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The promise that I issue to you is that by one o'clock today, you will know more and you do now.

LBC 97.3 Mystery Hour with James O'Brien.

Mystery Hour. Gosh, that voice sounds portentous. And rightly so, because it portends some magical occurrences. This is my favourite part of the week. And it also constitutes favourite part of the listening week for many of you, I know. So let's just remind ourselves and enlighten newcomers of exactly what it involves. First thing I'll say is, look, it's mystery out. It's Thursday. Phone lines are open. 0845-6060973 is the number to call. Hit the numbers now. You will get through a situation that is never

sustained for long on a Thursday. Busier switchboard in town every single day of the week, but on Thursdays

from 12 to 1, it really moves into the realms of the ridiculous. So if you have a question to which

you have failed to find an answer,

this is your golden and weekly opportunity.

It's like the radio equivalent of the newspaper columns

that invite readers to send in a question.

Why do we do this?

What is that?

Where does that come from?

And other readers then hopefully furnish them with answers.

But it takes days, weeks, sometimes even months. Here it's live. 0845-6060-973. If you have a who or a why, a where, a

when, a where-for, or whither, we'll even do a whence, if you're feeling so inclined.

The point is this. You need to get your question on the board as quickly as possible.

And when you hear somebody else ask a question to which you know the answer, then the number remains the same and you have to ring in with it.

The prize on offer is, well, just about the most desired, applaud it in the world of radio.

It's a genuine, bona fide mystery hour round of applause.

0845-6060-9773. And the questions can be as silly or as serious as you like. We've covered areas of quite complicated science, and we've also answered questions, rather winningly last week, such as, why can't my dog drink through a straw?

To which I quite predictably replied, how do you know he can't?

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