leading britain's conversation this is a podcast from lbc james o'brien probably shouldn't do this but i just said to bet these are all a bit rubbish

no offence to the people who've already rung in with their mystery our questions but they're not the best i've ever seen

and that is why now is your best opportunity to grab your place on the board especially because we just

had a guest before the before the 12 o'clock. It means that the ordinary invitation to ring in and book your place

for the most popular feature on the programme this week is a little different from usual.

The number you need is 03456060973. The way it works is thusly. You have a question, a mystery bubbling away in the back of your brain to which you know there must be an answer. It can veer from the truly surreal, the profoundly silly, right through to the deadly serious. Any who, what, where, when, whither, whence, wherefore, you name it, we'll answer it. Or at least you'll answer it. Because if you hear somebody else ring in with a question to which you know the answer, then, well, the road ahead is simple and easily navigated. You have to ring in and provide it. And if you call now, you will get through. It's like the radio equivalent of those newspaper features or those magazine features where Q&As, notes and queries, a reader will write in and say, what is the origin of that? When you see that, why does that happen?

Why, why, what, where, when? And several weeks later, if you're lucky, somebody communicating

via snail mail will provide you with what may be the correct answer. We are the 21st century

equivalent of that, employing the very latest technology, radios and

telephones, to effectively provide you with answers to your questions, your mysteries, almost

before you finished asking them. Six minutes after 12 is the time. The only rules are that

you're not allowed to be boring, I know what you're thinking, pot kettle, but hey, it's my show,

and you're not allowed to be repetitious, which is rather harder to police,

although I am delighted to be joined by the former studio engineer on this program,

Jones the Engineer, who is back on a sort of farewell tour of LBC Tower,

having retired 18 months ago to take up a career as a professional poker player.

I'm not saying anything about the fact that he's back here doing shifts, reflecting upon

how successfully he may have or may not proved as a professional poker player.

I think he's just lonely.

You're just lonely, aren't you?

Yeah, he's just lonely.

It comes for fun.

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