All Creatures Great And Small

Imagine ...

I would have thought Sirgried would use words such as Balderdash, Damnation etc as men did in those days in front of women.
I never heard my father swear except for an occasional Damn and Blast!

Sorry for typos, sun is on the screen.
Must go out and do something useful in the chilly sunshine.

That’s my very welcome therapeutic blub for another week. 😂

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I'm another one who tried watching it but didn't like it. Too far removed from the books (which were some of the funniest books I'd ever read when they first came out) and not a patch on the original. Nothing against the cast who are all very good but why reinvent the wheel?

25Avalon

Thanks Ashcombe. Not sure about the swearing. When I was young men didn’t swear in front of women or children. Yet Siegfried is swearing in front of Mrs. Hall. Still quite enjoying the series as it’s very watchable especially compared with the rest of the dross.

Not so sure about that!
Have you not read Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love?
"Uncle Matthew" (Lord Alconleigh) uses pretty ripe language regardless of the company. Siegfried speaks very much as one of his class would. No effing or jeffing but Damnation and Bloody would be common enough when exasperated!

Quite like the new vet assistant. And looking forward to the new baby story!