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Dum Tee Dum Episode 72 – Kenton gets the sympathy vote

Welcome to the weekly roundup on Archerdom. Lucy was depressed by an unremitting prozac driven week when the village hall fell down alongside the flooding, the loneliness, the blackmailing, the lying, the sobbing from Jill, the ranting from Kenton, the domestic abuse, alcoholism, depression and bankruptcy all of which made this week the week you wanted to stick your head in a gas oven (only that doesn’t work any longer). Bleak does not even cover it.

Lots of callers. Rob is called many, many names whilst Helen has turned into a moron (© Lucy who then went on to point out how conflicted Helen is over everything in her life, so can never be at rest). The consensus view on Kenton is starting to soften and Witherspoon kindly provided a full analysis of his clinical depression which touched Lucy deeply and her bravery was outstanding. The marked silence of Ambridge children in the school holidays was noted.

To offset some of the criticism it was admitted that the developing storylines for the older generation – cohabitation, caring needs and support – reflect the ageing population in the country at large and the team are applauded for that.

Kosmo

On this week’s show we have calls from
Maeve who agrees with Ruth
Scarlett Sparrow who thinks Rob’s a bigamist
Ryan Schofield who’s got a problem
Witherspoon says David is reasonable
Clare from Scotland via Canada who says the Rob cant speak to men
Jennifer Turner who thinks the end is nigh for Bridge Farm organics
Yokelbear who’s feeling remorseful
Blithe Spirit thinks that Ambridge needs to style up
Morgan Johnson who is worried about Kenton
Catherine Baigent who worries that she is bad parent.

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Duration:: 1h 11m
Broadcast on:: 24 Aug 2015
Audio Format:: other

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Dumte-Dum, show back the reality doctor drama that's centered on Ambridge in the heart of Midlands, I'm the sturdy foundation studies Roy for a ground, I'm with me at the Collapsing Village Hall that is Lucy Freeman, and the last part of Mr Pullen's message from Beyond the Grave is you now, today's rendition of Dumte-Dum, he's not a Dumte-Dum, he's a tribute to Dumte-Dum, sung by Goddess David and Sarts in the style of Desiree, have you been following? But just stop making me laugh, particularly when she says I need a poo, or it gives me the shivers. Have you been following this account on Twitter? Yeah, I saw it a while ago, it's one of those things, it's going to have a very short shelf life, but it's very funny while it's going. It did give me the titties on the Twitchers yesterday also, Lucy, if anybody else can be first to send us in a Dumte-Dum, and to win the accolade of Dumte-Dum of the week, how can they do that? If you would like to sing us a Dumte-Dum, give us a plot prediction, or clear out a space in your airing cupboard for Jill Archer, ring us on 0203031 3105 or leave us a message on Speakpipe, thanks to lovely shambages for her amazing voices to Cosmo for his podcast round-ups, and to Sarah Smith for sponsoring us. And Derek, for the loan of the back bedroom, we're back there again, Milena has gone back to Vladivostok, Derek is devastated. He stood at the departure gate, waving for ages, apparently. I don't know what he was waving, but security's only just letting go. That's quite funny. That was clever. Well, don't Lucy be dreaming. That's up. On this sweet show, we have calls for a mave who's getting stronger by the minute who agrees with Ruth, Scarlett Sparrow, who thinks Rob is a big Miss Ryan Scholfield, who's got a problem with a spoon, who says that David is reasonable, Jennifer Turner, who thinks that the end is nive or bridge, farm, organics, Yoko Bear, who's feeling remorseful, flies spirit, who thinks that Ambridge needs to style up Morgan Johnson, who's worried about Kenton, and Catherine Beijing, who is worried that she is a bad parent. Isn't that just middle-class angst, though? Yeah. Should we not play a call, then, can we just answer that? Check middle-class angst, dismissed, next. But first, before all the juicy calls, here is Lucy with her last week in... This week in Ambridge, sponsored by Prozac, it was all in all the single most depressing week in broadcasting history. We started on a high note, compared with the rest of the week anyway, with another economics lecture. After last week's lecture on the bankruptcy notices filed by Village Pubs in the UK years 2015 to 16, this week we enjoyed shop closures in rural communities. Jimus was the voice of reason in the village shop discussion, pointing out that A, the building belonged to Hazel Woolley and that she was perfectly entitled to do what she flipping well wanted with it, and, um, well, that was it, really. Good point, Jimus. He was naturally shouted down by Linda in a season, and is always the case when straight economic facts are raised in Ambridge, compared with impassioned arm-waving and righteous indignation. Toby has coerced Pip into pretending to be a consultant for the Fair Brethren Geese Corporation, and she is going with him to some sort of restaurant that appeared to be called Weevils. I wouldn't go to a restaurant called Weevils, but then they must be a bit desperate in borsicher, as your choice is The Feathers, which is full of people sobbing as it's where you go to dump your partner. Jack's, which has no manager and no staffs, it's a bit tricky getting served. Gay Gray Bulls, which is still full of transvestite non-engineerians, or the Flood Bar at the Bull, where you could, what, Joe, in his cheerleaders outfit or whatever he was wearing last time. Oh, yeah. Or the Flood Bar at the Bull, where you can heat up your own Ginsters past in the microwave while you watch Kenton Cry and Weevils himself. Dylan Nells is back, because if you're going to replace regular opera critic, you need a name that is going to compete with Tristan Hawkeshaw. Irritatingly, everyone keeps calling Cozy Fan Tutee Cozy. By everyone, I mean Linda and Elizabeth. They were like those bloody irritating people who say much ado and phantom. I could happily have cracked both their skulls together as they simpered on about backdrops and why not everyone would like Dopra ha ha ha, but that was more than enough fun for us. We had to be ushered away immediately to listen to Bert and Jimus discuss loneliness and how much worse it is when you're with people than when you are on your own. And then the village hall fell down. In an effort to cheer ourselves up, we hauled ourselves over to Barrow Farm, where we walked in on Rob blackmailing Charlie to enable him to walk blamelessly out of a job that he had systematically stuffed up for the last six months. And just to put the tin hat on it, he trotted off home to Helen, told her a load of guff, and ta-da! But of course, darling, you should walk out of your job and use up all the savings, grand gave us and go to all the meetings I should be going to and take the farm shop over and turn it into an operating theatre. Honestly, I am not sure how much more of Helen I can't take. Anyway, enough of that jolity, we trundled back to Bruckers then to listen to Jill sobbing as David told her that she would have to move out of the farm. I'm not sure I understand. Pip is leaving. David and Ruth, I presume, share a bed still, unless David's gone the whole hog and has now taken his relationship with his mother to its apparently natural conclusion. I always thought of Bruckers as a fairly large establishment. Surely Heather Pet, or as I am now beginning to think of a mule-vah, could have someone's room? Does he tap to involve one in, one out, and everyone crying? Then we had a laugh-a-minute riot with Kenton declaring that