…those being the good old days when Formula One had balls, and grid girls hadn’t been banned.
As the US Grand Prix takes place in Austin this weekend, here’s a reminder of what F1 used to look like:
…a.k.a. “Why young men risk their lives racing fast cars.”
And they accuse me of being an old-fashioned traditionalist.
I see that Queen’s Gambit hottie Anya Taylor-Joy is modeling Jaeger-LeCoultre watches now:
…but I have to say, her beauty is a strange one, because:
Anyway, here are a few more reference pics so you can make up your own mind:
And the more errr descriptive ones:
But that’s not really what I want to talk about here today. Rather, I want to talk about Jaeger-LeCoultre watches, of which I’ve never owned a single one but I’d love to because they are just flat-out classy:
Of course, they do produce watches for more errr modern tastes:
…and frankly, I think they’re both pig-ugly — aimed no doubt at the Russian Billionaire’s Son Set or else Arab sheiks, neither of which are known for their refined taste.
Hell, I’d take one of Jaeger’s second-hand and (very much-) older watches over either of those “modern” ones:
…just as I’d take Gina over Anya:
But you all knew that.
Apparently, there’s this Brit TV show called Our Yorkshire Farm, starring the matriarch thereof, Amanda Owens (45+). I use the “matriarch” term advisedly, as she has foaled no fewer than nine chilluns (!!!) while working the sheep farm.
Here she is:
When not in farm gear, she doesn’t look too bad, either:
When asked how she still manages to look so good, she apparently replied, “chasing lambs, fakery and underwear” (which automatically endeared her to me, by the way).
She and her husband have split up, incidentally, but she still works the farm with him.
After yesterday’s post featuring Emma Mackey, here’s an even better caterpillar-to-butterfly series, this time about mousy erotic-artist-clarinettist Lily, played by Tanya Reynolds. Here’s Lily:
…and here’s Tanya:
Yikes.
More of the Sex Ed totties will follow as more are revealed, so to speak.
Bollywood’s Shilpa Shetty:
Right-click to embiggen and save, if you want.
I’ve been watching the outstanding Brit TV show Sex Education — which, after a shaky start in the first episode-and-a-half, has turned into must-watch stuff for me. (I’m currently just into Season 2 of 3.)
But this isn’t a review of the show. Rather, I want to focus on [sic] a couple of the totties who star in the show.
Here’s Maeve, played by Franco-Brit actress Emma Mackey, as she appears in the show (as the school slut):
You can see that she’s pretty, but of course the character hides her true beauty:
Looks like a combination of Françoise Hardy and Brigitte Bardot, n’est-ce pas?
And then there’s tomorrow’s vision…