As requested by some rather grumpy women, this week The Couch?! salutes grumpy heroines.
So, what makes you women out there grumpy? The females from The Couch?! team got their heads together and this is what they came up with:-
Men, the youth of today, snotty shop assistants, PMT uncomfortable shoes, housework, domestic godessess, childbirth, supermarket shopping, unequal opportunities, stereotypes, leaving the loo seat up, the menopause and endless sport on TV.
Care to share your inner grump with the rest of the community? Here is a list of our grumpy heroines.
Top 10 grumpy heroines
1. Mrs. Mangel – she was the nosey, self-righteous mother in in the prosaic soap ‘Neighbours’.
2. Anne Robinson – Very rude grumpy woman on TV most famous for her role on The Weakest Link, watchdog and points of view … she’s famous for the catchphrase, “you are the weakest link! Goodbye!” and, more recently, her plastic surgery.
3. Nora Batty – wrinkly-stockinged character appearing in popular TV comedy ‘Last of the summer wine’ played by actress Kathy Staff.
4. Mother ‘Fanny ‘Fifi’ Lafanne’ – Edith’s mother in domestic sitcom ‘Allo Allo!’ a TV farce featuring frolics in Nazi-occupied France. Most of her scenes spent in bed with her ear trumpet! As grumpy as they come!
5. Mary Whitehouse – a household name in the UK, famous for opposing gratuitous sex and violence on British TV.
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7. Marge Simpson’s sisters – Selma and Patty
from popular TV cartoon ‘The Simpsons’. Selma has a parting in the middle of her hair. Works at a driving school and is so grumpy that her brief marriage to Bob Terwilliger ended in divorce as he attempted to kill her. Owns a pet iguana called Jub-Jub and hates brother-in-law Homer.
8. Janet Street Porter – Very grumpy outspoken women in television. Janet is currently editor at large for the Independent on Sunday newspaper and is also famously married four times.
9. Hilda Ogden – old grumpy character from Coronation street. When she departed her trademark pinny, curlers and headscarf were seen in Coronation Street no more.
10. Courtney Love – Controversial lead singer of
the rock group Hole and star of various films. Married to Kurt Cobain, rock legend from the band Nirvana.
The Couch?! team would like to hear about your female heroines of misery. Please post a comment below…
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Dawn-Marie Dart
Community Manager, HR Zone
One Response
The Anne’s
I’m not sure I’d agree with the Anne Widdecombe entry … she’s had a bit of a revolution of late – anyone who saw the Louis Theroux episode about her might agree, fiercely private yes but grumpy and dull no – she’s been a legend on fat club – anyone who is game enough to go bottle blonde in the autumn of their life surely can’t be that bad – now Anne Robinson well that’s another matter ….