Tuesday 12 October 2010

The Archers Mon 11th Oct 2010: A Letter from Jamie’s school

The Archers: Jazzer's making a mess of it ... Jamie’s in trouble (part 337, Season 89) … Harry is odd

  • Jazzer brought a mate home ...
  • ... who wears tights
  • Steady on Harry!
  • "fun, brilliant things for folks to do after the harvest supper"
  • Harry and the Silver Surfers
  • A fresh start that went rotten after seconds
  • Sir Harry



Jazzer brought a mate home

And Brenda's not too happy about it. Not happy about it at all.

Although Jazzer brought his mate back, he managed to do so quietly enough not to wake Tom or Brenda.

"I didnae want tae make a rumpus"

Which surely is a good thing, but I suppose it made the surprise of the mess in the morning all that more unexpected and annoying.

Jazzer had to sniff the remnants of the take away to remember what it was ("chicken korma"), Brenda was especially unamused to sniff the remnants of smoking

Brenda was starting to sound a bit like Helen, and Jazzer had a point

"you cannae always be on parade"

but making Brenda so unhappy so soon was not clever. Especially when she quite often has the casting vote when it comes to household matters.


... who wears tights


I really do think some of the Ambridge residents need to get out more.

Whoever said that Jazzer's mate was a bloke?

And can't blokes wear tights.

(erm .. actually that doesn’t work. The next question would be why the bloke took off the tights. As well all know, Jazzer's strictly a ladies man).

Either way, Jazzer's made a mess at Tom and Brenda's, and has also been caught taking a young lady back.

Brenda was most decidedly odd about it. That she was angry to find the tights was understandable (to a degree), but why the fuss over when she found them:

"under the settee, at dinner time"

Did it matter that it was dinner time? And what on earth was Brenda doing under the settee while having said dinner.

Bizarre.

[Jazzer] "she's a sweet wee lassie but she still lives with her ma .. and I’m trying to wean her off the fags, even bought her nicotine patches"

[Brenda] "I don’t want to interfere with your love life but I don’t want it all over my settee"

Actually - Brenda does have a very going point to make about love life and settees.

But what's the solution?

Jazzer gets kicked out, or Jazzer goes celibate?



Steady on Harry!

"just a half of coke"

Phew! I'm glad he didn’t push the boat out and go for a whole pint. Can you imagine how hyper he'd have got with all that sugar!


"fun, brilliant things for folks to do after the harvest supper"

The answer is seemingly bar games.

That'll really 'wow' the punters.

I suppose Harry's idea is probably just right for the type of clientele who'll be looking for fun and frolics after the Harvest Supper.

So it's a "proper tournament" of dominoes, bar skittles and a ha'penny board.

Do we sense Jim trying to win back some ground after his failures at the Flower & produce Show and the recent pub quiz?

Either way, we should all be very thankful that they dismissed the karaoke idea so quickly.

Unless, of course, it’d mean we’d get to hear Jazzer’s wonderful signing again (and still no sign of it on iTunes. You’d have thought a canny lad like Jazzer would have had it straight up there!).



Harry and the Silver Surfers

(wonder if JK Rowling wants that for a book title?!?)

Harry's next idea for We Love The Bull is to use The Bull's computers to give 'older' folks lessons in how to use computers.

Not a bad idea at all.

But hardly as outstanding as Fallon gushed:

"that's fantastic ... you’re so creative ...you're wasted on that milk round"

Yup. I get the distinct impression Fallon's falling for Harry. Too little to late (or even too little and not remotely reciprocated?!?).


A fresh start that went rotten after seconds

After all of her 'friends' trying to help yesterday (I noticed Pat wasn't trying to foist her shoulder onto Kathy, which is the sign of true friend), Kathy has yet another attempt at trying to calm her relationship down with Jamie.

It was a very one sided "fresh start", with Kathy asking for better communication

"like normal families do"

(Eh? I think Kathy and Jamie have a very 'normal' mother/teenage son relationship - lots of shouting and slammed doors - sounds quite right).

Jamie, as per, was grunting his consent just to get Kathy to be quiet for a moment.

Then Kathy finds a letter from Jamie's school. Can you guess what's next? Jamie certainly did. He ran out of the door faster than a greyhound who has spotted a real rabbit.

When she later tracks him down, it’s to give him a bollocking.

Jamie’s had three unauthorised absences over the last few weeks, and has lows standards of “attitude” and “behaviour”.

Which means a trip to the school for both Kathy and Jamie to get shouted at by his teacher, which will lead to Kathy shouting at Jamie, Jamie shouting back …. Sound familiar?

I do feel for Kathy. Jamie’s being a complete numpty, especially considering he has his exams this year.

And, as Kathy pointed out, bunking off is against the law.

Which could mean Kathy ‘doing time’.

Question is – how does she stop Jamie behaving like this?

And how does she does that before she gets arrested?!?



Sir Harry


I know it's unfair to be suspicious of someone who never drinks, but there has to be something more to Harry than he's letting be seen.

Jazzer's on at him again for being so 'helpful'

"are you after a statue on the green ... Sir Harry ... the man who saved the bull"

but he does have a good point to make.

Why is Harry so determined to do god deeds? His We Love The Bull campaign, endless great ideas to help out the very unimaginative Fallon and Jolene, and now him giving up some spare time to teach Silver Surfers ... what's the catch?

Harry has once bitten back at Jazzer, and he was decidedly smug when Brenda brandished those tights.

"Jazz ... you are so busted"

Harry’s glee was palpable. Which wasn’t not an attractive sound for him.

Harry is right to bite back, enough considering all the grief Jazzer hands out to him, but did I sense a touch of 'not so nice Harry'?


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