This is LBC from Global, leading Britain's conversation, mystery hour with James O'Brien.

Oh, goodness, is that the time? Five minutes after 12 already, and you are still listening to James O'Brien on LBC.

You probably deserve an award, don't you, for that? Or you might have just tuned in,

because it's the only hour of the week that you like. Either way, or come one, come all.

It is your weekly opportunity to achieve the sort of satisfaction, not ordinarily available

anywhere else on your radio dial. And what I mean by that very simply is you ring in with

a mystery, someone else rings in and

solves it you're not allowed to look anything up you know obviously that would

completely undermine the purpose of the entire project but you are allowed to

ask questions about almost anything except possibly dull motoring related

issues but even they can occasionally throw up an unexpected frisson of interest or intrigue.

The number you need, and I've currently got, which is rare for six minutes after 12 on the first day,

I've got two phone lines free.

The number you need is 034560-60973.

Do I need anything else? I don't think so.

I keep a tally of what has been asked in the hope of prompting you into ringing in with the answers. And apart of not being allowed to look anything up, I kind of, I mean, obviously, I used to issue guarantees that you would have at least one laugh out loud moment by one o'clock today and indeed that you would know more by

one o'clock today than you do now but those guarantees are just a given now I think I haven't been asked

for a refund for the best part of five years remind me to mention occasionally that the mystery

our board game will be in shops hopefully by this time next week. But only occasionally, because you know me.

I don't like plugging my own materials, my own products.

That's so unseemly.

But I do know that it is brill because I've already seen a prototype.

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