We asked if you had any Archers catchphrases. And your answers gave us a quirky and lovely snapshot of Ambridge...
When we asked what Archers lines have become catchphrases for you and your nearest and dearest, we knew there'd be a few. In the end, you sent us LOADS.
And your responses gave us a beautiful snapshot of Ambridge...
"Coffee in the morning, gin in the afternoon, Darling..." [Emma Jones on ]
"If the good Lord had meant us to get up at (insert early hour here), he wouldn't have invented gin, darling." [Kirsty Ingham on ]
When I am chatting with my wife and she says something preposterous, I drop my voice deeper, and say "oh, please" in the style of Adam. [Tony Vienonen on ]
It's "Farmers Lung" whenever anyone has a persistent cough [Tracey Thompson on ]
“That won’t butter no parsnips” in a Joe Grundy accent! [Mandy Wigham on ]
"Illicit sex, after the Brian and Siobhan thing, is always "Hungarian translations". [Gavin Hall on ]
If anyone mentions a tagine, mum and I say it in Susan's accent. She did one when Christopher and Alice got married, and she decided they were landed gentry. [Lynne Speller on ]
My mother uses the Lynda Snell sniff for dramatic emphasis &/or to suggest a counterpoint to a bland or conciliatory remark!
She used it only the other night when speaking of what she considered was a dodgy approach to psychotherapy: 'They are free to do what they think best......'( followed by a Lynda Snell sniff....which told me what she really thought!) [Maggie Mumford on ]
We call the various farms around us Brookfield, Home Farm and Grange Farm etc depending on how much money they appear to have and how tidy the yards are! We even have matching characters for neighbours - Eddie, Pip, Josh, Brian, Ed and Johnny!! [Emma Dry on ]
Thank you to everyone who responded. We absolutely loved these and wish we could have included them all.
