The Archers 30th August 2010: The Bull's job interviews

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The Archers: Linda and Robert cook breakfast ... interviews for The Bull's new barperson

• Nigel and Elizabeth's amorous behaviour
• Robert and Lynda about to turn 'adults only'?!?
• "you don't know someone until you share a bathroom"
• Are they actually drugging Jolene?
• Well hello Sally Citz!
• ... why Lilian is the creme de la creme
• Ah, that was a real shame on Fallon
• "Balloons are vulgar"

Nigel and Elizabeth's amorous behaviour

Aha!

So Elizabeth doesn't want the wins to go to boarding school for her sake (so I say!), and Nigel gave way because it gave him a rare chance to get some loving.

That makes perfect sense after all.

And seemingly 'PDA' means 'Public Displays of Affection'. So says Coriander.


Robert and Lynda about to turn 'adults only'?!?

It felt quite odd to hear Lynda actually appreciating the Grundys (Camp Grundy has meant Lynda and Robert just have the parents, while their teenagers camp).

But their wistful joy over the calm of just hosting adults could go hideously wrong if they decide to ban children.

One would require very careful wording indeed.


"you don't know someone until you share a bathroom"

But I speak too soon!

It seems that having calm means nothing when your paying guests are a tad untidy in the bathroom.

That was a short lived one then.


Are they actually drugging Jolene?

Now I'm not expecting Jolene to be all cheery and light, but she is wandering around in such a stupor that on can't help think she's got more in her tea bags than tea.

Maybe Matt is trying to push her over the edge (maybe so that he can have The Bull all to himself and Lilian. How long before he'd bar Brian?!?).

I also don't know how Fallon copes without slapping her. All that "whatever you think love" and "Oh?", "Erm ..." and "what?" would drive anyone to distraction.

"I can't see a future at the bull for me anymore"

Maybe that's what someone else really want?


Well hello Sally Citz!

So, Sally was being interviewed for The Bull's barperson position, and she:

- changed her name to Sally Citizen after the may day protest in 2000
- called The Bull a "quality pub" (in the sense of it being rather groovy, than of superior standard)
- worked at 'Frantic Annie's', 'HOM' (short for House of Metal) and Godzilla's
- and spends most of her time working for her mates catering firm at festivals

Robert thought:

"she was very friendly"

Kathy:

"not the type of person you'd expect behind the bar of The Bull"

Despite having bags of bar experience, and being able to stand in for Freida (oh surely not!), Lilian wasn't going to stand for such a creature getting her unwashed feet behind the bar.

So the job goes to a bloke called Rhys. Who is Welsh, isn't pierced and has "normal" hair.

He's starting next Monday.

Or will he ...?

... why Lilian is the creme de la creme

"just to recap - you've spent the last 5 years doing the festivals ... yeah, well, it obviously suits you!"

"darling, do you even need to ask? can you imagine Derek Fletcher coming up to the bar in his slacks and golfing jumper to be faced with that - he'd have four fits!"

"[she'd cook] lentil and cannabis cobbler - you surely don't think she's a serious contender"

"she'd be off next May with Loopy and Pablo, up to her knees in mud, dishing out raffa casserole"

"she's not for us"

Ah, that was a real shame on Fallon

It's easy to forget that Fallon is only a bit of an alternative chick when compared to the rest of the Ambridge residents.

I felt really sorry for her when she chipped in that Bestival was "great", but then had to clarify that she'd never actually been.

Though she had been to Glastonbury. In her mates catering van ... which doesn't sound too dissimilar to Sally after all!


"Balloons are vulgar"

Then they're not.

The golfing community should know better than to wind Kathy up!

Still, nice wee touch from Robert:

"order, counter-order, disorder"