However, Smee is unfamiliar with the saying, gets confused, and then he and Hook attempt together to understand it. I’d like to write a Scene with Captain Hook and Smee, where Hook uses this phrase in his own way. Pretending that was what he wanted, what he was attracted to…and trying to shut out the unwanted thoughts which disclosed his true desires. To Hook, the equivalent of unwanted sex would be sex with a woman. The phrase was born in the era of Queen Victoria, (and often attributed to her), and James Hook would want nothing more than to be a loyal subject. In relation to The Gay Adventures, however, the phrase ‘close your eyes and think of England,’ got me thinking about Captain Hook. So why am I posting about this? First of all, because it’s important. ‘When I hear his steps outside my door I lie down on my bed, open my legs and think of England.’ “ “This is recorded in the 1912 journal of Lady Hillingdon: Just musing here, but maybe that’s a PROBLEM. If many of these ideas seem old-fashioned, perhaps we should be asking ourselves why they are still so prevalent in our culture.