he could never forgive himself. His daddy never loved him and he'd let everyone down. Before we crossed to Jill, who went to see Carol Tobog and tell her that how she was absolutely perfectly alright and that her own needs couldn't matter less before she started crying again. Susan and Pat can normally be relied upon to have fairly inconsequential chit chat. That's the raspberry done, Susan. Lovely. I'll just lick my marigolds and stop straining the yogurt through my hairnet. Then I'll put the kettle on, shall I? But not this week. This week. Susan went pat-shit when Pat tentatively suggested that the village shop might be replaced by the farm shop and appear to suggest that Pat was guilty of some sort of industrial espionage. And at we ended this plummetingly miserable week, with Hazel the Slavine visiting the voice of the Daily Mail Peggy Woolley, informing her that she was going to turn the shop into some sort of state-of-the-art apartments. A state-of-the-art apartment in Ambridge is one with doors and windows, I think. Anyway, the flaps are designed for high-pressure business people who need a rural bolt hole, some peace and quiet at the weekend to decompress. And where could be better than Ambridge? Where houses flood, and then spontaneously collapse, there's blackmail, domestic abuse, alcoholism, depression, dementia, and bankruptcy, and that's just in one bloody week. It's absolutely the sort of place you'd go to to bring a bit of joy back into your life. Pick your shop gun up on your way out, the end. That was good this week. Didn't you find this week, it was like the world at war, it was just unremitting. The only high point, or the only sort of point of levity, was Eddie's ringtone on his phone when he's phone kept ringing. That was the only bit that wasn't doom and gloom and, you know, drama. God, it was draining. It was bleak, wasn't it? Bleak is the most used. How do you pronounce it? Is it cosy? Cosy fan tutte. Oh, okay. Great. I don't know. I love to ask Harriet. Harriet's very good. Have you heard Harriet's Italian conversatio name? Well, I have heard it, and unfortunately, considering I've had a passing acquaintance with the Italian language for some, what, fifteen years now, I didn't understand enough of it. But what bits I did understand, I thought, was very funny. But to do the voices in a foreign language, flipping out. She's just unreal for their talent. She is. She is. And she's so unassuming. She doesn't, you know, she just tumbles on doing her thing and amazing woman, she is. She is an amazing woman. But you know what's also amazing? What? The amount of bloody calls we've got this for. I know. So I think we need to crack on with them. Okay. Hello. Ambridge 3962. Hello, Lucy. Hello. Roy Field. It's Mayfield here again. Gosh, Rob. What an arse. Flancing out from Charlie in a mega-huff when actually he has been doing what Charlie has suspected. He did block up the cover. He did all these horrible things. But because he is, I suppose, a volatile, and people are a little bit wary of him, he gets away with it. Again, Helen has been duped. And I, sort of, reading some of the comments previously, I think that he's faked the paternity test. And I do think that he's the dad to Jess's baby, but hey, he's just a general all-around kind of sociopath and it doesn't bode well at all for Helen. She will be pregnant soon, I think. Here again, we'll carry on with the emotional blackmail and, oh gosh, the fact that she's even thinking about giving up her own account and having all of her money, including the 10K, into Rob's and her name, sort of, makes me shiver slightly, but yeah, it is a good storyline. Oh, and I do reckon he's gonna lose it with Henry quite soon, and again, manage to talk his way around it and convince Helen that's Henry's a problem and it's not him. And David God, it's not really fair the way he's behaved towards Heather. I do think that Ruth is absolutely right, that it's one rule for the archers and one rule for everybody else. And I think he's been a total arse, and I do think that Heather Petch should come back and live with them on the farm and Kenton or what Kenton, I do like Kenton, but come on. You know, either run away and join the Navy again or kind of shape up, but I do think that he is probably quite depressed and heading into that, and that could be quite a good storyline. And my high scarlet, you want to be one of Royfield's lovely girls, well, hey, welcome to the pack of, I think it's tuna, Royfield, don't be getting ahead of yourself. See you next week. Right. Maeve, Maeve, you are sounding better. You are just that, just much perkier. So the Guinness is doing the trick. Yes, I think, I agree, as soon as Helen is up the clanger, Rob is going to start going on about adopting Henry so that they can be proper siblings and that will sort of embed in even further in the family and make sure that he's then got rights to money and access and children and all the rest of it. Yes, I also loved the veiled threat in Maeve's voice. Don't be getting ahead of yourself to scarlet, Spyro. You've got to be squabbling amongst Royfield's lovely ladies. Yeah. Well, it's not the type of establishment I run with my ladies. It's an establishment. It sounds like a brothel or something. Well, I suppose that's why I was hinting it was, even though it's absolutely not. No. Are you like Hugh Hefner? Do you go swaggering round in your red silk dressing gown? Well, they all throw water girlishly over each other in the pool. I've never understood that, you know. No. Hugh Hefner. What's all that about? Mummy. Mummy. Mummy. Mmm. Anyway, no, scarlet, Spyro and Maeve stop it. Before it even starts, just stop it. We all, you know, we're all in this together. Dad, he loves you both. Exactly. Yeah. I've just made myself go wrong. And talking of scarlet, Spyro, let's have her call. Hello, you two. It's scarlet, Spyro here again. I've had a very warm glow since discovering that I will be one of Royfield's girls. I'm waiting for my joining instructions with baited breath. Anyway, on to Rob Tichinov again. He has now resigned or walked out of whatever he's going to call it. I'm a little concerned that what's actually happening here, that we haven't all thought about how many wives Rob already has. And he's that why he won't let Helen meet his parents because there's a series of women all over the country. Because what's going to happen now is he's going to go and find himself a job somewhere else and therefore a new woman to impregnate and that will leave Helen behind with Henry and potentially abandon the oven and it's all going to get terribly messy. She says she has a warm glow, that's menopace love, get on the HRT. She thinks Rob is a bigger mist and he's going to go and find another job and he's not going to find another job. She said he was going to go and find another job and then go to a new area and then meet another lady who he can wave his willy act. But I don't think that's going to happen. I think he's going to try and take over Bridge Farm. And at some point he will drive Toni into such a fury, Toni will have another heart attack and die. Sorry, that's a bit, well in the spirit of this week's bleak, you know, Dostoevsky like story lines, I reckon that could well be what happens. And that will be the thing that actually makes Helen come to her senses. Do you know, to be honest, I'm not sure anything is going to make Helen come to her senses because she's such a bloody moron. I hope for the sake of credulity and this storyline going forward, that there isn't any more major skeletons underneath the floorboards in Rob's life. You know, obviously is a shit bag and we don't like him. But, you know, if he, you know, but he's filled the farm books, he's a villain and we don't need any more villainous nefarious goings