The Archers: Chris and Alice have new furniture ... Brian can't build his road where he'd like to ... the new bird hide opens
- Flat packed furniture? *shudder*
- "I can tell her heart isn't it"
- Stone facials and free booze
- 'Birder' not 'Twitcher'
- Is Patrick really just a good friend?
- Why is Kirsty being such a b*tch?
- Oh dear. Brian can't have his road where he wants it.
Flat packed furniture? *shudder*
I could actually hear Jennifer's skin crawl as she related to Lilian that Chris and Alice had returned to their cottage with flat packed furniture.
Horrified that they weren't using what was already in there:
"the furniture is all perfectly charming ... I chose it myself!"
Jennifer has kept said furniture in a barn. Just in case it's needed again.
She's still hopeful that this marriage won't last.
"You're such a misery ... be happy for them"
Hear hear Lilian.
Still, I had to chortle that Jennifer thought it acceptable that Alice was doing all the furniture building:
"She is an engineer!"
Oh Jennifer! How about it being okay, just because it is okay for a woman, rather than a man, to tackle (what I assume is) Ikea furniture?
It hardly takes a masculine perspective, nor an engineering degree.
"I can tell her heart isn't it"
No sh*t Sherlock!
Lilian, it really doesn't take special powers to notice that Jolene is of almost catatonic state these days,
"Jolene really does say all the right things"
Eh? I haven't heard Jolene say more than 'what?' in the last few weeks, unless it's been a monologue about Saint Sid.
Maybe Lilian just prefers to hear monosyllabic grunts.
Anyway, Lilian's bizarre take on Jolene aside, it looks like she thinks Jolene will sell her share in The Bull.
Worried that they (a) need someone with money who will (b) also run the bar, at (c) a time when village pubs are closing at an alarming rate, Lilian didn't sound very positive about The Bull's future.
Well, until she realised that she could make it into flats ...
Jennifer was rightly horrified at the thought, and I think there would be a fair few other residents who'd have quite a lot to say if The Bull wasn't The Bull.
Look at what happened with the Village shop.
Can pubs be run as community pubs?
Stone facials and free booze
Despite saying all of the above, I simply adore Lilian.
Late to the 'launch' of the new bird hide because she's having a stone facial at 10am, she then simply oozes when a bloke from Borchester Radio asks for for an interview.
Honestly, I thought she'd misheard him, and thought he was offering something far more intimate!
Initially choosing to take the limelight rather than admit she's not remotely interested in bird hides, Lilian could only say that there was "masses" of wildlife, like "ducks and geese".
"what sort of use will you get out of the hide?"
"me? personally???"
Lilian then went onto say she'd use it if she was out for a walk and it started raining ... not that she does ever go for a walk.
"You're not a birder then?"
"I'm here for the drinks and the nibbles!"
Jennifer saved the day with some banal mutterings about the hide being good for school kids.
[Lilian] "it's rather utilitarian"
[Jennifer] "it's not here to draw attention to itself!"
*snort*
'Birder' not 'Twitcher'
I never knew that.
And if you didn't either, now you do.
Cheers Patrick!
Is Patrick really just a good friend?
I think he is. But sometimes you just can't.
Patrick also now has a surname. We can call him Mr Patrick Hennessey. Even more signs that there be more Patrick to follow
That'd be a good thing if it is just more than mates between Patrick and Kirsty. It'd mean she's not chasing Kenton (yuck!), and she might also stop being such a b*tch.
And on that matter ...
Why is Kirsty being such a b*tch?
First she tells all of Helen's most heartfelt woes to Tom (knowing that Helen will be furious that she has done so),
now she's upsetting Fallon by being rude and blunt about Jolene.
After saying how awful Jolene looked:
"people are saying she wants out of the bull ... I don't know if you know"
So telling Fallon across the bar was the best way to possibly break the news?
What on earth is Kirsty up to?
Oh dear. Brian can't have his road where he wants it.
Seemingly the Highways Department isn't happy about where Brian wants the access road to be for the mart development.
I'll admit that I completely zoned out when Brian was talking about it. It felt like we were about to have another 'reading of the job advert' filler.
If there was anything more to say about this, please let me know.
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