- Eddie’s ‘found’ some Christmas trees
- Will “can’t complain” about the shoot
- “Only 3 weeks and we’ll be killing the turkeys”
- Why does Ed get out of plucking turkeys?
- The Muesli strikes back
- Can someone explain “selling for teas”?
- Jennifer walked right into that one!
- Food labelling’s a hot topic in Ambridge
Eddie’s ‘found’ some Christmas trees
Hmmm.
Eddie got up very, very early to get the trees.
He changes his tune from saying he ‘found’ them to Clarrie, to saying he’d actually “found a supplier” when he realised Will was in earshot.
The name of that supplier sounded like it’d been made up by Eddie on the spot:
[Eddie] “Fern … Fernie … Ted Fernie”
Will had never heard of this supplier’s tree nursery.
And Will reckoned that the trees looked like they’d been cut that very morning, and noticed there is a:
[Will] “chainsaw … in the van … with the trees”
[Will] “You’ve been helping yourself to someone’s trees!”
[Eddie] “William … I’m hurt … that my own son should be so suspicious … I’ve never heard the like!”
And later on:
[Eddie] “That’s the trouble with being a keeper …spending all that time on your own, it makes you paranoid”
[Will] “You bought them fair and square?”
[Eddie] “As I’m standing here”
[Will] “You’re sitting down”
[Eddie] “You know what I mean”
Even later still, Will was still on about those trees:
[Will] “Dad came home, all cocky like, with a bunch of Christmas trees … I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d nicked them … off of the estate”
[Nic] “Has he been tree rustling (tee hee!)”
[Will] “He’s cheeky enough … or is it stupid enough … he sees it all as fair game”
And to top it off, Will has a look round the estate, finding plenty of fresh stumps to suggest Eddie had indeed been tree rustling.
But can he prove it?
I reckon Eddie better watch his step.
Will’s not the most reasonable of blokes at best of times. With Emma pregnant, Nic getting a social life of her own and the prospect of Christmas day with Ed, he’s not a man to annoy just right now.
Will “can’t complain” about the shoot
But can complain about Nic going to the WI that evening.
Later on, he seemed to changed his tune and genuinely seemed quite happy to look after the kids so Nic could go out.
Is Will relaxing?
“Only 3 weeks and we’ll be killing the turkeys”
Cripes! Clarrie really knows how to make us panic about just how few days there are until the shops shut …
Why does Ed get out of plucking turkeys?
I think that’s a bit unfair on Will. And likely to only create yet more tension between the two.
Do Clarrie and Eddie favour Ed over Will?
The Muesli strikes back
Angela broke her tooth on her muesli, so Jean Harvey has had to cover her shift at the Village Shop.
Be careful out there.
Can someone explain “selling for teas”?
The other day Joe was seemingly hiding any profit from selling trap rides with Bartleby by saying it was for ‘teas’.
And not the shop has a “tea cosy”, which seems to be a table with stuff folks are “selling for teas”.
What does it all mean?
Jennifer walked right into that one!
Susan’s becoming a real master at snaring Jennifer into social evenings.
During a wee chat about how Kate was getting on (University, not College, by the way), Jennifer mentioned that Kate was going home to South Africa for Christmas.
Faster than a speeding bullet, Susan jumped in with:
[Susan] “Are you doing anything on … Christmas eve, say?”
[Jennifer] “No …”
(then realising what Susan was really aiming at)
[Jennifer] “ …um, well, I expect something will crop up”
[Susan] “We’re having a little do at our place, Just drinks and nibbles, you’d be ever so welcome”
[Jennifer] “Thank you Susan. We’d love to come. Obviously.”
(you could just hear the pain Jennifer was in as she said that!)At the WI, Susan again corners Jennifer to make absolute sure.
[Susan] “Of course, you’re more than welcome to extend the invitation to the rest of the family”
[Jennifer] “I must remember to tell them …”
(sense the sarcasm in that last comment from Jennifer)
So there it is. Christmas Eve with the Alridges and Carters.
That’ll be great festive fun.
Food labelling’s a hot topic in Ambridge
Will did take the Michael out of Nic for going to the WI when the talk was about food labelling, but Nic reckoned it was at least a nice night out.
And despite appearances, the food labelling talk seemed to go down really well.
[Jennifer] “Excuse the pun … A great deal of food for thought”
[Nic] “If you buy a pie or something … if it says British on the label … you’d expect it to use British ingredients”
(Susan then waffled something about Neil saying it was an important issue, as the Brits do treat animals better)
[Nic] “I was just saying that I though British meant British”
All agree that while local produce has more information, it is more expensive.
But, that the practise of labelling the food in the country where the last substantial change was made is misleading. For example, bacon can be called British bacon even though it was only cured here. It says nothing about how the pigs were treated.
[Will to Nic] “Looks like it’s got your dander up … good!”
[Nic] “It’s made me think a lot more about cooking and things”
And with Ian doing the next talk, it looks like all things food are set to continue as a WI theme.
[Will] “Maybe I could come along”
[Nic] “I’ll lend you a skirt”
[Will] “… maybe not”
Ah come on Will. Pop a skirt on, and you can keep a proper eye on Nic.
3 comments:
Re TEAs - I was wondering the same thing & found some information here:
http://www.thearchers.co.uk/en/catch-up/Nov/2010/Eddiehelpshimself/
thehoneybuzzard
TEAs are the Ambridge transition village currency, they haven't mentioned them for ages though, so I guess they thought they'd better shove a mention in.
Cheers Anon and Ruthie. That rings a bell, and clears it all up.
Yup - does feel like a shove in. You'd have thought the residents would have mentioned it more during the whole setup of the Village shop ...
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