Monday 13 September 2010

The Archers 7th September 2010: the Dairy Event



The Archers: Jill’s going to be 80 in October … the lesbian scandal continues … Bert’s an angry man … Eddie tells Ed he knows

  • Why the scandal?
  • Let Joe be the judge
  • Any excuse for another pint, Eddie
  • Does Heat magazine not have a gardening section?


Why the scandal?

I’m a bit unsure about how to take all the gossip about Harold Asquith (real name Wendy Diamond) and Colin Carpenter (Michelle MacLean).

Ambridge residents don’t seem to really be scandalised – just more amused. As Jill mentioned, Lynda’s only “in a state” because she’s lost a judge.

But, is the amusement because it’s two women who have eloped?

Or, that these two women were writing as men, who everyone now knows are women, who have eloped?

Or, is it just that this is indeed the “most interesting bit of news” to come from the Borchester Echo in aged?

I can sympathise with having a local paper that seems to recycle the same headlines about rural buses (though I have to also say that rural buses are indeed a big issue for us rural folks. Having one bus every third Tuesday at 3.34pm isn’t funny …!).

And other ‘news’ does often include ground breaking snippets like “women 93 dies” (hardly unusual indeed Mr Fry!). I’m also not surprised that the Borchester Echo will simply re-run columns from the same time last year, rather than replace their two columnists.

“Harold Asquith doesn’t know anything about tomatoes”

so says Bert, more annoyed that anyone gives a hoot that this charlatan was writing bad advice about veg, than the fact that he is a she who’s run off with another she.

To be frank, I just don’t get it. This whole situation has turned Ambridge’s residents into a bunch of schoolgirls giggling over catching their teachers having a kiss.

And worse, it’s bordering on them being homophobic.

Goodness me – grow up!


Let Joe be the judge

And why not indeed? He certainly does know his onions.

Bert’s most decidedly unamused at the thought.

Despite Joe having a very long history of entries into the flower and produce show (he entered a sunflower at age 4, so that gives him a whopping 85 years of experience), Bert just won’t accept that Joe’s the right man for the job.

In trying to avoid bad feeling before the show (because there’s seemingly enough bad feeling after it), Lynda outs the ball firmly into Bert’s court:

“incumbent upon you to find someone else [by the end of the week] … the matter's in your hands”

Fair do. Put up or shut up Bert!


Any excuse for another pint, Eddie


Most certainly uninterested in the information and stalls at the dairy event, Eddie’s winding Ed up by wanting to sit in the bar all day, rather than talk to genetics people, and blokes with champion heifers, at the dairy event.

And just as Clarrie managed to keep quiet about knowing Emma was pregnant, Eddie also can’t keep stum.

Waxing lyrical about the “Grundy’s at Grange farm for generations”, and how Ed was proving himself “not just at work”, Eddie’s subtly runs out with:

“sprouting another little branch soon”

Ed’s a bit annoyed at first, but his delight over Emma’s pregnancy wins through.
But, is it just me, or is all this Grundy delight bound to turn to tragedy?


Does Heat magazine not have a gardening section?

I wouldn’t know.

But that’s seemingly enough reason to not worry about Sabrina being involved with choosing the judge for the beg competition.

I do agree that Shula’s “absence is irrelevant”.

When was the last time Shula had any relevance at all?

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