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James O'Brien's Mystery Hour

Who invented swimming? - 16 Jan 14

James O'Brien's Mystery Hour

Global

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6960 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2014

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

If you've ever wondered "why", then this is the hour for you. Sometimes simple, sometimes intelligent, but almost always entertaining, probably the best hour of radio you could ever download!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Cold mornings, grey skies, and the holidays are but a distant memory.

0:05.1

Halford's Big Sale is here to perk you up, with up to 50% off on tools, in-car tech, car cleaning, adult bikes, and much more.

0:14.2

You can tackle winter head-on and prepare for warmer days.

0:18.2

Visit Halford's online today and keep on moving for less.

0:22.4

Halford's big sale is live across selected retail products online at Halvers.com and in stores.

0:26.5

Subject to availability, full T&C is apply.

0:28.5

See Halifest.com for details.

0:30.0

Alf.

0:32.5

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

0:38.9

LBC 97.3 Mystery Hour with James O'Brien.

0:45.9

Three minutes after 12, let the celebrations commence.

0:50.5

This is your weekly opportunity to get an answer to the question that has had you

0:54.5

puzzled for the longest time. Does allow me a moment to explain how it works. It is really simple,

1:00.1

incredibly straightforward, but surprisingly fertile, actually. You never know what it's going to

1:04.1

throw up next. You ring me with a question, which you know must have an answer, but you've been

1:08.0

unable to find that answer. The number you need is 0845-6060973. I only mention the number when I have phone lines free, so the fact that I just

1:16.8

mentioned the number should give you a hint that I currently have phone lines free. And it's worth

1:21.4

hitting redial pretty heavily this hour as well if you're really desperate to get on, because

1:26.3

quite a lot of people who ring

1:27.7

in with a question are politely invited to ring off again because a we either dealt with that

1:32.8

question relatively recently or it's not quite right for us by which i mean it's boring but obviously

1:37.8

the people answering the phones have to be more polite than that so dullness and repetition are the

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