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#1: Pity Party Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:23 pm

It's bad enough being that d****d EBD's only pun, but now those CBB'ers as they call themselves have latched onto me, life just isn't worth living any more.

Understand this, I was quite happy being a fictional character, omniscient, omnipotent doctor at the famous San, my words listened to with awed respect. My marriage was happy, Hilary was a good, obedient wife who'd never dream of contradicting me. In fact, once we had a son to to continue the noble name of Graves life could hold no more.

And now look, those women, they're questioning my medical knowledge. They even managed to point out that I should have done a different type of vaccination on those three girls at the beginning of the smallpox epidemic on the Platz.

One of them is hinting that I have an out of date attitude, and behave as though my patients have no right to know about their own prognoses, another that I'm unsympathetic and arrogant towards other people. And what I found out when I read about Jack Maynard's secret life doesn't bear thinking about.

And who are they blaming for all this? Me, that's who. It's enough to make a man think about throwing himself off the cliff at the Auberge, and just hoping that there aren't any Girl Guides or CS seniors around to stop me and haul me back up the cliff.

I give in, life isn't worth living any more. I just wish EBD hadn't had that fixation with rewarding good CS girls and teachers with a doctor to marry. What did she think the San is, a marriage bureau?

Just when I thought I had my life nicely organised, with Hilary chained to domesticity, she manages to find a part-time nany, and now she's going to do the unthinkable and go back to work.

Isn't life uncomfortable enough?

(With apologies to anyone whose drabble I've shamelessly plundered for the character elements that make up the Phil we all know and love.)

#2: Author: francesn, Location: away with the faeries

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:25 pm

*giggling wildly*

poor chap!

#3: Author: Joyful, Location: Manchester

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:28 pm

heehee!!

It's a hard life being a CS doctor!
Thanks Jennie

#4: Author: RuthY, Location: Anyone's guess

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:15 pm

*lololololololol*

Thanks Jennie.

Ruth

#5: Author: Alex, Location: Manchester, UK

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:53 pm

Well, I was going to attempt to redeem Phil, but if he's going to be so grumpy about it, I don't know if I'll bother.

Thanks, Jennie.

#6: Author: Róisín, Location: Galway, Eire

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:08 pm

*rofl*!

Thanks!

#7: Author: patmac, Location: Yorkshire England

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:11 pm

Very funny, Jennie! Poor lad!

#8: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:28 pm

So Phil's not going to be happy with what Nicola's got him doing over in St Hilds then? (Innocence smiley)

Thanks Jennie! Laughing

#9: Author: Chair, Location: Rochester, Kent, England

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:05 pm

Thanks, Jennie. I really enjoyed reading that. Phil's reactions are so funny. I love the idea of a marriage bureau!

#10: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:00 pm

Thanks Jennie

Liz

#11: Author: Miss Di, Location: Newcastle, NSW

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:30 am

Brilliant!

#12: Author: Helen P, Location: Crewe, Cheshire

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:44 am

Wonderful, Jennie! Laughing

But I am the only person who never actually noticed the pun in his name until now? Embarassed

#13: Author: Mia, Location: London

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:58 am

Helen P wrote:

But I am the only person who never actually noticed the pun in his name until now? Embarassed

No you're not Embarassed

Thanks Jennie, v funny. I like Phil myself Laughing

#14: Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:44 am

Mia wrote:

Helen P wrote:

But I am the only person who never actually noticed the pun in his name until now? Embarassed

No you're not Embarassed

Never noticed! Horrible name for a doctor. Shocked

Poor wittle Phil. (and poor Hilary, if a tenth of the drabble-Phils are realistic.)

Thanks, Jennie. Laughing

#15: Author: Katie, Location: A Yorkshire lass in London

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:33 am

Kathy_S wrote:

Mia wrote:

Helen P wrote:

But I am the only person who never actually noticed the pun in his name until now? Embarassed

No you're not Embarassed

Never noticed! Horrible name for a doctor. Shocked

Poor wittle Phil. (and poor Hilary, if a tenth of the drabble-Phils are realistic.)

Thanks, Jennie. Laughing

Oh yeah! Took me a little while to figure it out even then! How amoozling. Very Happy

#16: Author: Alison H, Location: Manchester

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:59 pm

Phil Graves ... can't believe I'd never noticed that till now - am I thick or what?!! What an unfortunate name for a doctor! Laughing

#17: Author: Elisabeth,

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:35 pm

Ha! Ha! Poor old Phil. Love it Jennie.

I never noticed about his name - took me a while to get it - now I'm ROFL. I wonder if EBD intended such a thing.

#18: Author: Josie, Location: London

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:35 pm

*lol* Had never thought about his name before!

thanks Jennie.

#19: Author: *Aletea*, Location: Manchester

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:33 pm

*sigh*

I've sat heere for 10 minutes saying his name out loud, trying to work out where the pun was!

#20: Author: Nell, Location: London, England

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:10 pm

It took me about three days from Jennie posting it... Embarassed

#21: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:36 pm

I think EBD might have based his on a character from one of Anthony Trollope's novels, the distinguished physician, Dr. Abel Fillgrave.

#22: Author: Dawn, Location: Leeds, West Yorks

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:16 am

Brilliant Jennie - thankyou

and I didn't get it till reading the comments either Embarassed

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