Chris misunderstands the Lebanese vegetables
Scott and Chris reviewed their Lebanese meal from the previous week. The restaurant had placed a large platter of raw vegetables on the table, and Chris had bitten into a pepper before putting it back. Scott thought the vegetables were obviously there to be eaten. Chris suspected they were decorative, sacrificial or possibly intended for reuse at another table.
The disagreement captured the whole meal: Scott had treated it as a chance to try something new, while Chris remained wary of every unfamiliar arrangement. At least the promised Lebanese experience had finally happened.
Alfred closes one romance and then another
There was an update from Alfred, whose relationship in Britain had now ended by mutual agreement. He was still pursuing the Spanish woman he had decided was “the one”, although the distance, the translation technology and the speed of his feelings continued to alarm Scott and Chris.
Fernando’s girlfriend, meanwhile, had played beer pong during her trip to Vietnam. Scott admitted he had never played it either, so the game was added to the list of things he and Chris might try together. It was a plan rather than a completed experience, but it gave Fernando one more reason to worry about the widening gap between Vietnam and Watford.
Joe comes ready for the Who Game
Listener Joe returned to play the Who Game, in which each answer had to be delivered through the strange rising “who” sound. The categories and guesses produced a concentrated burst of nostalgia: MySpace, Walkmans, La Roux, Bunsen from Bernard’s Watch, floorfillers, Game Boys, Liberty X, VHS tapes, phonecards, Wagner and Same Difference all made appearances.
This time Joe won. He admitted that he had arrived with a mental list of possible answers, a level of preparation that Scott and Chris could hardly criticise even if it had helped beat them. Joe was no longer working in the fish shop heard about during his previous appearance and was now job hunting, which explained why he had become so well acquainted with daytime television.
Kiesza, pop combinations and an adult tantrum
Scott liked Kiesza’s “Hideaway” but disliked the video’s 1980s dance routine. It prompted a theory that pop music might be running out of new combinations of sounds, looks and ideas. He even compared the rhythm of George Ezra’s “Cassy O’” with the Wurzels, once again demonstrating that hearing a resemblance was enough to make it impossible for him to ignore.
Chris then confessed to an adult tantrum during an argument about Kylie Minogue on The Voice. He knew he was being unreasonable but still walked off to the toilet. Listeners supplied their own irrational strops, involving cereal bowls, crisp packets opened from the wrong end, chips placed outside a kebab and disputes over shower gel.
Danny Howard’s latest identity crisis
Danny Howard arrived for Real or No Real and was once again called Gary Lucy as part of the show’s running joke. A White House bouncy castle story was false, but Bill Bailey really had bought an owl from a Chinese restaurant to rescue it. The European Cup really was stolen from Aston Villa players in a pub in 1982, while Annie Mac’s father had not invented the choc ice.
The show ended with a preview of Five Seconds of Summer’s visit on Monday—and no further progress on getting Chris to accept that the Lebanese vegetables were food.
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