Good Morning Each! Simon, the potato farmers of Britain wish to express their gratitude to you, for your sterling work on their behalf, via your culinary weekend choices.

Song choices then...



'News Of The World' by The Jam seems like as good a place as ant to start.

I'm with Paul and Deevs...."News of the World" by The Jam please Simon

Morning Everybody,

#2 + #3 Anything by the Jam is great,



'A day in the Life' by the Beatles has the line 'I read the news today' and David Bowie uses similar 'I heard the news today' in 'Young Americans' I like both songs.



Good luck on the A12 Simon, hope everybody has a trouble free day.



David

Or...



'Rollin' Over' by The Small Faces



or...



'Rollin' And Tumblin'' by Elmore James



or...



'Never Ending Story' by Limahl (although I hope not)



or...



'Same Old Story' by Anastacia

Morning All,



How about HERE IS THE NEWS by ELO ?



Caught some of Tony Blackburn's show yesterday, thought it was excellent.



Mcw x

or



HEADLINE NEWS by EDWIN STARR?

"Tis very quiet on here today, a touch of half-termism perhaps. Or Bank Holiday extedi-itis. Anyway, just a couple more ideas, and I'm away for a bit.





'Anchorage' by Michelle Shocked



or...



'Back To You' by Bryan Adams. (Really sorry, Spike)

or



LETTER FROM AMERICA by THE PROCLAIMERS?

Last one... but maybe my favourite...



'Whole Wide World' by Wreckless Eric

Hi Blogpoppets!



Hope you are all hale and hearty after the BHoliday.





ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT - KINKS





I reckon anything from the 60s stands a good chance of being picked.

RAWHIDE - FRANKIE LAINE















:^)

Hi Simon,

My choice (and probably only mine!) would be 'Information Wars' by Jackson Browne.

Cheers

Morning all! Hope everybody had a great bank holiday. I was fairly unproductive myself, though went to a jazz night last night. Was very good. 'King of the Road' was my favourite this bloke, called Pete Allen, played.



What goes down today then peeps? 4 day week everybody? I, as well as work, have got to help prepare for a charity fair this weekend. Tadley Treacle Fair on Sunday - look it up. It's brilliant.



Enjoy all



MP

Some Jackson Browne would be fine for these ears. The phone selected "For A Dancer" while I was out jogging yesterday which sounded as great as ever.



Paul, Rory was Amy's other half in Dr Who, but he was swallowed up by Amy's time crack on Saturday. So now he never existed*, like that extra pound in your riddle :)



*Unless they find some way to get them all back from the crack by the end of the series.

Hi all,



Quick in and out for me today, I'm afraid - busy kidsitting all week!



I concur with MadChickster at #6



HERE IS THE NEWS - ELO pls.



Cheers,



Kev

#15



Ha! Just seen Paul's mathematical riddle from the weekend - nice one, shame it was wasted on us 'absentees' ....





Perhaps you should C&P it?





Poy-sun-ally - I suspect it is fine example of Applied Differential Calculus ..

#14 Malcolm - I looked it up. Looks great! Hope you've got Morris Dancers.

#15 Ken, you seem to have missed "what I did there". You know what happens if you fall into the light.

#17 Okily-dokily...







So. Three students, being of limited financial means, decide that instead of spending their limited resources in the pub of an evening, that they will instead, club together, and fund the purchase of a secondhand television set, to facilitate less expensive evening entertainment.



Off they toddle, to a local emporium, specialising in the sale of previously owned goods. The assistant shows them the cheapest tellybox in the place, a snip at a mere thirty pounds sterling, sold without warranty, and as seen. They agree to the deal, and each hands the assistant a ten pound note which the assistant takes over to the till.



Here he is met by the kindly store owner (All store owners are kindly, and not in the least grizzled), who enquires of his employee as to which item of the stores inventory he has managed to rehome. Upon discovering that the assistant has sold the battered T.V.. the altruistic merchant decides to offer the students a small discount, in the hope of generating potential further business in the future, and instructs his amanuensis to return a portion of the previously agreed sale fee to his customers. Namely £5.00! The minion places the three tenners into the till, and removes five pound coins as change for the trio.



