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owlwise Wrote:

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> Wow, I hadn't realised how much more famous Louisa

> was compared to DDL!



Just spotted this thread, the lounge posts make sense now.


Absolute classic line there owl wise. Very well-observed & made me smile.

owlwise Wrote:

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> Wow, I just saw Sir Daniel Day-Lewis in Dulwich!

> Shook his hand and said how much I loved his

> films. How corny am I? Well, he is a legend!



So did you take him be the shoulders and say "I will find you!"?

Maybe she has a point.A kind of economic social cleansing has gone on in the area. It is reflected on this forum, in the posts and for those who remember the area pre-Yuppy, it is bound to rankle.

Anyway your witch hunt has worked...

"I'm going to scream, and scream, and scream till beastly Louisa goes away...Nanny!"

Thanks Administrator. I was starting to get worried that everyone's more interested in someone called Louisa on this forum and not so interested in DDL, a major achiever/actor who's done something with his life, won 3 Oscars (the first man to do so) and was Knighted only last November, who was in Dulwich a couple of days ago. Seems like this Louisa has achieved more interesting things that keep the EDTers chattering... I must admit it's a bit disappointing that noone was impressed to hear that DDL was in the area. Oh well.

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