on to prove that he's a wrong one. They can just play it relatively straight from here on in, we crank in it up in terms of him being more and more bad tempered, controlling and manipulative, but we don't need to find out that, oh yeah, and he's got another wife stored away in port, a girl, Penrith or somewhere else that begins with a P or he's on he's on bail or, you know, exactly, you know, we know that he has this dysfunctional relationship with his family, his parents and he's lied about that. We know that he has, there was something very peculiar with his relationship with Jess. So, you know, I said many moons ago that she was, I'm not going to say as weird and as wrong as Rob, but she wasn't quite, you know, the full ticket, so to speak. And then we had the fact that, you know, he wasn't the parent of, he isn't the father of her child. So, you know, that was validated somewhat, but please, just let's just keep these misdemeanors as to what they are at the moment, otherwise he just would become this most ridiculous kind of Stalin crossed with Hitler, crossed with, you know, I don't know, Charles Emancen type figure. You know, let's keep it kind of believable in the realms of this doggy drama. You know what you were saying last week, I was thinking about what we were saying last week about how fascinating you find Helen and how, you know, she's a very believable character in her inconsistencies in that she's, she doesn't make sense technically except she does because she's just a very unusual character. And I was thinking about which women she reminded me of that I knew, thankfully not very many, but the conclusion I came to, and I don't know whether I've only come to this because I'm a woman and you wouldn't come to it because you are not, she says eminently. I think Helen's absolute fundamental problem is her desire to be perfect. And it is her, she's like one of those women that reads every, if you look at the front page of cosmopolitan, sorry, this does still make sense, this is irrelevant. You can pretty much divide it into two, there's 10 reasons why we don't need men, 10 ways to feel happy with your body. And then completely interspersed with that is 10 ways to keep your man and how to get beach body ready. And it is completely contradictory. She's like, she's, she is the, the dichotomy of the 21st century woman in one woman, but not a very bright one. She hasn't rejected anything. She's tried to accept feminism without rejecting this Victorian idea of femininity and dowries and you know, I'm the only one, I'm the only woman who can deal with this man. She's tried to accept feminism and still has this overwhelming obsession with body image and how she looks. She wants to be a business woman, but she still, as she wants to be the perfect business woman and the perfect wife and mother. So she is, whatever she does, she is continually letting herself down, she sees it in one other area of her life. So she is just continually str- it must be exhausting because she is continually striving to meet whatever ridiculous standards somebody else sets her. And she can't stop, she can't ever take her foot off the pedal and relax. And she's what she's done is just as he sought her out because of that weakness, she sought him out because he is somebody that continually moves the goalposts and sets the standards higher and higher and higher. And that's just as I'm remitting, he's like her own mental critical voice out loud, personified. That's what I think anyway. That's brilliant. Can I do one of these? It might be completely wrong though, but I've been thinking about it over the last week and it's sort of, I thought that's why women find her so, I think anyway, our women listeners find her so, men just find her bewildering, but women listeners can kind of see, just, you want to sort of put her in a straight jacket in, not in a horrible way, or in an enormous hug and just say, just stop trying. Just find out who you are and let the rest of it go. Stop trying. It's exhausting and there's a part of that in a lot of women and I think that's why we relate to her and we hate that part of ourselves and that's why a lot of that fury comes out aimed at Helen. Gosh, that is brilliant. We don't need with a spoon. Oh, we so do because he's going to ring in now and tell me exactly what I'm wrong. And tell me, tell me that actually that probably says a lot more about me than it does about Helen. Wow. No, I think you've nailed it. I think we can put Helen Archer, sorry, Tichner to bed now, done it. That was brilliant Lucy, seriously. See, even the fact that she's now Helen Tichner just makes my heart go, oh, it sort of, it actually turns my stomach, the anxiety about her. Oh, anyway, now at in stark contrast, we have Ryan Schofield, who I don't know whether he's a new caller in a row or not. I like him and I hope he rings back, he's a great call, but he says he wants Rob to get away with it. Hi, Rob Fielding Lucy. This is Ryan Schofield, Ryan did caught on the twitters, so listen, I think I've got a problem. Am I the only one who wants Rob to get away with all his evilness? I was the one who always wanted Darth to beat Luke or Wylie Coyote to catch the roadrunner and I find myself wanting Rob just to get away with it all. I can see the net he's closing in on him in lots of directions and not least from Charlie Thomas, but help me out, am I the only one who wants him to get away with it all? I think it's great, I think it's fantastic radio, why do I feel like this? I'm not an evil person in real life, so help me out, Ryan Fielding Lucy, why do I feel like this? Why do I want Rob to get away with it all? Keep up the good show guys, cheers, bye. I think this is probably more of a case for Witherspoon actually, you probably need some sort of clinical help, no, I can see why. I can see why, because the archers can be unremittingly nice. As we keep saying we have pantomime baddies like Clive Horribin and Hazel Wylie who appear with a swish of their coat, cloak and everyone goes, and everybody hates them universally, you know, Clive Horribin has no fans in Ambridge and Hazel is universally loathed, but Rob is, there are people who kind of have a grudging interest in grudging, not respect, but grudging knowledgement of his supposed talents on the cricket field or whatever, cricket pitch, cricket field, whatever it is, and, but then we have... That's the one. And then we have Rob who is just villainous, but devious and nasty and he doesn't play by the rules and he doesn't have any respect for the sort of the niceties of Ambridge, you know, he comes in and destroys things and that there's quite a sort of a gleeful, I mean obviously the systematic dismantling of Helen is not, that's just grim, but if you look at him as a character in the abstract in terms of his relationship with everybody else, you know, he is just a gleefully nasty, devious, but very intelligently manipulative character and there isn't that much intelligence in Ambridge, sorry is that horrible? A little bit, and I don't quite agree with your analysis, I think that you can't like Hazel Woolley or Clive Horribin because they're 2D characters, they're not even 2D, they're just 1D, they're just one note, Hazel Woolley is just nasty and selfish, Clive Horribin, exactly the same, but there's a little ball of wrapped up kind of anger there and he feels that, you know, he has a right to certain things, he's been excluded from his family, but fundamentally two one note characters and they're in stark contrast to Rob in that here is a 3D character and though you don't understand his motivations as to why he is the way that he is, he is an unremittingly dark that every now and then there is a flash of him being considerate or him being human, so you actually appreciate the storyline and what he