This morning I was reading 'Voyage on the great Titanic - The Dairy of Margaret Anne Brady'. It's a fictional story, about a Cockney orphan who sails on Titanic as a companion to an American woman. The author has clearly done a lot of research on her period and dialogue, but there is a glaring error in the scene where the heroine leaves the East End orphanage where she has been living.

"At supper tonight, the sisters brought out a pound cake, covered in white frosting as a celebration".

Now I'm fairly sure that a pound cake is more an American thing, than British: I'm not even entirely sure what sort of cake it is. I do know that 'frosting' is wrong: Margaret would have described it as having white 'icing'.

Any other errors for Jurisfiction to fix ? I know another......

B****r ! I didn't mean this one to get posted. I spotted the silly spelling mistake, just too late......

I can't remember any herds of cows queing up during James Cameron's 'Titanic', but then I fell asleep halfay through.

I also composed a poem that so moved my then gf that she wrote it down. Fortunately for me I've long since forgotten it, since it was bound to be dire. I wonder if she still has a copy though...



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Hubby loathes and detests everything about that movie, including the song. He dives at the radio to turn it off if it comes on. He vcan't even bear the music. I hate the lyrics but I do like the melody.

Near, far, wherever you are...



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Those who forget the pasta are doomed to reheat it.

That bloody song goes on. And on. And on. And ariston.

(Blame Canada!)

Why did everyone go and see it, anyway? In my csae it was to try and get off with a girl I fancied. It worked too. It was hard not to burst out laughing at it though. But back to my poijnt - you know it sinks, so why bother watching it?



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Well I went to see it because all my friends wanted to see Leo DiCaprio. It was a very risque film for 12 year olds anyway...

And I laughed when Jack died. You would not <i>believe</i> the dirty looks I got from the DiCaprio fans...

Subseqently I haven't seen a movie of his since. Shame, because I hear some have been good.

"I'll never let go Jack... Ooops.... Slippy hands..."



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There's a hole in my creativity bucket and it's all leaked out.

I waited and rented the DVD myself. Never saw it at an actual movie theatre (despite hearing about people who went to see it dozens of times, apparently).

Dozens of times?

Lots of money to pay for a nap, surely?



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There's a hole in my creativity bucket and it's all leaked out.

Yeah, the ship sinks. Soylent Green is people. There is no Keyser Soze. Sam doesn't go with Ilsa. Rhett Butler ditches her. Buffy saves the world, and nobody's perfect.



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I'm one of the people that has vowed never to watch Titanic. This plan almost failed when it was shown on t'telly on Christmas Day while we were visiting my parents, but I managed to escape intact by finding stuff to do in the kitchen.

Riiight. That's 3 spoilers I didn't want to read. There are a lot of books/films - it's taking me time to get round to them all.

Prepare for a slapping, meboy.

How did you know they was spoilers if you didn't know the stories in the first place, eh?



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In other late news for Bluebottle - Dicky did it, Shylock lost and Anakin Skywalker grows up to wear the most famous bucket since Ned Kelly.

Oh, and the search for the Red October was hampered by those clever commies painting her grey...



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Image of Darth Vader as Ned Kelly ....

"Don't come the raw prawn with me, yer Jedi bludger, cos I'm yer bloody faaather! Straight up. And quit kissin' yer sister. This isn't bloody Queensland."



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How did you know they was spoilers if you didn't know the stories in the first place, eh?

Possibly because I've heard of the characters but not heard the ending. For example, just because someone has heard of Thursday Next doesn't mean they know that <spoiler removed>, eh?

Well, anyway, Homer Simpson did it first ....



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Is that Homer as in 'The Trojans took the horse into the city. Doh!'



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RE: Image of Darth Vader as Ned Kelly.

Jon, don't do that again! My floor is wooden floor borads and they hurt when I laugh so much that I fall off my chair. (BTW, it would be Tasmnaia, rather tahn Queensland, with the sister kissing thing, but that's okay. They're still fairly dodgy up there).

Is it true that Australians from other states sometimes refer to Queensland, by analogy with the USA's "deep south", as "the deep north"?

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