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Irish Chick & I met up at Dublin airport at about 11 on Friday morning, and after checking in, joined the ridiculously long queue to get through security…that became a bit of a theme for the weekend! :rolls eyes:

We got to the Thistle at about 3pm, but registration didn’t start till 5pm. There wasn’t much going on on Friday other than the meet and greet, but we didn’t have tickets for that.

Saturday started, well…late. We were in a Q for about 20 minutes or so waiting for the hall to open.
There was a minute’s silence for Armistice Day.

Before lunch Peter Fleming, Doug Abrahams, Obi Ndefo, and Bill Dow, were on (I think in that order), but they only had about 20 mins each to talk, which flew by so quickly. It was the first con for PF and ON, and I think DA aswell.

PF told us about a prank he played on his mates when he took a taxi, pretended to be their driver & chased them (literally) for the fare. He said he loved working with AT, and that it was great to watch her work on Resurrection, directing, acting and still being warm & friendly to everyone.

DA came out preaching Origin (!). He reckons the Ori would kick the Wraith’s ass (he’s probably right…but what the Wraith make of the Priors? White meat…?) He mentioned that the markings on the Prior’s faces are an sort of an indication of rank – the more they had, the higher up they were – he wasn’t sure if this was apparent onscreen, but now they may not get a chance to go into it.

ON asked us to teach him some of the con dances, and he was taught Doctor Who on Saturday! He said he hasn’t taken anything home from the Stargate set, but he did take his Klingon teeth from DS9.

BD originally auditioned for Walter! He talked about filming Evolution, how he had to stay underwater so that the audience thought he wasn’t make it after Daniel got out. He’s never taken anything home from set, except Dr. Lee’s glasses, thinking they were his own!

(I might be mixing up stuff that was said on Sat with stuff that was said on Sun, but I promise it was said!!)


Then we had lunch, when we met up with GateBee & Somnium. It was so nice to see you again! And I’m sorry I had to run out for so long, but it was for a good reason!

Teryl was on after lunch. She mentioned she hasn’t seen Heroes yet. She also said That she & MS tried to put more Janet/Daniel into Ripple Effect, but she’s not sure how well it showed through. Teryl is such a great guest, she’s so much fun! She kept coming down into the crowds for people to ask her questions. It’s only the second time I’ve seen her at a con, but I can’t wait for the next one!

Then Paul came onstage…in a kilt. He claimed that he’s a true Scotsman, and when Teryl came out a few minutes later to check, she gave us two thumbs up

Someone asked Paul if he ever got embarrassed when people told him how hot he was…he went red and said yes

He does a great impression of Joe Flanigan He said a couple of times how fond he is of Scotland. Apparently in the early days someone suggested Carson have a Celtic or Rangers flag in his quarters, but they thought better of it, and he has a Scottish flag and scarf there, though Paul wasn’t sure if it had been onscreen. (I don’t remember if I’ve seen it there…) He kept going between his own accent and the Scottish accent (LOVE that accent )

The fancy dress competition was on that night including some former-Wraith refugees who help Paul at gunpoint, and a baby Jedi (the first of two small children that Teryl tried to kidnap over the weekend ).

Teryl was on first on Sunday. She got a bit scared after being asked if she was a kitchen utensil, what would she be…(A whisk…) Someone asked who was the best kisser of who she had kissed onscreen. She said RDA although it wasn’t actually onscreen! She added that she’s never kissed MS, but Janet has

Then she was asked which actors would she like to kiss, one of the ones she said was Paul. To which he later obliged.

Oh, and the kitchen utensil question was asked to everyone after Teryl. Paul & DA said spatula, BD said stock pot, PF said turkey baster (sp?) and ON said blender. Just so you know.

As probably most people know by now, Paul was asked if he had signed on for season 4. He said he wasn’t allowed to talk about it until the ep aired, but that TPTB do listen to what the fans say. He also said how much he appreciated the fans supporting him and his character.

He asked us at one point if we knew who RDA was, and everyone said no, lol!

Teryl came back for a charity auction, when they auctioned some cool things for cancer research, IIRC, including scripts & sides and a signed cap from ‘the other show’, as Teryl called it! Oh, and they performed some medical malpractice...

During the afternoon, BD read us a passage from Ulysses, and he read it very well…although I still wouldn’t read the bloody thing. He reckons that science is a trial and error process, and poor Dr. Lee is the one who makes the errors! But he thinks that when he finally does get something right he’ll do a dance.

PF mentioned two projects he’s worked on that he’s proud of, one called Barbeque Love Story and another called Gold Rush with Alyssa Milano. Someone told him that his nickname online was agent cutie-pie, which he seemed quite pleased about

Oh – and he sang and took his shirt off on request

DA was told that after PF’s cutie pie nickname, he was now being called ‘rhubarb pie’ (!) He really likes playing bad guys cos they’re so much fun until they get killed!

ON wanted to learn another con dance, and he was taught the Macarena. He said he enjoyed Raknor’s development from being someone who wasn’t sure what he believed, to someone questioning the ‘establishment’ and found his own path with the rebellion, it reflected a process that a lot of people go through.

Did not take his shirt off on request.

There was a bit of a mad rush for the autographs on Sunday evening because we were running late for our plane – sorry about that Irish Chick!!

But the very nice stewards let me go in through ahead of the queue because I had a plane to catch, and I can’t thank them enough for that, because there’s absolutely no way there would have been time to get them if they hadn’t let me do that!


I had an absolute blast, the guests were all fantastic, the dealers’ room was very bad for my wallet, and I had a great time with Irish Chick, it was so cool to be able to have a proper SG chat with someone! Thank you! ((((hugs))))


Roll on Pegasus 2!!