Well it couldn’t last could it? But at least, for once, we had a stonking weekend before we had to return to the grindstone.

Once again I found myself sitting in for BRYAN POWIS on the big PHOENIX FM Drive home and as usual when I sit in on this show, I like to kick things off in style with THE THREE O’CLOCK THRILL, with three absolute belters in a row. And today was no exception. Today’s selection started with Huey Lewis & The News with HIP TO BE SQUARE, followed swiftly by GET OUTTA MY DREAMS from Billy Ocean and to end today’s selection it was OLD TIME ROCK N ROLL by the legendary Bob Segar.

Then I was joined by birthday girl, MEL WATSON to look over TEN THINGS WE DIDN’T KNOW LAST WEEK.

At number 10 it turned out that Junk DNA is not junk after all. Fact number 9 was that men and women apparently see colours differently. Curiously a panel of experts thought it necessary to research how much people laugh at different movies, and decided that spoof disaster movie, Airplane elicits three belly laughs per minute more than LIFE OF BRIAN. In at number 7 came the news that gaining FREEDOM OF A CITY does not give you the right to graze your sheep through said city. In at fact 6 came the news that Iceland has the greatest web use with no less than 95% of its population on line. The number 5 fact was that French drivers are required to allow at least 1.5 metre space when overtaking cats! Astounding news at number 4 is that there has only ever been one Secretary of State for Wales with the name “Jones”. In at number 3 is the news that following a Freedom of Information request signed by 13,000 people, it has been revealed that President Obama is into home brewing. The number 2 fact is that Tigers work night shifts to avoid humans. And amazing fact in the number one place this week is that birds (notably scrub Jays) hold funerals for their dead!

Whatever would we have done had this fascinating information been kept under wraps from us?

Well I’m back tomorrow on the show one more time this week and I look forward to the pleasure of your company.

All the best,

Scott