Leading Britain's Conversation.

This is a podcast from LBC.

James O'Brien.

And it is mystery hour, and it's also a mystery hour after a 15-minute section where we didn't take any calls,

which means that the switchboard is not full before it even starts, because I didn't remind you before the news that mystery hours just around the corner.

Take that as a call to arms.

If you have a question that needs an answer, call in now.

But don't be boring. That's the only rule.

So if it's a question that no one else is going to be interested in hearing the answer too,

think long and hard before inflicting it upon the rest of us.

You will be politely invited by whoever picks up the phone to move along. If you're not entirely familiar with this feature, then, modesty aside,

I think you're in for a bit of a treat.

It's great fun.

We almost always have a laugh-out-loud moment.

In fact, I used to guarantee a laugh-out-loud moment during Mystery.

I never broke that guarantee.

I just forgot to keep making the guarantee.

There's no big conspiracy there. Who, why, what, where, when,

whither, wherefore, whence, why do we do that? Where does that come from? What's that all about?

It can be clever. It could be really, really silly as well, if you want. I'd like to think all

human life is here in Mistria. It's also, historically, the part of the program in which one is most likely to get the greatest accolade that British radio can bestow upon a listener and or caller, which is, of course, a Rayleigh Otter Award, which you will receive if your qualifications for answering a question that somebody else has asked are unbelievably apazite.

So if it is a question about sandwich toasters and you invented the sandwich toaster,

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