Silence in court! Discuss The Archers and shout from the gallery here. Send him down.

[PseudoBadger]

What day is it again?

I want a nice anaesthetic for the jury debate tomorrow and then to wake up when it's all over. It's worse than waiting for a referendum result.

mini - well, sure because in that case the result was a foregone conclusion, of course....oh....wait...

Olivia

I was going to suggest for the next thread title 'The Great Ambridge Bake-Off' but that might be too obscure.

Tuktuk I wasn't aware that Helen had ever been bulimic?

Re village problems down-thread, one near me has sheep fouling problems not dog and they've tried giving the shepherd an asbo. Other villages have wild boar digging up verges and the odd cricket pitch. Men are about to start roaming the woods after dark shooting badgers again ( last time there were warning notices in the post office which I found a bit disconcerting) and the air is delightfully scented as all the farmers make a mad dash to finish spreading before the NVZ deadline. The Archers is a bit tame really

This may well out me ... the rural village we live in is very similar to BoffinMum's descriptions of rather humdrum everyday goings-on and petty concerns. It was considerably livened up a few years ago when a retired couple were found to be running a very lucrative S&M dungeon from the garage of their respectable semi. Sadly, the discovery was only made when an octogenarian client of theirs expired whilst strung up on the garage wall, and ambulance/police had to be called. Made the national news, and gossiping has still not stopped!

Up the road we had S&M classes taking place in the village hall. People enjoyed tea and cake and advice on gadgets, I understand.

It's everywhere, I tell you. I blame Anne Summers for democratising the equipment.

The highlight of our autumn market this lunchtime was the sight of seven escaped porkers - from our 'Grundy farmalikes' careering across the rectory lawn.

Goodness me BoffinMum!
Who do we reckon in TA would partake? Pusscat and Tiger?

Just joining after lurking on this thread since Custardgate. I cannot wait for Sunday's hour special. I listen to most of the episodes on podcast on a train commute, and this week have had to restrain myself from shouting at Knob to bugger off and die under a stone somewhere, Anna to ask the right (very obvious) questions...oh, and Pat et al in the gallery to bloody shut up!

I look after a fair few abused women as patients, and am so, so desperate for SOC not to sacrifice the useful and helpful storyline this could have been for the sake of sensationalism and his own glory. I realise that in having Hellin stabbing Knob at all, he has partially done so already. But I hope it is redeemed, and that the whole subject of coercive control and new laws are not forgotten.

I grew up in the small village.
there was the yearly (it felt) fatal farm accident, often involving small children.
the church were people only went to when they had something to confess (lots of curtain twitching).
lots of couple-swaps
illegitimate children
incectrous (sp?) relationships

Up the road we had S&M classes taking place in the village hall. People enjoyed tea and cake and advice on gadgets, I understand.

It's everywhere, I tell you. I blame Anne Summers for democratising the equipment.

Boffinmum

Could we possibly have the word "Objection!!" in the title?
I think we've all raised a few even if Judge SOC overrules them all

I am NOT impressed with the plan for tomorrow's episode. SOC getting together his luvvy pals, when that hour (if it must be an hour) could have been dealing with the aftermath of the verdict, including the wider implications (Ian and Adam for starters). I don't want to hear the jury pontificating - I don't suppose we're going to be getting something as good as 12 Angry Men - and I don't care what they think, I just want their verdict.

And another thing I think SOC is channelling himself through Rob - the one hour episode is him grandstanding and he just won't get the message that it's time to leave Ambridge.

Grrr

:o Gruach The stupidity I blame on my obvious lack of education and the rest, they say, is alcohol... In my defence, your honour, there was an event here today and the beer tent seemed inviting.

I am relishing my alcohol-enhanced Saturday night stupidity!

I have found myself being very frank.

Out damned SOC! Out, we say!

Is It definately SOCs last episode tomorrow? Or is that wishful thinking? If it is, surely there is a new editor already in place?

I don't want to hear an hour of jury deliberating tomorrow. I don't care about their discussions, I care about Ambridge residents and hearing them and their opinions.

I want to hear more about the Everyday Story of Mumsnet's Country Folk

pitchfork, you're from Norfolk then?

Here's my list:
Complaints of cows mooing( I kid you not)
Cows falling over.
Cows dropping dead suddenly
Complaints of dogs - barking,harassing sheep,and cows.
Complaints of cockerels crowing,
Complaints of guns
Weather.
Oh and tractors, ( as if they were people)

There's a caretaker Editor in place from next week, according to the listings (head of Radio 4 drama, I think). I can't believe how long it's taken them to recruit a new editor. It's been almost as drawn out as the US presidential election.

brodchen almost, just across the north sea.
but very similar in landscape, and it seems in character, from rural norfolk

pitchfork, ah, my favourite country! I never met a XXXX I didn't like. Pass the waffles.

Here's my complaint from Forrin.

Wild boar destroying my garden
Village hunter powerless
Too hot for the vines - say the vintners
Too rainy - ditto
Hail - ditto
Any weather - ditto

No S&M to report .

Gosh it's dull here. Warm though.

Meanwhile: no psychiatric reports for Helen? No assessments?

I used to live in a small hamlet near a rural market town. One of my school friends, who lived in a village a few miles away started gossiping about people in my hamlet regarding what they had put on their census forms. She asked me "who were the couple who were married, but not to each other and didn't know which box to tick on the census form" , and "who filled in this on the form, and who had filled in that" etc. etc.
It turns out her neighbour had distributed and collected up all the forms read them, and was gossiping about it, and my friend was trying to fill in the gaps by asking me!

In the country-side, everyone knows your business!!

WILD BOAR?

Beats the swan poo on the jetty in the recent First World Problems thread.