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James O'Brien's Mystery Hour

Why does your voice change on Helium? - 17 Jul 14

James O'Brien's Mystery Hour

Global

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6960 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2014

⏱️ 40 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

Why do I race for life?

0:01.5

For our very own stand-up comedian, who's getting cheekier by the day,

0:05.1

a bug lover and local celeb around the fire service.

0:08.3

When he shaved his head, I shaved mine, and so did all our friends.

0:12.6

Such a loving wee son, whose resilience I'll never be able to understand.

0:16.6

His name's Archie, and I'm racing for him.

0:19.0

No matter how cancer affects us, life is worth racing for.

0:22.9

Join your local event at RaceforLife.org by the 31st of January to get 50% off entry.

0:27.7

In partnership with Headline sponsor, Standard Life.

0:31.6

Seven minutes after 12, a little later than usual, so all the more reason to get straight to your phones.

0:37.2

The way this works

0:38.7

is fairly straightforward, although the fun is in the journey, perhaps, rather than the destination.

0:44.6

You have currently forming in your mind a question to which you have been unable to get an

0:49.1

answer for the longest time. I don't really mind what the question is. As long as it's neither

0:52.7

boring nor repetitious, I will do my best to get you an answer to it by one o'clock today. I don't really mind what the question is. As long as it's neither boring nor repetitious,

0:59.3

I will do my best to get you an answer to it by one o'clock today. I couldn't even provide guidance on what questions are most likely to provide the most interesting responses. If it's there,

1:04.5

in your mind, unanswered, and you think it's got an answer and you really, really want it,

1:10.3

call me now. Tell me what the question

1:11.6

is. And we'll achieve satisfaction mutually by 1 o'clock. First thing you need to do is the number.

1:17.9

Phone lines are free now. As always, when we don't take any calls in the half an hour leading up to

1:21.4

mystery, we don't get the avalanche at 12 noon that is ordinarily our experience. So 345-60-90-9-7-3 is the number that you need.

1:30.6

Hit those now you get through.

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