Everybody Needs Good Neighbours (including the Germans)

I am aware that growing numbers of Germans have started reading this blog. Welcome! They all speak good English and they have no problem understanding what I write, but they haven’t understood what is so cool about the picture I used on my first blog (the same picture I use for my profile). Please spare a thought for our Teutonic cousins who have no knowledge of the joy that is Neighbours.

For those of you that don’t read German, I hope you don’t mind, but I feel it is my duty to explain to them what they have missed out on. Just think for a moment – these people know nothing of Harold and Madge Bishop, Mrs Mangel, the Coffee Shop… Lassiters! So the following blog attempts to rectify this. Bear with me.

By the way – and I swear I only found this by chance – http://perfectblend.net/ is running a poll to find the best ‘Neighbour’ of all time. I had nothing to do, so I voted. You have to choose ten (in order of preference) and in October they will announce the list and, ultimately, who has won. My top Neighbours (not in order) were: Harold Bishop (although he was top of my list – of course), Madge Bishop, Karl and Susan Kennedy, Lou Carpenter, Scott and Charlene Robinson, Janelle Timmins, Helen Daniels and Mrs Mangel. Anybody disagree with me?!

(I was a little unsure whether or not to add that last paragraph and run the risk of removing all credibility from my blog. I went for it. I think I pulled it off.)