Places I would like to kiss Richard Armitage, New Year’s Eve edition (and a little story)
I had just left dad in the hotel (he was starting to doze off) and decided to head to my coffee shop for a few more minutes of blogging (turns out it is closing early). I thought, I’m not going to finish my “year in review” posts for 2014 tonight, I will have to do them tomorrow, but I can do a quick “places I would like to kiss Richard Armitage post.”
I had the photo above on my screen and was starting to annotate it when one of my favorite baristas, L, walked past.
“Oh, my G-d, is he sexy!” L said, and “that beard, I wish my beard grew in like that!”
“You have a good beard,” I said.
“Yeah, but it’s still a little patchy,” he said.
He wanted to know who was in the picture, and I said, “Thorin Oakenshield” (L is a Hobbit fan, too).
L said, “No way!”
“That’s what he looks like without the prosthetics,” I said.
“Soooo manly,” L said.
We spent some time looking at my computer screen and making admiring comments about Armitage’s beard, eyes, jaw, mouth, and hair and general masculinity.
“I am wet,” L said, emphatically.
Another one of my favorite baristas, C, was mopping the floor and listening in on our conversation.
“Can men get wet?” I asked L, in genuine ignorance.
C burst into laughter. “That has to be the best line of 2014!” she said.
“The closing line,” I remarked.
“Happy New Year, Serv,” L said.
“Group hug,” C said, and we all put our arms over each others’ shoulders and stared some more at beautiful Armitage, with big grins on all our faces.
Whether your evening is quiet or bombastic, whatever emotion you are feeling this year, I and the baristas at my favorite café send you our best Armitage wishes for 2015.
I thought it was a valid question. =)
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jholland said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:21 am |
I censored part of the conversation due to my audience’s delicate sensitivities, but apparently the answer is yes, if they are not circumcised. (shrugs)
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:21 pm |
Happy New Year Serv’ and thanks for the story, it put a smile on my face xx.
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austoz said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:30 am |
Right back at you, austoz!
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:21 pm |
Happy New Year, Servetus! Thank you so much for all your writings and pics from 2014 and I look forward to what you (and RA) share with us in 2015. I have learned and laughed and really appreciate what you do. Best wishes for 2015.
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sparkhouse1 said this on January 1, 2015 at 5:20 am |
Thanks for being a faithful commentator, through thick and thin, even when you’re bothered by what I am saying!
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:24 pm |
love everything about the above! great year end 🙂 Happy new year to you too and hope it is a good one!
(But i ain’t kissing that nose, runny from the cold LOL Can i take the beautiful beard instead and the side of his cheek, just above the beard? cold soft cheek.. nice! 😉 )
(and by the way, mesmeric glacier eyes directed at us equals use of unfair weapons against the weak at heart, Armitage! :-D)
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Hariclea said this on January 1, 2015 at 5:20 am |
seriously. The photo was intended to kill the entire fandom.
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:25 pm |
good thing we’re a resilient bunch :-p let him keep trying – I’m starting to enjoy this breathless, fainty feeling 😉
(srly, he looks better than ever before in this, all nature & snow-god, good on him and yummy on us )
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Hariclea said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:30 pm |
yeah — he could have put a little more snow / frost in his beard, but this is excellent!
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:33 pm |
well, i know how we can fix that.. a quick roll in the snow 😀 (and i’ll stop.. i’m just trying to warm up –> -18 outside here :-p)
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Hariclea said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:38 pm |
That was actually my second choice for the photo caption. “With him under me, in the snow ….” 🙂
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:40 pm |
❤ ! 🙂
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Hariclea said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:42 pm |
Happy New Year
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Faboamanto said this on January 1, 2015 at 5:21 am |
Happy New Year!
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:25 pm |
Happy New Year, Serv. Thank you so much for making me grateful, thoughtful, introspective, happy, lustful, curious, challenged, and always interested (not in any particular order). I had not seen this picture. Beautiful! Thank you.
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Kathy Jones said this on January 1, 2015 at 7:21 am |
Thanks for contributing your wonderful, down to earth humor and perspective to the mix!
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:30 pm |
Happy New Year to you! Great picture of RA and his eyes seem to be a whole new shade of blue as though they’ve taken on the iciness of his surroundings.
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Little Red said this on January 1, 2015 at 8:05 am |
Happy new Year! must have been fairly sunny out there on the slopes.
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:29 pm |
Was für ein g…. Jahresendsatz 😀 Ich dachte, wenn es bei Männern feucht wird, ist das Beste schon rum 😉 Tja, he’s simply irresistible…..
Ich wünsche die einen guten Jahresstart.
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cRAmerry said this on January 1, 2015 at 8:44 am |
siehe oben … ?
Yeah — he is SO fine.
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:30 pm |
Wieso “siehe oben”?
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cRAmerry said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:34 pm |
Kommentar an jholland. Kurzum: die Antwort ist, ja, unbeschnittene Männer können feucht werden.
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:36 pm |
Erkenntnis 2015 🙂 danke. Ich kann mich nur wiederholen: Was man hier alles lernt!!!!!! Aber ja, irgendwie flüssig, äh schlüssig…….
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cRAmerry said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:40 pm |
you are SO good at puns!
