le Comte de Monte Cristo has been has been sucked into Stephanie’s gift grab scam. There is no hope.
 
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And the terrible confession is that I sent that book. One of the first idiots to send her a gift. I’m furious with myself and have seen it in the falling down mismatched bird wallpaper bookshelf.
It was a very special book written by a 9 year old.
Ironically it was the age Fanny stopped growing up so she relates very well to it.

Exactly…. The Bloomsbury set.
 
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Funny enough I came across these recently while poking around on social media, both taken in 2013. They are a very visual reminder of how close the lake (pond) was to the now crumbling part. I can’t believe she was so stupid as to pull the plug without giving any consideration to the impact it would have?! If it wasn’t Fanny it’d be too farcical to be believable, no wonder she’s lying about the circumstances. As with all of her self centred penny pinching decisions, it monumentally backfired. I’m keen to see if the new heating is set at that magical low number she used to waffle on about - the BS story about why the Shiteau had to kept cold.
 
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It seems our very own @Le Comte de Monte Cristo has been has been sucked into Stephanie’s gift grab scam. There is no hope.
well.... i didnt realize that untill you mentioned it...but it was different...the woman asked what the prize was.... i said to her ..what...your father brought that piece to our house as a gift...i think like 40 years ago......as a matter of fact i could remember that..i have a memory like a elephant...sometimes.......because our company did business with the company he worked for...are you mad?? offcourse you get it for free..
 
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Please don't be hard on yourself for sending the book. We all got snookered at one time or the other. We have redeemed ourselves by being here, supporting each other and keeping each other from falling off the wagon again. I did read a comment about Le Comte slipping by actually watching a gift grab. Get right back on the wagon dear sir! We are here for you.
 
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Please don’t insult the adorableness of the King Charles Cavalier Spaniels with the comparison. There is nothing adorable, cute or attractive about Uriah Heap! To paraphrase a favorite Monty Python skit, I don’t like him, he wets his nest!
Yeah! This is my little nugget Charlie! I’d rather make out with him over PhiPhi any day of the week.
 

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Does anyone know if the Master Carpenter has a car? I seem to remember that he arrived in a rented van or was I hallucinating?

Imagine being stuck there with no transport!
 
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I do!! My nephew loves them and that’s the only reason I won’t get rid of them
same here...my sisters daughters have boys..they all fight for those houses, also a few palaces..one of the three , he is 6 , is really interested in old things..porcelaine animals etc...i gifted him a few pieces from my late aunt he wanted..he even wanted an antique clock..which after a few days my niece hide the key.from....because she got mad from the bellchimes from that clock it played big bens tune very quarter... but still i hope i live long enough so he maybe wants to take over the estate...we will see ..i dont hope he ends up at lalande...
 
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we dont have that classystem her in The Netherlands...i am glad to say...its there in a way...but not like in the UK..
By and large most Australians would say Australia is a classless society.
However, Australia does have a social class system that categorizes people according to their income level and occupation.
The classes are very fluid in nature.
 
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By and large most Australians would say Australia is a classless society.
However, Australia does have a social class system that categorizes people according to their income level and occupation.
The classes are very fluid in nature.
Americans have billionaires, millionaires and the rest of us.
 
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Uhm... Do you have any (unwanted) KLM Miniature Houses lying around?
https://giphy.com/cJMlR1SsCSkUjVY3iK
I collect those too! I have doubles to swap … hum, but then you’d know who I really am


Honestly, I don't get this European obsession with "Class" and nobility and monarchy.
*praising some inbred family just because their great x20 grandfather won some battle and named himself king!*
THIS!! Such a breath of fresh air.
*Sounds like you’re familiar with Blenheim Palace, you’ve paraphrased them perfectly
 
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The ceiling is not sagging there much she brought the structural damage on herself
 
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