Hello Dolly

Steady chaps...I know you've all opened this thread thinking it was going to be a tribute to that fine musical featuring Carol Channing. No ! I'm saving that one for a later date...no, this thread has been prompted by the thread created by that Sintellins woman, which paid homage to Britney Shears. Well we all know what happened there, as soon as she got a thread on APFFN she went barking mad. Lots of celebrities go the same way...they just can't cope with it. I myself did a thread on Robbie Williams and look what happened to him!

Anyway, none of you Britney nonsense, this thread is dedicated to a real wholesome country girl, with some fine attributes ( no, not Paris Hilton) she's a fine C&W singer and all round good sport. I intend to visit Nashville sometime to say hello.

ladies and Gentlemen...I give you Dolly Parton

If she shaves her head after this, I'm coming after you.

I love Dolly, really I do

Nahhh...Dolly is far too sensible for any of that superstar nonsense..shooooot ...she's plumb down t' earth!

who couldn't love her?

Has any of our posters visited Dollywood? I'm very interested to hear all about it. C'mon APFFN'ers tell us what its like!

Yeah, I've been to Dollywood, it was kind of boring. Where were a few rides, a joke shop, some other stuff. It was a long time ago.

She is 61 years old!!!

old Scots saying ' Theres many a new tune played on an old fiddle'.

In Spansih we say "gallina vieja hace buen caldo" which translates as "old hen makes good soup".

Yeah, there is a similar phrase over here which says ' you can make a good pan of soup from an old bird'.

Oh, I forgot, in the same town, there is a brass, anatomically correct statue of Dolly with which my grandpa had his picture taken.

Or breast reduction surgery. I can't believe you took this risk, after what's already happened.

Dolly doesn't deserve this.

Damn! I was expecting this thread to be about Godfrey's sister Dolly of Dad's Army fame

I was expecting it to be about Dolly the cloned Sheep...

Made of brass? Is there some Nashville/ C&W significance to using that particular metal? How do you know it was brass? Did you give the statue a good rub to find out? Do they have someone who gives it a good rub each day? Do any bits come up better than others? Oh...so many questions to ask!

It looked brass, it could have been a less expensive metal, I didn't really check.