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Serendippily Mar 2021 9:31pm, 11 Mar 2021 21,172 posts	0 Serendippily It’s not like he’ll be suffering from any lack of exposure anytime soon. Unless you’re Hanneke
swittle Mar 2021 9:51pm, 11 Mar 2021 73,679 posts	0 swittle That James Mason, highly accomplished British actor, took a 'first' in architecture at Peterhouse before taking to stage and screen.
Fitz Mar 2021 8:21am, 12 Mar 2021 2,383 posts	0 Fitz [There's a chap at work reminds me a little of James Mason. Not for his architectural skills or acting prowess but because of his round head and thinning pate. There was a recurring catchphrase / theme / sketch in some 80s or 90s comedy show when JM would appear and say, "M'name is James Mason and I'd like to marry y'daughter," but I can't remember any more about it...]
Serendippily Mar 2021 8:23am, 12 Mar 2021 21,183 posts	0 Serendippily If the aliens come and scrape your brain, that’s quite a thing to be left with Fitz
GregP Mar 2021 8:54am, 12 Mar 2021 125,799 posts	0 GregP top work Dippers
Dvorak Mar 2021 10:24am, 12 Mar 2021 22,120 posts	0 Dvorak That ScotMid owns Semi-Chem.
swittle Mar 2021 1:07pm, 12 Mar 2021 73,686 posts	0 swittle [Supplementary information about James Mason: he was a conscientious objector from the start of the 2nd World War. Later during the conflict, he was included in a general exemption for film work.]
GregP Mar 2021 1:13pm, 12 Mar 2021 125,819 posts	0 GregP There's an awful lot of nothing in Canada. I already knew this at a superficial level, but I've just been staring at a map. It's huge. With nothing in it.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Mar 2021 1:40pm, 12 Mar 2021 6,780 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain [Nonsense GregP. There's loads of corn. And Moose. And Tim Hortons, and zambonis, and sugar maples...
Dvorak Mar 2021 1:40pm, 12 Mar 2021 22,123 posts	0 Dvorak [The moose might disagree.]