"You're the only one who's available!"

The Archers
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“…was available! but no longer available! Get it? You silly shrewsun of a womun! Now for Gawd’s sake SOD OFF!”

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2

Bit dim of Alistair not to have foreseen and prevented this, being so concerned about his father…
Still, he’s only a vet, so what does one expect? Brains?

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3

…well, I think James Herriot might have something to say about that!

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4

You’ve been too long in the US, my friend [trans, colloq: buddy]

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Yes, they are meant to be volunteers.

How did the shop manage without him when he was missing without notice last week? and the week before? If I were in charge of the rota I would have removed him from it until he said he was ready to be put back on, as I would do for anyone who was unreliable in such a way.

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6

But that would mean redesigning the rota, which is Terribly Difficult (it might take, oh, minutes).

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7

I expect Roy would be happy to act as consultant.

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8

I was once privileged to witness an Australian demonstrating how “mate” can, with varying intonation, mean anything from “I thought you were dead, let’s have many drinks” to “outside, now”.

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9

That Strine masterclass sounds like excellent fun.
I particularly enjoy the “you poor, deluded, inadequate fool” delivery.

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