- Fallon’s first night at Jaxx
- The cost of dentures today
- It’s a year since Ivy died
- Joe’s not a fan of trick or treat
- Ed and Emma in, with the lights off
- Emma and George get stranded
- Fat Paul had cardboard AND a pen!
- Folks were poorer back in the day
Fallon’s first night at Jaxx
She’s got themed cocktails. She’s got themed music. (Halloween, of course). She’s got most of Ambridge in for her first night.
(Actually, could this hurt The Bull’s profits? That’d be a tad ironic)
The cost of dentures today
Is not making Joe a happy chappy.
It’s a year since Ivy died
[Emma] “Everything’s gone wrong since then.”
That’s strange.
Emma never struck me as very close to her granny.
Joe’s not a fan of trick or treat
[Joe] “That, eh, treat or trickin, it’s demanding sweets by menaces.”
I quite agree, Joe.
We used to go guising. With a turnip (not a pumpkin – you have to work a turnip for days to get it hollowed out). And with a practised party piece (not just a naff joke, or an outright demand for sweets).
Back in Joe’s day, it was also a bit more gothic.
He used to be scared to look in the mirror at Halloween in case he saw a ghost.
Ed and Emma in, with the lights off
They can’t afford sweets to give to the kids.
Though Joe thinks the lights are off for a decent reason:
[Joe] “Some things are still free, eh.”
[Ed] “You got a long memory granddad!”
Cheeky of Joe.
And a bit disturbing, considering Ed’s his grandson.
Emma and George get stranded
As Emma’s driving George home, smoke starts coming out of the car.
She has to pull over, and get George up the bank. They’re on a rather busy bypass.
Eddie came to save them, but Emma’s fuming with Ed.
She blames him for not getting the car fixed. And that’s it too old anyhoo.
[Emma] “Me and George could have died on the dual carriageway.”
(could’ve - didn’t … not need for drama)
[Ed] “You don’t half mollycoddle him you know!”
(eh?)
So the car’s knackered. They’d just put £20 of petrol in hit. And they need a new car.
Which they don’t have the ready money for, so Ed suggests a loan.
[Emma] “No more debt, we’re drowning in it.”
[Ed] “If you were better at managing …”
[Emma] “Don’t you dare out this on me.”
[Ed] “It was you who spent all the money we put aside for the water bill.”
[Emma] “You expect me to leave money in a drawer when we’ve run out of food?”
Emma reckons she’s proud she’s just about managing to cope. Ed’s angry at himself for not providing.
Such anger.
Oh. So. Grim.
Fat Paul had cardboard AND a pen!
Well done Fat Paul.
It meant that when Eddie went to his to get to tow sorted for Emma, they were proper and legal driving back.
Folks were poorer back in the day
According to Joe.
[Joe] “People ain't poor like the old days, though.”
[Eddie] “Maybe, but they’ve got bigger debts.”
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