The Crimbo special taking place in 29 Acacia Road?
I wonder if they'll get Bill Oddie in to do the voice of Crow?
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Morning Juan, I'm off for brekkie at Topsy's soon.
Is that where Bananaman lives?
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Eric Twinge lives there Bobby, not Bananaman. Bananaman is more than a person, more than an idea, Bananaman is life!
Pass my regards onto Tim won't you Bobby
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He was in the Dandy too as well as on TV.
Juan, Tim has stopped providing best butter for his toast. He has little pouches of....Flora margarine now.
I'm bringing my own best butter with me next time.
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And the Beano too if memory serves Bobby.
I think you might have to have the 'chat' with Tim
How long will it be before you are bringing in your own Lidl's breakfast packs already cooked just so you can order a cup of overpriced tea and have breakfast away from you house Bobby?
I've seen this happen before. It's time to put your foot down and demand a squeezy bottle of tomato sauce to be on the table, a bowl of sugar with a cover and butter to be sliced from a larger butter in the kitchen.
It always starts like this Bobby and it always ends with a Costa Coffee opening up and there being no greasy spoons or breakfasts to be had anywhere.
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And do you know what? He's still in the Beano to this very day! I occasionally have a flick through one when I see one in a shop or supermarket.
Tell me about it, the cutting corners has begun! He'll be putting cheap ketchup in the bottles soon instead of Heinz. I'll end up having to bring in my own bottle Heinz ketchup again . I used to have to do that at Bob's.
I don't like the idea of communal sugar though. People scoop it up with their wet teaspoons and it ends up with horrible clumpy bits in. I would be fine with a bowl of sugar cubes or one of these little pouring dispensers.
I was going to go to Topsy's tomorrow morning. I'm out all night at the place that I volunteer and was going to treat myself to breakfast in the morning when I knock off. I don't think I'll be bothering now. I'll just get some wheetabix from home.
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Tim'll feel it Bobby, that's how it happens. Costa will provide him with cheap coffee to get a feel for how well the business is in the area and if it's good enough they'll steal it out from under him and he'll be the one on the dole queue.
You just watch!
If I were you I'd find a burger van nearby and make sure to walk by with a nice eggy sausage roll gushing with Tommy K right before his lunchtime crowd start to draw in.
With Winter coming he'll need to learn quickly if he wants to be accepted in that sleepy English town he's decided to settle into
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You leave it to me, Juan. I'll make sure that doesn't happen. We haven't had a Costa Coffee open up in town yet and hopefully we never will. If one is scheduled to open up, me and my band who saved the library will campaign and protest like nobodies business.
I might do something similar to what you suggested actually. On the way back from the care home tomorrow morning, I might call by GutBusters which is a little trailer type cafe. I don't normally visit GutBusters because it's just too filthy looking and the food is really greasy and fatty, but you do get a 'bin lid' for just £2.20. Their sign looks a lot like the Ghostbusters logo too and I think that might be illegal. Anyway I might call in there and get myself one of these bin lids with bacon, sausage and runny egg with lashings of Tom K and HP. Then I'll wait till I pass Topsy Turvey's and just pop my head through the door and say 'hi Tim' whilst munching on my bin lid. What do you think?
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Tim will certainly do a double-take Bobby, in fact he might even do the famous Patrick Stewart quadruple-take, and you can casually quip "Anything wrong Tim?" to which he will say something along the lines of "You trying out the competition Bobby?" at which you can guffaw and let him know that best butter and consistency is what you and the fine people of your town enjoy, let slip the "We wouldn't want a Costas opening up around here now Tim would we?" and then wink and go on your merry way leaving him with something to think about and chew over.
I have no doubt he'll get out the best butter again and make sure not to make such an early cash grab rookie mistake again. He's given up his life in Glasgow for this Bobby, believe me - he won't be wanting to be going back there in a rush
As soon as he realises Topsy's is more than just a means of him making cash and that he's more Ian Beale than Grant Mitchell he'll wisen up and tow the line
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I like that, the passive aggressive approach does sound like the way to go. Much better than going in there all guns blazing. there will be minimal confrontation which a sensitive soul like myself hates. The only problem will be forcing down about two bites of that bin lid with its chewy, gristly bacon and sausage and overdone yet still somehow runny egg. I shall be throwing the rest in the bin once I pass around that corner out of sight of Topsy's.
Padgett loves GutBusters and often visits. No surprise there.
Tim had his little niece and nephew down to visit yesterday too. Real pains in the bum they were, dashing about the place hither and yon. He kept apologising by going 'really sorry about them, they're my sisters kids' as if that was supposed to excuse it!
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See, it sounds like he's already a walkover Bobby, wouldn't surprise me if it was his wife that suggested getting out the old Flora margarine and trying to hoodwink good hearted paying customers for some extra pennies for their household.
Let him know what is what and he'll comply. The library is an important hub of the community and you don't want to mess with those who protect it from shutting down and becoming a Costas
Perhaps you should have Padgett meet you and you can hand over the GutBusters to him when you are out of sight of Topsy's. No point in wasting food if you know of someone who will eat it.
On the off-chance there's an extra play out of Tim make sure he knows that the local Tesco has been getting glowing reviews about their cafe and that, combined with their great offers for shopping, they will no doubt be attracting some business this Winter and hoping to retain said custom. Peeled plum tomatoes and fried bread is what you heard
There's no coming back from that one Bobby, he'll have to fold
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I tried it this morning, Juan and Tim simply raised his head from some paperwork he was doing and goes 'oh, alright Bobby. You comin in?' And I was like 'nooo, I've just been to GutBusters and got myself a bin lid' and he just says 'oh ok, catch you later then' and I just walked away awkwardly. That didn't work out how I planned it.
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The seed has been planted Bobby, wait until Spring to fully appreciate how it has flourished
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