brings to the storyline, you hate him, but you say wow this is a compelling character, so I understand how somebody can like the character of Rob, what he brings to the storyline as opposed to liking Rob, as opposed to Hazel Woolley or to Clive Horribin who just said one note characters who are just, you know, I don't understand Hazel Woolley Iota, there is no flickering of acknowledgement that whilst the father was alive, Chan beats Han step foot in that village for God knows how many years, you know, and Peggy doesn't even really pull her up about it, she said he wants all twice and she's old but I was busy but this is what these are daddy's wishes and whatever and blah blah, I can't listen to it, just makes no sense to me, makes no sense to me and Peggy should just give her a slap, Peggy might be Nike too, slap the woman and tell her to fuck off, but anyway, move in on because I just don't understand, I don't understand. Well Ryan did say it's fantastic radio and it actually is because the storyline is just gripping but he can't get away with this because you'd be breaking one of the conventions of all soaps and all the dramas that people who are bad need to get the comeuppance because these are modern morality tales, so it doesn't matter how long it will take, whether it's five years, five months, five days, he will get his comeuppance, you know, otherwise it's not a morality play and it would send too much of a signal to us in society that basically we can just do whatever we want and just screw people over and it doesn't really matter, we need to be reminded that we need proper civil behaviour and if we don't display that there will be consequences and that's what Ducky Drama's soaps, films, whatever, that's what they're all about, you know, give us those morality plays. Bad things happen to bad people. Exactly. And on that note, sorry Yoko Bear. Hello dumb stomach, Yoko Bear here. I think I've been a bit harsh on Kenton, I'm beginning to think now that Kenton is actually on a bit of a downward spiral into quite a deep depression. Yeah, he's been a terrible man-child and made awful decisions and reacted really badly, but he doesn't seem to be able to get out of it and I think he's chat with Jolene about his self-esteem and how he sees himself. Yeah, I'm feeling a bit more sympathy to him, just a little bit. I still think he needs a bit of a kick up the ass but, you know, I'm going to see where this goes but I'm feeling for him a bit, which is odd because I don't normally don't like Kenton that much. However, where I have no sympathy is Titchenob. I was screaming at the radio during the omnibus or that coded homophobia and biphobia. Oh, I'm a different kind of man for you, Charlie. Well, I for one prefer things to be out in the open, Charlie. It's just, of course, he can't say it out loud. He can't actually be homophobic because homophobes are cowards. So it's all this coded nonsense. God, I hate him. As mild now, what would have said, what Titchenob needs is a right punch up the bracket. He is feeling sorry for Kenton. I think everybody is now. I think after Kenton's kind of, sort of, when he stopped throwing his toys and put his ego aside and actually talked about how he really felt. It made sense. And yes, it was, it was, it was tough. And it kind of, that scene was a bit weird because it kind of just ended with with with with Jolene saying, no, well, don't worry. And that was it. And then off we went somewhere else is a very strange and seen that. Yeah, the coded homophobia from Rob, I'm still hanging on to this idea. And I don't know why that Charlie is just in Eliot's stepson. I'm determined. I won't let it go. Just before we go on, because his thoughts in my mind, was it coded homophobia? Or was he saying that you were having an affair? Well, it was both, wasn't it? Whatever it was. It was coded. And it was when he said, you're not my type, you're not a family man. We have different values, Charlie. We're different sort of men. You're not a family man. Yeah, okay. It could be both, couldn't it? Yeah. Your sword in social life. You know, it's not, he's not seeing it as a love affair, or, you know, you know, you are probably right because he had enough hair with Helen when he was doing jazz. So it can't be that. Okay. There it is. You know, he's, he's own family values could be called into question. Um, I love Yoko Bet. My, my, my, um, my gradual transformation into Yoko Bet. It's very nearly complete now because, um, his grandma, uh, would say that Rob needed a punch up the bracket. My dad used to say that as well. And if anyone needs a punch up the sliding bracket, it is Rob. And now with a spoon. Hey, baby, I hear the blues are calling toss salads and scrambled eggs. Mercy. Greetings, Lucy, Roy Field and all of them tea dimmers around the world. It's with a spoon and Angus Haggis here on another beautiful Friday summer afternoon. Let's get right down to work here as the proverbial crap really hit the fan and ambrage this past week. First Kenton. He was laying low all the week until today. I guess recovering from one huge hangover. Clearly, he has been someone who has evoked both anger and sympathy from listeners. He's suffering from symptoms of clinical depression, sadness, anger, irritability, hopelessness, helplessness. And I imagine poor sleep, low energy and sex drive, poor concentration and tearful episodes and has issues with alcohol abuse. Based on Roy Fields reflections on Kenton's life last week, I believe he could have, he could have bipolar disorder type two characterized by a history of hypomanic episodes. It's not unusual for depression to appear later in life. The big concern is that the demographic group with the highest suicide rate is middle-aged and upward white males, especially with the additional risk factors of alcohol abuse, financial problems, a sense of isolation and acute trauma or loss. So Kenton sounds like a man on the brink. What he doesn't need is benign neglect, oh, he'll be okay, or just a kick in the pants. Jolene should take him to his physician and insist on talking to the doctor as well, who should evaluate him for antidepressant medication and refer him to a therapist in boarchester or a falpership. Yes, he must squarely face his issues of low self-esteem and not in a haze of alcohol. So why do the listeners feel such anger toward him? I think that the script writers unfortunately set that up by creating such an absurd situation of Kenton spending his fortune before it even existed. Even if he had been tempted to do so, wouldn't level-headed Jolene have put the kabash on it instead of merrily going along with the premature celebration. Now the writers must see him through this by taking him on a journey to where he admits his errors and takes the first steps of becoming a better man. So much other good stuff this week, Rob, Charlie, Helen, Tom, David, Ruth, that I'll have to save most of it for next time. So briefly, Rob, one word, sociopath. Helen, she is so filled with anxiety about having a happily ever afterlife that she is afraid of asserting herself one Iota. Charlie, if he didn't act like a closeted homosexual in the 1970s, he wouldn't have gotten himself in the position of being blackmailed. And okay, also if he didn't snog Adam on New Year's Eve. Boy, Rob held on to that one for just the right moment. Regarding David and Ruth, I must usurp a line from Rayfield last week. Lucy in Rayfield, I love you, but disagree with you on this one. I thought it was interesting how the writers painted Ruth as the heart and David as the head in the debate about Heather Pet. I thought that David did have some valid concerns about the reality of moving Heather in with them, some of which may prove to be true. Yes, he should have been more supportive of Ruth, but I had no doubt that he