The Archers 29th August 2010: Boarding School?

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The Archers: Elizabeth can't sleep ... Nigel makes decisions ... Bert's the man!

• To board, or not to board
• So Freddie isn't "sporting"
• A classic Eddie quip
• Seriously, when is Hugh going to turn up in Ambridge?
• Everyone knows Edgar is a flower man
• 4 poles make one chain which is the length of the cricket pitch
• What's the big deal about this Dairy event?
• "Better than Boston!"
• Oh good god! They're worried about Pip. Again!!!

To board, or not to board ...

Not one to let anything go easily, Elizabeth can't sleep for worrying about whether to send Lily and Freddie to boarding school.

While I'm on that - did we ever get to the bottom of why Elizabeth couldn't sleep before (when she ended up doing guerrilla gardening with Lynda in the wee small hours of the morning).

Nigel was still in his 'but that's what Pargetters do' mode, trying to find a compromise through sending the twins to a closer school as part boarders.

As Elizabeth pointed out, Nigel's hardly toed the family line on other occasions. Even when Elizabeth was talking about the twins missing their home and parents if they were at boarding school, all Nigel could summon from his experiences was:

"I missed nanny"

Between Elizabeth's pleas of:

"all i want is for them to be happy"

"[hate the idea of] spending a fortune to send our babies away"

You'd be forgiven for thinking there was a slight hint that this was all more about Elizabeth's needs than her kids.

Unfair?

When Nigel gave in to Elizabeth, he was heard to utter:

"if you'll be unhappy, that's all i need [to not send them to Boarding school]"

Hmmm.


So Freddie isn't "sporting"

Well that just isn't cricket, is it chaps!


A classic Eddie quip

"you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it bark"

Seriously, when's Hugh going to turn up in Ambridge?

So Nigel has decreed that allotments shall be in Lower Loxley's grounds.

Feeling a tad shy about owning so much land, when so many families have teeny gardens, Nigel still seems to be coming across as a Laird who has finally realised that 'his people' are starving while he eats kobe beef.

Commoners with a right to use Lower Loxley ground? Julia Pargetter-Carmichael would never have accepted such an affair.


Everyone knows Edgar is a flower man

Can't believe Nigel was so blissfully unaware ...

He was being a bit dim in not asking Bert in the first place, but Bert soon corrected Nigel's belief in Edgar Titcombe:

"Edgar Titcombe is a flower man knows his petunias but not so hot on his onions"

So all's well. Bert is Nigel's allotment adviser.

Jolly good.


4 poles make one chain which is the length of the cricket pitch

And who said The Archers wasn't educational.

It's just a few decades behind.


What's the big deal about this Dairy event?

Eddie seems to be obsessively keen about getting to it (for free, with Ed and driven by David).

Is it really just about having a few pints?


"Better than Boston!"

Which means 'better than good' in the Black Country.

Seemingly.

So one burger van called 'Boston Burger' is angry that the other burger van 'Better Burger' is handing out leaflets at Lower Loxley's steam event with "Better than Boston" on them.

This is revenge for when 'Jolly Dolly Donut' (owned by the same chap of 'Boston Burger') complained at Lower Loxley's vintage car rally about the fumes from 'Better Burgers' choking their customers.

Whatever the truth (which we must be told!), both burger vans have a slight barny, which Elizabeth sorts out.

Maybe just have one burger van next time?

(oh the heady trials and tribulations of Ambridge!)


Oh good god! They're worried about Pip. Yet again.

Maybe this was just me, but is sounded like Pip was about to go back to Primary School, rather than College.

David and Ruth are worried about Pip being worried about her College friends taking the mick out of her:

"your boyfriend hated you so much he ran away to another continent"

Well, it's perfectly not true (as Jude ran away because he was utterly devoid of any emotion for Pip, whether that be love or hate).

And surely College students are above playground taunts?

Just please. Don't give Pip another reason to start whining again. It's been so serene since she stopped.