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You know our broken phone line? One of several at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ that's been useless for days...we got this call to the Listener Log on Friday.

Comments

1. At 10:30 AM on 20 Aug 2007, Owen Dunn wrote:

   who have the internet, or postal service...

2. At 10:49 AM on 20 Aug 2007, Humph wrote:

   . . . or knows what a stamp looks like.

   H.

3. At 11:42 AM on 20 Aug 2007, wrote:

   or has a mobile phone and can text a message...

   *sheesh!*

4. At 12:47 PM on 20 Aug 2007, wrote:

   But surely those who listen to PM are by default the elite of the country?

   Still, I have some sympathy with the caller. Maybe we *should* have an hour of gentle, inoffensive background music when the 'phones go off. Eddie and the team could have had an early weekend on Friday.

   The rest of my posts for today will be henceforth replaced by the Syd Lawrence Orchestra playing the theme to Van Der Valk.

5. At 12:47 PM on 20 Aug 2007, wrote:

   ... or has a friend ...

   Sid
   

6. At 12:55 PM on 20 Aug 2007, nikki noodle wrote:

   Ha ha ha ha ha !!!

7. At 12:56 PM on 20 Aug 2007, wrote:

   I *think* the contributor was referring to the little letters spot on a Friday - as opposed to the PM programme but hilarious.

   It does however beg a question as to why it can't be sorted.

   I mean is asking a lot to get a working phone line and a cheap answer machine from argos - or even ebay come to that?

   Still it IS the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and it's what they do!

   Give you an iplayer - but now anything vaguely to do with phones is avoided!

8. At 01:21 PM on 20 Aug 2007, wrote:

   Tell 'em to go listen to Radio 5 if they want to have a non-elitist telephone debate.

9. At 01:31 PM on 20 Aug 2007, Daisy, Windermere wrote:

   Eddie,

   Make arrangements to have his/her radio collected.

10. At 01:33 PM on 20 Aug 2007, admin annie wrote:

    for crying out loud! the program is the main thing not the abililty to chuck in your two ha'porth over the phone. and as several people have already said - buy a stamp, it's anyway cheaper.

11. At 01:38 PM on 20 Aug 2007, Vyle Hernia wrote:

    I don't understand how a call to the listener log got through on a broken line. If it was to another number, then give out that number, as messages obviously can get through.

    This reminds me of BT's instructions to call them if your phone isn't working. Doh.

12. At 01:43 PM on 20 Aug 2007, wrote:

    Buh buh buh bah baba bah baba bahbahbah bah,
    Buh buh buh bah baba baba bah...

13. At 01:45 PM on 20 Aug 2007, wrote:

    H (2)

    wots a stamp and how many do you get for a groat?

    ....seriously though.....have they tried pulling the string a bit tighter or asking their chums in 'Blue Peter' for some new tins?

    DIY

14. At 02:18 PM on 20 Aug 2007, RJD wrote:

    SSCat (12) - That is the worst rendition of the opening bars of The Beach Boys' Barbara Ann that I have heard!

    (No -I WASN'T trying to be malicious)

15. At 02:22 PM on 20 Aug 2007, wrote:

    RJD (14):

    Went to Amsterdam,
    Lookin' for a man,
    Saw Van der Valk,
    So I thought I'd take a walk,
    With Van der Valk,
    (Van van, van Van der Valk)
    Crime bustin' on the polders,
    But you look like Noddy Holder,
    Van der Valk,
    (Van van, van Van der Valk)

16. At 02:30 PM on 20 Aug 2007, wrote:

    Vyle - the listener log is not the same as the feedback number for PM.

    The listeners log is the one that Eddie says we should ring to say how fabulous the programme is -

    08700 100 222

    The other line that doesn't work is where we can ramble on incoherently about PM and then all have a chuckle on Fridays!
    

17. At 03:10 PM on 20 Aug 2007, RJD wrote:

    SSCat (15) - That is the second reference to Van der Valk today. What happened to the Syd Lawerence rendition of Eye Level?

18. At 03:32 PM on 20 Aug 2007, wrote:

    Not to mention the elite with a radio.

19. At 03:37 PM on 20 Aug 2007, wrote:

    RJD (17):

    It'd be the third Van der Valk reference today if you didn't have a tin ear... um... eye...

    I'm just missing Barry Foster.

    (Listens to the theme from "White Horses" on iPod, truly a Sound of Summer.)

20. At 03:56 PM on 20 Aug 2007, Frances O wrote:

    Giggles all round.

    Cheered me up on a gloomy Monday.

21. At 04:01 PM on 20 Aug 2007, admin annie wrote:

    SSC - good grief, surely no-one but no-one could miss Barry Foster? One fo the most irritating actors ever to be put on the small screen.

    BTW to one of you two - SSC or RJD - the one who mentioned Neverwhere anyway. Bought it, wacthed it with husband. How things change over the years. When it was shown on TV he apostrophised it as 'rubbish' and wouldn't watch it; now apparently it is 'really good' but of course he 'has never seen it before'. Hey ho!

    ***

    oh right, posting after 3 hours is maliciously fast.

22. At 04:19 PM on 20 Aug 2007, RJD wrote:

    SSCat (18) - You could have opened up a good theme here - Best Themes to TV Progs.

    I'd go for the theme to Kidnapped - late 70's I think with David McCallum

23. At 05:51 PM on 20 Aug 2007, arthvr wrote:

    So they can't fix a phone line? And how often does some connection fail to work on the radio?
    Makes me wonder whether the ´óÏó´«Ã½ is spending so much on its superstars that they've only got peanuts left for the technical support and consequently employ the proverbial monkeys.

