Tuesday 28 December 2010

The Archers Mon 27th Dec 2010: Ian and Adam’s party

  • “You’ve got a hard act to follow after Susan’s do”
  • “They’re quite a tribe”
  • Jennifer and Keith?
  • Helen wants to leave Ambridge!
  • Adam has twins
  • What more than Nic did a good dinner?
  • Joe‘s still trying
  • Brian’s off to see John Humphries
  • Oscar and the pussy cat
  • Helen leaves early. Again.



“You’ve got a hard act to follow after Susan’s do …

… you weren’t tempted to invite all the Horrobin’s tonight for a return match?”

(said Brian to Adam)

[Adam] “No. We found that idea very resistant”

[Brian] “They’re quite a tribe … did I hear Bert Horrobin telling Ian he’s got grandsons called Ronaldo and Gerard Horrobin… extraordinary!”

[Brian] “Still, I have to hand it to them. They know how to enjoy themselves … even your mother was forced to admit she had a good time … the start of a beautiful friendship for her and Keith Horrobin”


Jennifer and Keith?

Just a thought.

We haven’t had a good affair in a while. The Shocker for the 60th anniversary?



Helen wants to leave Ambridge!

Well, just for the day, but when was the last time Helen wanted to “go further afield”?

Maybe her baby will be a good influence.

Though I suspect her desire to go a-wandering is more to do with staying away from Tony …

Anyhoo, Kirsty and Helen are off on a nice country walk, which soon turns into a bit of a trial for Kirsty.

Despite Helen being heavily pregnant, it’s Kirsty who’s huffing and puffing, desperately trying to get Helen to stop at one of the many pubs they’re passing.

[Helen] “If you’re hungry, you’re more than welcome to a cereal bar or an apple”

Poor Kirsty. Still:

[Kirsty] “I’m just relieved she didn’t give birth in a field”

That’d have truly been the ‘natural’ birth Helen yearns for.



Adam has twins

Think about it before you panic ….

It’s the start of lambing, with Adam’s first lambs being a rather difficult birth of twins.

Claire, their new student who arrived just as the first ewe was giving birth, had to get right in the thick of it to save the lambs.

They were tangled, with:

[Adam] “Presentation was no head three legs one of them a back leg”

They only managed to sort everything out by pushing the lambs back inside the ewe, with Claire having small enough hands to sort everything out.

Shall we be hearing more from the Claire of small hands?


What more than Nic did a good dinner?

Now Pat’s on about how Nic did the Grundy’s proud by cooking a good dinner, and mentioned that they all had a “nice Christmas”.

So was that it?

All that fuss over Will and Ed having to spend Christmas together. And it was “nice”.

*hmph*



Joe‘s still trying

Joe had been round to Ian and Adam with some tempting greenery to buy.

After not making any sales to the shoot, Joe’s now going round folks who are having parties to try and get a final few sales of his mistletoe and kissing boughs.

If God does love a trier, Joe will be well sorted.



Brian’s off to see John Humphries

At some sort of Conference in Oxford.

And that’s all I know so far (anyone else have an idea about this one?)


Oscar and the pussy cat

Lynda has had to accept that her 14 month grandson (Oscar) is too young to be able to sit through the whole Panto.

But he is going to have a special audience with Sabrina at the end.

He must really like cats …


Helen leaves early. Again.

[Tony] “She can hardly bear to be in the same room as me”

Helen does make it to Ian and Adam’s party, only to have to leave again as she’s tired.

Well, that’s at least her excuse.

She did manage to have a quick chat with Pat, but utterly avoided Tony. On leaving, she gave Ian and Pat a kiss, but only a “bye dad” to Tony.

So, she sets Tony off again in thinking everything she does is about him, and avoiding him:

[Tony] “I reckon she’s going to be tied for the rest of her pregnancy … when I’m around anyway”

No ego there then, Tony!

They’re really as bad as each other. Paranoid. Self-obsessed. Stubborn.

Here’s hoping the baby being born will actually help clear the air. This is all getting a tad tedious.

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