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Cometh the woman’s hour cometh the men

Blighty works from home… occasionally. That is, occasionally works, there’s no traipsing off to the office on cold dark mornings for Blighty. Oh no, those days are over so bugger off Transpennine Express! The computer is booted up at around 9.30 and, after Blighty Jnr has had her first change of the day and been fed her breakfast while watching the Tweenies dance around like they’re on acid, she is handed over to Ms Blighty for a stint of Life Guarding and Blighty can get down to some browsing.. oh, and work of course.

David and David get flirty on Woman's Hour
The heat is on on Woman’s Hour

The radio is switched on. Radio 4 if it’s before 10am and, if it’s afterwards, 5live gets a brief listen until the third or fourth caller’s rant about political correctness gone maaad, or Tony Blair having eaten the wrong thing for breakfast or something equally despicable, when it is switched off in favour of something from Radio 4’s real player archive. Today, however, Blighty made the mistake of wandering into post-10am Radio Four Land, which means Woman’s Hour!

This is an odd place for a man to find himself, not least today as the two Conservative candidates, David Davies and David Cameron, were guests. It went something like, ‘Oooh, we have two men in the studio, giggle giggle. Which one is the more good looking, giggle giggle… So, which do you prefer David and, ha, David, Strictly Come Dancing or X-factor? Boxers or Briefs? On top or beneath? We don’t get men in here often, do you both have genitalia. Which is the bigger, can I see?’

It was as though two boys from the nearby public school had wandered into a middle-class girls school after lights out, giggle giggle. Blighty crept back to the real player archive a little dazed, determined to keep away from the Radio 4 10am slot forever.

Comments

Comment from Homo Insapiens
Time: November 9, 2005, 2:35 pm

Home detention can be a painful experience. Get with the Respect agenda, work of your ASBO and get back to work!

Best regards — H I

Comment from Blighty
Time: November 9, 2005, 3:28 pm

Hi HI! Travelling to work by public transport is certainly a painful experience.

Comment from David Hadley
Time: November 10, 2005, 7:47 am

Once I’m fed up with the Today programme - usually within 20 - 30 minutes, then it is Radio 3 for me all the way through the day, except Monday mornings for Start the Marr and Thursday mornings for In Our Luxuriant Hairstylings.

Radio 3 is so uncool, it is… lovely.

Comment from Blighty
Time: November 10, 2005, 10:06 am

Hi David. Today is a bit early for me. I preferred start the Bragg personally, although I listen to Marr occasionally. In Our Luxuriant Hairstyling, aka In Our Time if anyone is wondering, is one of the best things on radio. All the shows are archived too.

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