The Water Margin

Sundae · 02-20-2015, 01:38 PM

I'm starting this thread before I have the actual entertainment.
Partly because it will remind me to keep you updated when I do.

I am waiting with bated breath for delivery of the boxed set of The Water Margin. Even in Britain it could best be described as having a cult following, I have no idea if it was big anywhere else in the world (excepting its country of origin, Japan).

My ex husband and I were obsessed with it. We got VHS cassettes shipped over from his trading partner in Hong Kong and hosted whole evenings around "new" episodes. I used to cook on those evenings - to be fair I cooked every evening we didn't eat out, but I was cooking for more people when we had company. The boys would bring drink, and my relationship with it was normal in those days.

It must have been a Water Margin Winter, as I remember the other factor being the open fire we had in the living room; our only reliable source of heat. My deal was that if they came early enough they could build and feed the fire, but they had to clean it out first. And they did, bless them. At least one man would be with me in the kitchen, mouth open like a baby bird as I cooked and held court, the others would be on the games console (I can't even tell you what it was, some sort of Nintendo maybe?) playing imported games and shivering while the room warmed up.

Then Cherry's food in bowls with enormous hunks of bread and a crackling fire, and jumpers finally coming off and the classic opening words of The Water Margin and our cats Gabriel and Raphael wandering in and out and moving the draught excluder making us all shiver.

Bloody great happy nights.

I can't recreate them. But I can enjoy the series again.
And I will review it here, ep by ep.
Because I can't cook for you, or warm you up, or hand you over a sleepy cat.

Consider yourself warned.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-20-2015, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

At least one man would be with me in the kitchen, mouth open like a baby bird as I cooked and held court,...

Right, jaw dropping cleavage had nothing to do with it... nope, not a thing.

Sundae · 02-20-2015, 02:31 PM

My kitchen in 1996 did have some appeal.
It was warm from cooking, you got free tasters of the food, and my sparkling wit. Also it was close to the fridge.

But my knockers were well hidden.
We all wore about three layers of clothes until the living room warmed up.
Guests returned from the bathroom a shade of pale blue.
Cats were prized beyond their pet value, just for having hot blood inside them. We don't get the extremes of temperature you do in the US, but never underestimate the misery of a cold, damp English Winter with no heating.

Oh. That's what I'm living through now.
Except without the warm bodies.

02-20-2015, 01:38 PM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	The Water Margin I'm starting this thread before I have the actual entertainment. Partly because it will remind me to keep you updated when I do. I am waiting with bated breath for delivery of the boxed set of The Water Margin. Even in Britain it could best be described as having a cult following, I have no idea if it was big anywhere else in the world (excepting its country of origin, Japan). My ex husband and I were obsessed with it. We got VHS cassettes shipped over from his trading partner in Hong Kong and hosted whole evenings around "new" episodes. I used to cook on those evenings - to be fair I cooked every evening we didn't eat out, but I was cooking for more people when we had company. The boys would bring drink, and my relationship with it was normal in those days. It must have been a Water Margin Winter, as I remember the other factor being the open fire we had in the living room; our only reliable source of heat. My deal was that if they came early enough they could build and feed the fire, but they had to clean it out first. And they did, bless them. At least one man would be with me in the kitchen, mouth open like a baby bird as I cooked and held court, the others would be on the games console (I can't even tell you what it was, some sort of Nintendo maybe?) playing imported games and shivering while the room warmed up. Then Cherry's food in bowls with enormous hunks of bread and a crackling fire, and jumpers finally coming off and the classic opening words of The Water Margin and our cats Gabriel and Raphael wandering in and out and moving the draught excluder making us all shiver. Bloody great happy nights. I can't recreate them. But I can enjoy the series again. And I will review it here, ep by ep. Because I can't cook for you, or warm you up, or hand you over a sleepy cat. Consider yourself warned. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

02-20-2015, 02:31 PM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	My kitchen in 1996 did have some appeal. It was warm from cooking, you got free tasters of the food, and my sparkling wit. Also it was close to the fridge. But my knockers were well hidden. We all wore about three layers of clothes until the living room warmed up. Guests returned from the bathroom a shade of pale blue. Cats were prized beyond their pet value, just for having hot blood inside them. We don't get the extremes of temperature you do in the US, but never underestimate the misery of a cold, damp English Winter with no heating. Oh. That's what I'm living through now. Except without the warm bodies. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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