This is LBC from Global, leading Britain's conversation, mystery hour with James O'Brien.

Three minutes after 12 is a time you're listening to James O'Brien on LBC.

The last mystery hour for a three-week window. I'm off on my holidays tomorrow.

So there was one fellow who did my holiday cover once who

tried to do mystery hour. I was absolutely outraged by his appalling sort of the arrogance of it,

the entitlement, the presumption. I presume that David Lammy won't be doing mystery hour and I

presume also that Magid won't be doing mystery hour. As far as I I'm aware Madid and David are sharing my holiday cover as I son myself on

various riviera and beaches but I digress this is your weekly opportunity to get an

answer to a question that's been bubbling away in your brains for the longest time okay so

who why what where when whither when, whither, whence, wherefore,

why do we do that? Where does that come from? You know that thing when that happens? Well, why does

knee, knee, knee, anything you like, it can be incredibly complicated, serious and

academical, or it can be as dumb as biscuits. It's just something that intrigues us. And when Sam and Ava answer the phone calls, they generally work upon two principles. Number one, do I find that question? Would I be interested in the answer to that question? More importantly, will James be interested in the answer to that question? It's that second distinction that sometimes falls by the wayside. I didn't

used to be very fond of motoring related questions because I thought I was cool and that cars were not.

So that whole, oh, what does the wife drive? How did you get here? 846, 246. I just always spoke to me

of people who had a selection of byroes in the breast pocket of their short-sleeved shirt

with the little clippy bits pointing outwards. And I was wrong. You know, very important

to admit these things. I was wrong. And I still don't go mad about motoring questions,

but banning them all completely was probably a little bit previous, a little bit premature. I look quite like this. Tweet. I don't normally do tweets during

Mr. Hour, but I shall read this one out. The real mystery is how we get any work done during

mystery hour on LBC without Mr. James Obie. I think everyone knows I'm the only person that does any

work this hour and I don't do much. Keith, Sam and Ava do the heavy lifting.

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