16th July 2010

The Archers: Brenda gets it right with Lilian … David, Ruth & brood are getting ready for the Royal Welsh Show … Jolene isn’t any better

• Is Lilian just easily pleased, or am I missing something?
•  “That moose that grandpa Simpson had on his facebook page”
•  And facebook again!
•  Why hasn’t Vicky and Mike given Brenda a hard time?
•  No surprises in Sid’s will
•  Hurrah! Pip’s back with the Young Farmers!

Is Lilian just easily pleased, or am I missing something?

Did I hear that right, or did Brenda just phone the Council. Ask a question. Get told an answer. The passed it onto Lilian?

I must be missing something, as Lilian seemed utterly delighted with Brenda’s work.


“That moose that grandpa Simpson had on his facebook page”

Then again, I’m also easily pleased. Hearing Pip and Josh jibbing each other rather than all-out squabbling was lovely.

Pip is even finding jokes about ‘Grandpa Simpson’ funny.


And facebook again!

Is the BBC about to buy our facebook, as well as pretending it ‘writes’ The Archers?

How many mentions can they pack into one episode?

Not complaining, but there is a whole world of twitter to be discovered … ;-)

And I don’t see a page on there for Edana anyway. Josh must be mixing his social networks up.


Why hasn’t Vicky and Mike given Brenda a hard time?

Brenda seems very non-plussed about the Tom and Vicky spat over the veal and ham pies.

Matt’s right that there is:

“No copyright on ideas”

But surely Vicky will do more to Tom by haranguing Brenda?

Or maybe not.

Maybe Vicky is actually quite a reasonable woman.

Hmmm.


No surprises in Sid’s will

Jolene gets the pub shares, Jamie gets some of the shares when he’s 18, and a “bit of money” goes to Lucy.

Hopefully that’s that then.

Or will Lucy want more than small change? Will Jamie turn into a bit of a cad when he hits 18?

Considering how badly Jolene’s coping, I do wish her an uneventful time for many a moon to come. I wasn’t a big fan of Sid, but Jolene is a right good lady.


Hurrah! Pip’s back with the Young Farmers!

Phew!

David was so delighted to have his nice, thoughtful, polite Pip back, he was nearly in tears when she was checking that it’d be okay for her to camp out at the show with her Young Farmers pals.

Not quite tears for me, but glad to have got rid of that tense feeling every time Pip spoke or was mentioned.

18th April 2010

• Hurrah to the milkman’s blog
• Josh not Pip?
• Grandpa Simpson?
• Poetry as an icebreaker

Hurrah to the milkman’s blog

I think Harry does have a point about creating a blog for the milk round. But, then again, I’m obviously someone who likes blogs!

Ed does have a point that they may need to keep on at the basic sales to at least avoid overproduction, but there’d be no harm in starting to build those relationships through the blog.

Josh not Pip?

Now there’s a thought – are they setting up Josh to be the next head of Brookfield rather than Pip?

Though Josh does need to realise that when it comes to having girlfriend’s, his sister isn’t exactly showing a good example at the moment.

It’s not about getting serious – it’s making sure that the person you’re going out with isn’t a right plonker.

Easier said than done, though.


Grandpa Simpson?

Is Simpson Jude’s surname then?

If so – is this a signal that he might be around for longer than we’d normally expect?

Always watch out for a newcomer with a surname. They tend to have a longer lifespan.

Damn!


Poetry as an icebreaker

You have to admire Jim’s enthusiasm, but he is getting a bit overtly excited.

I wonder if he does ever notice that not everyone else has the same interests?

Couldn’t he just whip out a Twister?

And what’s this about sketches for the women’s hair? Is Jim a complete amateur when it comes to women??? Surely, by his age, he must’ve learnt that you never say anything about a woman’s hair other than to admire it. Never tell them how to wear it, just as you’d never tell them that indeed, their bum does look big in that.

“The more effort you put in the more fun we’ll get out of it”

Hmmm. I’m just wondering who exactly will be the minotaur.