Tom shows his human side 06.04.12

The Archers Friday 6th April 2012

• A moment, Jazzer style
• The Echo, yet again …
• Tom’s poly tunnels are delayed
• It’s finally dawned on Tom
• Brenda hands Tom a small chocolate bar
• I want to watch sows wallowing
• Jazzer and Harry’s quiz will be all inclusive
• It was all Molly Button’s fault
• Tom does a nice thing

A moment, Jazzer style

[Jazzer] “Bren, have you go a minute?”

[Brenda] “No, not really”

[Jazzer] “Great, cause this won’t take one”

Ha ha ha!


The Echo, yet again …

The Super Dairy really should be quite a gripping time in Ambridge.

Yet Brian constantly complaining about the Echo, then meeting up to analyse it with Annabelle, ultimately calling in PR chap Rufus to resolve it, is getting a bit dull.

Today, Brian met with Annabelle. They talked about the impact of The Echo. Then they called Rufus.

*humpf*

The only remotely interesting thing today was that the Echo’s expert is a chap who has commissioned by pressure groups to do research.

And that Rufus reckons that the Super Dairy will produce lower emissions per unit than smaller dairies.

Hm.

And Brian doesn’t see that Rufus is (a) hardly an expert and (b) paid by him to tweak the truth.



Tom’s poly tunnels are delayed

As the company he ordered them from had lost his order.

[Tom] “New staff, new system and they didn’t like my star sign!”

So, he’ll have to wait a few more weeks to get them.

Ach well, at least Stamfords Deli have put in an order for “both types of bangers”.


It’s finally dawned on Tom

With his rather packed work load, Tom can now finally see why him missing “a few” milking shifts made Tony so angry.

Halleluiah!

Even if it was his own experience rather than Tony’s heart attack, that has bought Tom to this conclusion, at least he’s got there.


Brenda hands Tom a small chocolate bar

As it’s what her mum used to give her when she was busy studying, while saying “well done. Keep going, love”.

That’s nice.


I want to watch sows wallowing

Which is what Tony’s doing.


Jazzer and Harry’s quiz will be all inclusive

Jazzer is trying to entice Tony to his and Harry’s Easter quiz.

[Jazzer] “You’ll be okay, some of it goes back to the dark ages, Duran Duran and all that …”

Though when Tony points out his music knowledge goes back even further than that, Jazzer reckons he also will have questions for “old codgers”.

That’s the way to pack ‘em in Jazzer. Flatter ‘em!


It was all Molly Button’s fault

Reckons Jazzer.

It was Molly’s fault that Jazzer put itching powder in Harry’s cycling shorts because she gave him the idea, and actually gave him the powder.

But then, Molly played a trick on Jazzer, involving a tarantula (which he can’t stand).

[Jazzer] “Molly fooled me, I fooled Harry, he tells her off, it’s the circle of life really”

[Tony] “Very profound”

Tom does a nice thing

Seriously.

He really does.

Tony was earlier saying to Tony that he needs to

[Tony] “Learn to stop getting in everyone’s way”

But Tom has a plan.

He tells Tony that he wanted different cabbages for the veg boxes, but he spent ages trying to track them down. When Tony knew exactly who to call in seconds.

He also tells Tony that he’s started chasing unpaid bills for veg boxes. Including a lady called
Elspeth Rogers. But Tony knows that Elspeth only pays quarterly, as that’s when she gets her pensions.

And Tom tells Tony that it would be really useful to have someone to do the banking and such for the veg boxes.

So he asks Tony.

[Tony] “You want me to do it, all the admin, for the veg boxes … I’d be delighted!”

Good Tom.

Easy work for Tony, without making him feel he’s being mollycoddled.