Rejoice, for the Dopeys are staying in Ambridge to feast on Oedipal flapjacks. Or at least David is. Discuss The Archers here.

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Will Peggy make it to the end of this thread?

Good theory choccy.
I'm going to keep it in mind

Jim is on the afternoon play AGAIN!
I do enjoy hearing him all over the place.

Oh - is he Marta's father?

Oh hello! Fancy meeting you lot here!

Just wanted to address the issue of Ruth calling her mother mum not mam. Judging by the amount of vitriol I've met on MN when I call my mother "mom", I don't bloody blame her! I am from the West Midlands and everone calls their mother "mom" there but I have had so many sneery comments on here about Americanisation (or should that be Americanization?) that I can understand why she might change to mum to suit other people's sensibilities

I think Hayley would say "mom" though, being a Brummy. As would Usher.

ah i knew that about "mom" in the west midlands - you are right that we should hear it more on TA. fair enough if ruth might feel like that (or it might be her mother's preference), it just sounds different to when i think about my friends in the NE talking about their mothers

I agree Petula but I suspect that there is a strong SE / south bias in TA listenership.

Perhaps we should do a map? If only dadx3 were't being all Shula-like about Lent!

Thanks for the new thread-the title is fab. I've copied my comment from last thread (posted there by mistake):
So the Great North Runaway has been scuppered. No wonder woor Rooth is feeling fair scunnered with Daveed.

I'm in the NW so we're not all southern

I didn't say we all were but I suspect a strong Home Counties bias!

I agree BOOP. My mum is mom, although I am mum to my DCs because they grew up 60 miles from Brum.

Hurrah! A lovely new thread with title!

I am very much liking Choccyp1g's theory too.

Now, re Piggoi's hair: it is permed every couple of months and then roller set every week, teased out every day and cemented in place with industrial quantities of Elnett. She probably goes to the beauty salon in Underwood's for her weekly shampoo and set. What she and Ambridge desperately need is a mobile hairdresser. Surprised Emma hasn't taken advantage of the gap in the market. Could be a nice little earner; she could do those gel nails too.

Also think Ruuuth will come to grief on the road north but will escape relatively unscathed - unless SOC signed up the helicopter medics after Tony got Otto-ed.

Could the Grauniad possibly be talking about us?

Sounds more like the writer is one of us, CUP!

Spoiler for tonight:
"David has his hands full. Ruth is implacable".

I think a spoiler 15 minutes ahead should be acceptable...

Proo - doh? I thought it was prudder?

Ruth's off to Proo-doe

Tut tut Mr Continuity Man.

It's raining again!

Bad weather again. Totally ominous.

Wtf was that scene between David and Jill outside the bathroom. Weirdy weird thing to do.

And how long have Ruth and David been married that she is suddenly having a stropfest about not having family around her?

Not liking the dil/mil fallout we are going to have. Although a week without slave Jill and Ruth will be begging her to come back.

If beech copse floods we know its the apocalypse

It's raining again!!

But still - how excruciating to have your DH and DMIL gathered outside the bathroom door whispering about you.

Oh look says David to Adam It's a Deus Ex Machina.

Did Pip say 'erotic milking'?

Pip is sooooo annoying. And what's with her voice.

I've decided there is a foreigner involved in writing the scripts. Foreigners think we English only talk about the weather and the archers seem to be proving their point....

They don't know Kenton very well. He's blatantly spending money on swanky hotels and restaurants and buying me riel expensive gifts!! He needs to know!!!

So hands up if you've got a storm? We had some thunder earlier and some rain.

Lots of signposting of Ruth having an accident. Will Ben be hurt? I hope not because this seems to be a stock SL - big family fallout - fixed by a near fatal accident pulling them all together.

What was the last thing Pip said?
The thing they rushed off to look at?