Comments on: Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells

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By: Rupert

Rupert — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:35:17 +0000

Roger Hargreaves died at the end of the 1980s. He had a beautiful farm near Edenbridge where I did some work. It must be his son – or wife – who has come up with this latest idea.
Can I add my support for Tunbridge Wells? The place I loathed was Tonbridge; I suppose it didn’t help that I went to school there.

By: TJ

TJ — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:18:26 +0000

I thought Roger Hargreaves died in 1988(?). Who is responsible for ths horrible addition to the Mr. Men series?

By: helena

helena — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:03:30 +0000

Hi Miko
I should have done. Actually I agree with you both that TW isn’t bad at all if you have to live in England, we lived in a lovely village called Mayfield very close to there.
Hx

By: Miko

Miko — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:56:07 +0000

I agree Graham. Tunbridge Wells is not that bad. I don’t live in England at the moment but really enjoyed my 10 years there. Helena, I’m sure you know that Mr Hargreaves lives very close to TW. You should have told him off when you were in Sussex!

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:05:13 +0000

Dear Héléna.

I was born in Tunbridge Wells. And although not “disgusted”, I totally agree with your remarks.

Mr. Hargreaves has got it wrong with Mr. Rude. The French are not given to scatological humour, their rudeness is usually confined to the verbal affront of “merde”, “chier” etc. and it is not unusual to hear a respectable father call his unruly son “un petit con”. This comes easy to the French, rather like the British schoolboy equivalent of writing “bum” on the wall and running away.

Aren’t we lucky to have the “F” word?

As for the more unfortunate bodily functions, this is usually left to the Dutch and German ad agencies to make fun of. I’ve seen the commercial for The Times and it makes me squirm with embarrassment. Not an easy trick for someone who has spent over forty years as an advertising writer and art director. What on Earth were they thinking?

In defence of Tunbridge Wells. I don’t live there either. But if for some awful, unimaginable reason I had to return to the UK, Tunbridge Wells wouldn’t be such a bad option.

By: clare

clare — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:40:24 +0000

Hi Helena,
I’d love to have heard what you said about Mr. Fart! Why does he have a French accent?
In my Parisian apartment, in a very chic part, which I’m lucky enough to live in at the moment, a plumber came to fix the blocked loo. He thoroughly enjoyed himself all afternoon shouting ‘Merde!Merde!, and delightedly showed me what he had loosened!
Also, there’s a man who stands on the pavement nearby every morning, next to the inevitable heap of dog mess which has appeared overnight, and addresses only very well dressed ladies with ‘Comment s’appelle-ca?’ (What do you call this?) to get tremendous kicks out of the reply!