They're not plucky Tuckers, they're turkey pluckers' sons - Archers festive chat

[PseudoBadger]

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Crikey I better listen to last night's !!!!

Im really enjoying this week so far, which is usually a precursor to a massive letdown, but must stay positive.
Helen is jawdroppingly, fabulously awful. I do take my hat off to the actor (luiza..?) for doing such a convincing job. I love to hate her.

How are TomnKirsty going to afford Lower Loxley? Elizabeth can't give family discounts to everyone otherwise she'd never make a profit

she's got a hole in the calendar hasn't she after a big cancellation? i thought it sounded rather convenient...

FYI the reason the wedding date is significant is that it's my wedding anniversary. Which I thought was nice even though I'm divorced

Willie, I think you're spot on why Alan's Saturdays were booked.

How many weddings are there likely to be in a little village church, local population about 70 (you'd think from listening), between January and April?

Probably none. Besides, the vicar usually has the week off after Easter.

We don't know how big the two parishes Alan serves are - he has to marry any (heterosexual, single)couple within the parishes who wants, not just churchgoers or people in the actual village.

I think he looks after five or six parishes - certainly at least four. The population of Ambridge is supposed to be well over 500. There are lots of commuters we never hear from.

So Hell and Kirsty are having a chat by the pond; kirsty notices Henry doing something silly and corrects him but (so she must be aware that Hell is loop the the friggin' loop) she doesn't see him actually fall over nearly into the pond. I know it's not Kirsty's fault but I'd 've been watching him.

\link{http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jan/08/a-month-in-ambridge-review'the pièce de résistance, a whole salmon garnished from top to toe with cucumber, was stretched out like a corpse at a funeral'}

The wonderful Nancy B-S

I don't think the picture matches the awful reality however

Oh yes I love Nancy Banks Smith too TheOneWith

I liked the new Tony BTW. Tony has been known to stand up to Pat occasionally.

If you read Nancy's piece, do check out the stampeding sheep link

That's a lot of sheep...I'm going to use that as an excuse to post my favourite .

The salmon picture was obviously found by someone who didn't know what a dressed salmon was.

Thanks for the brilliant link.

Perhaps the new Tony will be a bit more assertive,after all he was a bit of a goer in his younger days ,one for the laydees before he went organic that was .

a dressed salmon is so evocative of the family parties of my childhood. like profiteroles

Errol, fantastic link! Thanks a million.

Those sheep weren't stampeding, they were just strolling along. We've bben fleeced!

Errol - I love that video! I used to work with sheep and we played that a lot whenever we needed cheering up!

I thought there'd be people here who would like it.

Profiteroles are much nicer than a whole salmon. Jess should have made those, the whole event would have gone differently.

Just had an idea - instead of Ambridge Extra, they should do an Ambridge Alternative - a sort of sliding doors parallel mini-universe resulting from one minor change.

Pat's starting to put two and two together ......
Wonder when she'll remember about the jewellery classes?

'This is all Rob's fault. What's he done to her?'
Erm - it takes two, Mrs A!

Tony is just wrong.

Hmmmmmm George is behaving oddly. Spent some time with his dad over Christmas did he.....