was going to quickly get to the position of supporting moving Heather in with them. I don't think he was coming at it from an archer versus non-archer viewpoint, and I think his relationship with his elderly yet very active mother is just fine, as was shown in today's touching last scene. And Angus agrees with me too. Don't you Angus. Much more to talk about, but our time's up. Until next week, it's Witherspoon and Angus Haggis signing off. Hey, baby, I hear the blues are calling toss salads and scrambled eggs. Message. He's described Kenton's descent very, very accurately into clinical depression. And it's horrible. But with a spoon, you cannot disagree with me in Royfield and then say the only person that agrees with you is your dog. That is not fair. Or if you're going to drag Angus Haggis into it, I shall drag Basil into it. And Basil is bigger than Angus Haggis. So no, no, no, no. Jennifer. Oh, sorry. Is that it? That's it. Yeah. Was that your considered response to he's called no, no, no, no, no, no. It was really after after that masterful description of Helen Archer. Sorry, Helen Tichner. You aren't another call by going no, no, no, no, no. She's a space woman. Hi, it's Morgan in New York Morgan and why and why on Twitter, I'm calling in about Kenton. I'm really worried about him. I know for a long time we were all rolled our eyes. And we thought that he was whining a lot. But now I'm really worried. And specifically, I'm kind of worried about suicide. And I wonder what people think. He's very down on himself. And I kind of wonder if anybody else sees anything. Well, actually, there's something I was trying to avoid saying. But maybe I should say it. I don't know. I'll say it. And if you want to take it out, you can go on. When Kenton was having his little chat with Jolene, and he said, I've let everybody down. I've, you know, I've never good enough and all that stuff. My dad, eight years ago, now, killed himself. And this is why I was trying to avoid saying it. And he actually, this is today is the day that he did it. Oh, and hearing with a school school, when he described clinical depression is exactly how my dad was. And that's making this storyline really tough for me to listen to, because Kenton's saying the same thing. So sort of my dad never spoke to anybody in the way that Kenton spoke to Jolene. But I wish he had. And he, when with the spoons describing it, saying the feeling that you've let everybody down hitting the bottle, you know, feeling of worthlessness, feeling that irritability that life's passing you by, that you're never going to be the man that you thought you were going to be. And it's just really moving for me to listen to Kenton's, because my dad's business was problems as well. And he felt it was all his fault. And then to hear with a spoon describing that clinical depression is absolutely bang on. And I really hope that Kenton doesn't go and do anything daft. I don't think he will, because we've already had the we've had the threat of I'm a craftsman, Daryl's suicide, haven't we? And we've had um, I think he bobs, what's he called? Greg, Greg, so it's not? Yes. So we're not gonna have another one, I guess. I hope not. But I really, really want Jolene to do something about it. Now he's told us she's got to take it seriously and not just keep saying, Oh, you'll be all right. Don't worry. You know, like with a spoon said, because you do need to worry when someone's in that state, you really do. Listen up, that was very heartfelt loose. And, and I think a lot of the listeners will be able to connect not just through the storyline, but also through you, the connection that you made through it, and what it means to you through the passing of your father. And I know that every now and then I talk about the fact that within the archers that men are the male characters aren't as quiet as blessed out as the female characters. And, and then I talk about the fact that, it really give me pause for thought. But I think that the character of Kenton needed something like this, because even though we've all liked him, you know, he was this two note character. Yeah, there's always a reason why someone's Peter Pan, isn't there? Yeah. And so that's the reason why last week I disagreed with Dusty and I said, this is incredibly consistent with this type of personality that somebody would have this kind of crashing down. And if you look at his life, it makes a whole load of sense. Yeah. And we are so spoiled in so many ways with this drama, because when it's written well, it's written so well and so believably. And we all take elements from various different storylines and we go, well, that just makes sense, because I know a person like this. And I felt like that, you know, it's not like watching East Enders, where everybody is a phone, East End gangster or everybody in Coronation Street drinks in the pub. Those soap opera conventions aren't, the obvious ones aren't there with this. This is so much, this is written with a level of depth and reality that every now and then we have to stop and pause because we do recognize, you know, you say women recognize bits of themselves in Helen, and she is the modern, she is the conundrum of the modern woman who kind of wants it all, but still wants to be taken care of, but wants to be independent and all those things, you know. And then you look at Kenton's storyline and, you know, it's been, it's been pointed out to me that when I was talking about Kenton last week, a couple of people say this, well, that's half of you then, isn't it really? You know, well, you know, and it gave me pause with thought and maybe that's the reason why I could speak about Kent, you know, I've never suffered from depression, but I'd be lying if I said no one has never called me a Peter Pan person. I'd be lying if I said that at all. And again, I just think we just need to commend the writers that we can take so much, whether it's Glen full of love talking about the pet storyline. Yeah, we've got another one of those as well. Yeah. Or even down to, we don't, we've never talked about this, but Kathy and the rape all those years ago. And the fallout, obviously with the viral app that was perpetrated on her, but then also what it did to her relationship with Kenton. Yeah. The full, the powerlessness that Kenton felt then. And the fact that they could never as a couple get through that. Yeah, you know, so many people, I remember at the time, talking to one or two people. And the echoes of sexual violence and what it does to couples, just just kind of echo on. So my heart goes out to you that this is the day of all the days we do in this. And I've somewhat pushed you into giving a fuller answer. No, no, I was, I was did the ring about saying it anyway. So it's fine. But, but either way, this is one of the many reasons why we love this thing because it is written really, really well. And we take comfort from it. We recognize ourselves and it recognize our friends, our families in it, and more power to the writers. But, you know, thoughts go out to you, juicy loose. Thank you. No, no, no. Now, I'll shut up because she'll start me off again. All right. Clearly Scotland via Canada. Hello, don't you? Scotland via Canada here, calling about Rob. Goodness, but you could hear him sometimes this week, but he really sounded frightened. I thought talking to Charlie and it became increasingly clear, as I think we've sometimes said, if he really doesn't know how to talk to men or how to negotiate with them, and we're left with the feeling, all right, I was left with the event that he chucked his job as much because he was terrified. He'd been found out. And it's because he actually wanted to leave. I, she said something that made me think about what you said last week, Roy, which was you said he's not an alpha