Ambridge is in the doldrums. When will Pip pop? Does anybody even care? And Anisha’s off, leaving Rex in the (pig) trough? Discuss the Archers here.

[PseudoBadger]

Sorry about the title, nothing particularly inspiring in the storylines currently

No spoilers please, there’s a thread for that.

So is bibesia going to win the guess the birthdate competition...

Nah, I reckon they're going to spin this one out and I'll be pipped (see what I did there?) at the post.

I must say I couldn't see why Pip demanded that Toby get to the farmhouse. Anyone with an ounce of sense would get herself to the hospital and ask him to meet her there.

I agree with Frink
Pip is perfect and therefore will have calved, on her own and with absolutely no difficulty, by 7pm tonight.
Toby and Ruth will burst in on the beatific scene together - Pip in a stable and a shaft of sunlight appearing to give Pipette a golden halo. They will have admiring and awe struck visitors from miles around because this is Pipette, the son of Pip.

Pippin for a boy? Apols if anyone suggested this before.

Those Buttons are coming to prominence, we now have Billy Button.

I noticed that Mini - do we now have Tilly, Molly and Billy?

I thought I heard Billy and assumed I'd misheard it! Surely some mistake? We've heard a lot about Tilly and Molly over the years. Don't recall ever hearing about Billy before. Billy Button is a fine name, though ...

Reminds me of the family near us at one time with four girls. Can't remember all the names but it was something like Jodie, Chloe, Zoe and Cody.

‘Course, it could be boy or girl, so deliciously near belly button though

I think Pip will give birth alone - she is Wonder Woman after all.

Going back to the holiday cottages - I seem to remember Kate making a big fuss about doing the cottage up for her and Feebs to live in. Why is she still living at home? Did I miss something?

Yes she will probably toddle off to one of the sheep pens and have it there ... .

We've heard a lot about Tilly and Molly over the years. Don't recall ever hearing about Billy before. Billy Button is a fine name, though ...
There's a hierarchy of silent characters, some are so silent they're never referred to, until such time as the SWs decide to release them from their own cereal cupboards and achieve Knoen But Silent status.

Known not knoen.
I dream of an episode populated only by the silent characters,

They could call the Piplet Jilly if it's a girl, to join Tilly, Molly and Billy, simultaneously paying homage to the baked-goods matriarch of Ambridge.

Or go the fashionable double-barrelled route and opt for Jilli-Grace. Scrupulously fair, both great-grandmothers represented, same number of letters in each name, a hint of modish hipsterism with that roguish 'i'....

Grace isn’t a great-grandmother though (unless you mean a sort of step one by virtue of having been Great-grandad’s wife?). I don’t k ow what relation she is to Robin actually-Half aunt or something?

Brookfield farmhouse sounded really echoey when Pip was calling out. I suppose in her panic she didn't notice they'd been burgled while everyone was out and they'd stolen all the furniture and carpets.

I freely admit to having become hopelessly confused by the various twigs of the family tree, Jessie

I suppose what I meant was that both Jill and her dreaded rival Grace could be name-checked, thus ensuring Archer-Fairbrother parity.

But I expect it'll be a boy anyway. Or twins.

No it's a girl. Grace.
Still crossing my fingers for death in childbirth.

Kate lets the cottage to get an income. She did it up for her and Feebs but moved back home after deciding to yurt.

If Rex ends up helping Pip won't that be a rehash of the Ed/Emma/Will storyline when Ed helped Emma as she gave birth to George. Yawn.

@mootsie perhaps she was in the cereal cupboard

Would it be echo-y in there with Ben?
What happened to the original Monty? Monty the Muntac.

Ben's driving tractors, isn't he?

Brookfield farmhouse sounded really echoey when Pip was calling out. I suppose in her panic she didn't notice they'd been burgled while everyone was out and they'd stolen all the furniture and carpets

Yes I noticed that too..

You're just being silly. She was in a new room that hasn't been furnished yet.

LassWiADelicateAir, glad you liked that.

Going back a few days, did I hear that Freddie is heading to Thailand on his travels? He'd better not try dealing there or it could be a long time before we hear him again!