Helen is drowning in the Cow Pat of Destiny. Please SWs - when will it be curtains for Rob?

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Come on Kirsty!

I'm just waiting for someone to delurk now and admit that they were that interview candidate, regularly read this thread, and would be delighted to have an offer!

In a vain pretence of having a life, I need to state I haven't time to read the whole thread just now, However, I have read the beginning, middle and end and the last 3 pages. It needs to be Zoe not Wayne that becomes the new Bull chef for the following reasons.

1. No idea what Zoe would be like but I don't want Wayne back.

1. I don't want Wayne. Due to his voice. Because I can't stand the prospect of any more Bullish lack of harmony - with Jolene nipping away at Wayne, Kenton feeling jealous that she must occasionally talk to her ex (or would if he were the chef- he isn't just now, I know), Fallon caught in the middle despite being an adult (she found her dad's presence hard before for various reasons). AND Z fits better with my game. C below for details of my game.

Also need to say I did laugh at the interview candidate mentioning TA. In a similar situation, had I been the interviewer, I think I'd have had trouble stopping a quite unprofessional little giggle at that revelation. Yet I'd have been thrilled too!

Topaz - your reason number 2 is the same as reason number 1, just with more explanation.

The game: In an idle mo last week (not totally idle as I was climbing the stairs to check this thread at the time), and with Storm Henry in mind, I wondered how easily we could persuade the Met Office to use ONLY Archers names for the next cycle of storms. I was amazed at how easy it was in fact to get a boy and girl name for almost each letter of alphabet.

One that was missing in my list was Z. So imagine my utter joy, on Sunday AM, when Zoe got a mention. Others I am having trouble with include Q, We clearly need a Queenie or a Quentin to join the village. Others I can't get: X and Y (though Matt C's last wife was Yvette so that will have to do).

I started with a rule that I had to find names that haven't already been used by Met Office - so no Abigail. Also it ought to begin with boys' name as it's the opposite to this cycle of storms. But by the end I had to relax the rules as alternating them means things get a bit shaky near the end.

Ooh, TA on PM now.

DDD, it was thus for emphasis. I really don't like Wayne very much. Don't you have some more work to do?!

I also can't find a V. Or a female M - Martha Woodford is so long dead I can't use her. Or a female O.

Could we pretend that Phoebe's horrid ex boyfriend sometimes goes by "Xander" maybe Topaz?

TA on PM? But I was listening to PM. Oh - my DM rang ...

What did I miss? Was it worth iplaying?

Maybe Knob will decide to call HIS son Xander? Or maybe Alex is really AlXenon and he uses his middle name?

PM was a piece on how voices change over decades and 2 versions of Shula were offered as examples. I THINK Eddy M even mentioned Shula was known as the 'Queen of Ambridge' (whit?!)- maybe that's my Q then ....

Molly Button Topaz

You could always imagine that Mr Button is called Xander, husband to Vera.

Poor Rex!

The thought of cod with caper butter does nothing for me. Do we have to put up with 3-4 months of Rob's culinary escapades? I'm still convinced he's putting something in her tea, because he was smothering it in sugar today for her.

He is being really mean to Henry now

And I am BOGGLING at the stress making Helen do strange things...like driving

This is getting scarier and scarier.

Zoe flounced off on her first night but there was a Zebedee Tring

Storm Zebedee...

Molly, why didn't i think of that? And she got a mention this week too. And I got my V too (Vickoi). I cannot discuss tonight, except to say it was lovely hearing Bert getting onto a new project. Knob however ... aargh! That SL will go on and on.

So has Knob been laying it on the line to the GP's surgery that Helen has to have an urgent appointment because the baby's life is at risk despite the fact that the hospital has presumably discharged her and baby as fit and well? Won't that in itself flag up one or two concerns there?

And surely he can't trust her to be left alone at home with the precious cargo? After all, she might do something dreadful like talk to Kirsty; and I would have thought bulimia is going to be a pretty safe bet.

Anyone else grinding their teeth at him saying an innocuous trip to a railway centre was a "bizarre outing"?

Oh come on! The local MW would have hot-footed it round there before the kettle had boiled.

She might be staying at home, but I bet her phone won't be. 'I don't want you being bothered by people who refuse to understand that you need to rest darling: I'll deal with any calls'.

Maybe they could get Benjamin Zephaniah as a guest. I'd have to rewrite my rules but it would be worth it for him!

All the talk of food - not just from Knob - is so false. that's not how normal people with ED would hear it. It's a bit contrived to have so many characters suddenly listing food stuffs, but quite innocently except for the Knob of course. Bad show, SWs.

Rob is a fool though - he thinks he can cure Helen by standing over her with food. Yeah that'll work.

Mind you, I could polish off baked cod with caper butter and creamed spuds no problem. Knob's cooking prowess is irritating.

If you'd never heard TA before, you'd think he was actually quite a nice, caring bloke going by tonight's episode. Helen seems to think it again too. What a psycho.

Why are they bothering the GP anyway? All the support services will have been advised already of the situation, and things like psych and obs and midwifery set up. She'll be - if she were real - under obstetric and psych care with input from midwives. GP probably hasn't had a discharge summary yet anyway. BBC should know NHS typing is MUCH slower than beeb typing. All GP will say is: 'We'll have to see what DR Specialist says'. grr! Only if it rings some alarm bells and shortens the fecking SL is it worth even putting these words in. grr again!

Didn't we hear the name of the Button Father last night when they announced the winner of the pancake fancy dress? Anton?