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Charles Self > wrote:

> makes frequent
> reference to his sister Dolly's "upside-down cakes".
> My first and central question:

> what are they,

First you make a cake...

> what's so funny about them,

Wait a second, now, don't get ahead of me...

> and could you please give me a recipe?

Then you mail it to Australia.

Upside-down cake.

Alt. send it to NZ or SA.

> In the classic TV sitcom "Dad's Army" Pt Godfrey

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062552/

I wish I could see that show. I wish I lived in England, but I'm a bit
camera shy :-) Anyway, Brits have the best comedy television. I loved
"Good Neighbors." Or was it "The Good Life." I've had a crush on
Felicity Kendal as Barbara Good for decades, it never goes away. The
series "Yes, Dear," "Yes, Minister," and "Yes, Prime Minister" were
absolutely hilarious. They haven't been seen here for many years.

PBS (across the pond) seems stuck with "Last of the Summer Wine," "As
Time Goes By," "My Hero," and "To The Manor Born." I don't understand
why they show these over and over and over again, year after year after
year. It's sickening. I can understand they don't show "Yes,
Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister" (people might get the idea that
they're really watching some politicians closer to home), but there are
literally dozens or hundreds of series they could show, like "Dad's
Army," which sounds like it has the makin's of great comedy (my dad
fought in the 8th Army in N. Africa and Italy, so he would have enjoyed
it, too).

Oh, well. Geeze.