3 February 2020
3 February 2020
Archive note on the duplicate date
The supplied 2020 ZIP contains two distinct February source files dated 3 February in the archived programme chronology.
They contain different material and are not duplicate transcripts.
Both are therefore preserved as separate entries.
Clara supplied accidental Innuendo Bingo
The programme began with a clip from Saturday Kitchen involving Clara Amfo.
A slip while discussing Lizzo’s “Juice” created exactly the kind of accidental phrase Scott and Chris normally collected for Innuendo Bingo.
Clara apparently knew almost immediately that Scott would notice it.
She was right.
Scott regarded ordinary BBC programmes accidentally supplying filthy-sounding clips as one of radio’s most reliable gifts.
Tip jars had become comedians
Then came a conversation Scott and Chris had started in the pub.
Why did so many cafés and bars refuse simply to write:
Tips
on a jar?
Instead, businesses added knowingly cheeky slogans.
“Just put the tip in and see how it feels.”
“Feeling tipsy?”
Other jars tried to guilt customers into contributing by suggesting anyone who failed to tip was a mug.
Listeners sent examples they had seen around Britain.
Scott admitted some genuinely made him smile.
Chris thought the harder a jar tried, the less likely he was to reward it.
Chris finally admitted he hated surprises
The show also returned to people who disliked surprises.
Chris revealed he was one of them.
That forced Scott to revisit a much older birthday.
Scott had once travelled to New York specifically to surprise Chris.
At the time Chris appeared delighted.
Now he admitted the surprise element had secretly made him uncomfortable.
Scott was appalled.
He had spent years remembering the trip as evidence he was an excellent friend.
Chris had spent the same years apparently wishing Scott had simply warned him.
Factories told adults when to eat
Then a caller revealed their workplace had an alarm announcing lunchtime.
Scott and Chris initially compared it with a school bell.
More people got in touch.
Some factories used horns or sirens.
One workplace sounded an alarm five minutes before lunch so staff had time to wash their hands.
Scott was amazed that grown adults could still work somewhere where a sound effectively meant:
You may now eat.
The subject continued throughout the week and eventually uncovered one of Britain’s most distinctive factory hooters.
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