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Old 28-05-2004, 20:04
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A very simple question; who did Fred Elliot make his five thousand pound cheque out to? If it was "Orchid", she would not have been able to cash it.
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Old 28-05-2004, 20:12
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Originally Posted by on request
A very simple question; who did Fred Elliot make his five thousand pound cheque out to? If it was "Orchid", she would not have been able to cash it.
I've just said exactly the same thing. Orchid didnt exist but she could have a fake account I guess.
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Old 28-05-2004, 21:39
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I thought he left the cheque payee blank...
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Old 28-05-2004, 22:17
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Originally Posted by pconno1
I thought he left the cheque payee blank...

Yes but if she arrived off the plane from thailand how could she have got anenglish bank account so quickly
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Old 28-05-2004, 22:39
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The money was supposed be be for "Orchid's" father's medical care in Thailand, so it makes sense that Dennis would have persuaded Fred to give him the money so he could pretend to wire it to Thailand just like he did before.
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Old 28-05-2004, 23:40
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I'm pretty sure the cheque was made out to Dennis - there was a brief glimpse of it during the (relevant) episode.

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Old 29-05-2004, 00:43
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Also, didn't he think it was suspicious that when he collected her from the airport she had no airline tags on her suitcase...?
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Old 29-05-2004, 13:40
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He also collected her from the departure area as well, lol. Arrivals was downstairs and the escalator to come up was on the opposite side from where she came from!
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Old 29-05-2004, 21:15
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Originally Posted by katie
I'm pretty sure the cheque was made out to Dennis - there was a brief glimpse of it during the (relevant) episode.
It was, I remember seeing it too, when Fred passed it over in the Rovers
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Old 30-05-2004, 08:30
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If she fell on top of him from the sky, he wouldn't have noticed, as far as he was concerned he was lovestruck and these little things wouldn't be spotted by a gullible man like Fred.
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Old 30-05-2004, 14:23
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Originally Posted by Tigerzondaprowl
If she fell on top of him from the sky, he wouldn't have noticed, as far as he was concerned he was lovestruck and these little things wouldn't be spotted by a gullible man like Fred.
I dont feel sorry for Fred in the slightest. I know there are a lot of lonley men out there but Fred's big problem is he never cultivates a relationship. He knows someone for 5 minutes and then proposes. How long had Penny been widowed before he popped the question? He hadnt known Eve more than a few weeks before he was on one knee. Sorry but Fred (although a great character) is a fool, maybe next time he meets a woman he wont be trying to marry her after one meet!
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Old 30-05-2004, 14:50
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Also who did she say she was going to stay with... when she went home every night.

Watching ukgold the other night and dennis played in Dinner Ladys
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Old 30-05-2004, 23:35
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I absolutley loved the way they had to hammer home the 'she's not actually from thailand' message. When fred sees her at the market, its not enough that shes speaking the local slang, in the local accent, but that partner of hers comes up and gives her a PIE!!!!

'ooh meat n tatties, me fave!'

of course- a pie! meat n tatties! because thats what all people from manchester eat! how about a flask of steaming hot pot?? give her a man city shirt!! If she was serious about fooling fred out of his money, she shouldve arrived at the airport in a man utd shirt. I hear they get big sales out there.

especially for any viewers out there who are dimmer then fred.
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Old 31-05-2004, 11:55
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Originally Posted by Nick Grant
Also who did she say she was going to stay with... when she went home every night.
She said she was staying with a relative. But as someone else said, she could have said anything at all and he would have believed it, because he wanted to.
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Old 31-05-2004, 16:35
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She actually said she was staying with her father's cousin's niece... which would have been herself. And isn't it suspicious that she had a relative living so close to Weatherfield yet she had never visited England before???
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Old 31-05-2004, 18:07
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Originally Posted by Rubbery Monkey
I've just said exactly the same thing. Orchid didnt exist but she could have a fake account I guess.

You cant do that, you need proper ID to set up a bank account - unless it was a numbered swiss account!!
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Old 01-06-2004, 16:24
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Dennis clearly had the money to pay back Fred. I'm sure there is more to come in this story, where he gets his proper comeuppence.

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