# So, who wants to help ... to rattle on in the cellar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Not The Archers\ **Created:** [4 May 2018 09:25 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089 "2018-05-04T09:25:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 55
**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:** [10 June 2018 21:25 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1082 "2018-06-10T21:25:55Z")
He was not himself the source of the information, Gus; it was said of him, by a man who had stayed in the house and vouched for the two cats (I think they were Four and Five) doing as they were told. Soo, I am thinking sternly at your neck in a “now you behave someone sensible” way… Goodnight, all. ---
**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:** [10 June 2018 23:09 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1083 "2018-06-10T23:09:47Z")
Gus Snow boy is enchanted by nail polish remover and grabs cotton wool soaked in the stuff to play kill I worry about that leopard If opposable thumbs were a possibility then I would just give up and let him run the house ---
**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:** [11 June 2018 09:39 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1084 "2018-06-11T09:39:34Z")
Not sure my thumbs know what they are doing this morning Orff to Rheumatology shortly Will deffo need a Yardarm when I get back 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:** [11 June 2018 10:09 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1085 "2018-06-11T10:09:35Z")
Busy morning but let’s just put this # yardarm here in case anybody needs it. If the Met. Office is right this should be the hottest day this week, so I’m spending it in the garden. ---
**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:** [11 June 2018 10:27 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1086 "2018-06-11T10:27:43Z")
> [@soobee](#): > > completely unsuitable as a cat slave. My Siamese Sistas There does seem to be something of a theme developing here. BN had Siamese too, I believe. Well, he certainly did have Siamese, but whether he had only Siamese I can’t remember now. I believe they are widely held to have more ‘dog-like’ traits than the respectable domestic moggy. So it may not be down to force of personality at all (sorry) but selection of cat model. I was woken by my feet being _prickled_ in a gentle, experimental and yet persistent fashion. Yes, it _was_ past her breakfast time, now you mention it. ---
**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:** [11 June 2018 11:41 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1087 "2018-06-11T11:41:30Z")
Beverly Nichols had Siamese cats; as far as I know all his cats were not Siamese. The one illustrated at the front of the _Cats’ A.B.C._ helping him at his desk is black. Possibly Oscar, who was named before BN rescued him from an unhappy home. In the text he also mentions being accompanied by a white Persian kitten. Cats who assault me when I am asleep get flung, entirely without any conscious decision on my part since I am not conscious at the time. ---
**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:** [11 June 2018 12:11 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1088 "2018-06-11T12:11:21Z")
I was wrong: in the _Cats’ X.Y.Z_ introduction it says that **“Four” is the black cat who does “the Act,” feigning neglect to attract attention and gain his way. “Five,” with the smallest appetite of the three, is yet round and plump**. The cover shows a back view of two grey tabbies with stripey tails and possibly white shirt-fronts, one decidedly plump, and a black cat, so I assume it is a trio of portraits. And there is a picture of BN with a tabby-and-white cat called “Leo” within the book, so presumably after “Five” he got bored and moved on to other names, unless he took to adoption of unfortunates who had names already. ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/joe/32/126_2.png) [@joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [11 June 2018 12:17 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1089 "2018-06-11T12:17:05Z")
Which reminds me: if anyone doesn’t know this, well worth a read (well it’s Hugh Leonard, innit?): [https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780140174441/Rover-Cats-Hugh-Leonard-0140174443/plp](https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780140174441/Rover-Cats-Hugh-Leonard-0140174443/plp) ---
**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:** [11 June 2018 12:45 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1090 "2018-06-11T12:45:08Z")
Strewth. £ 202.77? ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/joe/32/126_2.png) [@joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [11 June 2018 13:41 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1091 "2018-06-11T13:41:48Z")
Well there’s this alternative: - Title: Rover and Other Cats - Publisher: Penguin Books - Publication Date: 1993 - Binding: Soft cover - Book Condition:Very Good - Signed by Author About £14 incl. p&p from Dublin Or you can fish it out of a certain S American river for next to nothing (would have posted that link first, but there’s no image) 24p for the hardback! ---
**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:** [11 June 2018 14:21 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1092 "2018-06-11T14:21:45Z")
A bijou challenge-ette for you on this excessively hot afternoon… wot do you think this is? ![closeup](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/uploads/default/original/1X/12f9ab94573451e37b0a8221c24364f566857964.jpg) ---
**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:** [11 June 2018 14:22 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1093 "2018-06-11T14:22:44Z")
Oof 3.5 hours later am back Liberates Pitcher and assumes an Recumbent Posture Wiv feets elevated Carinthia.xx ---
**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:** [11 June 2018 14:26 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1094 "2018-06-11T14:26:11Z")
Long expotition that was. ---
**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:** [11 June 2018 14:31 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1095 "2018-06-11T14:31:13Z")
My appointment was for 11-40am, & The Insultant, for it was he wot I saw, was running 30 minutes late, which had stretched to 35 by the time I was seen. A 20 minute wait forra blood test, & then a rather ill-advised bit of shopping in town before getting a taxi home Have eaten summat, taken tablets,& will have to lie down, now 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:** [11 June 2018 14:41 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1096 "2018-06-11T14:41:10Z")
Avva Soothing Summat while you rest, me dear. ---
**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:** [11 June 2018 15:06 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1097 "2018-06-11T15:06:37Z")
The Tomb of the Unknown Pineapple Slice? ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/joe/32/126_2.png) [@joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [11 June 2018 16:05 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1098 "2018-06-11T16:05:38Z")
Fresh crusty bread hot from oven. Also experimental muffins on pan. Not entirely convinced so far… Any takers? ---
**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:** [11 June 2018 16:22 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1099 "2018-06-11T16:22:18Z")
I’m all in favour of Experimental Muffins. It’s the nozzle of the 3D printer, which I took off to give it a bit ovva scrape - looking down the inside. Taken wiv noo shinyphone, which I reckon is pretty impressive. Here’s a more conventional view: ![](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/uploads/default/original/1X/ea444a1c5a110de040e3b420755f75069c0d93ca.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![soobee](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/soobee/32/43_2.png) [@soobee](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/soobee)\ **Post date:** [11 June 2018 16:27 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1100 "2018-06-11T16:27:26Z")
> [@HedgeSparrow](#): > > It’s the nozzle of the 3D printer A bit ovva ‘niche’ poser that one, Hedgers. However, as with all new-found knowledge, I’ll have it forra while until I forget it. Soo 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:** [11 June 2018 16:40 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1101 "2018-06-11T16:40:42Z")
Ah. So I’m guessing that the bit in the middle _isn’t_ pineapple after all. Unless you are diversifying into flavoured extrusions\*. Clever noo shinyphone. \*or ‘experimental muffins’, as some people call them [Previous page](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089.md?page=54) [Next page](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089.md?page=56)