Whitney's birthday was yesterday, and as a result of going out for dinner in the evening I think I might have discovered the closest thing to authentic Britindian korma that I've yet experienced in this country. I have absolutely no idea what its name was, but after ordering some kind of coconut and chicken stew I got what might be described as a slightly hotter, thinner version of it with heaps of pepper. But it was the right colour, and after so many attempts that resulted in things with the same name that were entirely unlike what I was expecting, I'm prepared to accept this as a reasonably good start.

We watched 101 Dalmatians in the evening, which I hadn't seen for at least fifteen years, and I was very surprised by how much there was in it that they would never include now - in modern Disney films you're certainly not allowed to show smoking or drinking, and I'm fairly certain that "hell" is one of the words that people have to be shielded from as well. They're all too soft now (though I must admit that I found the milking scene extremely weird, and never did before).

I had also forgotten just how English it was - every character talks with a stiff upper lipped or generally well spoken accent, with the strange exception of the puppies who are all American. I'm not sure how I didn't notice this before, because I imagine a significant amount of the film and TV output I saw was American even then, but I have found myself noticing non-American accents more and more since starting living here. It could have challenged my natural belief that I'm the only person in the world who pronounces words correctly - everyone has this, presumably even Loyd Grossman, which is a bit of a worrying thought.

The last thing I noticed was that unlike how I remember the old Disney films, it wasn't a musical - there are only two songs in it, both as part of the storyline rather than the dramatic dream sequences that most of them became later on. Of course, of the two one has become absolutely iconic, and at the very end of the DVD version, they helpfully included a music video of them thoroughly raping it for the next generation. Thanks.