Prompted by my browsing today on a message board on which I spend a good deal of time; it's North-America-based, and discusses pretty well "all and any" subjects. On a thread-heading in this board's section which discusses "the arts" in the term's widest application, my eye was struck by the word -- without further clarification -- "Letterkenny".
Of course, for railway enthusiasts with a nostalgic and minor-railways bent, that word brings straight to mind the town in County Donegal, and long-ago 3ft. gauge railway hub. Full of curiosity, I clicked onto the thread. I discovered that "Letterkenny" in this context, is the title of a currently long-running sitcom series on Canadian television, with a great following in those parts. A thing I'd never heard of; but as well as my not living in North America, I am pretty much oblivious to anything telly-related, anywhere. Am wondering whether there are people in Britain, who know of this Canadian series?
Said series -- from what I could Google -- would appear to be in a relatively upbeat and affectionate vein, and set in a country town in (English-speaking) Canada -- the chief characters, two young guys who live in this town, and their love interest. The town concerned is Letterkenny, Ontario: seemingly a fictitious community, but named after the real place in Ireland which bears that name.
Train of thought -- re this name leaping at me out of the blue -- proceeded to the stereotype: of chaps who pursue our hobby, often being viewed by people who don't, as being more than a bit one-track-minded, and out of touch with non-railway matters. Usually, we seem to enjoy laughing at ourselves; in the spirit maybe, that "if we don't -- the 'normals' will laugh at us anyway". One feels that there should be -- and maybe there is -- a genre of jokes about the railway enthusiast who went to see / started to read / whatever, such and such an artistic offering; and was upset and disappointed by its not being about what he had expected from the title. For instance, the enthusiast who went to see the film Trainspotting... any others in this vein?
Of course, for railway enthusiasts with a nostalgic and minor-railways bent, that word brings straight to mind the town in County Donegal, and long-ago 3ft. gauge railway hub. Full of curiosity, I clicked onto the thread. I discovered that "Letterkenny" in this context, is the title of a currently long-running sitcom series on Canadian television, with a great following in those parts. A thing I'd never heard of; but as well as my not living in North America, I am pretty much oblivious to anything telly-related, anywhere. Am wondering whether there are people in Britain, who know of this Canadian series?
Said series -- from what I could Google -- would appear to be in a relatively upbeat and affectionate vein, and set in a country town in (English-speaking) Canada -- the chief characters, two young guys who live in this town, and their love interest. The town concerned is Letterkenny, Ontario: seemingly a fictitious community, but named after the real place in Ireland which bears that name.
Train of thought -- re this name leaping at me out of the blue -- proceeded to the stereotype: of chaps who pursue our hobby, often being viewed by people who don't, as being more than a bit one-track-minded, and out of touch with non-railway matters. Usually, we seem to enjoy laughing at ourselves; in the spirit maybe, that "if we don't -- the 'normals' will laugh at us anyway". One feels that there should be -- and maybe there is -- a genre of jokes about the railway enthusiast who went to see / started to read / whatever, such and such an artistic offering; and was upset and disappointed by its not being about what he had expected from the title. For instance, the enthusiast who went to see the film Trainspotting... any others in this vein?