What a terrible day to be on the roads! Floods everywhere, but at least I was in the warm and dry.

Poor Bryan has a terrible problem with one of his teeth, but at least that should minimise his chance of getting food poisoning again. If you can’t eat you are probably at less risk. So once again I had the chance to look after his prime DRIVE slot this afternoon. As usual when I deputise for him we had the THREE O’CLOCK THRILL aimed at brightening an otherwise gloomy afternoon. Today’s edition was made up of the following songs: –

GLORIA                                  by LAURA BRANNIGAN

AINT THAT PECULIAR   by MARVIN GAYE

NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS by IKE & TINA TURNER

As Bryan was also off yesterday we also looked at the 10 things you didn’t know last week.

In reverse order these were:

10        Nude Dancing in strip clubs is a form of free speech in the US (Wonder what the Levenson enquiry would think about that!)

9          The giant bird DIATRYMA was a “gentle herbivore and not a fierce carnivore as previously thought (Do we care?)

8          Americans use 5 miles of dental floss per annum (Is that each?)

7         Some map Makers intentionally include phantom streets to prevent copyright infringements (I knew that)

6         The Pope has said that the report that angels sang to the shepherds to proclaim the birth of Jesus is not true (Well I never!)

5         Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea was confirmed by the coded message “FedEx delivered the package”.

4         On average people in the UK become grandparents at age 47. (Clearly I have a problem here)

3         Great apes have mid life crises

2         There is 200 times more faecal bacteria on a chopping board than a toilet seat (Back to food poisoning!)

and finally in the number one position – Prince Philip naps in his horse box.

We wish Bryan a speedy recovery and hope he’ll be quickly back in harness.

All the best from me,

Scott