Next time try visiting a JASA meeting
The Australian television show The Chaser’s War On Everything investigated a recent survey that eight out of ten women prefer Mr. Darcy to Brad Pitt. (Requires Real Player or Windows Media Player; choose the Mr. Darcy clip. ETA: At YouTube)
The Gentleman-at-Large can take some comfort in knowing even Mr. Darcy’s proposal was rejected the first time around.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
HA HA HA HAAAAA! That was hysterical!
Really, you’d think the Wet!Shirt would have got him a date.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
And the other two women prefer Henry Tilney!
April 26th, 2007 at 4:52 am
Hehe!
I think I would have had coffee with him.
April 26th, 2007 at 8:34 am
ROFLOL! I needed that!
Perhaps he would have been more successful had he stayed away from the grandmothers, minors, men and recently married ladies
And I’m not sure that Darcy would have asked someone to go back to his place 
April 26th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
That was absolutely hilarious - and not just Mr. Darcy!!!
The best part was the wet shirt!!!
April 26th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Oh my, that was hilarious! I think the JASA meeting is a good suggestion though.
Did anyone else pick up on a weird North and South echo when he was smelling the flower?
April 26th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Very funny — thanks for posting the link.
April 26th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
The Chaser boys are very naughty indeed - and this was hilarious. I was most impressed they knew enough of the Darcy cult to include the wet shirt bit.
My husband and eldest son were watching this with me when it screened on Wednesday night (I’m Australian, so saw it ‘live’). They spent most of skit watching my reaction to it rather than the skit itself. Bless!
April 26th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Where is the “Mr. Knightley, please” option???
April 27th, 2007 at 1:54 am
I too, saw the boys on Wednesday night live as I come from the land down under. Despite my scepticism (or maybe because of it) I laughed out loud a lot. I was moved to write the following and email it to the chaser boys.
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man who wants to get laid will pretend to like Jane Austen.
When I first saw Mr Taylor declare his true feelings for Miss Austen on the My Favourite Book panel discussion on the ABC, I was immediately predisposed to admire him. His diverting commentary on the virtues of the characters and the observations of everyday life as described by Miss Austen were heightened by his witty expression and passionate delivery of thought. I sat in disbelieve as I watch a seeming rational gentleman admit to liking (and not without reason) this literature, traditionally revered for the female amongst us. My thoughts then moved from admiration to discomfort, and finally to suspicion in the matter of moments. He did not really appreciate Miss Austen, he just wanted sex … and I bet he got lucky that night!
This thought occurred to me again as I watched with interest the very amusing street theatre on your programme of the 25th April. The delight it provided was only detracted by the mass of dark chest hair which was visible under the wet, white shirt worn by the gentleman. If Mr Taylor was to find it in himself to de-clutter this offensive area and delivery himself to my door step, he may find that he receives an answer in the affirmative to his request to end his suffering and read a couple of chapter of the Miss Austen to him.”
April 27th, 2007 at 7:23 am
“Cried Bingley, … ‘Upon my honor, I never blogged with so many articulate girls in my life, as I have on this comment list; and there are several of them you see uncommonly witty.’
‘You are e-mailing with the only witty girl in the list,’ said Sissoed, looking at the comment by Mags.
‘Oh! she is the most eloquent creature I ever read! But there is one of her sisters sitting down just behind you, who is very witty, and I dare say, very agreeable. Do let me ask my partner to introduce you.’
‘Which do you mean?’ and turning around, he looked for a moment at Victoria’s comment, till catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said, ‘She is tolerable, but not witty enough to tempt me; and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by the Chaser boys.’
(SIssoed waits patiently for Victoria’s heart to melt. Sissoed expects to be waiting a very long time.)
April 27th, 2007 at 9:22 am
Maybe the Chaser boys will do better in a day or two when word gets around that they are ‘worth 10,000 a year with a large estate in…’. What’s the ‘down under’ equivalent of that today? Help me out.
And yes, Maureen, who can see a man smelling a flower and not think of handsome Richard Armitage playing John Thornton visiting Helstone? I had the same reaction you did!
April 27th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
*dies of laughter*
Hilarious!
I was also reminded of Thornton at Helstone when he smelled the flower.
I cant believe he really jumped into a fountain..haha. Ah, wet white shirt.
April 27th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Kay - I think you’ll find that the Chaser boys are worth that much a year these days. Here’s what I found this morning in my morning paper…http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/aunty-chasing-to-keep-comedy/2007/04/27/1177459980631.html [By the way, we refer to our national broadcaster the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as ‘Aunty’.]
As far as a fine estate is concerned, a harbour side apartment in north shore Sydney would probably do the trick.
April 28th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
I absolutely love it!
April 30th, 2007 at 11:23 am
Thanks, AmandaJ. Always good to put things in context!