Chris’s house had become unlivable
Chris arrived with a serious home problem.
There were rats in the ceiling.
Pest control had visited and warned that part of the ceiling might need to be removed.
The smell and noise had made staying at home increasingly difficult.
Chris and his wife were sleeping elsewhere, including with family.
This created a separate anxiety because Chris had previously told the show about accidentally getting into bed with his mother-in-law.
Sleeping close to the in-laws was not his preferred emergency accommodation.
Scott still thought it was better than rats overhead.
Nightclub food smuggling reached the bra
The programme then returned to listeners who took snacks into clubs.
One woman had regularly hidden chicken nuggets inside her bra.
On one occasion, she went home with somebody and forgot about the food.
The nuggets then made an unexpected appearance later in the evening.
Scott and Chris were fascinated by the practical problem.
What other foods could realistically be hidden in clothing?
Peperami became the obvious candidate
A Peperami offered the right dimensions for discreet transport.
Listeners suggested bras, boxer shorts and novelty devices.
The show even discussed a pizza-slice holder which looked like an oversized phone case.
Scott questioned why anyone needed enough snack technology to survive a night out.
Chris understood completely.
Club food was either unavailable, expensive or closed by the time somebody became hungry.
The debate expanded into whether people carried spare underwear on nights out “just in case”.
Scott said planning at that level implied expectations the evening might not meet.
Ask Me Anything found the World’s Strongest Woman
The day’s major guest was Andrea Thompson from Suffolk, winner of the World’s Strongest Woman competition.
Andrea trained around four or five days a week and competed in events which sounded almost impossible when compared with ordinary gym exercise.
She could carry around 300kg on her back.
She had pulled enormous lorries, including a charity challenge involving vehicles weighing tens of tonnes.
She lifted Atlas stones and performed huge deadlifts.
Scott and Chris asked whether being exceptionally strong meant everyone expected her to move furniture and open jars constantly.
Andrea said she did not waste strength casually.
Unnecessary lifting could still cause injury.
Her body changed with training
Andrea explained that her size and shape could change depending on where she was in a training cycle.
That meant occasionally misjudging doorways or spaces because her body was larger than she instinctively remembered.
Scott liked the ordinary consequences of extraordinary strength.
Andrea could pull a truck.
She could still accidentally bump into something at home.
Radio 1 wanted to visit workplaces
The programme also launched a wider Radio 1 at Work campaign.
Listeners were asked to tell the station where they secretly or openly listened during the working day.
Offices, factories, shops, farms, sports grounds and stranger workplaces were all welcome.
Scott and Chris planned to visit some of them.
A student even performed a deliberate Radio 1 cough in a university library to see whether any other listeners recognised it.
The campaign would continue through the week.
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