Knob throttlers form an orderly queue at Blossom Hill Cottage! Discuss the Archers on the Official Thread

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Do you know that I was 3 months pregnant when the first thread started - DD was 2 yesterday

That must also mean that Poppy Grundy's 2nd birthday has passed by unremarked upon...

Yes - where exactly did the Fairbrethren in cattle idea come from? I don't remember them dreaming of cows when they arrived looking for land.

Don't fully understand why Pip couldn't apply some cows to Adam's enterprise either.

Yes not only noisy BYOS but very aggressive too (the one time I've ever been really scared in the country was when dh and I were approached by a bleedin' goose in full on 'protecting his nest' mode,) bloody 'ell

They have guard geese don't they?

Yes, geese saved ancient Rome from invasion by raising the alarm!

Have we had Nancy yet?

Loving ...not...the thought of Knob in Helen's orifices!

Maybe that's what soc is planning. The village is awakened by geese and the poachers are caught

Lilian Do you not reckon buying exactly DOUBLE the number of geese than they had intended wasn't a mistake then ?

NB for Feebs, Oxford application deadline is 6pm tomorrow

I think Toby (or was it Rex) did that deliberately. I thought that might have caused them more problems, but everything seems to be going swimmingly. Maybe there will be an almighty cock up closer to Chritsmas and Eddie will have to save the day with his turkeys.

Delurking to give a big BOOP for Eddie and his "generations" of turkey farmers doing things the traditional way for "centuries" - brilliant .

I am in the huff with the Fairbrethren though because I think wensleydale with cranberries is pretty exotic

DSis had a guard goose. It was pure evil!

The bloody thing would chase people if they came through the garden gate. Honking and flapping

I think one of Phoebe's A levels is French. Not sure about the others though.

I am surprised to hear Jim was at Stirling. Is he not a classicist? In which case I am even more surprised as I don't think Stirling has ever taught Classics. They do have quite a vibrant Philosophy course however. I know it sounds like nit-picking but really the SW portrayal of things Scottish gets on my tits. Not least because of Jazzer the token Joke Jock. Much as I like him!

IorekByrn Did they have their evil grey tongues sticking out as well ?OMG, vile ,vile things.

Absolutely Topaz. Stirling University was known in town for teaching marketing and aquaculture (not together I hasten to add). I too thought that it was bad research by the scripties but am fairly sure that is where they wrote him as being. I suppose we do have to remember that it's fiction .

I don't mind Jazzer. I like him even more having learned that the actor grew up in some Scottish enclave in the Midlands and really does still have a Scottish accent. Though I doubt he'd really use some of the vocab they put in his mouth. He's not too joke- jockey really- they never gave him anti English views around the referendum and he never seems to have an "anyone but England" approach to sports supporting. He's less druggy now and liking a drink is hardly a uniquely Scottish trait. Singing and kilt-wearing is fairly common, particularly amongst expat Scots.

Why can't Ed do the cattle on Adam's land? I don't really understand the farming logistics, but he's a cow person who's always looking for work.

I find the Fairbrethren convos excruciating - I don't know whether it's the scripts, the acting or both but they don't come across as real people at all - just as a subtle as a sledgehammer attempt to get over the 'one brother risky and roguish; one sensible and sensitive' concept. Yes, I've got it!!! But where are their sodding personalities? And why don't they talk like normal people?!

Agree btw that geese are terrifying. About the last animal I'd want to farm (I like pigs best but I wouldn't want to kill them so I think I'd have sheep and sell lovely artisan wool).

Does anyone know what is the recommended behaviour when being squawked and flapped at by an approaching angry goose? The one time it happened to me I scooped up DD and awkwardly hobbled/ran to safety, but perhaps there's a goose-whispering trick I should have up my sleeve for another time...

No idea Seven - I too have employed the awkward walk turning into a terrified sprint approach to being harassed by geese.

I'm afraid poor Ed would be no use to Adam who wants someone to actually bring cows to the enterprise so he doesn't have to invest in them himself. (At least as far as I understand it, which isn't very far.)

No idea re: Ed. Possibly because he'd have to buy cattle again first? And he doesn't have money up front. Can't fathom why some of the Brookfield cows couldn't just be plonked there though.

The actor that plays Jazzer is blind - I always wonder if it's harder for him to learn his lines. Although not as hard as one of the presenters on You And Yours who also is blind - is it John Waite? He must have a lot of stuff to memorise.

I always assumed Peter White (not John Waite) has a Braille script or art last Braille notes

CUP - it's Peter White. I don't know how he learns his lines - I guess he has a braille script which he rehearses and reads like other presenters?

Loathe geese. My friend had them and her mum used to have to call them off if you went to their farm and a family member didn't greet you at the gate. Bloody horrid things. I might eat one for xmas this year in spite :o

I wish there were a tagging function on MN so we could alert DFW to our questions about cattle insurance!

Most blind people aren't totally blind though so there are lots of ways to 'read'

I should imagine a good memory comes in handy too!

Lovely Gary O'Donoghue the BBC journalist reads emails and scripts via screen reader software that automatically reads aloud from the screen. Imagine Jazzer could do the same. Big advantage of radio. Although I imagine all blind radio presenters//actors try to learn their lines as - just like with sighted people - they probably give a much more fluid performance if they aren't reading (in any sense).

Got the full RP drama school treatment there didn't we!

Was I supposed to feel tearful? They seem to have made a farce of HP's death

Go Roy!!