Watford had an enormous weekend
Chris arrived delighted after Watford beat Manchester United 4–1.
Scott knew the result partly because his dad supported United.
The defeat also carried consequences.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær left the job.
Scott asked whether every manager simply got sacked after losing to Watford.
Chris admitted this particular result had been more like the final straw.
He still objected to anybody calling Watford’s victory shocking.
From his point of view, the better team had deserved it.
Chris’s celebration ended rather less comfortably
Then came the story which gave the podcast its title.
After the football, Chris developed a painful problem which required a trip to hospital.
He struggled to explain it cleanly on daytime radio.
Eventually he compared himself with a Christmas tree which had developed trouble with one of its baubles.
Everything was ultimately fine.
He had been told he could work.
Scott had already noticed Chris was moving unusually slowly.
Chris insisted the timing around the Watford result was merely coincidence.
Hook-up Higher or Lower returned at 0.2 miles
The show brought back Hook-up Higher or Lower.
The rule remained beautifully simple.
One listener reveals the furthest distance they have travelled for a hook-up.
Everybody guesses whether the next caller’s distance will be higher or lower.
Team member Zof started the game with:
0.2 miles.
She had been at university.
The person lived essentially down the road.
Scott pointed out this was about as convenient as the feature could get.
Max pushed the number to 30 miles
The next caller was Max, from Gillingham in Dorset.
Before revealing the mileage, he supplied the show’s required random fact:
he had once been in a band which supported Kate Nash in Salisbury.
Scott and Chris both guessed his hook-up journey would beat 0.2 miles.
It did.
Around 30 miles, travelled by train because Max could not drive at the time.
The distance was still relatively modest compared with earlier editions involving international flights.
That only made the next caller harder to predict.
The nostalgia game remembered PPI and fish pedicures
Monday also brought another burst of nostalgia.
“Have I got PPI?” adverts returned.
So did the brief craze for putting your feet into tanks where tiny fish nibbled dead skin.
Chris admitted he had absolutely tried that one.
The feature had become slightly separate from The Who Game but worked on the same principle.
Things everybody once saw constantly can disappear so completely that hearing them again feels archaeological.
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