How far does daylight stretch? - 2 May 13

James O'Brien's Mystery Hour

Global

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2013

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Who was the fat lady in the phrase, 'the fat lady sings?', how far does daylight stretch and how does someone become a saint?

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0:00.0	Four minutes after at 12 and this is LBC 97.3.
0:07.6	This is also your weekly opportunity to get an answer to the question that has had you puzzled for the longest time.
0:12.8	That little bit you heard there in my slightly doctored voice, that's true.
0:16.4	I honestly do believe I've never ever had a week where I've thought this wasn't the case.
0:21.1	That by one o'clock today I will know more than I do believe. I've never ever had a week where I've thought this wasn't the case, that by one o'clock today I will know more than I do now. And so will you. I don't know how we could prove that.
0:29.5	And of course, unless I could take some sort of print of your brain, you wouldn't be able to prove to me that you hadn't had your knowledge increased.
0:36.0	But it is generally something that people don't quibble with. If you're new to this, I'm going to
0:40.9	describe it in a way that will make it sound a bit dull, and trust me, it isn't. It's the radio
0:45.1	equivalent of those newspaper columns. Notes and queries, Q&A, call them what you will. Some newspapers
0:50.8	carry them every day, where readers write in with a question, why do we do this? You know that thing. Where does that come from? What is that? The wise, the wares, the wenses, the withers, the wherefores, any question at all. The only rules we have here are rules of dullness and repetition.
1:06.4	Dullness obviously is in the ear of the beholder. So if we think the question is dull, my apologies,
1:12.0	Sianara.
1:15.4	If we remember having dealt with a question relatively recently,
1:17.4	my apologies, have a lovely day.
1:19.3	Stay tuned, you will still find out,
1:21.2	you will still learn something new,
1:24.0	but it won't be the answer to the question you were hoping.
1:25.1	It would be.
1:25.7	That's it.
1:28.4	So dullness and repetition are the only grounds for exclusion. Otherwise, you can ring 0845-6060-973 now and ask a question which has had you
1:37.3	puzzled for either 20 minutes or 20 years. I don't mind which. If you hear someone else ask a
1:42.6	question to which you do know the answer, the number remains the same. It's by far the busiest hour of the week on the switchboard,
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