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james o'brien

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1205 is the time i was waiting for the music to stop i feel that mystery out thing through me

it is mystery hour i thought you might have forgotten but But, um, well, you clearly haven't. I've got

two phone lines free, but some of the questions that are currently on the board might be

rubbish. So there may be more than two phone lines free. The point is ring, um, with your question.

I'll explain how mystery hour works in a minute, for those of you not familiar with it. In fact, I'll explain now. What happens is you've got a brain sort of bug.

You've got something in the back of your mind that you really need an answer to.

It might have been praying on your mind for years, or it might just have occurred to you in the last 20 minutes.

I have forgotten I had two, and I've forgotten them both already.

Always, every week happens without fail. So if you have managed to remember yours, 034-6-0-9-7-3 is a number you need. A who, or why, a what,

a where, a when, a whither, a weather, or possibly an occasional wence. I think we might be

getting hold of the paraglider of Bex Hill as well. I don't want to get your hopes up. I

don't want to get too excited about that, but we've got a good lead. Top lead, top journalism, top scoops.

And if you hear somebody else ask a question to which you know the answer, then you ring in with it.

If your answer displays a knowledge or an expertise of unbelievable proportion, you receive a Rayliota.

I've given one out today.

Some people claimed I gave it out a little bit

willy-nilly. On reflection, you might have been right, but Thomas not only was perfectly qualified

to contribute to the conversation about teaching, because he was literally walking to his

induction to become a teacher as we spoke. He also cheered me up. So, you know, there's no point

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