# Some of us were ahead of you there, David **URL:** \ **Category:** The Archers\ **Created:** [11 April 2017 18:16 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235 "2017-04-11T18:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 April 2017 18:16 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/1 "2017-04-11T18:16:38Z")
Some of the continuity announcers dunnarf make I laff. ---
**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 April 2017 18:20 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/2 "2017-04-11T18:20:07Z")
I really should stop hitting the off-switch at the first bar of the outro, but the habit is deeply ingrained. ---
**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 April 2017 18:24 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/3 "2017-04-11T18:24:38Z")
More often than not these days, that’s the time to hit **on**. Tonight’s was indeed a classic. ---
**Author:** ![Aisling](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Aisling](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Aisling)\ **Post date:** [11 April 2017 18:44 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/4 "2017-04-11T18:44:32Z")
Who is Olive Branch? Does she play cricket? ---
**Author:** ![JustJanie](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/justjanie/32/42_2.png) [@JustJanie](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/JustJanie)\ **Post date:** [11 April 2017 18:44 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/5 "2017-04-11T18:44:35Z")
Was it Eggy or Chris Aldridge or one of the others? It was one of the lighter voices. Eggy has a slight northern touch to his speech but I wasn’t sure this time if it was or wasn’t him. ---
**Author:** ![Aisling](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Aisling](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Aisling)\ **Post date:** [11 April 2017 18:49 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/6 "2017-04-11T18:49:05Z")
Eggthelion, a former Steward of Mordor. I don’t think the Aldridges should take all the jobs. ---
**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 April 2017 19:26 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/7 "2017-04-11T19:26:41Z")
If you’re going to be _that_ nerdy/geeky, shouldn’t it be ‘Ecthelion’? ---
**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 April 2017 19:41 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/8 "2017-04-11T19:41:35Z")
As in “Utha theemth to Ecthelion thundry legal thervitheth”? ---
**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 April 2017 20:19 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/9 "2017-04-11T20:19:15Z")
Here, dear, have this hanky. Ith - sorry, it’s - clean thith - oh soddit, this - morning. Ecthelion was a chamelion Modest and shy He couldn’t get past Turquoise to Carnelian: Just sat there feeling blue and wondering why. ---
**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 April 2017 20:26 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/10 "2017-04-11T20:26:51Z")
If I could likelike twice, I would. ---
**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 April 2017 20:33 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/11 "2017-04-11T20:33:51Z")
Ta. Feeling very sad about this completely imaginary beastie now. Must find a way of getting him out of it. ---
**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 April 2017 21:06 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/12 "2017-04-11T21:06:26Z")
If he’s turned permanently blue, maybe he’s cold? What he needs is a nice comfy blanket. Er - maybe not the tartan… ---
**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 April 2017 21:12 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/13 "2017-04-11T21:12:30Z")
I don’t like to think of you as a cruel so & so, joe. So here’s the happy ending > [@Gus](#): > > Ecthelion was a chamelionModest and shyHe couldn’t get pastTurquoise to Carnelian:Just sat there feeling blue and wondering why. Then a rough-cut opal caught his rolling eye. ’How neat,’ thought Ecthelion ’Worth a _Lizard_ try’ So now he flickers, Changing hues from blossom to jade to sky ---
**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 April 2017 22:33 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/14 "2017-04-11T22:33:36Z")
Heh! and likewise Hah! ---
**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 April 2017 22:37 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/15 "2017-04-11T22:37:53Z")
I counted them in and I counted them out again;-) Syllables, that is. One doesn’t want to start another war, On reflection that last might at the moment be a minority view. ---
**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 April 2017 22:56 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/16 "2017-04-11T22:56:45Z")
I always thank the lord when the limericks in Archers’ areas actually have the right number of syllabubbles to the line… As for haiku, how hard is 5-7-5 to remember? Impossible for some, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Aisling](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Aisling](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Aisling)\ **Post date:** [11 April 2017 23:34 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/17 "2017-04-11T23:34:10Z")
Flippin’ ecth! Wotta plenitude of pedantry. ---
**Author:** ![Aisling](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Aisling](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Aisling)\ **Post date:** [11 April 2017 23:45 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/18 "2017-04-11T23:45:06Z")
Who’s got silly balls? Is this Quidditch? ---
**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 April 2017 23:51 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/19 "2017-04-11T23:51:27Z")
On recent form,don’t you mean ‘flippin’ egg’, me duck? Which is of course not a bad idea for them as likes that kind of thing. [http://www.greenchronicle.com/recipes/egg\_flip.htm](http://www.greenchronicle.com/recipes/egg_flip.htm) Urgle ---
**Author:** ![Aisling](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Aisling](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Aisling)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2017 16:21 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235/20 "2017-04-12T16:21:07Z")
I don’t like duck egg, like eating tofu past its use by date, ew. Thanks for the recipe, though. Now if you’ve got any quail eggs, fresh or pickled…_stuffs large napkin round neck_ [Next page](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/some-of-us-were-ahead-of-you-there-david/235.md?page=2)