The Archers - What’s your poison? Alice is legless, the fish are lifeless and Pip is clueless (Discussion #85)

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Even if you don't have a leg(?), a life or a clue, Welcome to the first ever 85th Archers thread!

Wild speculation and sensible questions always welcome - especially any newcomers.

A little game for the weekend, inspired by Timetogetup0630 and Gruach on the last thread:

Invent an explanation for how your username was the inspiration for an Archers storyline, character, etc - be creative!

My username is telling the story of Toby, Adam and Ian, although it probably needs some punctuation: Dad! Dad/Dad?

dairyfarmerswife - bit too easy for you, but as professional country folk maybe you could judge the winner?

Credit to MrsGrindah for the clever thread title

I’ll bite. Walk us through the connection between F&S and Troughton then DDD

Michael Flanders Geoffrey Whitehead Peter Davison David Troughton

Thanks, Wikipedia!

Alice is now on Susan's radar about her drinking she'll really have to watch out! Susan, god's gift to any company!

Very good D3. I had fun playing with The Oracle of Bacon. I've got Michael Flanders and Patricia Greene as Bacon Numbers 3, and David Troughton and Tim Bentinck as BNs2!

I also got Michael Flanders -> {Doctor in Distress}-> Leo McKern -> {The Chain}-> David Troughton

Jessie ah I think that was Charlie Drake wasn't it, fab.
My favourite was Ernie.. which also would not pass muster these days

Oh that's my connection to the Archer's then! Peter Davidson (Very Peculiar Practice) - DH (extra in Very Peculiar Practice). (Does that mean he has a Bacon number of 3? I thought it was 4 via Hugh Grant.
I'd love to sort out his number for the Maths equivalent, but that's harder to work out.

Oh god, Susan is AWFUL at the minute - what is wrong with her?

Oh Benny Hill's "Hernie" fabulous! I love the alliteration in it. Written by a clever person.

" Was it the wind or the hinges of the gate, or Ernie's ghostly gold tops a rattlin' in their crates!"

Wow, R4, I concede the halo of smugness to you - very impressive. So, unless an Archers actor appeared in something with Flanders or Swann, I think your record will stand.

Have we exhausted F&S as a topic now?

Back to TA: what did you make of Susan last night?

She seemed to be enjoying Brian's skewering in the newspaper a bit too much, although she said she had removed all the copies from the shop (that surprised me - or is it an echo of the Virgin Trains controversy banning the Mail? ).

On the other hand, with the goats, although Helen might have had a valid point, Helen handled it tactlessly ("So you are saying that your mother's happiness is more important than making a success of the keffir?" blunt "Yes" from Helen - surely you'd fudge and say "they're both important, maybe we can sit down and find a workable solution...").

Telepathic ArthurShappey answered my question about Susan before I posted it!

Diving right in and unlurking after a brief catch up to admit to huge F&S fandom... and before reading this thread my 2yo ds and I were merrily gnu-ing away over the marmite sandwiches.

In fact, he’s gone for a “nap” reciting the phrase, “Iss not irrelevant.... issa hippopotamus...” and cackling loudly.

Heard an interview with the recently pg PM of NZ last week and was a bit alarmed that her childcare plans seem similar to Pip’s in some ways.... 😬

Shouldn't the goats be milked at a time that's right for the goats?

Pat was saying not long ago she might get some more goats and yet Helen is saying she's retired and needs to rest.

Their kid (sorry) glove treatment of eachother is annoying. Do they want the business to grow or has all that money in the bank made them lazy?

As I said Dadx3 Susan; god's gift to any company in need

I did feel a bit for Susan when Helen said Tom had put so much work into the kefir. As far as I can tell toms done barely anything.

Mootsie - you're right. Pat, Helen, Susan and the head goat need to sit down and thrash out a workable timetable.

After years of trying to push a reluctant Neil, I want Susan to push herself. I want her to corner Tom/Helen into saying that they are not doing keffir so it leaves the way clear for Susan to do a kitchen table start-up that blossoms into a huge megacorporation to rival Justin's.
Do you think the scriptwriters would go for it?

Susan has always been absolutely awful. A narrow minded, ignorant, bigoted hypocrite with no self awareness.

The storyline about the toxic waste - Neal's illness will be caused by it, the beared guy who worked at the farm in the 70s and now having full blown dementia will have been caused by it.

Alice is an alcoholic and I think.welll find out that she slept with her work colleague who arranged the cocktail do.

The Pregnant PM of NZ already has a child/children doesn't she? And her partner works from home (and does a lot of child care), so its not quite like Pip, just slotting another one into their "managing". I think becoming PM was the bigger shock there.
Pip on the other hand is in that first baby bit, where you imagine yourself working away rocking the baby softly next to you...

You can always hear Helen's silently screamed 'I couldn't give a fucking fuck about fucking disgusting kefir' whenever Susan raises it can't you?

Loving the image of the head goat sitting down at the negotiating table with Pat, Helen and Susan!

Psst, Mrs AS! Have you seen your spouse is going on tour over the summer? johnfinnemore.blogspot.co.uk/2018/

I bet if Corbyn gets into power, he'll make it mandatory for goats to have representation on management boards - it's...

(wait for it)

... the nanny state gone mad.

gasp ooh that would be good!

D3 you have to be kidding