4 posts tagged “radio 4”

Feeling fragile and hungover after two (yes, two) mammoth drinking sessions in two days (take it from me, yes us older people can drink teenagers under the table, but they recover lots, lots quicker!), so I am surfing the net. 

Found this little gem via the BBC:

From the great BBC Radio 4 Show, I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue

Stifle - a lot of pigs
AWOL - dyslexic owl
La vie en rose - Pink Toilet
Repository - Warehouse with delivery at the back
Knackers yard - enormous underpants
Sandy - that's convenient
Bigamist - more fog
Filibuster - clumsy vet
Stockade - fizzy OXO
Ram raider - a vet we don’t talk about
Palmistry - not knowing who your dad is
Collier - like a collie, but even more so
Tadpole - ever so slightly Polish
Defunct - to have one's sense of rhythm removed
Definite - street slang for hard of hearing

As supplied by I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, BBC Radio 4

Arboretum - a dock-side restaurant
Argy Bargy - Owner of a narrow boat in Buenos Aires
Binge - where Sean Connery puts his bottles
Bloater - Japanese straw hat
Carmelite - a half-hearted Buddhist
Fundamentalist - give money to David Icke
Geriatric - next time Germany starts a war
Malady - Bit like a duck
Midwifery - half-way through breaking wind
Pie Crust - What you get if you don't polish your pike
Sorcerer - even more of a saucer
Snuff Box - A coffin
Surcharge - Cash for Honours
Titillate - delayed puberty
Uganda - go and have a look
Winnebago - a horse with a bad back

Only the BBC would have a programme, aired on Saturday morning on Radio 4, called Poets Don’t Drive, a defence of non-driving by Ian McMillan.  Contributors included Roger McGough, Kenneth Steven, Lemm Sissay, Brian Patten, Simon Armitage and Wendy Cope. (link only valid until Saturday 25th Nov, 10.30am)

Roger McGough has the best quote - The slower the imagination, the faster the car.

And following on from that, a poem dedicated to the best motoring personality ever:

Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson, posh joy rider
Double garage gob with an ego even wider

Jeremy Clarkson, turbo bore
Got a spoiler fitted to your tongue so you could talk some more

Jeremy Clarkson, twin air bag
Some people ask if you're a fascist, but you never like to brag

Jeremy Clarkson, soft top Tory
You'd like to tarmac all the country and burn a cross in glory

Jeremy Clarkson, jacket, jeans and stripy shirts
Let's roar into the 80s, taking fashion into reverse

Jeremy Clarkson, Ferrari fag
Lying on the bonnet at the motor show, in drag

Jeremy Clarkson, big boy racer
Have a drink on me with a battery acid chaser

Jeremy Clarkson, who do you think you are?
But maybe I'm just jealous cos I can’t afford a car

Sadly, I cannot attribute this to anyone - the only hint was Ant the Rant.  Your guess is probably better than mine!