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Names and things you only know about from Ab Fab

Blue Peter

Jason Donovan

Sticky toffee pudding

Cromwell Hospital

by Anonymousreply 134September 4, 2022 8:48 PM

Nibbly bits. Kettle Crisps.

by Anonymousreply 1November 21, 2021 4:13 PM

Lulu!

by Anonymousreply 2November 21, 2021 4:14 PM

Bolli

by Anonymousreply 3November 21, 2021 4:14 PM

Bombay mix

by Anonymousreply 4November 21, 2021 4:20 PM

Pop Specs!

by Anonymousreply 5November 21, 2021 4:24 PM

A KNITTING NEEDLE

by Anonymousreply 6November 21, 2021 4:24 PM

Amanda de Cadenet

by Anonymousreply 7November 21, 2021 4:27 PM

Yasmin Le Bon

by Anonymousreply 8November 21, 2021 4:27 PM

a papoose

by Anonymousreply 9November 21, 2021 4:27 PM

La Croix, Darling.

by Anonymousreply 10November 21, 2021 4:27 PM

Knightsbridge

by Anonymousreply 11November 21, 2021 4:29 PM

Gabon

by Anonymousreply 12November 21, 2021 4:33 PM

Mosquitoes can check into the Betty Ford Clinic.

by Anonymousreply 13November 21, 2021 4:35 PM

Stoli Bolli

by Anonymousreply 14November 21, 2021 4:49 PM

I guess it's not unusual for a London kitchen to be in the basement? I've never seen that in the US.

by Anonymousreply 15November 21, 2021 4:51 PM

Morocco is good for:

A) Drugs

B) Dirt-cheap plates and rugs

C) Easy going sex with gorgeous underage youths

by Anonymousreply 16November 21, 2021 4:54 PM

Lulu

by Anonymousreply 17November 21, 2021 4:56 PM

Mandy Rice Davies and Christine Keeler

Holland Park vs. Shepherd's Bush real estate desirability

Car Clamps

That Harrods delivers groceries

Iso tanks

El Dopa - The drug used in "Awakenings" and to ask for it at the hospital

College is actually high school (Saffie explained this to Edie)

Chanting is good for success and to believe in one's self

If you are forced to eat out a nasty hole, there is a stiffness spray for your tongue

The freedom to tell shop bottoms that "they only work in a shop and drop the attitude"

by Anonymousreply 18November 21, 2021 4:59 PM

There is only one Lacroix/Versace quilted bedspread in existence and it was donated to a charity shop

by Anonymousreply 19November 21, 2021 5:01 PM

"Choccy cake" is a thing.

by Anonymousreply 20November 21, 2021 8:02 PM

[quote]The freedom to tell shop bottoms that "they only work in a shop and drop the attitude"

I guess women also count as shop bottoms.

by Anonymousreply 21November 21, 2021 8:03 PM

Eel Pie Island

by Anonymousreply 22November 21, 2021 8:04 PM

Taking a waz or a slash

by Anonymousreply 23November 21, 2021 8:08 PM

NHS

by Anonymousreply 24November 21, 2021 8:45 PM

A pool of sick

You little gonk

by Anonymousreply 25November 21, 2021 8:53 PM

Baader-Meinhof

by Anonymousreply 26November 21, 2021 9:05 PM

Anouska Hempel

by Anonymousreply 27November 21, 2021 9:07 PM

Kagool

Appletise

Jane Asher

Nanette Newman

by Anonymousreply 28November 21, 2021 9:08 PM

Carpet Madness

by Anonymousreply 29November 21, 2021 9:09 PM

Shrimpton

by Anonymousreply 30November 21, 2021 9:09 PM

Razzle (year? month?)

by Anonymousreply 31November 21, 2021 9:11 PM

PR people PR things.

by Anonymousreply 32November 21, 2021 9:11 PM

Titicaca

by Anonymousreply 33November 21, 2021 9:15 PM

Tits

by Anonymousreply 34November 21, 2021 9:39 PM

You look like a sad reject from Ready, Steady, Go.

by Anonymousreply 35November 21, 2021 9:42 PM

The Crystal Maze

by Anonymousreply 36November 21, 2021 9:47 PM

Dancing and taking ecstasy in your living room = happening and not a rave.