24. At 08:26 PM on 20 Aug 2007, The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

    Admin Annie (21):

    Yes, I do! Van der Valk was a fantastic programme when I was a kitten. So much more exotic than any other detective programme, except maybe the Rockford Files.

    RJD (22):

    How about that for a great theme? Escpecially with that American-sounding telephone ring at the start.

    As for David McCallum themes, it hass to be Colditz.

25. At 08:49 PM on 20 Aug 2007, admin annie wrote:

    SSC - I loved the program, although I too was but a kitten when it was on, but don't like Barry Jackson. Something about the shape of his nose combined with blonde curly hair, it just looked odd.

    Don't remember Kidnapped and my favourite David McCallum prog was Sapphire and Steel, but the theme to that wasn't very nice really.

26. At 09:33 PM on 20 Aug 2007, Valery Pedant wrote:

    The theme to Robinson Crusoe's quite evocative? Dum dum di dum dum di du-um du-um du-um.

    Jason - Well done to your team! You happy?

27. At 11:08 PM on 20 Aug 2007, wrote:

    Val! Val! Surely the Robinson Crusoe theme went:

    Dur de dur durrr dur durrrrrrrrr
    Dur de dur durrr dur dur de dur durrr
    etc etc...

    Anyhow what about Bergerac?

    Do do dooooooooo
    Do de do doooooooo
    do de dooooooooo
    do de do do (dododododododododododod00)
    do do doooooooo etc etc
    Cue John Nettles in that car!

28. At 11:35 PM on 20 Aug 2007, Val P wrote:

    RE-EALLY Gossipmrs? Must be a different version, or am I thinking of a different programme....or perhaps just the chorus? Do you know what I mean?

29. At 12:57 AM on 21 Aug 2007, Dr Hackenbush wrote:

    Your telephone correspondent should have known better than to spell out the word Internet for you without the capital I.

30. At 08:25 AM on 21 Aug 2007, Gossipmistress wrote:

    Val (28) The old black & white one version with the waves rolling in over the titles?

31. At 08:27 AM on 21 Aug 2007, Gossipmistress wrote:

    Val (28) The old black & white version with the waves rolling in over the titles?

32. At 08:40 AM on 21 Aug 2007, wrote:

    Val P & Gossipmistress,

    There were actually three distinct parts to the Robinson Crusoe Theme; the two you've already "thummed" (text-hummed) and a bit that goes "Di-diddly-di-diddly-diddly" etc. There's also an annoying linking bit that goes "NEEner-nee, NEErner-nee..."

    So footprints-in-the-sand all round.

    (Shouldn't this be on the Beach?)

33. At 10:34 AM on 21 Aug 2007, RJD wrote:

    I've never heard such tuneless piffle as you lot are coming out with. Look I'll whistle Robinson Crusoe for you:

    Ooo.00o00 .00o00 OO!
    Oo00o)^ ooo_)oO. .00o00 .00o00 OO00o
    00 OO!
    .00o00 .00o00 ooo_)oO
    .00o00 .00o00 ooo_)oO

    Is that better?

34. At 11:22 AM on 21 Aug 2007, Gillian wrote:

    RJD et al (whoever he is) It's all made me feel better! I'm catching up on the blog at one of the library's computers, and having to bite my lip hard to stifle the Lolling I would usally be doing!
    My internet's broken AGAIN!

35. At 11:45 AM on 21 Aug 2007, RJD wrote:

    Gillian - You're in a library - stop SHOUTING!

    Nice to have ypu back again!

36. At 12:14 PM on 21 Aug 2007, Electric Dragon wrote:

    @admin annie - the spoken introduction to Sapphire and Steel still gives me goosebumps. "All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Transuranic heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available - Gold, Lead, Copper, Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver and Steel. Sapphire and Steel have been assigned."

37. At 01:13 PM on 21 Aug 2007, Lee Vitout wrote:

    Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la
    Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la
    
    Four banana, three banana, two bananas, one
    All bananas playing in the bright warm sun,

    Flipping like a pancake, popping like a cork,
    Fleagle, Bingo, Drooper and, Snork
    
    Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la
    Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la
    Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la

38. At 03:17 PM on 21 Aug 2007, wrote:

    Lee (37) that evokes so many memories :) as does the black&white Robinson Crusoe and Champion The Wonder Horse. I have memories of those ebing on every summer holidays :)

    btw, Admin Annie, I beiive it was I who mentioned Neverwhere some months back :)

39. At 11:27 PM on 21 Aug 2007, wrote:

    Now Cmon RJD how can you possibly whistle with your mouth in an *0* shape?

40. At 09:48 AM on 22 Aug 2007, RJD wrote:

    Gossipmistress - You know, you're right! I''ve never, ever thought of that, but now that I've tried it, I find that it IS impossible. I even hurt my cheek trying to do it in italics.

    My only excuse is that I was trying to imply inflection rather than mouth-shape! :-)

    (Will that work as an excuse?)

41. At 10:09 PM on 22 Aug 2007, Val P wrote:

    I was thinking of the one that was dubbed from, what was it? French? Hot guy with blonde hair?

42. At 11:03 PM on 22 Aug 2007, wrote:

    Val - is this the hot blond guy to whom you refer and oh is that RJD doing a symphonic whistle in the background?

    (Sorry I've lost my html tag instructions so I can't do a fancy link any more!)

43. At 01:56 PM on 23 Aug 2007, wrote:

    GM, (42) I hope you look this far back. 's a link for the HTML tagging lark...

44. At 12:55 AM on 24 Aug 2007, ValP wrote:

    GM - yes yes yyessss, that's the one! Ooh, gives me goosebumps, see

    dum dum dum du-um di du-um di du-um du-um

    I almost had it, eh?

    Thanks for html Ffred too. Gosh what an educative frog, Lord Reith would be delighted.