Mystery hour - Why are restaurant signs shown using a spoon and fork? - 4 Oct 12
James O'Brien's Mystery Hour
Global
4.5 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2012
⏱️ 48 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The promise that I issue to you is that by 1 o'clock today, you will know more than you do now. |
| 0:08.0 | LBC 97.3 Mystery Hour with James O'Brien. |
| 0:14.9 | Three minutes after 12, this is LBC 97.3. |
| 0:19.9 | The original and still the best mystery hour. One of my colleagues here at Global Radio works on another radio station. |
| 0:28.9 | Very kindly came over to compliment me on this part of the program yesterday and admitted that he had perhaps indulged in the sincerest form of flattery in the past on his own show by doing something similar. |
| 0:40.3 | And of course, we all remember when a presenter on BBC 6 music actually did James O'Brien's Mystery Hour on his show as well. |
| 0:48.2 | He works in this building now as well. |
| 0:50.2 | But if you want to find out who I'm talking about, you'll have to follow me on Twitter |
| 0:52.9 | because I've just teased them in my latest tweet. |
| 0:55.0 | At Mr. James Obie is where you need to be. |
| 0:58.1 | This is your weekly opportunity to get an answer to the question that has had you befuddled for the longest time. |
| 1:02.6 | It works in a very similar way to the newspaper columns, cues and notes and queries, you ring in instead of writing in, though, and of course, by doing so, you get an answer in the course of the hour rather than having to wait a few weeks for some |
| 1:15.3 | other fellow to write in or lady to write in with the answer you crave. |
| 1:19.6 | Dullness and repetition are the only reasons why your question won't be included, and the |
| 1:23.8 | management's decision on those criteria is final. Otherwise, if you've never heard it before, sit back and enjoy the ride. |
| 1:29.8 | You will by 1 o'clock today no more than you do now. |
| 1:33.9 | Four minutes after 12. |
| 1:35.8 | Should we crack straight on? |
| 1:36.9 | I think we should. |
| 1:37.7 | There's a couple of finalists free, actually. |
| 1:38.9 | 0845-60-90-973, if you want one of them. |
| 1:44.2 | Beverly is in Pinner. |
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