male, he's a coward, and he's somebody who wants to be an alpha male. Absolutely. But, and you said, he's unreconstructed. And it made me think about that phrase. And every man I've ever met that described themselves as unreconstructed was an absolute dick. And just it's a code word for misogynist. That's what it means. Unreconstructed means I am lazy and I cannot be asked to think of women as another human being. I just want to think of them as, you know, Barbie dolls or something. But she said it's really interesting that he doesn't know how to talk to men. And I hadn't noticed that before, but that's absolutely true. He doesn't know how to talk to anybody. He talks to women as if they're, you know, poodles or something, you know, like little toy dogs, you know, little Miss Giggly and all that sort of affectionate patty on the head stuff. But then he can't talk to men without being incredibly competitive immediately. So he can't talk to anybody. He's a really, he said, he is a sociopath. Well, that's what we just said, wasn't it? So is he a bar? Anyway. No, no, he is. And it was a well, well spotted that, you know, he can't speak to men because he just can't, you know, he. But as soon as he's threatened, like as soon as Charlie said, just tell me what this call, just tell me, explain this spreadsheet to me. What do you know, did you make a mistake here? He said of saying, yes, I did. I'm sorry. He just left. He's such a coward. Well, like, to be fair, though, to rub. And again, the reason why he's written so well. What I took out of that conversation with Charlie is that Charlie is a, is a bully too. Yeah, that actually Charlie didn't cover himself with a whole load of glory in that at all. And actually what half of what Rob said rang pretty true. Yeah, we just had a major flood. Things were a bit kind of tips up, et cetera, et cetera. And Charlie had to go, Oh, yeah. Yeah, you know, yeah. And however, at least Charlie has a sense of perspective and then post that has come away going, Oh, yeah, basically, as much as I do not like this man, he does have some some work as this farm manager. Yeah. And actually, he does a job too. He does a job quite competently. But I can pull him up about X to Wednesday, but actually he's doing the job. And Charlie hasn't realized that. Hence, the two or three days in saying, Rob, let's not be silly about this. Please come back. Yeah, you know, Charlie is no fool. And looks at the bottom line. And the bottom line is he said, actually, Rob, as a much of an evil asset, he is, he's actually adding to do the business. He is. And they've now got to pay to recruit someone and all that stuff. Exactly. Exactly. And also the board is going to say, what do you mean? What the hell's gone on? You know, like you said, nobody has appraisals. No, but there's no HR function at all. Nobody has appraisals. You know, you seem to be able to just take holiday when you feel like it with a week's notice, you know, there's, there's kind of such an ostensibly big operation. Something like this can happen with no warning at all, which is a bit ludicrous. Anyway, Rob can only talk to another person from a position of power. So I'm sure he would, he would think, and it could well actually be a decent boss in terms of I am departing wisdom and knowledge to you, you get off and go and do it. Also with the cricket team, basically, he wants to be the captain of the cricket team. And actually there, he has a certain amount of talent, but absolutely that actually that is a metaphor for Rob, isn't it? That you're just not a team player. It doesn't have to be a team player. No, it's all about ego. And it's all about how can I win? How can I, you know, the sulking when he doesn't win or when he's pulled up for lack of discipline? It's classic narcissism. It's the rules do not apply to me. Hello, dumpedy dumplied spirit calling. Or should I say child property because the old country is coming to Ambridge. I have to confess a personal interest in this storyline because Italy is quite literally the land of my father. So I'm delighted that the opera is going to be played in Borsetcher, Lobo M, Pochini, absolutely glorious. And whilst you obviously don't need to know a foreign language to enjoy the opera, it's quite a nice opportunity for the locals in Ambridge to practise their conversatianne. Now the thing is that Italians do tend to be a bit stylish. It's all about La Figuora. So I will be watching the storyline pretty closely. And if anyone sings or saw in the media, if anyone plays Nesongdorma, if anyone breaks out a frozen lasagna, and if anyone invites June of the Campod to open their refurbished store, I will personally go down to Ambridge and fire bombs in your ricotta's tabards. Let's face it, what self-respecting Italian would be seen dead in anything called what was it? Parisium Paisley? Oh, I don't think so. And I mean if she wants to argue with me, it might be useful to just let her know that my father Sicilian, and I have two Sicilian godfathers, just saying. Many props this week to Harriet on Shambridge and the coffee Sicilianne, they're absolutely brilliant if you understand Italian you'll love it. But apart from that, it's been a good week, hasn't it? Ciao, ciao, ciao. Blind spirit, the Italians are coming to Lower Loxley, so average these to sharpen up its style. Are they Italians? I don't think they are, are they? They sound like some potty little group. If there's only one bloke doing the whole organising, according to Elizabeth, that was the most nauseatingly middle class exchange I have ever heard Elizabeth and Linda at Lower Loxley, whitting on about. Oh, all that. Oh, god. Yes, no, just really irritating. And anyway, if the weather in Ambridge is anything like the weather here, it has thrown it down unremittingly from about 48 hours, so it's all going to be washed out anyway. That'll be another flood. Mrs Bentos. Hello, Dunty Dun. It's Mrs Bentos here. I was going to try and talk to you tonight about the Helen and Rob story, how it's continuing a pace and it's very, very difficult to listen to without hurling various objects at the radio. Rob with his nasty moustache twirling, cape-wielding, nasty, dastardly deeds, but I haven't really got the time, unfortunately, tonight, because I think I'm going to be interrupted at any moment, because it's still the summer holidays. I'm having to hide from the children to make this call. There doesn't seem to be a moment's piece to be had at the moment, mainly because my children, unlike soap children, are not very easily dispatched with a mirror. Go and play in your room or whatever it is that Rob and Helen seem to say to Henry every five seconds and he does exactly what they say. Very unusual for a four-year-old, I think, with behaviour. I barely get a chance to utter one sentence uninterrupted, let alone have an entire adult conversation about barrow farm and constructive dismissal and milk yields and all these other fascinating topics of conversation. I've concluded that a part of Rob's dastardly mission includes silencing Henry. I think he must be drugging him, I think either slipping sedatives into his ready-break or dosing him up with kiddypyriton or something, because he's unbelievably docile and compliant. He absolutely doesn't bear any resemblance to any living four-year-old that I've ever encountered. Maybe that or I'm just doing all this parenting thing wrong, but anyway, that's probably about all I've got time for tonight. I'm off to the village hall tonight to listen to a rather interesting sounding talk on the history of garden gnomes. It's given by Derek Fletcher, I understand he's going on a UK tour. He might be underappreciated in Ambridge, but believe me around here, that passes for extremely exciting entertainment. They're actually queuing out of the village