by Anonymousreply 37November 22, 2021 2:12 AM

Hello! Magazine

Harvey's

by Anonymousreply 38November 22, 2021 2:16 AM

Various 70s British celebrities used to vacation in Marrakesh, which was also the place to go for sex change operations at the time.

by Anonymousreply 39November 22, 2021 2:21 AM

Zandra and Brits!

by Anonymousreply 40November 22, 2021 7:03 AM

Little Bitch Troll From Hell

by Anonymousreply 41November 22, 2021 7:26 AM

Minnie Driver was once important in the UK.

by Anonymousreply 42November 22, 2021 8:47 AM

[quote]You look like a sad reject from Ready, Steady, Go.

20+ years later and this line still makes me laugh so hard I cry.

Especially imaging Patsy's hair in that scene.

by Anonymousreply 43November 22, 2021 8:52 AM

[quote]El Dopa - The drug used in "Awakenings" and to ask for it at the hospital

L-Dopa

by Anonymousreply 44November 22, 2021 8:58 AM

Cranial acupuncture

by Anonymousreply 45November 22, 2021 9:48 AM

Asian babies are the Chanel of babies

by Anonymousreply 46November 22, 2021 10:14 AM

Bitch troll

by Anonymousreply 47November 22, 2021 10:15 AM

Saga tours and Sizewell B.

by Anonymousreply 48November 22, 2021 10:18 AM

Wow R46 you really botched that one

MIXED RACE BABIES are the Chanel of babies

Go back to the “Friends” thread.

by Anonymousreply 49November 22, 2021 11:28 AM

Challange Anneka

Fly-blown mud hessian

Parallox

by Anonymousreply 50November 22, 2021 11:38 AM

R40 that scene with Patsy "I don't know you at all, do I?" still cracks me up.

by Anonymousreply 51November 22, 2021 11:42 AM

Tiny wasp’s breaths, sweetie.

by Anonymousreply 52November 22, 2021 11:42 AM

Linda McCartney's Tofu Treats

by Anonymousreply 53November 22, 2021 11:42 AM

Harrod's delivers

by Anonymousreply 54November 22, 2021 11:44 AM

Jo Brand. I was like, "what the fuck is that?"

by Anonymousreply 55November 22, 2021 11:47 AM

.....

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by Anonymousreply 56November 22, 2021 11:52 AM

That there might be more than just the one inside, dying to get out.

by Anonymousreply 57November 22, 2021 11:59 AM

Jacques Brel

by Anonymousreply 58November 22, 2021 12:04 PM

Jeanne Durand

by Anonymousreply 59November 22, 2021 3:41 PM

Harrod’s Hampers

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by Anonymousreply 60November 22, 2021 3:45 PM

Any number of UK celebs who are not as well known here in the USA.

I didn't even know that Lulu and Baby Spice were still part of the zeitgeist.

by Anonymousreply 61November 22, 2021 7:18 PM

Naomi Campell being difficult. Very difficult.

by Anonymousreply 62November 22, 2021 7:23 PM

Paralox. Better and stronger than Botox.

by Anonymousreply 63November 22, 2021 7:25 PM

Names, names, names!

by Anonymousreply 64November 22, 2021 7:45 PM

Rave culture

by Anonymousreply 65November 22, 2021 7:46 PM

Roxane Gay

by Anonymousreply 66November 22, 2021 7:54 PM

Gracious drawing rooms.

by Anonymousreply 67November 22, 2021 8:02 PM

[quote] Names and things you only know about from Ab Fab

It taught me about art.

by Anonymousreply 68November 22, 2021 8:15 PM

Feeling peckish. Or, at least, pretending to be feeling peckish.

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by Anonymousreply 69November 22, 2021 8:18 PM

Money, ticket, passport.

