Cripes!
I would like to know the origin of this rather scrumptious exclamation. I have a friend who uses it often and to good effect, and it holds a special place in my heart.
In other news, finding actors is quite hard. I wonder if this is because there are just loads and loads of them? There is a thing on the interweb called Spotlight where you put in the details of the sort of actor you want: 25-35, good at comedy, an additional head and so forth, and then it gives you all of the actors who fit.
In my search there are 1939 results. And that is just girls.
Grr.
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It IS scrumptious, perhaps due to its proximity to crepes which are also scrumptious. Mmmmmm, crepes. With dulce de leche. But I'm thinking it came the way of Crikey, as a way of saying Christ without actually going to hell. Like the way my mother says shoot when she means the other, more faecal word, which to her mind is decidedly worse. Me, I'd take shittin' over shootin' any day.
But how do you know if they are any good just from the site? Do you then have to meet them all like what they do on Pop Idol?
"next"
"We'll let you know"
"security!"
Fiona, you are of course right, and I feel foolish. Doubly so because I don't know what dulce de leche is.
Mmmm, crepes.
Monsieur l'Andre, I will meet them and do some acting to see if they are good. I am narrowing them down by seeing if they have done good or interesting things before, or worked with people I like.
"Security!" tee hee hee.
Miss Tickle. You are not stupid. I, on the other hand, am pretentious for putting foreign words into posts. And after you've been so nice to me. I do apologise, and offer up this explanation: Dulce de leche is this gooey caramelly gloop that Argentinians put on, well, everything. But particularly crepes. They call them panqueques con dulce de leche (pronounced almost like pancakies, which I really like) and they are SCRUMP.TIOUS.
I use crumbs! But that can directly traced to Dangermouse.
Hello Jack! How are you? I love Dangermouse. He featured in a very minor way in my last show.
Don't forget, crumbs can also be traced to biscuits.
Fiona, pancakies, what a delight! I will remember in case I am ever in Argentina. Also, you are not pretentious for putting foreign words into comments, pas du tout.
My mum has a mouth like a sewer and her favourite swearing is "Oh fuck a duck" (which I hope she never has. Poor ducks).
I'd love to sit in on auditions, you must be like the woman from High School Musical. Oh you are soooooooo cool. Can I carry your clipboard for you??????
x
Oh lawks, I am not at all cool. I am mostly floudering around in a haze of confusion and self-doubt. And saying "cripes" a lot. (I might start saying "Jimminy" too.)
*SIGH*
maybe it's trying to say "christ" but avoiding blasphemous tones? i prefer the blasphemy...it tastes better.
Hello stutennis, I agree, blasphemy sits better on my tongue too.
not to be too much of a super-english-major-dork, but i'll go there ... yeah, 'cripes' originated in the early 1900s as a perversion of the curse 'Christ!' (info thanks to the OED)
Imogen, hello and hooray for super-english-major-dork (bit long to fit on a superhero costume though...)!
Thank you. I feel glowing with information. x
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