Wednesday 20 October 2010

The Archers Sun 17th Oct 2010: Ed and Vicky have a right old barney

The Archers: Jazzer moves in with Harry ... Vicky faces Ed ... Peggy's second lesson with Harry

  • "even a pig ark is bigger than this"
  • Men on bikes?
  • Jazzer 'two plastic bags' McCreary
  • Widows get a basket of produce
  • To give Vicky credit ...
  • "Scrub calves!"
  • "Call yourself a farmer? I wouldn't trust you to run a pets corner!"
  • Google, perchance?



"even a pig ark is bigger than this"

So there's a surprise. Jazzer's not impressed with his room at Harry's.

Despite Harry trying to tell Jazzer that

"space is all relative",

the box room does sound teeny. It's not even small enough to have a bed - Jazzer has to make do with a futon (which has to stay up as a sofa if he wants to move around at all).

Alarm bells are sounding already with Harry mentioning to Jazzer that he "might want" to leave his shoes in the hall ...

"we'll get along fine ... Jazzer old son"

I very much doubt it, Harry me old mate.


Men on bikes?

It'd be a bit clumsy to deduce anything from Harry having pictures of last year's Tour de France up in his box room (now Jazzer's bedroom), but what else would be the point of it, in this context?

Harry claims the pictures were to:

"add a touch of colour, a bit of class"

Jazzer's response:

"if I do have to live in a shoe box, I don't plan to share it with a bunch of pumped up guys in lyrca"

The obvious response to all of this would be to assume Harry might be gay.

It would explain why he's shown little interest in Fallon (isn't she supposed to be a bit of a looker?), though it wouldn't explain his interest in Nic.

It might also explain why he's gone to such lengths to be a useful part of the village. Maybe he thinks Ambridge still burns gay men (or lesbians) at the stake, so best to be integrated before the big reveal?

Hmmmm.

I'm not convinced.

Maybe this was more about Jazzer being a bit of an insecure lout, than anything about Harry.

Making a point of saying how he'll put up

"some fine wee lassies",

and how his toiletries amount to a toothbrush and a razor - maybe Jazzer actually doth protest too much?


Jazzer 'two plastic bags' McCreary

Aw!

Jazzer can fit all of his worldly possessions into (which sounded like) two plastic carrier bags.

What a wee shame.

Still, if he didn't spend so much down The Bull ...


Widows get a basket of produce

That seems to be the case during the Harvest sermon at the church.

Jill was given once as she's been recently widowed.

I’m not sure whether I'd be touched or embarrassed (and upset), in her place.


To give Vicky credit ...

... she does at least her the nerve to face Ed to tell him that she's failed to sell any veal (apart from a wee bit to Ian).

And she kept her cool when Ed basically said 'I told you so'.

Though she doesn't entirely accept that it was a doomed to failure plan:

[Vicky] "how could we know till we tried?"

[Ed] "It's just common sense!"

Despite Ed getting quite blatantly more and more angry, Vicky continues to blunder on - now suggesting that they keep the calves for breeding bulls.

Which leads us to:


"Scrub calves!"

[Ed] "scrub calves! They're not good enough! They're not fit for anything!"

How did Vicky explode when Ed called her beloved calves "scrub"!

Quite suddenly, she went from slightly humble, to furiously righteous:

[Vicky] "It's a failure .. because I couldn't guarantee continuity of supply! ... if you'd shown a bit more guts and imagination ..."

[Ed] "either way, it's a stupid idea"

[Vicky] "you just think you know it all!"

[Ed] "you must be away with the fairies!"

Al of which results with:


"Call yourself a farmer? I wouldn't trust you to run a pets corner!"


Ouch! That final verbal blast from Vicky must have somewhat bruised Ed.

When Vicky later retells the rather unsightly scene between herself and Ed to Mike

"my lovely boys ... scrub calves!"

Demanding that Mike takes her side, and to tell Ed that

"before he gets anything from me ... I'll proper detailed invoice and an apology"

What's the chances of either of those being forthcoming from Ed?

While Vicky does owe him money for the upkeep of her "lovely boys", her frothing rant won't make Ed keen to be nice to her anytime soon.

Poor Mike, stuck in-between.

If only he hadn't pandered to Vicky's whims in the first place.


Google, perchance?

Harry was showing Peggy how to use 'one of the most popular search engines".

The first thing Peggy wants to look up is Alzheimers.

Which was a bit of a sad moment, as Peggy also mentioned that everything with Jack might have been a bit different if she'd has access to the wealth of information on the internet before now.

Very true. Peggy could have found more advice and support.


Peggy's GI is back!

Well - not really. He's not back in body, but it looks like he is well and truly back in Peggy's mind.

As Harry shows Peggy how to look people up, and despite saying that she'd be able to have few friends on Facebook (as they'll either have forgotten her or are ... well ... dead), Peggy does want to look up Con Korchmar (sp?).

Will Peggy find her lost love?

And if she does, what will happen (considering that her husband is still actually alive)?

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