I really makes travelling a lot easier if you got them with you, you know?

by Anonymousreply 70November 22, 2021 8:20 PM

A fresh definition for the word "tremendous."

by Anonymousreply 71November 22, 2021 8:23 PM

Harvey Nichols

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by Anonymousreply 72November 22, 2021 10:04 PM

That you can joke about cocaine use in the UK. In the US, you can't joke about coke use on mainstream TV (NBC, ABC, etc.). At some point, Roseanne Barr was in talks to do a US version of AbFab and I thought it wouldn't work b/c of the restrictions on what you could joke about.

by Anonymousreply 73November 22, 2021 10:51 PM

Old bits of hoof

by Anonymousreply 74November 22, 2021 11:08 PM

Some of you really don’t seem to understand the difference between listing names and places, and quoting lines of dialogue.

by Anonymousreply 75November 22, 2021 11:11 PM

[48] beat me to Sizewell B. I had two straight friends visiting from the UK before their respective gap years preceding Oxford for one and Cambridge for the other. They looked perplexed and amused when I asked about Sizewell B.

by Anonymousreply 76November 22, 2021 11:16 PM

John bloody Craven’s Newsround.

by Anonymousreply 77November 22, 2021 11:19 PM

The Abyssinian edition of [italic]Vogue[/italic]

by Anonymousreply 78November 22, 2021 11:21 PM

tits that sliter

by Anonymousreply 79November 22, 2021 11:42 PM

SLITHER

by Anonymousreply 80November 22, 2021 11:42 PM

No, better than that. ... She's blind.

by Anonymousreply 81November 22, 2021 11:59 PM

Shahpari Khashoggi

by Anonymousreply 82November 23, 2021 12:05 AM

All that money, and she still has a mustache.

by Anonymousreply 83November 23, 2021 12:21 AM

Squalid little pram face

by Anonymousreply 84November 23, 2021 12:26 AM

Oddbins

by Anonymousreply 85November 23, 2021 12:58 AM

Fash slag mag

by Anonymousreply 86November 23, 2021 2:07 AM

Fashion mag slag, you cuuuunt

by Anonymousreply 87November 23, 2021 2:12 AM

Fuuuuuuck fash mag slag!

by Anonymousreply 88November 23, 2021 2:21 AM

Gabon.

by Anonymousreply 89November 23, 2021 2:51 AM

Tight buns

by Anonymousreply 90November 23, 2021 5:36 PM

Richard and Judy.

by Anonymousreply 91November 23, 2021 7:39 PM

Sozzled.

by Anonymousreply 92November 24, 2021 3:49 AM

Dannii Minogue

by Anonymousreply 93November 24, 2021 4:00 AM

Sinitta

Betty Boo

by Anonymousreply 94November 24, 2021 4:05 AM

I've loved reading through these. You gurls is funny.

by Anonymousreply 95November 24, 2021 4:46 AM

[quote]Betty Boo

She never made it to the USA? A travesty.

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by Anonymousreply 96November 24, 2021 4:48 AM

[quote]Sticky toffee pudding

OMG - with custard? Are you kidding?

And don't forget Treacle Tart.

by Anonymousreply 97November 24, 2021 4:52 AM

[quote]I didn't even know that Lulu and Baby Spice were still part of the zeitgeist.

Lulu is part of the American zeitgeist.

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by Anonymousreply 98November 24, 2021 4:54 AM

“No. Princess Anne”.

by Anonymousreply 99November 24, 2021 5:02 AM

Penny Caspar-Morse

Kalishia Klegg

by Anonymousreply 100November 24, 2021 5:12 AM

Princess Anne in a Vivian Westwood bask.

by Anonymousreply 101November 24, 2021 5:15 AM

Pardon me- Vivienne Westwood basque.

by Anonymousreply 102November 24, 2021 5:17 AM

“A homeless person jumped out at me wearing my Vivienne Westwood catsuit and Chanel suede mules!”.

I think I got that right - still cracks me up.

by Anonymousreply 103November 24, 2021 5:21 AM

Uma Rottweiler and Frankie Knuckles

by Anonymousreply 104November 24, 2021 5:28 AM

I learned about Romsey

by Anonymousreply 105November 24, 2021 5:34 AM

Lulu was never part of the zeitgeist. That was the joke. She was totally manufactured.

by Anonymousreply 106November 24, 2021 5:48 AM

Lulu is much loved with nostalgics in America. She had the biggest hit of 1967.

American eldergays love her especially.

They leave messages like this under her videos:-

"This song is timeless,makes me very emotional.only lulu could sing it"

"Beautiful the voice of an Angel. LuLu We will always cherish you and your music."

