# So, who wants to help ... to cower in the cellar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Not The Archers\ **Created:** [26 April 2019 15:45 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735 "2019-04-26T15:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 494
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 14:11 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9862 "2020-01-09T14:11:33Z")
Joe I am at St James and we are staying overnight in the city centre Give me a call ---
**Author:** ![EbonyBull](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/ebonybull/32/530_2.png) [@EbonyBull](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/EbonyBull)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 14:50 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9863 "2020-01-09T14:50:58Z")
Or ping me or 3W through Signal … ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 15:12 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9864 "2020-01-09T15:12:28Z")
That Fish has gone out shopping. Naturally we have Rain. ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 15:20 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9865 "2020-01-09T15:20:35Z")
Of course, Dunnock Grey & damp here too Sigh Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 15:22 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9866 "2020-01-09T15:22:14Z")
And 'ere. Not so much damp as stair-rods. And to cap it all, this afternoon’s opera is bleedin’ Donizetti. ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 15:26 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9867 "2020-01-09T15:26:36Z")
Lightly-curried vegetable soup is on offer here, Gus Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 15:29 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9868 "2020-01-09T15:29:44Z")
> [@Carinthia](#): > > Lightly-curried vegetable soup is on offer Enough to drown a soprano, a brace of basses, two tenors, a mezzo and a contralto? That is a very timely offer, Dahlink, and thank you. A bit over for me to consume would be lovely, if you can manage it. ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 15:35 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9869 "2020-01-09T15:35:29Z")
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_/ \<------There you are, Dahlink There’s certainly enuff to drown a soprano or 2… Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 15:52 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9870 "2020-01-09T15:52:08Z")
Doesn’t take much, really, if applied in the right place. ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 16:06 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9871 "2020-01-09T16:06:55Z")
Wet fish. It is only natural, but still soggy. ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 16:30 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9872 "2020-01-09T16:30:33Z")
My [https://diamineinks.co.uk/](https://diamineinks.co.uk/) order has arrived! happy tseep ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 16:36 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9873 "2020-01-09T16:36:49Z")
Have you gone for the Shiny ones, Dunnock? Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 17:10 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9874 "2020-01-09T17:10:38Z")
They look gorgeous I have gone on strike with a pint of Dublin pale ale The Bull is on Dublin stout Someone HAS to see the beer is good enough to drink ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 17:21 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9875 "2020-01-09T17:21:49Z")
> [@3Wells](#): > > Someone HAS to see the beer is good enough to drink Selfless devotion to public service, Twellers: that’s what we like to see. ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 17:33 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9876 "2020-01-09T17:33:27Z")
Medium shiny, Carinthia. Wiv a bit of subtlety to them too, especially the grey - charcoal - black gradation. (Then there’s the gorgeous imperial purple… for when green ink doesn’t express me feelings strongly enough.) ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 17:38 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9877 "2020-01-09T17:38:27Z")
> [@HedgeSparrow](#): > > when green ink doesn’t express me feelings strongly enough How do I break this to a young Sparrer? Me dere wee Bird, green ink _always_ expresses one’s feelings strongly enough. Well, it ~~works~~ worked well enough for me… Keep the purple for when you are feeling first-person-pluralish. ---
**Author:** ![Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/armrest/32/171_2.png) [@Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Armrest)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 20:50 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9878 "2020-01-09T20:50:33Z")
Have I ever told the story of being persuaded by the bigger boys to stuff a potato in the exhaust pipe of a Ford Anglia police car ? (This was in the 1960’s, I think it’s out of investigation time). If not, then more info on request. Meanwile I saw this picture which took me back to those days. ![20200105_222859](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1cd0e1732c8e7705fef37bed37f209cb95da72b7.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 20:52 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9879 "2020-01-09T20:52:19Z")
1. Request for information, please 2. That is rather lovely ---
**Author:** ![Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/armrest/32/171_2.png) [@Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Armrest)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 21:13 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9880 "2020-01-09T21:13:35Z")
I was brought up on a reasonably large council estate. Boys tended to hang out in ‘gangs’ of boys … without the connotations of the word ‘gang’ that exists today. There were about 30 of us, though never all together at once. My brother, 3 years older was the eldest of our particular gang. I was the second youngest. So I spent a lot of time being a hanger-on & so was always trying to prove my worth. We’d been playing a lot of ‘knock-a-door, run’ (how that would irritate the grown me) and we gathered one evening to be told that there was a police car parked in a ginnel opposite a row we’d been plaguing. A plan was hatched. It entailed messing these cops around a bit. THAT entailed someone stuffing a potato (there to be thrown on a bonfire, burnt & then eaten as we proclaimed it to be the World’s best fire-baked spud) up the Panda Car’s exhaust. It was explained that it would made “a bit of a bang !”. So, the plan agreed, they looked for someone stupid enough to do it. My hand went up. The potato was proffered & off I went. Up the street, down the cobbled back street and, on my belly, sneaked up behing the unlit car containing two rozzers. I jammed the spud in, sneaked away & gave the thumbs up. The gang emerged and a good dozen knocked, simultaneously, on house doors opposite the ginnel and then scarpered in a range of directions. The Panda car put its lights on, fired up the engine. There was a rumble … then one Hell of a bang. The potato exited from the exhaust, wizzed past my head and hit a garage door at a heck of a pace. The World’s biggest spud gun. I looked to the car & … i. The two scuffers were sitting stock still inside. ii. The interior of the vehicle was filled with blue smoke. iii. The tail pipe had split in about 6 strands, a-la a cartoon picture. I spent the next month waiting for a knock on the door which never came. I had cemented my place in the gang for another month. “The ASBO Kid” ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2020 21:18 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-cower-in-the-cellar/1735/9881 "2020-01-09T21:18:01Z")
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