The Archers: Discussion #84. New Year and some of us are still listening even if we don't know why.

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New posters welcome - with your fresh views and burning questions.

Old posters welcome - with your jaded views and knowledgeable answers.

But new posters feel free to be jaded, and old posters feel free to ask questions!

How is the Pip storyline going to play out and do you care?

As usual, if you want to mention the advertised storylines for future episodes, there's a separate thread for that - no spoilers here, please.

Just imagine we're all sitting round a table at The Bull -->

I think the whole surrogacy storyline is a bit ridiculous. It is a huge leap to go from thinking about adopting a child or young teenager to wanting and planning on having a baby - yet there doesn't really seem to have been much real discussion about it.

Freddie gets on my nerves! Poor little rich kid who wants to be cool. When he huff and puffs at his mum he reminds me of Kevin the teenager!

Woman after my own heart! When he witters on about "fat" tunes or how "it's not FAIR I HATE YOU" I want to tell him to grow up.

Welcome back! You are just in time for MysticBore™️'s New Year Prediction

This year will see the advent of Ambridge's first transgender character. But who will it be? The crystal is not clear on this detail.

I enjoyed that

So did I!

Will have to LA as some inconsiderate person telephoned me

That was quite amusing...I await the fall out!

BashStreetKid.....I think you'll find it's "phat" 😉.

And. Ha ha ha ha ha! (Tonight)

That was marvellous - loved Ruth telling David to shut up.

Did we ever find out what the mysterious Brighton ‘business’ of Toby’s was?

Ex-gf who was an addict apparently Jeni. Pretend it was never a storyline.

Not so much golden child at the moment so much as cheap flaky gold paint! Love very it.

He’s going to want to run off back there now isn’t he...

Bloody autocorrect. Loved it!

Well that went well

Appearing from my position as avid lurker to post ffs David! I was pregnant with DC1 at 18, had no job and it wasnt my first pregnancy (first child though) and my parents managed to sound more supportive than him.

I’m amazed she god through telling them without her usual stuttering to convey a difficult situation. Thought the whole chilli palaver was badly written “ Are you sure you don’t need any help” ..” Cant stop Mum really needed kidney beans!”
On a different whinge....I’m really really bored with the surrogacy story line. Ian sniffing around any woman with ovaries not yet past their use by date.. I hope it doesn’t happen to be honest..Mind you since nobody in Ambridge seems to use contraceptives it shouldn’t be that difficult!

Can I join in on this nice new thread? Listener on and off for about 25 years, avid listener for the past 2. Am currently working my way through the archives from 2013 and starting to understand why everyone seems to dislike Helen do much!

Why can't Pip just give her baby to Adam & Ian - problem solved.

I also thought the Chilli was absurd. She'd know how spicy her Dad likes it FFS.

Marking place.

Need to do a massive listen again!

First return to these threads for a looong time as I've given up listening regularly.

I did enjoy Ruth telling David to shut up though😆

Yes extinct , a little unsubtle perhaps but you can just hear the scene when the baby won’t stop crying, and there’s a ‘I can’t handle this’ moment, when Ian steps in to rescue, like handing over a pet lamb really, just more livestock after all. Sorry[ blush]

I think David will try to persuade Pip to give the spawn of Fairbrother to Ian and Adam. As an aside was I a potential surrogate I'd be put off by Ian smoking.

cathf, Buttered - welcome, welcome. Wine and nibbles are over there. Those people over there with the scowls on their faces are the regulars - go and talk to them, they're actually quite friendly.

That person trying to hide behind the statue of Justin Elliott (don't know what that's doing there) is Pseudo, who started this monstrosity five years ago. She thinks we can't see her.

And I'm the token man maths geek.

Welcome to the thread, new people!