The Archers. No need to share the thread with anyone else darling, we can have a lovely time just us together. It must be Henry's bedtime.

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New thread for the Omnibus.

I think Toby has privately funded a medical procedure a la Dirty Dancing....

That was dreadful.

Under rehearsed - Jolene read a line with the wrong emphasis and Kenton was made to say the same thing twice.

And since when do siblings need to put each other's name into run-of-the-mill conversation - so clumsily too.

Worst thing was the complete lack of conviction in the Pip /Matthew conversations. So, so different to listening to Rob and Helen - or either of the two with anyone else. I don't believe a single person on the planet cares about Pip's current relationship. (Where's Jude when he's needed?)

Last week I heard twice for my sinsPip flirting with Matthew and planning their dirty weekday away. She sounded like she was a minor Jane Austen character and he sounded like a wet lettuce. I had the misfortune of catching their post coital analysis too , oh how I laughed at their comedy lamp smashing. Not.

They need someone reading the scripts who can do humour

I guess there will be a few 'hilarious' stories from the wedding

So who wants to advise me on the best shed configuration? Shed plus shepherds hut or three sheds painted to look like beach huts? Need one for storage at least and one for lounging/kids art room

I could tolerate the little stories, like Fallon's awful wedding client thing if they were just mentioned once, or twice at a push. But suddenly out of almost nowhere there's about 5 different mentions of it by different people. Like Barry and his effing man bun and whatever else he did. I don't even know who Barry is/was but suddenly at least 3 or 4 mentions of him in a week by different people who seem fascinated by him. We don't care! Sorry all, rant over.

Beach huts. Defo.
Can never have too many sheds.

Taking that as meant to be as you had no typos in there!

now have dh asking if he can have a sauna in one....

Do you live near the sea BYOS? If I had beach huts here in landlocked Borsetshire it would look a bit random!
Have you seen George Clarke's Amazing Spaces for shed-envy inspiration.

No - I live in London! But I like random.

agree about the bad acting - even by the 'good' actors in the scene! i guess that's cost cutting for you!!!

I'm finding Pip/Matt boaksome....please please let her follow him and start a new life in a shepherd hut in the back of beyond. With no phone signal so all updates have to relayed by family.

I can't believe noone's BOOPED Jazzer's bag piping. Never mind his sideline in sheep shearing - surely he'd be hiring himself out for weddings etc (as the only bagpiper I ever knew in RL used to do) Otherwise a totally dull episode - my heart sinks when I hear the Fairbrethren.

Jazzer gets 20 BOOP points from me

I live in Scotland so Burns is a big thing here but I actually had no idea it was celebrated in England aswell.

I quite liked that their ridiculous poultry idea got pissed allover. I don't mind Matthew. I have got used to Pip's voice now it has settled down.

But it was a bit of a filler episode/nod to Burns. Where was Jim doing a rousing rendition of Tam o Shanter? my kids were thoroughly pissed off by verse 2
no culture

Or we could have had Ruth telling Deeavid

I will love you till the sinkhole fills
Till the sinkhole fills my dear

Justin made a sinkhole reference last week.

I'm finding Pip/Matt boaksome….

God yes. Stomach-churningly vile flirty-banter tonight.

Quietly encouraged by the sausage-gate saga emerging…. Finally someone standing up to that ghastly man that supercilious half-laugh thing he does would be grounds enough for pushing him off a tall building

So it seems I'm the only listener who didn't think Tom emerged triumphant from the shop? He only managed a little light blustering. Rob wasn't scared and as he's determined to get rid of Tom his next move will probably be to go over his head to Pat. Who will agree that the sausage quota should be reduced to three and a half packs per week. And probably best not to bother Helen with any intellectually demanding shop business ...

Beach huts ... Some of the happiest days of my blah, blah, blah ...

i agree gruach - although no one else got my madagascar 2 reference!

i'm hoping it's because Tom isn't quite sure what's happening

Ah, Madagascar - I daresay it wasn't actually painful at the time but I can't pretend that I remember anything of the story. Shorter than Pirates of the Caribbean but less funny than the thing set in the Ice Age and less witty than Shrek?

I agree with you, gruach. I think Tom handled it really badly. He should have just said "well, let's look at the stock records then talk about it" and he shouldn't have made the cheap shot about serving the customer.

i bet if he'd asked for any form of records rob would have done his chuckle and said 'don't you trust me tom' whilst inwardly thinking 'shit, am i meant to keep records? must check as that's what caught me out at Berrow'

I'd love to know how many customers they're getting in the shop. The customers who used to shop at Ambridge Organics would have switched their loyalty when the old shop shut & many people wouldn't bother travelling to Bridge Farm just to pick up some salad & cheese. Most start ups ( which this effectively is) don't have the cash available to pay staff properly which is why they rely on family members. I can't see how it can possibly pay Knob a manager's salary at this early stage.

what were the fancy biscuits at an outrageous price Adam was buying?

I picture it as a Daylesford Organics type place but not sure how it manages without a Chipping Norton set clientele

Amaretti.

They are one of those things like panettone that nobody actually likes- they just pretend to................

oh yes - i don't like them.

obviously a key thing to stock in a farm shop in the middle of nowhere

feel their range may be similar to Cook's non-frozen stuff

Those Amaretti biscuits were very expensive if I heard correctly. And were they meant to be a leaving present for Charlie to sustain him on his drive up the A1 ?