The Archers Wednesday 6th April 2011: It’s a Grundy girl!

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• Emma’s in a flap
• I said free crisps were trouble
• Susan would choose the Post Office over her daughter?
• Kenton can correctly identify tulips
• It’s alright. Ed knows how to deliver a calf
• Fallon and Jolene eat at 5.30pm
• Jolene puts Jamie right
• “No more about the pasture dumper!”
• “She’s so perfect”

Emma’s in a flap

Emma phones Ed in a panic.

She reckons the baby is coming.

Buckle up peeps … it’s new Grundy time! And just the day before George’s birthday (which is tomorrow), but after April Fools.

Looks like Emma got her wish.



I said free crisps were trouble

Jolene’s worried about Jamie. He’s out all night, misses his tea, and was seen by Fallon to sneak a sandwich and a packet of crisps up to his room in place of proper nourishment.

[Jolene] “If anything happened to Jamie while I was looking after him, Kathy would never forgive me. Well, I would never forgive myself.”

Kenton offers to have a word, but Jolene politely refuses. That would just make matters worse, and she’s more than capable of wrestling grown, drunk men, let alone a stroppy wee teenage lad …



Susan would choose the Post Office over her daughter?

What on earth was going on?

Clarrie was nowhere to be found by phone (which is fair do – the woman does have a life of her own, sometimes. Even though she did actually have George with her, so not quite ‘me’ time).

But when Ed arrived to find Emma quite indeed in labour, she told him not to disturb Susan because she was at the Post Office.

Eh?

Is Susan that far gone about her precious Post Office that she’d rather make sure the stamps were being sold properly than rush to her daughter’s side? While her daughter is giving birth???

Odd.

Very, very odd.

Reckon Clive is out and has her hostage?



Kenton can correctly identify tulips

Good man.

[Jolene] “Infact, you’re absolutely invaluable”

(to be fair – Jolene said that after she’d also pointed out he was good to talk problems through with. Just imagine what she’ll say when he dispenses the rest of his personal services …)



It’s alright. Ed knows how to deliver a calf

(at the hospital)

[Ed] “Is there anything I can do Em?”

[Emma] “Get it up and have it for me!”

Despite Ed being used to helping heifers give birth (sorry, Em!), he was quite useless tonight.

Asking how much longer.

Saying how awful it all was.

You could actually hear the man wringing his hands!

Tell you what – if that’s how he acts when his cows give birth, it’s no wonder he ends up with so many bull calves.

The cows do it out of spite.



Fallon and Jolene eat at 5.30pm

Crikey!

I thought that was just kids and older folks.

But then, as Jolene said, they do have the bar to run.

Still. It’s put me right off nipping over for my tea sometime. I still have pen ink on my fingers at 5.30pm.


Jolene puts Jamie right

You have to admit that Jolene is a master at dealing with tricky customers.

She sits Jamie down to have a word about him using The Bull as a hotel, rather than a home.

And when he gets fed up and tries to walk away from her:

[Jolene] “No, I don’t think so. Round here we finish a conversation when it’s started. And this one ain't finished yet”

Hurrah! (I thought) Someone is finally going to give Jamie the swift boot in the bum that he’s so badly needed for months now!

But … no.

All Jolene did was tell him that he needed to cooperate more, and to nip home after school to say hello and have some tea.

[Jamie] “And that’s it?”

Yup. I was just as amazed.

Mind you, maybe the softly softly approach will work on him?



“No more about the pasture dumper!”

Ed has been told by the nurse/doctor/midwife to chat about his day at work to take Emma’s mind off the excruciating pain, but it seemed to backfire.

Still, the nurse/doctor/midwife seemed interested enough.


“She’s so perfect”

[Emma] “She’s so beautiful”

[Ed] “She’s so perfect. Perfect … our little girl. How did we make something so beautiful, eh? This is the best day of my life. The best day ever.”

Aw!

So we at last have a Grundy Girl (which will be great for Clarrie – someone else to help cook, clean, do Joe’s toenails … I know I do keep going on about those toenails, but it was such a shock!).

What do we think they’ll call her?

Wilma? Wilamena?? Wilhelmina???