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

LBC 97.3 Mystery Hour with James O'Brien.

It's four minutes after 12. A complete change of pace now. This is your weekly opportunity to get an answer to the question that has had you puzzled for the longest time.

The way it works, if you're new to this future, is very similar to the newspaper columns,

where readers write in with their mysteries, the questions they've been unable to get an answer to.

It's got to be a little bit imaginative and surprising.

Don't call me up to us while you don't see any white dog excrement anymore or baby pigeons.

You know the obvious stuff.

There's a mystery archive at LBC.co.

If you're stuck, it'll give you an idea of the sort of things that we find diverting.

The only rules really are that you're not allowed repetition,

you're not allowed to ask something that we've asked or answered relatively recently,

and dullness.

And that really is, I'm afraid, in the ear of the beholder.

If the people answering the phone think your question is dull, that's it.

There's no debate.

It just has to be registered as such to move it on.

That's the bad news.

The good news is that because some of the calls we took in the last hour were so traffic stopping and

because we've got so much to do at the moment with regard to our excellent help for heroes

appeal, the phone lines are actually free. First time on a Thursday at five minutes after 12 in about

five years. So if you are quick, you will be able to grab them. 0845. 6060-973 is the number to call. The who's, the whys, the what's, the

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