Chris and Alice

[Tallgiraffe]

Clearly DS' baths have meant I've missed more than I realised. Last time I heard from these 2 they were at it like rabbits every time I turned the radio on. Now she's moving to Canada? How did that happen?

Gah! Darryl, not Darren...

He really is very dim though isn't he? I mean it's clearly such an amazingly stupid idea, particularly with a criminal record already.

Artex- it could be cock-fighting, or possibly badger-baiting.

Badger-baiting with David Archer providing the badgers.

Oh, he's such an idiot. I can't believe he's contemplating this with a criminal record already.

Never mind cardboard cut-out characters, what about cardboard cut-out plots? Can anyone explain why the baddies need Darrell to get a key for goodness sake!? Surely they just need a jemmy and/or a bolt-cutter.

OOOh. I've had a brilliant idea. Can ECMCM be the next victim of the Curse of Home Farm and get deaded by the baddies?

I was pleased with Darrell tonight though, when he stood up to Elona.

When did elona get so blooming moany? She can go out and get another job if she's so concerned about whatsit thingumy's piano lessons. Aargh, what are they all sooooo annoying....

It's like the SWs say to themselves we MUST have some misery\hard up story lines in case any one listens for a bit escapism (because there's no RL misery on the news all effing day is there)

Haven't they deliberately made it more like Eastenders? More misery, death and grit, less silage bespattered chewing of cud.

I don't understand why Darryl's friend is looking for a building on an occupied farm to do his nefarious deeds in?
Surely these things usually happen on the property of sympathetic landowners?
Wouldn't it be doubly risky to try to carry out whatever activity it is secretly on someone's farm who isn't supposed to now they are there?

Quite Cutted And even the thickest Mr Plod would ask immediately "well who's had the opportunity to get the keys then?" DUH

'Can anyone explain why the baddies need Darrell to get a key for goodness sake!? Surely they just need a jemmy and/or a bolt-cutter.'

^this, with knobs on! It's ridiculous, and slightly insulting to the listener.

"slightly" insulting to the listener!! songbird Just the understatement of the week! The whole storyline is actually.

Also, there must be a whole heap more rural crime in Borsetshire than where we live, the concept of locked barns

Someone broke into a locked storage barn round the back of our house a couple of months ago. Sadly there was nothing in it, but the police investigation was quite exciting while it lasted...

Wow, the luxury of having a storage BARN, and not needing to fill it with stuff.
[envious hoarder]

Round here, we'd be breaking in and filling it with "things that might some in handy"

Had to laugh at Chris saying to Emma "yes I do know how it feels, I remember when YOU were in a coma"

Her and about 50% of the cast so far, and they ALL recover with no lasting effects, except that the "Ambridge coma " seems to impart a resistance to almost all other serious illnesses.

Not our empty barn, sadly (we have a small storage barn and it is absolutely filled to the gunnels with everything including the old kitchen sink)

I was out in my garden one weekend and heard what the police call "suspicious activity" around the burgled storage barn , so I lurked behind the hedge to find out what was going on.

Turns out that employees of the company that owns the barn are indeed surreptitiously using it to store their own spare stuff!

Oh yes, I agree on the whole 'lets agree not to have any more comas in the family' conversation.

I'm still slightly disappointed that Chris didn't cark it, but it sounds like he's preparing himself for grabbing life's opportunities? I'm almost bored of it now. I'm waiting for David to kick Pip out...

I vote we re-name Pip 'Lady Lambkiller' from now on.

Yep, nice setting up for Chris to follow Alice to Canadia because 'life's too short' or summat.

I could have screamed at Pip last night. She needs to hear some home truths, that one. Skiving off helping on her farm to walk around some fields with Spencer

And maybe ed and Emmur could live in Chris and Alice's house?