to not understand the layout of ian beale's house?

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and also to want ben to kill phil

but the house thing. i dont understand. his front door opens into a long hallway with 2 doors opening off it but nothing at the end except the underneath of the stairs. why are his stairs backwards compared to all teh other houses in teh square?

the pub thing annoys me about all the soaps (EE emmerdale and corrie)

i genuinely dont know anyone who visits the same local everyday on their lunch break and after work with their colleagues/mum/ husband. back when the soaps started maybe it was more normal but it isn't now. i think the soaps should start thinking about other settings where they can still have large groups of the cast together but in a more realistic way. i'm thinking asda. that seems to be where all the people in my town are, always, the same people, every time i go!

i dont think i've ever seen him either. it's his nephew that runs mcklunky's now isn't it?

How many times has Ian been married?

Approximately 17...

Has Mr Popadopolus actually ever been on the show?

I don't think so, I think he's supposed to be some kind of enigma.

Not Eastenders but in Dalla's opening credits and in various scene setting clips you get to see Southfork Ranch. It is a relatively small house on the outside but apparently the inside is big enough to accomodate three generation of Ewings plus staff.

Oooh Dallas, I love it. Isn't it coming back onto our screens later this year?

Don't know. I would imagine that 30 years on I would still want to slap Sue Ellen silly for being so pathetic.

I'm usually not around to watch day time TV but the other day I caught 15 minutes of 'Murder She Wrote'. I loved it all those years but 25 years on .... The clothes, the hair, acting, the 'London' location.

I don't understand why people call it the Golden Days of TV.

I haven't seen it for years (is Dr Legg still in it?) but surely Ian has gone mad before.

Round about the time the scriptwriters performed a plot cartwheel and turned him from a wimp with the personality of a sink of cold dishwater into a wildly successful and ruthless chip shop mogul.

Glad I'm not the only one wasting time thinking about EE house layouts & sleeping arrangements!!

I don't get the whole Ian/Mandy thing - it's fake for both of them. They don't even like each other .......

I am crying laughing reading this thread, it's really cheered me up.

1. How brilliant a thread title is 'AIBU...to not understand the layout of ian beale's house?'

1. I don't watch EE. So on reading Saggy's post of 23.14 I thought at first that she was assuming that Pat's CAT would require its own bedroom

1. again at OP's post of 9.47. NEXT WEEK:

Ben: 'Ian's selling the house and using the proceeds to fly to the moon'
Phil: 'Don't worry I'll sort it'

etc.

And there are only five places to go to eat if you are in eastenders:

The Vic
The Cafe
Arji Bharji (spelling?)
Fargos (for a posh meal)
And the other cafe you go to if you want to meet someone in secret

I mean they have the whole of London at their disposal FFS!

And why are all the market/shop customers mute? I mean the main cast member will go - awright darlin'? and all the customer does is nod, smile, grab the item and walk off with out a thank you. How rude.

can i ask , if i am right in thinking,that at least the kitchen in Corrie,[where all that lovely hotpot is made]if not living room as well,would actually be out in the side street?

I think the Arjee Bhajee is what used to be Fargo's. So no posh meals any more I'm afraid. Just curry.

And they can do their entire gorcery shop at the Minit Mart (which still gives out good strong plastic carrier bags).

Also, Tracy behind the bar has been there for frikkin YEARS and I've heard her speak maybe 5 times. And Winston. In alsmost every scene but mute.

I do the same watching neighbours. Soooonmany bedrooms

And why does no one ever just pop to the
Loo when leaving the house

What happened to Willmot-Brown's pub The Dagmar?

"And why are all the market/shop customers mute? I mean the main cast member will go - awright darlin'? and all the customer does is nod, smile, grab the item and walk off with out a thank you. How rude."

I though that was something to do with Equity rules. If you have a speaking part, you need to be a member. or something.

Dirty Den burnt the Dagmar down I think

They have to pay them more if they speak..

Soup - I should have inserted a smilie but its not too late :)

There is quite a jump Union-rate wise from a non speaking role to a speaking role. That is why a lot of extra roles involves a lot of smiling and nodding.

Does anyone remember the first very young Martin Fowler? Sounded like he had wandered out of Eton and looked like Prince William.