- Lilian’s so smoking!
- Jennifer is indeed still in South Africa
- Cakes at twenty paces
- Questions, questions …
- Lilian’s new career as a bouncer
- Brenda’s back on the leaflets!
- “If it was up to Lynda Snell, we’d all be plunged into darkness at midnight”
- Clarrie stands up for George
- George & Keira like Will and Ed?
- Does Ed love Keira more?
- When was Peggy friendly with Ted?
Lilian’s so smoking!
And she has the occasional cigarette as well.
Wonder how long it will take for Jolene to have to nip round to Lilian’s for a cigarette late at night, after the shop has shut, when she’s desperate but has none in …
Jennifer is indeed still in South Africa
Peggy has confirmed it, so that one’s cleared up (what was Alice thinking?).
Ruairi is in Ireland, and having a lovely time as well.
[Vicky] “It’s nice for him to have a little holiday too”
[Peggy] “Nice for Brian!”
Cakes at twenty paces
Looks like there might be a showdown between Jill and Peggy over cakes.
Jill has been stressing that she has too many folks involved in the catering for Gardeners’’ Question Time – but Peggy has seemingly decided to make a “special” cake for the presenters.
Without telling Jill.
This could turn quite nasty.
Questions, questions …
Vicky is also excited about Gardeners’ Question Time, though she’s not sure if her question is ‘”appropriate”.
Unlike Jill, who won’t share what her question is, Peggy is more than happy to tell hers to Vicky to help her understand what might be a good enough one.
Peggy’s question is about her gladiolus.
[Peggy] “ .. . the corns I lifted in the Autumn are covered with little tiny corns. I want to know if I should brush them off before planting … could be potted up … how long to flower”
[Vicky] “That’s really good. So clever and interesting. Mine’s nothing like that …It’s about these mistletoe propagation Joe Grundy’s been selling. I wanna ask the panel if they think they can actually work!”
[Peggy] “I think that a very good question … but I’d keep it to myself if I were you”
Oh-ho! Joe’s ploy to be lambasted on national radio?
Just wait until Sabrina hears the truth.
Lilian’s new career as a bouncer
Lilian reckons she has a:
[Lilian] “very important part in the proceedings … only person in the village who doesn’t want to ask a question ..”
As Lilian really isn’t that bothered about Gardeners’ Question Time, she’s become the bouncer … well, doorkeeper, in Ambridge terms.
Matt persuaded her that it’d be a good way to impress voters during the Parish elections – so, as per, as Matt says to do, Lilian does.
But Peggy reckons she can’t have any cake! Presenters only.
Brenda’s back on the leaflets!
It’s been a while – so about time Brenda let her true talent out again.
As Brenda’s doing Lilian’s election leaflets, Lilian reckons they’ll look superb.
[Peggy] “But will it actually say anything?”
Meow!
And not sure if that was directed at Lilian (for being a bit blonde sometimes), or Brenda (for design over substance).
“If it was up to Lynda Snell, we’d all be plunged into darkness at midnight”
So reckons Lilian.
She also reckons it was her who got the streetlamps sorted, despite Lynda’s protestations.
(I’m with Lynda on that one. I’d love our village to be dark at night).
Clarrie stands up for George
As promised to Will, Clarrie pops round to see Ed to tackle the problem of George feeling very left out because of baby Girl Grundy Keira. – which Clarrie and Will reckon Ed and Emma aren’t dealing with very well.
[Ed] “You’ve got the wrong end of the stick. You don’t understand what Emma’s trying to do”
Ed reckons Emma is trying to involve George with Keira by asking him to help look after her. George sees it as him having to do stuff he doesn’t want to do because of the baby.
I can see his point – that’s its better George helps, than Emma having to send him to his room so she can concentrate on Keira. But he had a bit of a cheek also saying that it was better than him being ‘stuck’ in front of the telly. Wasn’t that exactly what Ed did with him just a few weeks ago?
Clarrie’s point about the Fun Run (Emma choosing to put George elsewhere while she took Keira, as George had been playing up and she couldn’t cope with the two of them:
[Clarrie] “Of course it were better for Emma, I don’t blame her. But from George’s point of view, he were being punished”
And Clarrie also tells Ed that George has said he wants to baby to go back, and for him to stay with Will.
Ed doesn’t entirely believe Clarrie at first – because it came via Will. He reckons Will is just jealous.
Which Clarrie uses to ram home her point that Ed and Emma have to do something better with George asap.
George & Keira like Will and Ed?
[Clarrie] “Is that what you want Keira and George to end up like? Like you and Will”
Seemingly, Clarrie has some regrets about how she brought up Will and Ed – if she’d done something different, maybe they wouldn’t hate each other as much.
[Ed] “You can’t blame yourself because he’s an idiot … it’s nothing to do with our childhood”
Does Ed love Keira more?
George doesn’t think so. Neither does Clarrie. But interesting that it was Ed who brought it up:
[Ed] “So you’re not hinting that I love Keira more because she’s biologically mine?”
I wouldn’t have though Ed would think like that, but one can’t help one’s feelings sometimes.
Clarrie makes a very good suggestion that it’s Ed who should be making more time for George, while Emma deals with the Keira.
[Clarrie] “You can make a fuss of George. Make it a good thing that he’s older”
[Ed] “He can help me out with the cows. It’d be much better than Will’s boring old birds … “
(Ed reckons it’s only Will who is the idiot?!?)
When was Peggy friendly with Ted?
I do remember Peggy being friendly with Ted when she first met him (back in the day when Jack has first gone into the home), but also then she was just as fast to step back from being friendly.
I thought she realised that friendship could lead to something more, so took herself away from Ted to avoid it happening. Even though Jack is muchly ‘fond’ of Ted’s wife (who is in the home with him).
But, seemingly Peggy and Ted have been chatting recently. However – she’s now back to being a bit cold with him.
She wasn’t very warm when he came over to say help, refused to go for a walk with him, Jack and his wife (she reckoned Jack would become confused with too many people), AND wouldn’t even have cake and coffee with Ted.
Ted’s worried that Peggy doesn’t like him – that’s he’s the problem.
But Elona is a canny lass, who can see potential in Peggy and Ted:
[Peggy] “Don’t give up trying Ted. Not yet”
Come on Peggy. You have a right to a life, you know.
2 comments:
Jolene should have a packet of cigarettes somewhere about the house. The "I could have a cigarettes if I wanted to, but choose not to" is a completely different scenario to "I need a cigarettes but haven't got any"
Yup - very different perspectives, with very different outcomes (and gnawing needs!).
Have to say that I live far enough from the nearest shop to often run out. I never have spare packets, but cope by rolling my own. One never really runs out if one can use a tiny amount of tobacco ...
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