and that was Monday

So, the news of Monday for LB

• Watched V for Vendetta. WHY DID NO-ONE TELL ME IT STARS PATRICK FROM COUPLING AND STEPHEN FRY. For shame, FL, for shame. I did have to quibbles with it, but otherwise it's a very good film. ( The quibbles... )
  
  
• Supernatural. *shudders* A haunted asylem.... nrgh... ( Cut for ep spoilers... )
  
  
• Before Franz there was Barrowman. Before Barrowman there was Woodward. Before Woodward, there was David Bedella. Who apparently is touring with the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Me and the pals might see if we can go see it, because frankly why not?
  
• ETA Watched Ricky Wilson host Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Very amusing. Bill Bailey and Phil Jupiter (?) took the mickey out of him continutally, but in a most affectionate way. Wilson does seem to be a bit of a sweetheart. The game concluded with him singing 'Na na na na naa' with Bailey on the keyboard, Jupiter on the guitar, and some black dude with glasses sitting stone still behind a drum kit. Ace :)

Our friends across the channel

I love these little examples of culture differences.

The spawn (translation: siblings) were talking about this year's French exchange at their school. A while back a number of French students arrived in our town and were dutifully shown various museums, parks, with the odd stop at a band practice or cafe.

This week, the English were shipped across to sample la vie Francais, (yes, I know my spelling sucks), and apparently spent pretty much all the time in the pub. Which was fine. Then one day they found themselves in the middle of the riots. The police were starting to throw smoke grenades and firing rubber bullets.

French kidlets: YAY! A RIOT! *go running to join in*
English kidlets: *frozen to the spot* ...

and I've just remembered I'm supposed to be doing the watching_daily update. Excuse me... *runs*