Posted by anthonyappleyard <MCLSSAA2@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk> on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/I-m-quite-suprised-tp1488958p1488960.html

[hidden email] wrote (Subject: I'm quite suprised...):-
> ... tearjerker episode Question Of Priorities-boo hoo hoo-was more soap
> opera stuff...Mary-what a real pain she was...I sometimes wish it was
> her and that jerk of a new husband...Rutland...that got hit by the
> car instead of Johnny ...

I also sometimes get weary of stories that seem to consist largely of
overwrought screaming emotions and no action. In England there is a slang word
"waterworks" for an excess of tear-jerking or weeping in stories.

Also I have little patience with the sort of story that consists largely of
one of these:-
(1) Tinkling teacups and polite conversation.
(2) Ordinary everyday real-world stuff such as is routinely all round me and
in the newspapers. That makes the story too much of a "busman's holiday".