- Pip’s overexcited
- New Zealand style
- Don’t call badgers cute to Ruth
- Top 4 Pork Ready meals
- Imagine – he had to cut cabbages!
- Darrell’s a nice bloke?
- Why is Pip staring to roll her Rs?
- Pat’s fired up
- Will Brenda be too fat for snowboarding?
Pip’s overexcited
She’s on one again.
She’s excited about new outlets she reckons she’s found for Hassett Hills lamb.
Excited about trying to make a commodity out of wool, rather than just dumping it:
[Pip] “Luxury gear, like hats and mittens and such”
And excited about making a star out of a lamb …
[Pip] “What I thought would be great would be to market it through a celebrity lamb”
David and Ruth are almost stunned into silence!
Pip wants to choose the most photogenic lamb, and give it its own Facebook and Twitter account.
[Pip] “There’s always one that stands out from the crowd … it makes personal appearances, virtual one anyway, and I’d blog about its celebrity lifestyle … I think I could make it quite witty, going on about it needing makeovers all the time and demanding load of money to open supermarkets”
Ruth and David agree that it’s got potential, so will ask Bill Oldfield (Chair of Hassett Hills) to let Pip present at their next meeting.
It’s all because of Uni. She claims she wants:
[Pip] “this to work in the real world”
They really shouldn’t encourage her … especially when they later break the news that they might …
New Zealand style
… switch to a New Zealand style of dairy farming.
Which seemingly involves the cows out for longer, calving in Spring (which makes the most of the Spring grass) and although having a lower output, costing less.
The negatives, as far as Pip explains, is that the lower yield also makes for an uneven cashflow they’d have to expand the herd, which would mean more grazing … which would mean Brookfield’s sheep would have to go.
Devastating news for Pip, considering all the work she’s been doing have been to do with the sheep.
[Pip] “Don’t my plans mean anything? ...It as all for Brookfield not just a bunch of theories to impress my tutor!”
And Pip can’t understand why they’re talking about the New Zeeland style again when it was pondered and rejected a while back. AND while sheep prices are buoyant.
Making the dairy herd sustainable is Brookfield’s (current) priority.
Don’t call badgers cute to Ruth
She’ll tear you a new one.
[Pip] “Ben was going on about how cute badgers are, she got really annoyed”
Later on:
[David] “They couldn't have caused more trouble if they tried, could they?”
I suppose not. But I don’t think the badgers were really trying to cause harm, really.
Top 4 Pork Ready meals
After Brenda’s effort today of pork cobbler, Tom and Brenda agree that the winners to go forward are:
- Spicy meat balls red pepper sauce
- Pork cobbler
- Pork lasagne
- Stir-fry
Interesting.
I’m not sure when Busty Brenda become such a culinary expert, and also not sure how such odd pork meals will sell.
And as an aside – I really squirmed when Tom got a bit saucy with Brenda in the kitchen.
[Tom] “Hey you, come here, you just look so gorgeous in an apron!”
Ugh.
Thank goodness Brenda pushed him off. I couldn’t have listened to anymore, and really don’t want that boy procreating. Ever.
But I suppose at least we can give Tom credit for trying (grudgingly given, mind).
Imagine – he had to cut cabbages!
Tom did his milking today.
But moaned that he then had to cut cabbages.
Imagine that! The nerve of Tony asking.
It’s not as if Bridge Farm is a family business …
… oh, hang on …
Darrell’s a nice bloke?
Brenda and Tom seem to think so.
Darrell has also started doing odd jobs for Peggy.
I’m not sure about Darrell and Elona. No evidence of this – but odds on for them ripping off Peggy?
Why is Pip staring to roll her Rs?
Odd.
Pat’s fired up
But still isn’t keen to do the Ambridge Organics brand launch speech. Which seems to be irritating Tom and Brenda no end. (I have no idea why)
[Pat] “The only thing that seems to be firing her up at the moment is the BL dairy”
Which Brenda and Tom are also against.
Seems Lilian and Matt are for it. So no surprises there.
[Tom] “Matt’s always going to be after the main chance, isn’t he?”
[Brenda] “Yeah, never mind what it does to the countryside and the poor cows”
Will Brenda be too fat for snowboarding?
Brenda reckons she’s put on weight.
Tom reckons it’s only a pound, Brenda reckons at least two.
[Tom] “Suits you, anyway”
[Brenda] “Stop there. Next you’ll be saying you like a woman with curves …”
Seems Brenda’s birthday treat is a snowboarding lesson for a day. She wants to do it for real on a proper holiday, but Tom needs to business to get “back on its feet” first.
Hope she doesn’t have to wait too long.
She already has a chest size issue, but added love handles would make it impossible to get salopettes on.
2 comments:
Thank you for keeping me up to date with what's happening. Still not listening, been nearly a year now.
Blimey! You're holidng strong indeed. You're more than welcome ;)
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