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

It's four minutes after ten, and you're listening to James O'Brien on LBC,

where I found myself wondering this morning, at what point does a problem

become part of the furniture? Now, you can think about this domestically. When do you stop noticing

that you have to, oh, I don't know, that your sofa is held up on books because you managed to kick

the leg off it one night in your cups or that you

can only have a bath if you don't turn on any other taps in the house because the water

pressure went through the floor two years ago and you'd never got around to fixing it.

Do you see what I mean?

It's a problem, but you've stopped noticing it.

And only when people come around your gaff do you realize or remember that this is what I think they call suboptimal, you know, like a broken window, like a little nick in the corner of the window. And you've inquired about how much it would cost to re-glaze it. And you've thought, oh, well, I'm not not doing that. It's far too expensive. It's only a little

hole or a little crack, your phone, your phone is a, is a brilliant example. If I asked you

whether or not your phone screen is cracked at the moment, how confident are you that it is or it

isn't? I only say that because I can't remember whether my phone screen is currently

cracked or not. Having said that, I finally remembered to say thank you to someone who helped me out

in my personal life. Miles at the Apple store in Westfield, in Sheppers Bush. I sorted me out

yesterday at Usain Bolt-style speed as I was trying to sort out my daughter's phone.

So thank you, Miles.

But I digress because I, off the top of my head right now, in fact, I just think I'm going to check.

I don't know whether my phone screen is currently correct.

Yes, ah, it's got a very thin hairline crack, whereas in my mind's eye, I was remembering an old phone that actually had a full-on semi-shatter going on.

So at what point does a problem become part of the furniture?

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