The Live Lounge mouse had an eyewitness
The Friday Extra Show had revealed that a mouse had been seen in the Live Lounge.
Scott initially treated it like one of Chris’s stories which had grown in the telling.
Then Jordan North called.
Jordan had seen it himself.
He had been walking through the Live Lounge at around ten to four in the morning while preparing early graphics.
The animal appeared.
Jordan’s description immediately upgraded the situation.
“It’s more of a rat. It’s massive.”
He said he dropped his brew.
For Scott and Chris, that was the strongest possible evidence.
If Jordan North had sacrificed a cup of tea, the mouse had to be serious.
Live Lounge Month now had an additional risk
The timing was terrible.
Major artists were about to use the room throughout Live Lounge Month.
Scott and Chris began imagining the animal appearing during somebody’s quietest, most emotional performance.
Twenty One Pilots were among the names discussed.
Ellie Goulding and other future guests were added to the imaginary sweepstake.
The technical team were apparently trying to deal with the problem.
Scott doubted this was an ordinary mouse.
It had somehow reached the eighth floor of Broadcasting House, passed through multiple layers of a room built like a box inside a box and established itself in one of Radio 1’s most controlled spaces.
What was your Facebook acceptance rule?
The show also asked listeners how they decided whether to accept a Facebook friend request.
Scott found the social rules surprisingly complicated.
Did you need to have met the person?
Was having several mutual friends enough?
Did somebody from school automatically qualify even if you had not spoken for 15 years?
Listeners had their own systems, from accepting almost everybody to treating the friends list like a private address book.
The feature felt almost nostalgic.
Facebook had become old enough for people to have accumulated contacts from entirely different stages of life.
Funny Business kept finding names
Another round of Funny Business proved the show was still nowhere near exhausting Britain’s supply of accidentally comic company names.
Scott and Chris made polite enquiries while trying not to laugh.
As ever, the person running the business was usually far more professional than the Radio 1 presenters calling them.
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