- Jill finds Tom a recipe, then drops him right in it
- Tyre marks on the grass
- A Guardian instead of a Telegraph
- Brenda gets it tight from Vicky …
- …then Tom’s a ‘little traitor’
Jill finds Tom a recipe, then drops him right in it
After being so helpful to Tom, will Jill rue the day that she got involved in the great Veal and Ham pie shenanigans?
It wasn’t her fault that she unwittingly let Vicky know what Tom was up to. But, with Tom’s demands for a pie to feed 20-25 people – will Jill, and her range, cope?
Better off out of it, methinks.
Tyre marks on the grass
Vicky’s a right one to talk. She’s not quite whiter than white when it comes to judging people by their appearances.
Mike and Jill are right that it can be hard to challenge someone about their behaviour these days (I hate saying it was ‘better in the old days’, but it’s absolutely true that you could stop someone doing something naughty, without being scared that you’ll end up six feet under).
But these bikers don’t exactly sound like Hell’s Angels.
Dropping crisp packets and making marks on the grass – isn’t that like your average group of school kids?!?
A Guardian instead of a Telegraph
Susan won’t be happy that Oliver got the wrong paper.
But just who gets the Guardian? I’d have pegged most Ambridge folks as either Telegraph and Times for broadsheets – The Sun for tabloid – and local for a gentle read.
But then again, the odd liberal attitude does sometimes find its way into the village.
More importantly – where’s all these shift swaps going to end?
Susan in a right shouty mood, I reckon.
Brenda gets it tight from Vicky …
Which she doesn’t need, especially when she has to get her own cappuccino.
Still, it’s a good strategy on Vicky’s part to go to the one person who Tom actually has to listen to!
…then Tom’s a ‘little traitor’
But does Tom actually give a hoot?
Despite all of Vicky’s please and administrations:
“Very disappointed”
“all my hard earned research”
“what a fool I’ve been”
“ dishonourable”
“shabby”
“industrial espionage”
“How am I going to tell the bull calves?”
Tom just came back with:
“things change”
“It’s a different product – mine will be organic”
Tom is right that this can just be the way business is done, but he’s an idiot for thinking he’ll get away with it.
In the first place, it isn’t good local business practise (local folks are fast to take sides), and he is also forgetting that Vicky could be his mother-in-law one day.
As much as Brenda dislikes Vicky, she’ll surely take the side of her dad – who will be right behind Vicky.
And just wait until Ed kills the bull calves for not being profitable.
Tom will wake up to find “bull cow murderer” sprayed on his burger van.
“It’s all gone horribly wrong”
It’ll get far, far worse before it’ll get better.
4 comments:
Oo-er! Not a big fan of Vicky but that's not very nice Tom! I've missed most it this week. Thanks for keeping me in touch.
No bother at all!
Tom is mt least favourite resident - and am therefore hoping his pie's will be spurned by all and every!
Inga, your influence on me is growing, as i found myself seething at Tom in this episode. although she is annoying, Vicky is very naive and innocent. what a WAKE UP moment for her.
i was actually impressed that Brenda dealt with Vicky maturely for probably the first time in their short relationship. not that long ago, she would have shouted to Vicky, "IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM IS IT?" and hung up on her, rather than actually phoning Tom to confront him about it.
hehe, i still haven't wrapped my head around why Vicky is ok with her darling little calves being killed for veal, but not with culling them upon birth.
Whoops. Step away from me now if I'm starting to influence you ;-)
I just can't abide Tom. He's just so wrapped up in himself.
Funnily enough, I haven't had as violent a reaction to Vicky as some folks have had. She's good entertainment value. The only sign of her being a bit of a bad 'un was when she was talking to Kate, and seemed to be edging onto racism. I agree that she's very naive.
But yes - the whole veal thing is very odd. I suppose she thinks that it's better for the calves to have lived and be used for something meaningful, rather than be killed outright for nothing.
We'll just have to see if she'll actually ever let them be slaughtered, or if Ed and Mike end up with hundreds of 10 year old bull calves all living a happy life, but draining their business of any profit.
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