Innocent injuries still looked guilty
Wednesday continued the stories of harmless injuries which partners interpreted as evidence of cheating.
One listener had a scratch or rash which arrived through an ordinary accident.
The first question at home was still effectively:
“How did you get that then?”
Scott and Chris thought the tone of the question mattered as much as the words.
The person asking had already built a theory before hearing the explanation.
The show heard enough examples to conclude that a mysterious mark could turn almost any relationship into a temporary crime investigation.
Bluetooth became the real danger
Then came a much more modern embarrassment.
A listener had connected a phone to a Bluetooth speaker.
At some point later, they began playing something privately on the phone and either forgot or failed to realise the Bluetooth connection was still active.
The sound did not remain private.
It blasted through the speaker elsewhere in the house.
The immediate reaction was essentially:
“Turn it off! Turn it off!”
Scott and Chris treated the story as a public-information warning.
Before watching or listening to anything you would not want family, flatmates or neighbours to hear, check Bluetooth.
Then check it again.
Modern embarrassment no longer required somebody walking into the room.
Your own phone could betray you from another floor.
The show teased a Bamboleo development
Bamboleo Wednesday returned with the familiar archive clips inserted into the instrumental section.
The programme also teased a larger Bamboleo announcement, building the idea far beyond the tiny weekly feature it had originally been.
Scott liked the fact an old Gipsy Kings record had gradually become one of the show’s most recognisable traditions.
Listeners now treated Wednesday’s gap almost like a scheduled national event.
Sam Smith got in touch
The programme also noted contact from Sam Smith, another example of the show’s small jokes reaching the artists being discussed.
Scott and Chris enjoyed the slightly absurd relationship where globally famous singers could suddenly appear in the inbox because something stupid had been said about a song ten minutes earlier.
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