Someone pronounce Hamish for me. I've never heard the name before.
Also, what? Something happens to a puppy?!
Buffy: So how'd she get away with the bad mojo stuff? Anya: Giles sold it to her. Giles: Well, I didn't know it was her. I mean, how could I? If it's any consolation, I may have overcharged her.
'Sleeper'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
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Zenkitty - Jul 24, 2011 5:32:15 pm PDT #7914 of 11831
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2011 6:14:55 pm PDT #7915 of 11831
brillig
That's why there was white font! You only have yourself to blame.
And it's pronounced Hay-mish, with the emphasis on the first syllable.
Zenkitty - Jul 24, 2011 6:35:35 pm PDT #7916 of 11831
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
WC: I can't believe Sara just went happily along with some serious criminal activity.
Thank you, Connie! I accept all responsibility for my inability to ignore whitefont. But PUPPY?!
beekaytee - Jul 24, 2011 6:58:29 pm PDT #7917 of 11831
Compassionately intolerant
Zen, in this case 'puppy' is euphemism for a sweet, wee doggy. "Wee Jock," a West Highland terrier to be precise. He is replaced by another dog called Jock .
beekaytee - Jul 24, 2011 7:03:08 pm PDT #7918 of 11831
Compassionately intolerant
I had to go to wikipedia to reconcile something in my mind.
I've listened to nearly all the Hamish Macbeth novels and a few things about the tv show are different.
The name of his dog, for one. Not sure why they'd change that, really.
Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2011 7:22:14 pm PDT #7919 of 11831
brillig
I was always amused that Hamish is a cop and regularly poaches salmon for the pub.
beekaytee - Jul 24, 2011 7:42:13 pm PDT #7920 of 11831
Compassionately intolerant
He is, by no means, an upstanding guy. You get a bit more of his underside in the books than the series, but yeah, the self-interest and theft are prevalent themes.
Laga - Jul 25, 2011 6:07:44 am PDT #7921 of 11831
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
He also overlooks pot smoking and occasionally imbibes.
And Wee Jock lives happy and healthily through two whole seasons so quit watching before you get to season 3 and you never have to deal with the whitefont. Plus Robert Carlyle and bonus Shirley Henderson.
WindSparrow - Jul 25, 2011 8:06:14 am PDT #7922 of 11831
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Auuuuurgh! White font! I want to read..... but no, I'll wait. Yes, I get from the books that Hamish is unusually laid-back for a constaple. Far from being a Barney Fife, he's gone way past Andy Griffith that way.
Zenkitty - Jul 25, 2011 8:12:27 am PDT #7923 of 11831
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Thank you, Laga! I shall add the books to the mountain of to-be-read.