Blasted Helen, in case you hadn’t guessed.
Now as regular readers know, I am not a partisan for the Ulster chef - rather the reverse - but to go and harass him in his own home because he had not seemed sufficiently enamoured of her personality-deficient, pyjama-wrapped, ****-struck permanent adolescent squeeze seems A Bit Bloody Much to me. If Helen lerves anyone, all must love him. Worked well with Rob, didn’t it, quine?
I want to know where the real Helen is
Talking sense to Krusty and then to Ian next episode is too far fetched
The mankwold fumes are getting to her
Much as I admire Helen’s character arc, I think it’s being a bit drawn out. Can we just fast-forward to the bit where she’s writing orders to tank divisions that were wiped out six months ago?
That made me laugh quite a lot, Sparrer: ta.
Is mankwold a cheese she produces? I missed that one and don’t understand Hedgesparrow’s joke …explain somebody please!!!
Mankwold is a name for Borsetshire Blue, Helen’s occasionally, when it isn’t being disappointing and losing customers, prize-winning cheese, which originated on another board. Possibly even the old BBC boards. It has Spooneristic properties. cf the late and unlamented muck, Lymeswold
As for Hedger’s joke, well, either a whole slew of cultural reference seems to have passed you by or you just need to think about it a bit more in a wider, non-Ambridge context. It might help if you were to visualise Helen with some facial hair.
I suspect it’s the covert reference is avoidance of Godwin, Joanna.
Also it does seem to be a traditional failure mode of dictators; Napoleon did something similar towards the end.
Gosh I remember Lymeswold - it was horrid - whatever was wrong with Danish Blue - that’s all we had when I was growing up - Stilton for special occasions. I think I now might get the joke - but Gus is right - I need to look beyond Ambridge …whither though? I know you are all listening but I do podcast later tonight- Peaky Blinders Series 4 episode 2 now…
That had never occurred to me until now!
(Well of course, it wouldn’t have, wot with me being so innocent and everything.)
You don’t eat cheese with a spoon, yer silly Billy.
Spoon? You wouldn’t eat Mankwold for a bet.
Depends on the size of the wager
Everyone has a price
Train up on hydrofluoric acid first?
I think that would do wee birdie
But I like blue cheese and so I would be tempted by a mere trillion quid to try the stuff and save you all from the horror
Not much use if you’re not around to spend it.
After many years as a peeler I have an iron constitution
Nowt upsets my innards!