hall door as we speak, so I better go. Thanks a lot, bye. Well-behaved children in the archers? Well, I don't know, because Lily, Freddy, Georgie, Kira and Rory have all vanished, apparently, so the only one left is Henry, and all he ever says is "wob!" So possibly he's eaten all the others, but we don't know about well-behaved children in the archers. They're quiet, that's certainly true, but quiet doesn't necessarily mean well-behaved because who knows what they're doing. Talking about well-behaved children or not, whatever happens is a delinquent part of what's happened to him? Well, he's gone, doesn't he? He's just disappeared. Lily and Freddy vanished. So maybe he's ran off with Iftacar. He was just getting interesting, old Freddy. Oh no, having a quick siggie behind the bike sheds. But that was all just a way of him being able to break the Roy and Lizzy storyline, wasn't it? I know. I hate this when they just vanish. It's so infuriating. I mean, I understand that they only have, you know, 13 minutes a day or whatever, but surely you can, you know, at least mention them in passing, tell us how they're doing. Anyway, emailerineras. We have many. All right, okay. We have many, we have to. It seemed like many, because they were very long emails, so I've had to squish them down. That candida-beaching said, she's with a glint full of love and said, "I hate Ruth, but I do understand her current position. She's one of six children and she's the only one within 300 miles of her parents. The final eight years were the most stressful of my life. No care home, can they afford care at home? Rounds of doctor and hospital appointments, elderly care appointments, it just went on and on. With a young family at home and her husband, it wasn't that I didn't love them. I was not programmed to look after them too. Does that sound callous? I doesn't mean to, but it was blooming hard work. Team Ruth all the way on this one. Yes. She's in a really difficult position and I think people underestimate how hard it is as a, as a only child to marry into a big family. My friend has just done it and we had a big chat last week because she was absolutely at the end of her tether and she said, "I didn't marry the whole family, but apparently I did." And, you know, it's very hard, very hard. So I have a great deal of sympathy with Ruth. Yeah. Also, and I hadn't thought about this until that call, and by the way, Candida, I will be coming down to Cornwall to partake in your hospitality soon. The whole thing about aging parents and looking after them, that it actually breaks up kind of wider families as well, that it isn't just a case of, you know, where is she going to live and then impacting on the son or the daughter of that elderly parent. And then the son and daughter in law, who might feel slightly aggrieved, that this person has landed up underneath their roof, that within my own family, my grandmother, from Jacob, her coming back, set massive reductions between her children in terms of who should she stop with. It was only right and probably she stopped here, or, you know, such and such did this, the amount of money that was sent for her care and all sorts. And it's an absolute mind field in so many ways, especially in cultures that are instinctively against care homes, because they think, well, no, we don't do that. You know, we look after elderly people, and but then a truck trying to live more on lives where people are rushing here today to work. And then there's a whole load of guilt associated with that, because, you know, they can't be there with them during the day, etc. And yeah, and it's an absolute, absolute mind field and a nightmare. And again, we have to, you know, we really should applaud the script writers in terms of introducing this story line into our favourite ducky drama, because forget all the, they were going to go up to product, but you take all that nonsense and put it to one side. But in all of my years of soap watching, which I do not that much anymore, I don't remember the introduction of an elderly character into a family's setting, which is happening in these tenders, and there has happened in various different ways. But actually having this real life consequence in terms of how actually are we going to care for this person? But it's quite interesting. So many of the story, so many of the story lines at the moment in the arches, quite rightly, they've always before focused on the young people. And at the moment, there's so much going on for the older people, because it's reflecting Britain we are going to have. There are going to be more people over the age of 50 than, you know, and all that, you know, issues for about being widowed, about loneliness, about lack of social interaction, about older people sort of moving in together to mutually support each other. There's a load of older people's story lines at the minute. Sadly, the only one that's kind of positive is Carol Trigorran, who is very happy on her own. She's older, but she's got a very young mind, and she just is an independent woman who just lives her life exactly as she wants to. The others are all rather negative, and you sort of think, yeah, is there not a way of making this seem, it's not all doom and gloom. This isn't an accurate portrayal either. It's not, you know, that's not a very life affirming way of presenting life for older people, really, the way it's being handled at the moment. All the story lines are negative. You know, because of the fact that we're talking about the quality storylines at the moment. Yeah. Do you think that the intermediaries between ourselves and Sean O'Connor can transmit to Sean O'Connor that actually we're giving him a bit of a big up right now? Yes. That we're not unremittingly negative. Horrid. Yes. You know, we give credit where credit's due, and we give in lots of credit at the moment. Yeah. So there you go, Mr. Rowe. Magic at Mungo's as well emailed in. If Kenton is drinking the stock and the suppliers don't get paid, I can see that things spiraling out of control even faster. This will lead to Jolene going to David at a desperation as she is just at the end of her tether, and the prospect of losing her home and potentially her marriage forces her hand. Titchinob, Holy Cow, even my mother, who is one of the most loyal listeners I know is making throwing up noises at the radio, and she might not be making the same rude gestures I am, but the man needs taking out. Yeah, so that you'll have any arguments from anyone here. So that's callers done, callerina is done, and emailerina is done. Yeah. So now Camp Coffee Break, you'll have some alcoholic liquid refreshment. We'll come back the other side of this. Hello, I'm Sarah Smith, proud sponsor of Dumty Dum. If you want to polish up your Albion, give your optics a wipe, or even mop up after your ferrets, Sarah Smith Cloths are eco-friendly, reusable, and washable. And, you know, a bit posh. Sarah Smith, available from Sainsbury's, for the posher washer, proud sponsors of Dumty Dum. Fancy getting your mouth around something warm? Something comforting you can really get a firm grip on. Why not buy a Dumty Dum mug from the shop at DumtyDum.com? Those damn lovely. Good day, everyone. It's been a really interesting week on Facebook for arches fans. There's been a lot of debate about some of the plotlines, and a lot of people really getting their knickers in the twist about some of the activities. So one of the things that I did notice was that the Rob Titchner Appreciation Group has closed down. Now, to be fair to the people who started that up, that was set up as a sort of pseudo-support group for Rob just to offer a different version of his character. It was never set up because they intentionally believed that he was fabulous. But I think that they just decided it wasn't