I read online that Joanna Lumley (i.e. Patsy Stone!) is a Buddhist, then I read she wasn't. She was born in Kashmir to (obviously) British parents, and is very involved in causes like Free Tibet, justice for the Gurkhas, and education in Burma. So she still has ties to that part of the world. It's not inconceivable that she has at least some interest in or knowledge of the dharma. I mean, it's not inconceivable as long as you stop thinking of her as Patsy Stone.
But it calls to mind a joke from the first season of Ab Fab. Eddy and Patsy are getting ready to leave Eddy's house, when Eddy pauses and goes back for a moment. She's got a Buddhist altar set up, and she stops to ring a bell and chant some brief phrase.
Patsy (skeptically): Are you still doing that?
Eddy: Yes, darling. Almost religiously!
Bwah. But wouldn't it be even funnier if Joanna Lumley was in actuality a Buddhist and you knew that? A meta (not metta) joke. As it were.
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I watched a bit of an Ab Fab Christmas special on Christmas. Not sure what year it was made, but, I didnt find it as funny as the series was. Course its been several years since Ive seen the series, so maybe its just fuzzy memories I have. Fuzzy good memories :-) Loved that show.
Patsy as a Buddhist...hmmm...cant picture that ;-) Or Eddy for that matter.
Did Saffy have her baby in that? If so, it's part of the last season which, yeah, was definitely less funny.
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