3 February 2020
3 February 2020
Holiday Instagram had become unbearable
Scott and Chris opened with a list of the holiday photographs people apparently found most annoying on Instagram.
The number-one offender was hotdog legs: the familiar shot of somebody lying by a pool or on a beach with two tanned legs stretched towards the camera.
The list did not stop there.
Boastful captions asking how everybody else’s Monday was going.
Swimwear poses.
Cocktails.
Pristine beaches.
Sun loungers.
Photographs through aircraft windows.
Business-class boasting.
Professional holiday shoots.
Sunsets and sunrises.
Scott realised the advice effectively amounted to:
Do not post your holiday.
Chris suggested the pictures people actually liked were the less perfect ones.
Food poisoning.
A bad mosquito bite.
Or, in his own case, the time a barbecue fell on his head.
Real disaster apparently beat polished paradise.
Chris still loved listening to food
The show continued the strange food-description experiment which had started in January.
Scott had discovered Chris could become remarkably absorbed when somebody described a meal slowly and in enough detail.
Previous callers had discussed lamb and home cooking.
This time Simon, a chef de partie, came on to describe a mushroom and spinach risotto.
Scott told him not to rush.
Porcini mushrooms were soaked.
Vegetables were prepared.
Garlic and onion were softened.
Risotto rice went in.
Then came the large glass of wine and extra-virgin olive oil.
The slower Simon spoke, the more the whole thing sounded like food ASMR with an accidentally suggestive edge.
Scott was trying to eat healthily.
Listening to somebody lovingly describe risotto while he ate salad felt like torture.
Blossoms critiqued the Live Lounge
Blossoms also returned after a Live Lounge performance.
Scott and Chris had become interested in getting artists to review themselves immediately afterwards rather than simply accepting presenter praise.
The band could hear little technical moments in the performance which ordinary listeners would probably never notice.
The format continued showing the difference between how a musician heard their own work and how everybody else heard it.
Scott started thinking about a dog
The programme also drifted into another question which would return during the week.
What kind of dog would suit Scott?
Listeners began sending breeds they thought matched his personality and appearance.
An Afghan hound was suggested, partly because of the dramatic hair.
Scott liked the look.
Chris was more interested in whether Scott was genuinely ready for the responsibility of walking and caring for a dog every day.
Scott insisted he was.
The audience had already begun casting the pet.
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