worth going ahead anymore after this week's events. And I noticed that there is now a Jill Archer Stormtroopers group, which is rather fun. So the whole situation around Ruth and David and what's happening with Jill has ignited some lively debate. A lot of people are complaining that it doesn't make any sense that these decisions would be made without Jill, and also without any discussion with Heather or Heather Pett if she's known. So that was the week around the arches pages. I did post a very clever letter from Rob on to our Dunty Dun Facebook page. So if you would like to see something that's very clever, if you read it one way, it looks like a really good reference if you read it another way, it's quite damning. So that was very clever. And I posted that up there earlier in the week. And we, I also wanted to just share with you something from Arches' appreciation from Jenny Graham who said, "This is a media studies question. Compare and contrast the interiors of A the chart is and B Brookfield Farm. You should provide diagrammatic evidence, both lateral and vertical, and label each section carefully with these dimensions, present use, and wear appropriate inhabitant." I found that really funny because obviously you probably know by now that I'm a Doctor Who fan too, and I thought it is a bit like that, isn't it? It does need to be bigger on the inside. On our page, we also asked you to make some comments about Rob. I did that straight after Rob was signed, I think I posted that up. And I loved Bernie J. Guy's response, he says, "Poor Rob, a decent caricature, single-handedly, reducing the number of single mothers and immigrant workers in the village, showing unwashed sabs of what's what sexually harassed by his boss and his bloody woman turn up unenacts at work, bonkers eggs. Don't know how he stays his comments. He does, frankly." I did love that. Thank you very much. And I hope you were once a member of the Rob Titian Appreciation Group for anything. Witherspoon says, "You know, I didn't think Charlie came off his mother Teresa, either in that conversation. I must admit, I personally am a little confused. Why does Charlie care whether Rob tells anyone about the kids? Because he's actually got the least to lose there. I would have thought that only Adam really has anything to lose, and I'm sure he, it was just a kid who got mistakes. Which is not great, but I think you can work through that." Cara Littlewood-Quaria would like to congratulate Rob on getting a joint bank account with Helen, and she's not the only one there. We also asked if anybody had changed their mind about Rob. "Did you like him now and you don't?" or vice versa. Ash Wolf Robinson said, "I was met on him initially, but I do not have the same visceral, do not want feeling against anyone else. The script writers are doing an amazing job, but he's seriously creepy, and he's going to snap sooner or later. The only question is whether he's going to get physical or not." Most people are saying, "Yes, I've always disliked him." Kate Swift says, "I've changed my mind about Rob. Initially, I thought he's a bit smug and creepy. Now I know he's creepy and a complete fanaticist. I did not have sex with that woman. The only person who believed that was Clinton, even Helen had a nickel off-doubt." We asked whether which relationship would you prefer to be trapped in Jolien and Kenton's all Helen and Rob's, and it was really interesting nobody felt that they wanted to make a comment on that. I think that one's just too hard. And the final, oh gosh, the final one I wanted to bring your attention to was Roya Phil said he was off to the cinema to watch Trainwreck, and what were other people doing? And you know, people were doing interesting things, but tea leery. I laughed and laughed when I saw what you posted. I'm not going to read it out because Jambay, who's only 11, will probably be listening. Thank you, Millie Bell. Lucy. Yeah. Can you summon up the energy, the vim and the verb to give us your top five hashtag the arches tweet of the wig. Salvatora Rosa, Rob Titchener, to be the new voice of the automated check out in the shop. Um, Huggsy just put, "Not going for the popular vote then, Hazel?" Uh, cuts rich. I don't know where this came from. It was a huge non-secretor, but it made me laugh. He said, "It's Neil's lawn I worry about. When will it get cut?" We're all worrying about Neil's lawn. Um, the gelman. Still don't think it's right, throwing out St Jill to accommodate the phantom cliche peddler of old Pudda Town. And tweet off the wig. Was money and media, who said, "I know they're at the cricket, but I hope Susan launched that tirade at Pat while wearing her tabard." A furious Susan in her tabard. She did kind of lose it, didn't she? It was kind of slightly, I think Susan's just feeling really picked on at the minute, isn't she? It was just kind of like one more thing that she felt had, you know, someone had double crossed her, just one more thing where she felt she'd been picked on and she just went completely nuts. Poor Pat. She went postal. She did. She really did. It's quite appropriate really. Oh yeah. I made a joke and I didn't even realize about it. You're that good. Right. In it. End of the show time. Don't forget you can go on to www.com. We can buy our merch and this week we will go live with Zazzle.com so you can purchase those details. Also, please log on to www.com. We can read Chris Lewis' Omnibus Reflections, which are very, very, very good. Each week, Mr Lewis puts pen to paper to look at the last week in Borsettshire. This week, it's a bullet to Hazel's left temple, Susan Carter, Borsettshire, Roga Sassen and Ambridge Extra. Don't forget if you can be so inclined, you can throw some of your hard earned money by patreon.com and you can support each show that we do. 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Well, it's one of those things when you think, no, I won't say it, I won't say it, I won't say it, I'm going to say it, aren't I? No, don't. Oh, I will. And then I did. But it was praying on my mind just because it was also weird that we were recording today. And then there was that thing that Kenton said and then with a spoon's call as well, it all seemed to sort of concatenation of circumstance, it was. So yes, but anyway. Well, it's going to be, I've sent you a little message or two. Have you? Yeah, it looked really fine. Oh, oh, dude, you may be crying again. Oh, shut up. I think you're awesome. Don't like you much, but I do think you're awesome. Don't say that. That's horrible. No, go shut up. You know, I was, I was trapped. What was I on the other day? I was on some, I was on some bit of social media. And I was reading, or reading something for another, that was reading an article, that was it, some Guardian article. And somebody was talking about how, you know, everybody does online dating. Now there's absolutely zero stigma. It just everyone just like does it. And how now companies are trying to use the same methodology seeking fine friends. So there's some, some, some, uh, called friend hunt now. Right. And there's some other one I've been trying to figure out, which didn't sound as spooky as friend hunt. But anyway, and the, there was a couple of comments of people saying, but that's what Twitter's for. Yeah. That actually, and there's quite a few people, one of them was somebody who we followed. That's the reason how I came to this, Princess BP or something. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. She, she was the one who'd kind of noticed this article. And she said, but that's what Twitter's for. And she said, some of the most important people in my life, I've met on Twitter. And that means you. Oh, I was, I really concur and I went, Oh, bloody hell.

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