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Speaking myself as an Archers character who died in about 1973 and observing Ambridge from my place in heaven, I am horrified that the Archer family now "boasts" one of the most appalling spoil brat know-alls, namely Pipsqueak, not to mention her bloody mother who sounds like she is auditioning for the remake of "When The Boat Comes In"

What about Brian? He and Matt are my favourites, tho' in real life I would hate their ruthless capitalist styles.


Another thing that I can't stand. "Bored of" rather than "bored with".


Also "I was like where were you? And she was like I was at Uni today."


"I'm SO over her!"

Brian can be entertaining but his manner is too inflammatory to listen to calmly for long.


Another one: people, generally women, pronouncing an E as an A, usually with a slight drawl, presumably to sound posher.


'Can I gat the bast and of nack of laaamb?' as someone is probably saying right now in William Rose.


Irritating.

For a second, e-dealer, I thought that you were suggesting that Brian had been to the vet for the unkindest cut of all. But all he lost was the chairmanship of Borchester Land, tho' I suspect that his designs on Annabelle's body are now over.

I'm not sure this qualifies as a 'tiny little thing', but here goes.


I have a Dustbuster, about four or five years old. The rechargeable battery in it is dying, so I had a look online for a new battery pack. Found it - ?33.99. A bit steep I thought, so how much is a whole new dustbuster? ?34.99.


No wonder we are such a consumer society.

Receiving a letter thanking me for "taking the time to respond to the HS2 blah blah blah..."


I didn't take the time to do anything of the sort, but obviously a person I know who is heavily involved in the anti-HS2 campaign has felt it's fine to use my name and address without asking.


Grrrr. In fact, I think my rage is rational?

People whose inflection rises as they reach the end of a sentence - apart from Australians of course who are allowed to. I think that it was watching "Neighbours" that caused people who were kids at the time to talk this way.

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