You should at this point, be made aware that this assistant is possessed of a less than honest streak, and on returning to his customers, hatches an evil(ish) plan, by which he seeks to benefit his ownself to the detriment of both his benevolent employer and his three patrons. He surmises that the students know nothing of the vendors generous offer, and that he could possibly keep the fiver to himself. However, this villain is also somewhat wily, and realises that if the store owner does not see him hand over change to the students, then he may find his tenure of his position within the store become somewhat tenuous. So, he resolves to give the students a PORTION of the fiver. By these means, the boss will notice that he has indeed handed over change, and will automatically assume that his kindly act has been carried out.



'My Boss says that seeing as the telly has no guarantee with it, he will knock a bit off for you' says our miscreant, and he hands over three pound coins, one for each student, and slips the other two pound coins into his pocket. His deception complete, I now ask you...



The three students have now paid the sum of nine pounds each. Three nines are twenty seven, and the two pounds within the peccant fellows pocket brings the total to twenty nine pounds. Where did the other pound go?

NEWSFLASH ......



I have a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Happy Deevs



x

#22 (Spike impersonation) YIP YIP YIBBLE! Well done, Deevs, I am delighted for you.



You'd best make that Scrabble move whilst you've still got time.







:0)

So good I'll post it twice .... [see CLP Blog]





GREAT NEWS CHERYL!!



xx

Well done Deevs!! And thanks Katy. I don't think we have Morris dancers this year, but they have been in the past.



I think if anybody solves Paul's problem, they should automatically be made Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Oops - I forgot! 3 word Tuesday: Treacle Fair preparation...

Struggling with this one so i will post my 3 words for today well its two lots of 3 words



Free at Last



followed by



Decree Absolute Granted

... and Paul, if you're still there ...?

Not quite sure what happened with our ongoing scrabble tournament - I may have accidentally deleted a request from you.

Invite is there if you wish to resume ..

:)

#26 YIP YIP YIBBLE (nods reverentially Spikewards) for you also!

#21 Well done Deevs, very pleased for you.



David

#19 Hah! That's the sound of enlightenment :-)



You're way too polite Paul, on other forums I'd have walked right into, and fully deserved, a whoosh!



Which makes me pretty well qualified for Downing Street I reckon. When can I move in? :-)

#30 Ken - just have a quick word with the Telegraph - they appear to be in charge of the cabinet ....

#30 Do you have a 'friend' that looks a bit like you, so that you can claim to have 'similarities'? That seems to help. too.

...and as for your puzzle Mr P of Sheffield - as I said 'differential calculus' - applied as follows:



The last paragraph could as easily read:



"The three students have now paid the sum of nine pounds each. Three nines are twenty seven. There is £25 in the till and £2 pounds within the peccant fellows pocket. What on earth gave you the idea that there was another pound ?"

The answer is always it takes 3 men 4 hours to run a bath.

#31 They wouldn't be if elected people didn't keep on taking the mickey with our money!



I feel sorry for him on the personal side. If he wanted to keep it all secret then that's entirely his right and I wish we knew nothing about straight MPs' partners too. They're as irelevant as WAGs in my opinion and our media would be better if none of them were in there.



But for whatever reason he's been silly. If he'd paid it back of his own accord when all the hysteria was at its height in the last Parliament then he'd still be in the job this morning. But he did the opposite: went public, via his local party, trumpeting that he'd been given a clean bill of health and naming other MPs from other parties who weren't.



So unfortunately he set himself up for a big fall I'm afraid.



We're now in a difficult situation. The Times made a strong case yesterday that MPS should now only be judged on the current rules going forward. But would we ordinary mortals be allowed to walk away from a £40k abuse of the rules discovered a year or two after it happened by simply paying it back and resigning? I don't think so.

#33 ......is the right answer.

If 33 were the right answer there would be an anomaly of four pounds

Of course 33 is right - the students each have £1, there is £25 in the till and the thief has £2.



mtd ffb xxx

I was joking Mtd. There would indeed be an anomaly of four pounds if 33 were the answer. (As opposed to #33)

:-)

#35 Ken - Agree.



I was, initially, very disappointed, because:



1] Clearly he is intellectually head and shoulders above the rest of em when it comes to doing a difficult job.

2] He gave up a glorious and lucrative career to devote himself to serving his country.

3] He's decent, charming and an excellent negotiator.



