Rogered by a hobbit in the LL undergrowth, buried in a raised bed with Bert or harassed behind the arras with Adam? Pick your Ambridge fate here.

[PseudoBadger]

A big showdown tonight I hope.

Thanks to Zero (I think?) for the great title.

It's also the fact she 'can't see any other way'. Do the sw think she is really that dim? Or that we are?

This is pissing me off in the same way the Roy/lizzie pairing did and the Kirsty scream/stoopid jilting did! I'm just not buying any of it!

What is arrass?

A kind of curtain (Hamlet I think)

I assumed it was a bush of some sort (plant ignoramus over here) but on googling it appears to be a battlefield in france

In this context, a curtain that someone can hide behind; Polonius hid behind one in Hamlet and came to a sticky end there.

Not sure your choice of words were great there errol!!!

Yeh, Polonius got stabbed in the arras... (guaranteed sniggers in A-Level English Lit)

It's the influence of many years of ISAHAC, I'm afraid.

I think of it like a tapestry hanging thing

Maybe lily will branch out into tapestry. So we could have a charlie and adam at it behind a pleasing tableau of lower loxley with liz being rogered by the hobbit in the bottom corner

Desperately marking place, trying to catch up and clinging on to a vague following of TA.

"And wouldn't they have to give Elizabeth, Kenton and Shula their share."
I think there were deals done a while back, Kenton had his inheritance a long time ago, Phil and Jill thought that Elizabeth had enough with having married Nigel/Lower Loxley.

Can't remember about Shula though - anyone?

Also strange to see so many characters leaving or thinking about leaving Ambridge.

On last thread, on 14th Sept, I JOKED:
This thread will end on 3rd October at 6:50pm

Then on 26th Sept, my SPREADSHEET led me to:
I predict this thread will run until 7th October.

I'm shocked to see my joke was so accurate. You really pulled out the stops in the past few days. 160 posts in the last day is absolutely massive! Spreadshit, indeed.

Skewed by the prediction though

You need to put the next prediction in a sealed envelope or something

Hmm, yes, I really didn't think my prediction would get that much notice, but there was a point towards the end where it suddenly seemed to become a target.

Here's my prediction for this thread:
it will end on October at :

Splendid new thread Badger! Ruth's idea is absurd. And how weird that she mooted it immediately after a conversation where Jill had said she was too old to move (unlike Carol).

I do think they should have has this conversation before. I've had it with my parents but they have refused to move. Having said that, they would go into sheltered accommodation if needed. I do think it's very selfish of people to dig their heels in like Heather is. It's not fair on the children. So your Peep idea is genius Errol and would solve many issues at once.

On a side note I always thought it was Prudder, not Prudhoe. Is it a real place ?

I thought it was utterly ludicrous!

This:

Maybe lily will branch out into tapestry. So we could have a charlie and adam at it behind a pleasing tableau of lower loxley with liz being rogered by the hobbit in the bottom corner

• is what I woke up to.

Thank you BYOS

Prudhoe is pronounced Prudder

I used to do volunteer work with a very nice Belgian lady who lived there

Basketz, it's Arran. Good place to be an OAP, as there are so many of them.

OddFodd, yes, Prudhoe is a real place. Apparently it has/had a loo roll factory.

Essexmummy, if the SWs choose to stick to the facts, yes, David and Ruth can't just sell up without reference to the rest of the family.

Years ago when Phil and Jill retired, there was a lovely juicy family row over who would inherit Brookfield. P'n'J originally intended simply to hand Brookfield over to David and Ruth lock, stock and silage pit. Their view was that Shula had inherited Glebe Cottage from Doris (Phil's mum) and had also been left very well off after Mark died, Elizabeth had married into money and Kenton had already had all his debts paid off (twice), so they were all sorted out already.

Shula was at her sanctimonious best insisting that this was all perfectly fine by her as she needed nothing but her parents' love. Elizabeth and Kenton, however, were both very upset and angry, and said so in some glorious rows. Elizabeth had a scene with Phil where she explained that it made her feel like they didn't love her, and incredibly Phil swallowed this, rather than telling her not to be so selfish and greedy (story of Elizabeth's life, of course). So after some thought and discussion with their accountant, P'n'J presented a compromise.

The limited company that owns the farm would have A shares and B shares. David and Ruth would get all the A shares. These are the only ones that matter while the farm remains in the family's ownership. David and Ruth get all the profits from the farm, if there are any, and can pay themselves a salary, of course, besides. However, if they ever sell up, the B shares come into play as the sales proceeds would have to be shared between the A shareholders and the B shareholders. Shula, Elizabeth and Kenton all have B shares.

I think Elizabeth and Shula are also in line to inherit Glebe when Jill dies.

I might have some of the details wrong there, but that's the gist of it. If D'n'R sell up S, K and E all get part of the proceeds. I wonder if (a) D'n'R have remembered this and (b) (more importantly) the editorial team have.

PS I am absolutely entranced by BYOS's ideas for Lily's artworks!

I think you are right mimsy (although who does glebe belong to - Shula or Jill?)

How would the farm be protected in the case of a divorce?

I would have thought David is as attached to Brookfield as much as he is to his liver and lungs.

Either Jill or the company that owns the farm. Shula sold it to the farm/Phil and Jill when they retired. She bought the stables from Christine and Christine and George bought a cottage in the village, possibly from the farm business - the old Police House? I think that was the one that Clive Horrobin burned down and while it was rebuilt C moved to Woodyard, which belonged to Brookfield. C liked it so much she stayed there and the Police House was sold off. Not sure whether Woodyard was sold to C or still belongs to Brookfield.

Divorce - very good point. I assume David and Ruth each own shares, but who knows? On current form the SWs will rewrite the past so they can do what they like.

And yes, re liver and lungs!

So who lives in the old police house?

I wouldn't give shares to my dil but only my son. I know she has a right in a divorce but I would be worried about precisely this scenario!!!

If I had any artistic ability I would quite happily do a daily scene from ambridge! Although more subtle than previously suggested...