12.

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

LBC 97.3 Mystery Hour with James O'Brien.

Three minutes after 12, this is LBC 97.3.

And this is your weekly opportunity to get an answer to the

questions or question, which has had you befuddled for the longest time. The way it works is this.

You are familiar, I imagine, with the newspaper columns dedicated to answering readers' questions.

Not no, no, no, no, no, no, Mrs. Matron, not those newspaper columns. What can I do?

My husband doesn't want to have sex. Not those sort of problems. I mean, the sort of, why do we

observe this tradition? What is the origin of such and such a practice? When and what is that

thing on that building near that place? The who's, the whys, the whats, the wheres, the whews, the whithers, even, and possibly even the occasional wents.

The point is this. If you've got a question that you fail to get an answer to, and you know it has an answer,

this would be a lovely opportunity for you to get it. If you want to book a place on the board,

the only time I'll say the number during what is by some distance the busiest hour of the week on the phones, the only time you hear me say the number is when I

have phone lines free. And right now, at four minutes after 12, I've got loads free. So don't hang

about. If you've failed for the last few weeks to get through, don't waste time sending me

complaining emails about how tough it is. Just hit the numbers now and you will get through. 0845-6060-9-7-3 is the

number to call. It is as simple as that. And if you're not entirely clear what on earth I'm

banging on about, the best thing to do is just sit back, open your ears, let a couple of the

earlier questions illustrate exactly what the parameters are for inclusion. The gold

posts are, well the gold is incredibly wide on this.

The only reasons why you might not be invited onto the programme are repetition and dullness.

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