Free Association Thread 4

[Handley_Page]

Shearer's strike led to the formation of the Australian Labor Party in 1890's.
The only people who suffered were the rich squatters who owned the sheep.

In our case, Mrs Thatcher could not possibly let the Miners win.
Of all the post war leaders in the UK, there's a feeling we need another like her;
particularly when dealing with the EU.

 

[loquere]

In our case, Mrs Thatcher could not possibly let the Miners win.
Of all the post war leaders in the UK, there's a feeling we need another like her;
particularly when dealing with the EU.

Angela Merkel.

 

[Handley_Page]

Angela Merkel.

You think,, perhaps, a Divine entity distributes such a person about the world ?
I wonder when it's goin' to happen in Russia ?

 

[loquere]

You think,, perhaps, a Divine entity distributes such a person about the world ?
I wonder when it's goin' to happen in Russia ?

Any day now.

 

[JKendallDane]

Any day now.

One day at a time.

The foundation of virtually every twelve-step program.

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[loquere]

One day at a time.

The foundation of virtually every twelve-step program.

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Forgiveness

 

[Handley_Page]

#
How very Christian.

 

[loquere]

#
How very Christian.

Wine and bread

 

[SamScribble]

Wine and bread

... and a nice wedge of Stilton

 

[Tio_Narratore]

... and a nice wedge of Stilton

Poutine

 

[MichaelinChina]

Poutine

lol at the bread and wine...and then the cheese.

It's such a comfort when I can get good cheese here. Even a slab of Australian made Bega.

 

[Handley_Page]

With my taste-buds all shot up, I can just manage a strong Cheddar. . .

 

[MichaelinChina]

With my taste-buds all shot up, I can just manage a strong Cheddar. . .

The Darling Buds of May

 

[loquere]

The Darling Buds of May

The ides of march.

 

[JKendallDane]

The ides of march.

March of the Penguins



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[Handley_Page]

March of the Penguins



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Magic

 

[JKendallDane]

Magic

About as risque as American television dared in the 1960's...

http://a1.files.biography.com/image/upload/c_fit,cs_srgb,w_620/MTMzMDk3ODIyNTI1MzM2MTk1.png

Barbara Eden of I Dream of Jeannie.

(I really believe she taught more boys about masturbation than even Dad's Playboy collection! )

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[SamScribble]

About as risque as American television dared in the 1960's...

http://a1.files.biography.com/image/upload/c_fit,cs_srgb,w_620/MTMzMDk3ODIyNTI1MzM2MTk1.png

Barbara Eden of I Dream of Jeannie.

(I really believe she taught more boys about masturbation than even Dad's Playboy collection! ) .

Anthony Eden

'Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure.'

 

[Handley_Page]

Oh, wasn't she gorgeous ?
The show wasn't up to much, but she was better than most. . . . .

And Lord Avon (as Anthony Eden became) just quietly got on with things. . . .

 

[loquere]

Thinking about it I've realized that, that show was more sexist than the usual sexist crap that's out there.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Thinking about it I've realized that, that show was more sexist than the usual sexist crap that's out there.

it was a product of it's time.

 

[SamScribble]

it was a product of it's time.

Thinking back, I think that it may have been illegal not to be sexist in those days. Well, it certainly seemed that way.

 

[JKendallDane]

Thinking back, I think that it may have been illegal not to be sexist in those days. Well, it certainly seemed that way.

Think back on what we had in the USA for women on television at the time:

Harriett Nelson, June Cleaver, and even Carol Brady ~ the perfect moms but totally dependent on the hubbies.

Lucy Ricardo, Ethel Mertz, Alice Kramden, Edith Bunker, et al ~ the quintessential dingbats.

Mary Richards, Alice, and Laverne & Shirley ~ the "single working girls" that were still depicted mostly as helpless without the men folk to save them.

It wasn't until Bea Arthur made "Maude" the strong and independent woman in 1972 that the stereotypical "little woman" wall began coming down. Murphy Brown pretty much crumbled the final bricks into fine dust.

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[MichaelinChina]

Think back on what we had in the USA for women on television at the time:

Harriett Nelson, June Cleaver, and even Carol Brady ~ the perfect moms but totally dependent on the hubbies.

Lucy Ricardo, Ethel Mertz, Alice Kramden, Edith Bunker, et al ~ the quintessential dingbats.

Mary Richards, Alice, and Laverne & Shirley ~ the "single working girls" that were still depicted mostly as helpless without the men folk to save them.

It wasn't until Bea Arthur made "Maude" the strong and independent woman in 1972 that the stereotypical "little woman" wall began coming down. Murphy Brown pretty much crumbled the final bricks into fine dust.

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I stand amazed you can remember the names of all these women!

But how about Marge Simpson?

 

[JKendallDane]

I stand amazed you can remember the names of all these women!

But how about Marge Simpson?

The Simpsons didn't appear until 1989 when attitudes had already pretty much changed with women on television thanks to Peg Bundy, Ellen, and Clarie Huxtable.

There were a few bright spots of hope back in the fifties and sixties, though.

June Lockhart as Timmy's mom (Lassie) and Shirley Jones as the Partridge Family matriarch helped put the first cracks in the wall. The women on The Big Valley were anything but helpless and demure. Have to give a tip of the hat to Amanda Blake too. Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke held her own most of the time...with or without Matt' Dillon's help.


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