Discuss The Archers #108: Has Ed & Emma’s ship sailed? Will Alice stick her oar into Kate's love life? Can Shula walk on water? Come and discuss whatever floats your boat in The Archers.

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Thank you, @PseudoBadger, for kicking off this long, long series of Archers threads and @DadDadDad for being our resident statistician and keeping the ball rolling when Pseudo stepped back a bit.

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Thanks to @QuaterMiss for the title of this thread. For reasons of space had to cut out the bit speculating about Oliver and Tracy pairing off. Surely not!

Off now to give blood, something nobody in Ambridge ever does. See you all later.

Thanks, gaspode

Saw a brand new clean thread in front of me and couldn't resist the urge to dive in!

Thankyou!

Checking in , thanks Gaspode

Why did Will need to have the visit to A&E explained to him, as though he hadn't actually been there for any of it?

Was it for our benefit - or just to highlight how distracted Will is at the moment?

Thanks Gasp0

Possibly in his stress he just didn't hear what the doctors said but I think mostly for our benefit.

Oh hooray I made on the first page of a new thread ! Thanks for it Quater and Gaspode.

Checking in...

Thanks Gasp0de.

Thank you for always mentioning me, so I know where you all are!
Now I have a confession - I haven’t listened for months and I gather it’s been a turbulent time.
So.... who can give me a brief synopsis of events since Jim’s party?

Thanks for the lovely soggy new thread - great title!

Thanks, Gasp0de. Maybe the people of Ambridge do give blood, they just choose not to tell everyone else about it.

Actually, I've not given blood in ages. I used to get reminders that would prompt me, but maybe I got GDPR-ed off their list. Time to find a session...

Woo hoo! Glad tidings everyone ! ( tidings ! Tides? Water? Geddit? No...I’ll get my coat!)

Alice has stuck her oar in. Kate and Jakob. Purrfect.

I had to look this up but I found the answer- Alice’s pony was called Chandler. IIRC she kept him retired after she got Spearmint and he was the one who had to be put down in recentish years. But I could be imagining that! I’m not sure what became of Spearmint.

I noticed how Kate made out she'd given up work and moved in to Peggy's to care for her. Typical narc.

What's the difference between a pony and a horse? I always thought a pony was a young horse.

Emma will be back with Ed. She loves him.

And Kate and Jakob... Sparkz

A pony is a small (up to 14.2hh) horse.

What's the difference between a pony and a horse? I always thought a pony was a young horse. No, it's a small horse - it's a horse that is under a certain size when fully grown.

Thanks for the new thread Gasp0de

What's the difference between a pony and a horse? I always thought a pony was a young horse.
Size! A (fully grown) pony is smaller in height than a (fully grown) horse.
A young horse is a foal, colt or filly.

@ Mrs Grindah.

Ponies have a different feel about them. Arabs are horses but can be small. I would love to find a better definition than height at the withers.

Ten points to mother of the year, Ruth. "You'll have to be nice to the child we don't really care about, David, as he'll be sorry to have missed out - not that he put any effort in anyway, unlike our perfect daughter."
Why was Peggy so desperate to see Pip if she didn't want to tell anyone the outcome in advance?
Also, is Pip supposed to be in with Rex and Phoebe on the re-wilding scheme? Or did Phoebe simply want Pip’s approval?

Thank you for the new thread, Gasp0 - what a lovely person you are!

True about the giving blood thing. Perhaps we should start a campaign to draw the absence of blood donor Ambridge residents to their attention.

Welcome back @OverInfestedBadger ! Since Jim’s party? Let me think ...

He eventually revealed to Alistair and Jazzer that Harold (the elderly uninvited guest at said party) had repeatedly sexually abused him when Harold was a young man and Jim an eight year old boy. Traumatic for him and us. Provoked lots of thread discussion.

Jim’s main stipulation was that he did not want anyone else to know - including Fiona. Which caused a good deal of tension. He finally allowed Alistair to tell her.

Jazzer, unable to contain his rage, has, without naming the victim, relayed the story to Harrison. Nothing doing unfortunately. Jim now feels outraged and betrayed by Jazzer.

The other big story has been Ed and Emma and the affordable house. It’s Just Too Sad ...