20th June 2010

Pip cooks and cleans for a toneless Jude … Loves young dream (Alice & Chris) are back together … How to smoke a bee …

• Jude “wasn’t being rude”, but …
• The hunt’s on for Alice and Chris to have privacy
• Smoking bees with Gran is indeed very cool

Jude “wasn’t being rude”, but …


Just as when someone says ‘I’m not racist, but …’, you know that what’s going to come next is exactly what they’re trying to pretend they’re not doing.

It’s so bloomin’ obvious to all of us – why doesn’t Pip see any of the rubbish that Jude keeps throwing at her?

She’s probably too busy trying to find a new bin bag to put it in. Not as if Jude cares.

So Jude now has work to do, and can’t “muck about”, unlike when Pip was being dull and boring for studying when Jude wanted to party.

Instead of taking the hint, Pip gets food in, cooks in, cleans the kitchen – only to be basically told to go away.

I suppose it’s easy to scoff at her mindless devotion – she’s so ‘in love’ with Jude that she’ll do anything to spend even just 5 more minutes with him.

Can we all foresee problems with their trip around Europe?


The hunt’s on for Alice and Chris to have privacy

And, quite sensibly, they’re going to go on holiday for a month.

An American road trip sounds grand – but where are these two getting the money? Isn’t Alice a student? And Chris a trainee farrier?

Or is Brian and Jennifer unwittingly bankrolling this trip?

Either way, with them unable to even ‘snog’ without one of their parents catching them, it sounds like a cunning plan.

And how nice to hear a young couple who really like each other, neither of whom is a complete idiot.

Pip could learn ‘relationships 101’ from them.


Smoking bees with Gran is indeed very cool

Now this is why I listen to The Archers.

I learnt something new, while listening into a lovely scene between gran and grandson.

I knew that smoking bees had something to do with them thinking there was a fire – but didn’t know that the smoke made them load up with honey, making them too heavy. I thought they just became drowsy. Actually, if I had thought about it, I’d have realised that being drowsy isn’t a great response to fire.

Wasn’t it nice to hear Josh getting so enthusiastic about something that Jill loves?

I’ve said it before, but I think he might be the next Brookfield farmer, rather than flighty wee Pip. Plenty of time, but he’s certainly interested and keen.

Also made me *snort* that Josh had picked up David’s way of saying Jude’s name.

All together now: Juuuude …