Something Fishy

I watched a TV show about monster fish this evening.

I have decided that I would not want to meet a goliath tigerfish up a dark alley.

Unless it was a particularly dry alley and the fish had been there for quite some time.

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Tosh

I've got very little to say for myself today other than that I've recently been spending the arse-end of my evenings on YouTube and am currently particularly amused by the Dead Ringers take on Torchwood.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought those things about the Doctor Who spin-off.

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Feline Entry, My Dear Watson!

Whilst channeling hopping this evening – and having just caught the last ten minutes of Muppet Treasure Island – I found an old Sherlock Holmes movie starring Christopher Lee and Patrick Macnee.

Now, I must confess that I do find it a little difficult to believe in Christopher Lee as Sherlock Holmes – he'll always be villainous characters like Dracula, Saruman and Count Dooku for me – but there was one line of his in this particular film that will stay with me.

Watson [Macnee] was asleep (and snoring) whilst Holmes (still awake for some reason) discovered that a wild big cat had been intentionally let into their quarters (presumably to eat them both whilst they slept). Oh so very casually, he tricked it into running through a door, which he was then promptly closed behind it – thus adeptly disarming the furry fiend.

Only a little bit cheesy at this point, I agree. But it gets much, much worse.

Right on cue, Watson then woke up and asked Holmes what he was doing. To which he calmly replied:

"Just letting the cat out."

It's a worry. It really is.

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Home & Away

Not that I'd ordinarily watch this nonsense, but Female Housemate was watching Home and Away earlier.

Now, I admit that I used to watch this soap opera religiously when I was a child but – really – what a load of old drivel!

Maybe I just caught the script writers on a particularly bad day, but I don't believe that conversations with members of law enforcement agencies do generally go like this:

Police-type: Sorry, but there's nothing we can do.

Regular cast member: But—

Police-type: Oh, alright, then. But just this once.

OK, yes, so I will admit that wasn't quite how the script went – it is a very, very approximate rendition, based on a complete lack of interest at the time and a failing memory – but I'm sure that really was about the size of it.

If I used to avidly watch nonsense like that as a child then, frankly, it's a wonder I turned out normal.

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