Lynda says “behoves” 10.04.12

The Archers Tuesday 10th April 2012

• Ruth is being unladylike (again)
• Alan and Usha off to Marrakech
• Derek Fletcher’s gnomes are always good for a laugh
• Tom and Brenda are a prime location
• Tom’s only got himself to blame
• Tony’s (staggered) return
• Phoebe and Josh still Facebooking
• Amy, alone in the vicarage
• Pat’s back on at the Super Dairy

Ruth is being unladylike (again)

[Usha] “That looks ungainly”

[Ruth] “Really Usha, and there was I admiring me style”

[Usha] “I meant the cow, one leg pulled out like that”

[Ruth] “Oh the more supported the better when you’re hoof trimming”

By making the cow look “ungainly”, Ruth makes sure she doesn’t get kicked, and it makes sure Ruth doesn’t cut too deep.

Win win.


Alan and Usha off to Marrakech

Very nice indeed.

Though Ruth would prefer the Cotswolds.



Derek Fletcher’s gnomes are always good for a laugh

Seems Derek Fletcher was still very much against the photo flyover.

[Pat] “Derek Fletcher said it was like living behind the iron curtain … a big brother society, apparently”

[Tom] “Did he think they were getting top secret shots of his gnome or something?”

Aye, laugh at the gnomes. Poor things can’t defend themselves.



Tom and Brenda are a prime location

According to Lynda,

As they’re on the Green, they’re crucial to the display for Ambridge’s Britain in Bloom display.

Lynda put the startling news across to them in her own special manner. She used the word “behoves”

[Pat] “Did she really say behoves?"

[Brenda] “I think it’s her word of the week … it behoves us to put on a magnificent floral display for the honour of the village”

Tom’s only got himself to blame

Tom left his phone at home.

Because of that, he missed 2 calls from customers.

So he blames the milking parlour for missing him opportunities. The missed phone calls, and that he can’t be out and about making more sales.

Silly Tom.


Tony’s (staggered) return

So, as Tom is now losing opportunities (so he reckons) he wants to get a relief dairyman in.

Which Tony hears about. And reckons it’s “obvious” that he should return to work instead.

Which Brenda agrees would be a good idea. In a staggered basis.

Later on, Tom thanks Brenda for helping him to have a more manageable workload.

[Brenda] “No problem. Anything that eases the load”

Anything?

Wonder if Brenda would actually put Tony in danger for her Tom. I think it’s too early for him to be back at work milking, considering he currently gets tired just having a wee walk.


Phoebe and Josh still Facebooking

Tell you. We’d better get new hats ready.


Amy, alone in the vicarage

Usha reckons Amy will be pleased to have the house to herself for a bit, while they go to Marrakech.

[Ruth] “Free access to the bathroom?”

[Usha] “Free access to the boyfriend!”

Though Amy still isn’t at the ‘meet the parents’ stage with Carl, Usha does think that it’s serious. Which hasn’t really happened for Amy before. So it’s also new for Alan.

[Usha] “He’s managing to be rationale about it. Keep on top of his primal instincts”

Usha also knows Amy won’t have any wild parties while they are away, and actually thinks it unlikely that she’ll even bring Carl back home. She’s sensitive to Alan, and knows that he doesn’t approve of them sleeping together before marriage (though wouldn’t interfere).

(right – so what’s the story with carl? Much older? Much younger? Wrong colour/religion/gender …???)


Pat’s back on at the Super Dairy

Which means Ruth is also roped in again (though Ruth isn’t complaining).

Pat’s been to see Hattie Marshall, who’s part of Borchester Against Factory Farming, She and Pat reckon that they need to do a final push before the Super Dairy comes up before the planning committee.

So they’re going to get an article in the Westbury Courier this Saturday, on Grange Farm and Ed Grundy. They want to prove that you don’t have to be big.

[Pat] “Happy unstressed cows rather than short lived milking machines”

Good luck with that. Rufus will have a plan already worked out for such an event.