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[frugalspoonie-blog]

Channeling my inner Bert #missfishersmurdermysteries #cecandbert #redraggers (at Simmons University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoSe9JvDTLV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zzfknv2nyzo5

[foxspirit1928]

Miss Fisher Random Thoughts (315)

Yesterday we helped the Australians and New Zealanders celebrate Father’s Day, and today we are celebrating the Labor Day in the U.S. and Canada with Bert and Cec. Although the Northern Americans honor the labor movement on a different schedule from the rest of the world (the first Monday of September vs. May 1), the spirit of the holidays remains the same.

In S1E4 Death at Victoria Dock, Bert said that he had been a communist since 1920, and Cec was with the Waterside Workers, an Australian trade union. They quit working on the docks to open a cab business together so that they wouldn’t have to “lick the boss’s boots”. Then why would they work for a toff like Miss Fisher? Well, her boots were different, as pointed out by Cec. Although she lived in a “filthy-rich house on the corner” and “looked fancy”, she had a “thorough working knowledge of revolutionary theory” and was “happy to dispel any reformist illusions which blind workers to the chariots of capitalism”. Bert simply put it, “you can trust her”.

And the trust went both ways. Aside from Bert’s failed attempt to overcharge Miss Fisher the cab fare from Women’s Hospital to the Windsor in S1E1 Cocaine Blues, the Red Raggers had been nothing but loyal, responsible, and capable in carrying out all their assignments. In reality, they had become more than just employees of the detective agency; they were part of Miss Fisher’s newfound family.

(Posted 03-Sep-2018)

[floydsroom]

Why Mr Johnson and Mr Yates who are you waiting for?

I miss these guys SO much.