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Servetus said this on January 3, 2015 at 6:42 pm |
Danke! knicks 😀
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cRAmerry said this on January 3, 2015 at 7:08 pm |
Love this…made me chuckle. Happy New Year Serv. Hope 2015 brings you joy. As for places I’d like to kiss him…I’m a little too obvious. Lips…cold lips 🙂
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kathrynruthd said this on January 1, 2015 at 9:21 am |
warm him right up! happy new year in your new place.
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:26 pm |
LOL. Real life writes the best dialogues. And I am always pleased when I hear that the Armitage effect works on men, too 😀 Best side benefit: Connecting with other people. Bingo. Good end of the year and start of a new one. Frohes neues Jahr und alles Gute. Hugs, kisses, love! ((((xxxoxxx))))
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Guylty said this on January 1, 2015 at 1:02 pm |
There are about 20 baristas who work in my cafe, and my estimate is that probably 15 of them have seen the film at least once. So definitely a uniter in the 18-30 segment. Happy New Year to you, too, G., and here’s to more adventures in crime!
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:34 pm |
Adventures in crime LOL – looking forward to plenty of prompts in 2015. And the same back to you. xx
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Guylty said this on January 2, 2015 at 12:42 pm |
🙂
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Servetus said this on January 3, 2015 at 6:43 pm |
A happy new year to you too Serv! I hope it’ll be a good one!
Lots of love and a big hug
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Herba said this on January 1, 2015 at 2:06 pm |
for you, too, I hope 2015 is a wonderful, happy year!
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:35 pm |
🙂 Hugs and good wishes to you all!
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joanna said this on January 1, 2015 at 2:23 pm |
hugs to you, too, Joanna!
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:35 pm |
Very nice I must say^^I wish I had more people around me to share my “whatever it is” for richard! Happy new year to you and your loved ones!
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lmb70 said this on January 1, 2015 at 2:50 pm |
Thanks for the comment, and welcome!
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:25 pm |
I have already posted here but maybe I didn’t use the right name…Oups^^ but thanks anyway!
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lmb70 said this on January 1, 2015 at 7:36 pm |
be welcomed twice, whoever you are 🙂
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Servetus said this on January 3, 2015 at 6:43 pm |
Liebe Serv,
alles Gute, weiterhin erfolgreiches Schreiben und viele schöne Erlebnisse für 2015 für dich und deine Verwandtschaft. ❤
Und auch viel Glück für deinen Vater und "his special friend".
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Hedgehogess said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:25 pm |
Thanks, to you, too, Hedgehogess! Thanks for your patient reading and your calm perspective!
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Servetus said this on January 1, 2015 at 4:37 pm |
Très bonne année 2015!
Merci pour cet excellent blog ……….
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LadyButterfly said this on January 1, 2015 at 5:43 pm |
Thanks for YOUR excellent blog.
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Servetus said this on January 3, 2015 at 6:44 pm |
Happy New Year Servetus! I’m looking forward to another year of being stimulated by your blog 😉
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richardtreehouse said this on January 1, 2015 at 6:07 pm |
Thanks. Glad you’re along on the journey. Maybe this year should be just a little less stimulating than last …
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Servetus said this on January 3, 2015 at 6:45 pm |
This blog continues to be very informative LOL.
You can kiss him all you like, dear Servetus, for now that is. I would be busy skiing down that inviting slope 😉
Happy New Year to all.
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Mermaid said this on January 1, 2015 at 6:22 pm |
LOL, you can ski down that slope all you like. 🙂 Happy New Year.
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Servetus said this on January 3, 2015 at 6:46 pm |
Along with those lips, I’d also be nibbling those cold ears and warming them up.
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Little Red said this on January 1, 2015 at 8:27 pm |
mmm, ear snacking. I’m sure he would appreciate being warmed 🙂
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Servetus said this on January 3, 2015 at 6:46 pm |
What a glorious way to end a year and to start a new one:
Places I like to kiss Richard Armitage. This is always worth an extra serious (!) thought and an extra felt yearning…. It would be the eyes this time!
Serv, all the heartfelt best wishes for you for 2015. Thanks for being here and sharing another very, very exciting year with us. Feels actually a bit like home… besides that you are sitting under palm trees, whereas I’m (not sitting) but standing in knee-deep snow this New Year’s Day 😀
… and of course a Happy New Year to all those readers and commenters out there, known and unknown to me…. Meeting you all that would be quite THE PARTY!!!
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linda60 said this on January 1, 2015 at 8:34 pm |
The eyes are really special this time ….
happy new year to you, too, linda60, and thanks for reading faithfully ALL this time. Dad got home this morning and apparently just in time, it’s supposed to be 12 below tomorrow ….
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Servetus said this on January 3, 2015 at 6:48 pm |
Happy New Year and all my best wishes!
Also a big thank you for this wonderful blog,
Andrea
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Andrea said this on January 1, 2015 at 10:36 pm |
Thanks for the good wishes — have some yourself!
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Servetus said this on January 3, 2015 at 6:52 pm |
Wishing you and yours, including your favorite baristas, a great 2015, rich with health, happiness, prosperity, and lots more Richard 😀
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Leigh said this on January 2, 2015 at 10:26 am |
I wish you much luck with all the changes coming for you!
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Servetus said this on January 3, 2015 at 6:52 pm |
What a great episode to report… It really made me smile 🙂
Very good to ‘see’ your dad finally visiting you. I wish you all the best for 2015 and Ein glückliches Neues 🙂 xx
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suse3 said this on January 2, 2015 at 3:45 pm |
Gleichfalls!
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Servetus said this on January 3, 2015 at 6:53 pm |
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