I love how you’v got the class clowns, the hot funny guy, the rapper, the snob and the boring one but they were all amazing because all the different personalities made the whole episode hilarious.
My son used to love Tracey beaker, she did a panto in our hometown, I think it was jungle book . After the show she signed all the kids programmes, I remember she was really sweet and kind to the children.
Is his mother a Diane? That is the naff version of Diana. If you called Lady Diana Diane, she would cringe! Same with Julia and Julie. 99% of Julia's would immediately demand you acknowledge it is Julia not Julie. Most Julie's are not aware that the ee ending is really naff.
Old school big money don't bring food or wine - unless visiting young family members just starting to live away from home. To do so, was to be gobsmackingly rude. You don't EVER imply your hosts aren't able to afford a MEAL - even 12 course, without even noticing. You don't comment on the house decor, either. Even to compliment is naff. Partly because house is probably the same for 80 years at a time. Very little is current owner's doing. Bringing food or wine is 'good manners' from the lower classes. Not having a go, but that is the reality of that custom. Most young wealthy are happy for people to bring booze - old social rules have slackened. Even wealthy now happy to score freebies these days. Just like they love to use roads, pensioner discounts, etc having dodged paying fair tax rates all their lives. Similarly, rules like no elbows on the table are for the lower middle class. Princess Margaret smoked at table, had elbows on the table; a lot of men she hung around with when young had bread roll fights when out and about in restaurants The super rich old money never worried about etiquette that lower classes obsessed over. If the lower classes followed the rule, you could almost guarantee it was seen as naff by the big/old money. You can't say anything is nice. That is naff and most upper middle class still use lavatory rather than toilet - but the latest Duke of Devonshire says toilet. But the old/big money usually totally ignore so called 'manners' that lower classes judge by. They see themselves not bound by those rules - but they do have unwritten rules. If it seems bewildering, it is because it is supposed to be. Those rules, like pronunciation of names, are to catch out people trying to sneak into their circle of friends. Which is nigh on impossible, as if you give your name, they can pretty well work out your pedigree with about 4 names in your family. That's why they say, "You from the Devonshire Cholmondeleys?" If you say yes, they usually know your family generation by generation. They know the scandals in your family for 400 years...
