Brother or Lover had become a real-life wedding game
Listener Sarah played violin at weddings.
While waiting for one ceremony, she found herself watching guests and unconsciously playing Brother or Lover.
Were two people together?
Or were they related?
Weddings were perfect for the game because family and couples mixed in exactly the same space.
The problem, Sarah discovered, was that real-life Brother or Lover rarely gives you the reveal.
She went home still not knowing whether her guess had been right.
Two women required a new name
Radio 1 at least could provide an answer.
Alex from Newcastle introduced Christina.
They were either related or in a relationship.
Brother or Lover no longer fitted.
Scott and Chris tried to rename it.
The result was:
Kiss or Sis.
The rules stayed exactly the same.
Each team member could ask one question.
Then everybody had to commit.
Every clue sounded like lovers
Alex said Christina was the noisier sleeper and complained about her snoring, breathing and general “sleepy mouth sounds”.
They had gone together to a socially distanced Maxïmo Park gig in Newcastle, standing inside one of the separate audience pens.
Christina played ukulele and sang to Alex, although she disliked Scott describing this as serenading.
They had been away together.
They had attended plenty of weddings together.
They were going to another that weekend.
Almost every detail sounded like a long-term couple who genuinely enjoyed one another’s company.
Travis alone chose sisters
Scott chose lovers.
Chris chose lovers.
The rest of the team largely chose lovers.
Producer Travis looked at the same evidence and decided to take a chance on sisters.
Then came the reveal.
Alex and Christina were identical twins.
They had shared a room growing up, which explained the intimate knowledge of sleeping habits.
They went to gigs and holidays together because they were also best friends.
And the wedding they had mentioned was particularly relevant:
Christina was getting married in about two weeks.
Travis had beaten almost everybody.
Holly invented Option C
Blow Your Own Trumpet brought back listener Holly, who had recently been choosing between two potential dates.
Option A had initially looked like the reliable choice.
He turned out to be “a bit of a tool” and was blocked.
Option B, whom Holly actually preferred, failed to reply in time because he was working late.
So Holly chose Option C:
a drink with one of her female friends.
On the way home, Option B finally messaged.
A new date was arranged.
Holly was already hinting that Option D might exist as well.
Scott and Chris realised Granny Tinder’s advice about not putting every egg in one basket had spread into the rest of the programme.
Nursery rhymes returned
Don’t Look It Up again tested childhood songs.
As always, the difficult part was not recognising a nursery rhyme existed.
It was remembering the exact words after decades of not needing them.
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