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LBC 97.3 Mystery Hour with James O'Brien.

Three minutes after 12. This is LBC 97.3. Very good afternoon to you.

And this is indeed my weekly, or usually weekly, um, adventure into the unknown.

Let me tell you how it works. You probably know the newspaper columns, notes and queries, I think in the Guardian, the daily mail carries it every day.

And the idea is that a reader writes in with a question, a mystery, something that they have failed thus far to unravel. Why do we do that? Where does that come from? What does that mean? Why do fools fall in love? That's not a question that you would be allowed to have on Mystery, but it is an illustration of what constitutes a question. Someone else listening will know the answer. But you need to ask it.

And you do so by dialing 0845-6060973. There are only two rules. It can't be dull, and I'm afraid the management's decision is final on that. Motoring issues, for example, normally get the red card before getting on air. And it can't be repetitious. but it's so long since we did a mystery. For various reasons during December, I think we only had one, that I can't really remember what's been dealt with recently. So you might get under the wire on repetition, if you're lucky. Of course, my crack team of operatives and production staff will be on hand to remind me that we've dealt with something recently, and it's them you need to speak to first. So, who, why, what, where, when, whither, whence, where for, 0845, 60609773. Get the question up. And if you hear somebody else, ask a question to which you know the answer, the number remains the same. I will only read out the number when there are phone lines free, okay, and there are two free at the moment. So don't hang around. It gets ridiculously busy during this hour on a Thursday, but it's so long

since we've done it. Maybe you'll have a better chance of getting through today than you

used to. 0845-6060-9773 is the number to call. Okay, the questions on the board. You're not allowed to use any search engines or works of reference. You can only use your memory. So if you've read a work of reference and you therefore know the answer to a question that somebody else asks, you're allowed to use that reference to tell us, but you're not allowed to go, oh, I'll just go and look that up. I know this sounds a bit pretentious, but I stand by it. It's actually a celebration of slightly old-fashioned education this hour.

It's actually about the days when, if you didn't know something, you asked someone.

You didn't go and Google it or look it up.

If you didn't know something, you had a conversation with a human being.

And during the course of that conversation, the fruits of your education would emerge. You see what I mean? I know, well, does it sound pretentious? I don't know. That could be the first mystery. But it's about enjoying and celebrating knowledge. And I would like you to join me in that process this afternoon. Should we start with Frank, who's in Streaton Vale? I think we should. Frank, what is your question? Good afternoon. James, happy news to you. Be lately. Thank you very much. Same to you, sir. Just haven't come back from Wales, parting and eating with my family. We were all there sitting on this big ham. And we were wondering what is the difference between cam and ham. You were sitting on a big ham?

No, eating.

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