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James O'Brien's Mystery Hour

Mystery hour - How do we know when horses are happy?

James O'Brien's Mystery Hour

Global

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.5986 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2012

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Questions today included: Why do they not use lane 1 in the Olympic stadium? Is there a limit to pain, why are some sneezes so loud and what do cyclists do when they need a comfort break?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?

0:06.8

Smart bookers get access to a three airport lounge by booking a five-star holiday with On the Beach.

0:13.7

Silly bookers?

0:14.8

Well, enjoy those cues at the bar.

0:17.0

Stop booking around and visit Onthebeach.com.uker. Conditions apply. Seven night minimum stay, outbound only from selected visit on the beach.com.

0:22.2

Conditions apply.

0:25.5

Seven night minimum stay, outbound only from selected airports for up to six people,

0:26.3

Atoll protected.

0:29.7

On the beach.

0:37.6

The promise that I issue to you is that by 1 o'clock today you will know more than you do now.

0:43.2

LBC 97.3 Mystery Hour with James O'Brien.

0:49.3

Three minutes after 12, you're listening to LBC 97.3.

0:55.2

And this is your weekly opportunity to get an answer to any question that you want. The only criteria for inclusion are that it is not dull. And on that, I'm afraid, the switchboard's decision is

1:02.9

final and not repetitious. So if we've had it, dealt with it and done it recently, you won't be

1:07.0

allowed to do it again. That's why we've just bid farewell to a fellow who rang in asking why

1:10.5

people run around tracks in the anti-clockwise direction that they run around tracks.

1:14.7

We've done that.

1:15.2

It's on the website.

1:15.8

We've got a mystery hour archive up and running at lbc.co.com.

1:18.5

We also have an Olympic lane at the moment. is related to the Olympics, you can queue barge in the way that the Olympic family have been doing

1:28.1

at traffic lights and indeed junctions across the capital for the best part of a fortnight now.

1:33.5

When you hear me say the number, it means there's a phone line free. When you don't hear me say

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