A Time Of Test

Once Again
I am watching "Elementary" whilst typing out the very words you see before you.  So, I anticipate taking extra-specially long - ooh, ooh, he just used the word "bromide" in the sense of a verbal pabulum, how can you not like this! - er - where were we? oh yes, extra-specially long to create this wordy wonder.  Because it's just taken ten minutes to type out the above.
     One benefit of sitting here in the lounge is being able to see passing buses with their attached posters, the downside of which is that I've already riffed on all the films they advertise, and a rather dull advert for Specsavers and contact lenses really does not get the creative inspiration fired up.
     Well, enough Intro, let's get into the rest of today's word-wrangling, shall we*?

Frankly, rather "Meh"

Flip To The Flop
Yes - there goes that Specsavers poster again - we're back to the Flopsters, because they're funny and generate - oh that's a new poster - generate blog content.
     Casual erudition and sophistry the order of the day for the Flopsters.  Not only do they know their films inside out - more on that later - Conrad is constantly surprised at the depth and breadth of the knowledge they hold forth upon.  They were supposed to be riffing on an awful comedy entitled "That's My Boy" where they introduced Countess Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian lady of ill-repute.  Not that she sold her favours, rather she bathed herself in the blood of virgins which (of course) sparked a debate on the aesthetics and practicalities of sitting in a bath of the red stuff.  Ah, the Specsavers ad again.  

Probably not likely to be approved by Health & Safety

Elliott then casually mentioned the film "It Happened Here".
     "Sounds dull, deadly dull, " I hear you say.
     Not a bit of it!  
     It's a British independent film, begun in 1956 and not finished until 1964.  The reason for such a long production schedule is because the entire budget for it was £20,000.  No, that's not a typo, it really was £20,000.  It's a film with a very interesting premise, that the Nazis had successfully invaded Britain in 1940, and what the situation was by 1944.  It's a very obscure film, although Conrad has seen it because he's well-viewed, and it's a long way from the kind of film you'd expect a comedy podcast to ever mention.

Where it happened

The Security of A Station
As I have posted recently, our sentient sentry cyborg (which goes by the name of Jenny and has the outward appearance of a cat) is mightily chuffed with her new fort of fur.  The problem for The Mansion staff is that the walls are too high where it sits to be able to tell at a glance whether she's residing in there or not.  There is an entrance, which she manages to turn away from any possible viewing angle, necessitating an earnest enquiring fumble to check if she's dozing in there or has absconded into the Upper Dungeon.

Here she is, holistically happy at home in her hirsute hutment.

Gloasting
If you are reading this (and failing to add anything in the COMMENTS) then you are probably aware that your humble scribe likes mucking around with words.  Crosswords of the Cryptic kind, and also the other wordy puzzles to be found in the Manchester Evening News.  Have a look at the evidence present here:

     The print for that nine-letter puzzle is too small to read, so allow me to inform you that it rates 25 words as "Excellent".  I'm not entirely sure about "Teaze" as being an alternative spelling of "Tease" but that's because I did it all myself without any dictionary help.  And, can you have "Taze" if you can't have "Tazer"?
     We shall never know, because this is Thursday's paper and I didn't get an MEN on Friday.  Sorry if that leaves questions unanswered!




*  Yes we shall.  That was rhetorical.