Britain had some very unusual jobs
Scott and Chris asked what listeners were doing while the programme was on and quickly discovered occupations they had barely considered.
A clip from *The Chase* introduced chicken sexing, where day-old chicks were rapidly sorted by sex at extraordinary speed.
Listeners then added people who worked with horses’ teeth, farriers, cattle grooming and other highly specialised jobs.
Inevitably, fictional occupations also began arriving, including increasingly implausible claims involving penguins and dolphins.
Could a human trigger a speed camera?
Another discussion asked whether somebody could set off a road speed camera without using a motor vehicle.
Usain Bolt’s top speed was still below the normal 30mph threshold, meaning even one of the fastest humans in history would struggle on foot.
Cyclists had better evidence.
Listeners described friends triggering cameras on bicycles, while another remembered rollerblading fast enough abroad to attract unwanted official attention.
The theoretical challenge rapidly became an investigation into the fastest legal way to annoy roadside technology.
Scott priced his own Christmas
Enough time had passed since Christmas for Scott to do something he admitted was slightly shameful.
He Googled the presents people had given him.
Excluding Chris’s gift, he calculated that the rest had cost approximately £43.20.
One Pyrex dish from his mum still had a £4.99 sticker attached, which made the research considerably easier.
Scott insisted that the thought was what mattered, while also pointing out that he had spent rather more generously on other people.
A listener then admitted she had Googled the £30 bobble hat her boyfriend bought her only five months into their relationship.
Bamboleo Wednesday arrived at exactly the right moment to move everybody away from the financial audit.
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