Football news from Scott
Scott discovered that Steve McClaren had left Newcastle United and immediately texted Chris. Few things annoyed Chris more than receiving important football news from somebody who knew so little about the subject, particularly when Scott managed to reach him before the sports alerts.
Chris had better news for Scott. After weeks of listeners photographing the walkway at Fleet Services, discussions had finally moved towards an official opening of the Scott Mills Bridge, complete with a plaque, speech and suitably ceremonial way of revealing it.
James brings himself for Show and Tell
Listener James said he behaved oddly when somebody spoke to him as he was falling asleep. His girlfriend had once asked him to turn down the heating, only for him to get out of bed, visit the fridge and return with a box of tomatoes.
He had also performed a sleepy Who Game contribution. Scott and Chris accepted the story but ruled that James could not properly count himself as a Show and Tell object. A fact about the falling sensation before sleep being a possible remnant of life in trees was judged a stronger contribution than the one for which he had called.
The examiner’s questions
Sir Dossa’s comeback week improved further when he passed his driving test. Scott and Chris were surprised that learners were generally not allowed to listen to the radio during the examination, then became fascinated by the compulsory-feeling small talk from the passenger seat.
Sir Dossa remembered the examiner beginning casual conversation about ten minutes into the drive. He had been too focused to know whether his answers made sense. Listeners described examiners who repeated the same questions all day, ignored every attempt at conversation, or joined successful pupils for photographs afterwards. Scott concluded that future learners needed to prepare for small talk as carefully as the manoeuvres.
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