Then I thought - given the above:

a] Why has he been a complete and twonk?



Wonder if I'll get modded?!

Evening all!



Have I messed anything - apart from the beginning of the show. What was the opener?



Bit of a strange subject for songs today - and judging by the blog most other people thought the same!



Oh, BTW, following on from Fridays blog, I have emailed Duran Duran's management to see if Simon Le Bon is free for Hold The Mayo's Children In Need single...if this makes no sense whatsoever, read back from Friday!





Oh, and well done Deevs!!!

#42 - messed anything indeed - MISSED anything!

Kev - today we have mostly been doing mathematics and politics.





Having said that [flippancy is my middle name] I must admit I am really missing the personnel and music-y stuff which has so defined the character of this cosy corner of R2 blogland ...

:(

Now then guys and gals - can we make it to 50?

# 44 It is the weather

# 45 Surely we can - you fantastic Scrabble person you

#47 Hello RevDavid *warm smile*



I suspect Paul of Sheffield-land is the fantastic Scrabble person if his trouncing of me in our current game is anything to go by ...



... mind you, there's still time



*hatches evil plan*

Too much talking Simon - where's the music?

# 45 Nearly there,



David

(Sneaks bach in)... 50something? (The bach is deliberate, a return to musicality for Katie)

#49 - perhaps he is talking too much because we havent requested enough news songs....with good reason, in my opinion - too tough a subject!

ELO alert!

Well done Chickster - nice choice and a mensh as well!

OOOh a good mensh for MadChicken WOMAN!

Just a little niggle. Perhaps Simon should have one really good confession story per week, and then he can play more music in that slot on other days. However, after saying that, playing that Leona Lewis song made my ears bleed!

Am off to the pub - catch you later, I hope







xx

Thanks for the 3 word mention Simon

Oh Bums!! Missed it!! Too busy moaning on #56. That'll learn me!!

Thanks Simon!! Will catch it on iplayer later.

ELO followed by GNR - I'm in heaven! I bet its the radio edit though...

Yup - radio edit it is!

By The Sword is one of my favourite tracks from the album...

Well done Chickster



David

...And Dr. Alibi is my other favourite - happy days!

This is why I like R2. I've never really heard Slash speak, and although the subject matter is obviously limited,he seems really good value. Simon, as usual gets the best out of his interviewee. Slash and Ken Dodd,in just a matter of weeks. Where else?

#66 - I totally agree, Paul. Slash doesn;t give many interviews, and when he does he never fails to overturn any pre-conceived ideas about him the listener may have - much more erudite than one may think, and has many more brain cells left than you may think, after what he has put himself through over the years.



and where else would you find Slash and Ken Dodd? On my iPod, that's where!

I wonder if anyone will chance talking to Slash live on air after the "Cat Deeley incident" :-)

I doubt it very much Ken, but Slash has been clean and teetotal since 2006 so I hope there wouldn't be any issues any more!

I must've been living in a box, as I knew nowt of that incident either. I googled it. Pfff, very rock'n'roll. Dunno what Simon would have done there!

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#67 What a splendifirous day for going down to the BBC for a quick Slash interview.





Love the show, the host, myself, the staff, the other blogpoppets, the mods, the tweeters, the browsers, the callers, the emailers, the face bookers, the ones that don't even know the show exists (shame on you)

#70 Same as you Paul didn't know about that, childrens television a bit more lively than in my day!



David

#72. I dunno. Did you see Charlie Brooker the other night, talking about Pipkins, and death? Hilarious, and I even remember the episodes at the time. I didn't see the humour then, though.

#73 Didn't see that, reflecting back always thought something bit strange about Bill & Ben though!



David

#71 ehem CDF... its Tuesday.....



mtd ffb xxx

I only put in those almost deliberate mistakes to see if anyone actually reads my posts MTD ;)



Love the show, the host, myself, the staff, the other blogpoppets, the mods, the tweeters, the browsers, the callers, the emailers, the face bookers, the ones that don't even know the show exists (shame on you)

CDF Are we to assume a touch of inclement weather down your way?

C'mon you little fighter

No need to get uptighter

Hello - I is back from the pub.



Stayed waylater than intended - due to couple of chaps from Oregon USA over here for visits to beer-making places in the South of England. What a fabutastic job that must be?