The Grand Seduction

My Dear Fellows & Dear Princess Normal,

Look at him. Look at those little paws and little ears and DO NOT BE FOOLED. He is a NAUGHTY KITTEN.

Look at that white tummy. He will invite you to rub it. And when you do, he will grab hold of you with both paws and KICK THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF YOUR ARM. 

But he is a little charmer, I have to give him that.

We had a lazy day today. Me and Er Indoors watched lots of movies. Our favourite was a Canadian movie called "The Grand Seduction". It's about a Canadian fishing village that is dying. The only thing that can save it is investment from an oil company but (for some reason) one of the conditions of setting up in the town is that they have a local doctor.

So the movie is all about LURING a doctor there under false pretenses. They manage to blackmail one into doing community service in their village for a month after he's found with cocaine in his hand-baggage at customs. And then over the course of that month, attempt to convince him to stay.

LOCAL: And if you want cocaine. It's not a problem. I'm down with that.

They listen in to the doctor's phone calls to try and find out his likes and dislikes. They discover he loves cricket and so build a cricket pitch (on the edge of a cliff) and pretend they all love it too.

LOCAL: Well... the thrower... he did some good "throws" and it was really amazing... I think it was "Egg Before Wicket".

But my favourite bit was when the little old ladies listen in to the doctor having phone sex with his girlfriend. One of the ladies has to light a cigarette and says, "Should we be writing all this down?" 

To which the other one replies, "I'm not writing it down. I might have to draw some diagrams though."

So it was a lovely little film. And my recommendation to you for today.

S.