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by Anonymousreply 107November 24, 2021 6:05 AM

[quote]That you can joke about cocaine use in the UK. In the US, you can't joke about coke use on mainstream TV (NBC, ABC, etc.). At some point, Roseanne Barr was in talks to do a US version of AbFab and I thought it wouldn't work b/c of the restrictions on what you could joke about.

I think it depends on the context, for example, Dorothy's very funny line in The Golden Girls' first episode: "Oh, it is wonderful dating in Miami. All the single men under 80 are cocaine smugglers".

In the unfunny UK remake The Brighton Belles, the line goes: "Oh, it is wonderful dating in Brighton. All the single men under 80 are antique dealers"

by Anonymousreply 108November 24, 2021 6:28 AM

Going on holiday.

by Anonymousreply 109November 24, 2021 6:13 PM

In the 90s Lulu did have some singles that charted in the UK. If they made their way across the pond I never heard about it. I thought she faded away after "To Sir With Love."

by Anonymousreply 110November 24, 2021 6:28 PM

That people hide ciggies in their beehive dos.

by Anonymousreply 111November 24, 2021 6:45 PM

Auntie Claire Rayner

by Anonymousreply 112November 24, 2021 6:47 PM

Claire was a lovely warm big Mummsy woman.

Her son now does a successful podcast and is a journalist.

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by Anonymousreply 113November 24, 2021 9:40 PM

Terrance Bloody Conran

by Anonymousreply 114November 24, 2021 10:42 PM

On the mainland the slightest suggestion of a thunderstorm makes all the lights go out.

by Anonymousreply 115November 25, 2021 3:05 AM

Holland Park! Holland Park!!!

by Anonymousreply 116November 25, 2021 3:27 AM

Transmugerance

by Anonymousreply 117November 25, 2021 5:53 AM

R111) Hunty, that wasn’t a ciggie in the beehive, that was a smuggled in blunt.

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by Anonymousreply 118November 25, 2021 11:40 AM

Cheers darling, thanks a lot.

by Anonymousreply 119November 25, 2021 12:22 PM

R115, oh yes, let's all join Europe so the lights can bloody go out everywhere. Sieg Heil, the Federal State!

by Anonymousreply 120November 25, 2021 6:28 PM

You have to go to New York to find a good door handle.

by Anonymousreply 121November 25, 2021 7:17 PM

You never see Jane Seymour with a centipede dangling from her bloody tiara!

by Anonymousreply 122November 26, 2021 2:30 AM

Jennifer with her "real-life Saffy"!

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by Anonymousreply 123December 5, 2021 8:10 PM

^ stupid - two women giggling at each other

by Anonymousreply 124December 5, 2021 8:15 PM

I think it's funny how in that video Beattie mentions how Jennifer got drunk and told one of the daughters the facts of life - something Eddy did with Saffy, except she had written that and made a joke of it BEFORE she actually ended up doing it herself haha.

by Anonymousreply 125December 6, 2021 10:48 AM

It don't have to work todaty and its fucking DELUGING outside. I've never watched this show but the blonde one kinda sells it for me. Is this good for binge watching??

by Anonymousreply 126December 6, 2021 10:55 AM

Flint

by Anonymousreply 127December 6, 2021 2:10 PM

Magnus Magnusson

by Anonymousreply 128December 12, 2021 2:52 PM

Anouska, darling.

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by Anonymousreply 129December 12, 2021 3:10 PM

Shepherds Bush. NHS. Champagne for Lulu.

by Anonymousreply 130December 12, 2021 3:31 PM

Nibbles

Welsh Cartoons

Lady Penelope

Pork Cracklings

Halls of Residence

by Anonymousreply 131December 12, 2021 3:41 PM

I'm going down in history Pats, as the woman that put Princess Anne in a Vivienne Westwood basque!!

by Anonymousreply 132August 18, 2022 7:12 PM

I can just have a baguette "filled".

And Morocco feels like everything is "on heat".

Endeavour to look like anything but and old bit of laundry.

by Anonymousreply 133August 19, 2022 1:25 AM

Marianne Faithfull and Cathy McGowan. Harvey Nicks. Holland Park. Shepherd's Bush

by Anonymousreply 134September 4, 2022 8:48 PM
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