A funny day….the eye clinic this morning with a new, perfectly polite and precise German Doctor who was a dream . I may eventually go blind in my right eye but I made sure she knew her bedside manner was exemplary. I came home , made more beef stew and completed some of my counselling tax returns
Hey ho
Now Operation Mincemeat seems to be the slow burning musical winner in the west End and on Broadway .Based upon the British wartime ruse of tricking the Germans of the date and place of the invasion, it has MI5’s aging spinster Hester Leggart’s chatty letter to her fictitious boyfriend Tom which was placed in a corpse’s uniform pocket to give credibility to him and rank.
The letter has been crafted into a song which is possibly one of the most moving songs about loss and grief and war ever written, I hope you enjoy it
Doctors should be praised when it is due.
ReplyDeleteLove the re-enactment..and the jumper!!
No holes in it
DeleteHe’s very your type , and like you ,a, bit “cack”. handed
DeleteKeith.
Xx
He’s a nice man
DeleteOh, the Operation Mincemeat song was a tear jerker and I thank you for that.
ReplyDeleteWonder how many people have tried to duplicate Julie Andrews' actions on that hilltop?! Your German friend lacked only the skirt!
Hugs!
It was beautifully pitched
DeleteHow can you be in the Austrian alps and NOT break in "The Sound of Music"???
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DeleteI am glad you like your new doctor. That's always a good start.
ReplyDeleteYour friend does a good Julie Andrews twirl. Good times in the Alps sounds great to me.
Susan
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DeleteYour German is a good sport, and cute:)
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DeleteYour German friend is delightful!
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He is in real life , but would hate me saying this
DeleteWell, being an Army brat, sister and mom, I can tell you for sure that the song was written by someone who knows first hand what it's like.
ReplyDeleteIt’s subtle and incredibly British
DeleteThe song from Mincemeat brought tears to my eyes. How many similar letters have been written during war? Too many.
ReplyDeleteYour German friend does a mean twirl, and I can see why you're drawn to him! xx
Me too
DeleteThe old film 'The Man who Never Was' has always been a favourite. THAT letter really did change the war in our favour.
ReplyDeleteYes a rather bland movie too
DeleteWhat a wonderful entry, John! Such a Going Gently classic. Your German friend is a delight, and clearly also has a thing for good jumpers! Fun fact; filming that spin took ages, as the downdraft from the helicopter blades kept blowing Julie Andrews off her feet.
ReplyDeleteThe Operation Mincemeat song is beautiful terjerking and so terribly terribly, British. Thank you for sharing both delights today.
Yes I’ve bought tickets
DeleteI should hope so, it's a wonderful and totally eccentric show. Try and catch the performance - or the recording of the cast recording - of the original Hester, Jak Malone, singing Dear Bill, and his wonderful speech upon winning the Tony on Broadway. All on YouTube. You ill enjoy it all.
DeleteWhat a good sport your German friend is!
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DeleteJulie, is that YOU?
ReplyDeleteShe’s let herself go at 90
DeleteLove the spin 😂
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DeleteGood docs are a rare find. The German looks like fun.
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DeleteGood to find a nice new doctor, there are lots about but they are all so rushed and overworked these days aren't they. The German is a really good sport. I hope he entertained some of the locals with his spinning, as much as he did you and us. :-)
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DeleteI am beginning to see what it is about this German you like.
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DeleteClearly your friend is a student of the Julie Andrews canon.
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He’s gay
DeleteGlad that you got a nice eye doctor and that you told her that. How sad for the people who have loved ones in any war. Your German is a good sport and the hills are lovely!
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DeleteMore more ! I am so disappointed. There should have been singing and dancing. Fritz is just fabulous.!!!!
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DeleteHe looks like a dear fun teddy bear. XO
ReplyDeleteHe does doesn’t he?
DeleteIt’s uncanny. Had you not said anything, I would have been sure that was Julie Andrews.
ReplyDeleteWith a lumberjack look?
Delete"The German", what a cutie and a very good sport. My mind must be frazzled bec of ''impending doom storm''
ReplyDeleteprep here...aka just another rainy day, bec I didn't understand a word of the movie/ play/ song review. I ll try later after more bungeeing, lol. PS Glad the Doctor was pleasing, they so rarely are.
lizzy x
Big breaths dearHeart xx
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DeleteI am so lucky to have a very gentle and efficient eye doctor. I have been getting my injections for over a year now and they are keeping my eye stable. I only have to go every seven weeks now. Your friend makes a very credible Julie, so fun. Austria and Germany are such beautiful countries. Gigi
ReplyDeletegood for him I say! It was a fun sight.
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