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Quote of the day

Posted on Friday, May 11th, 2007 at 3:26pm. #

Oliver Cross writes in the Yorkshire Evening Post today:

“Radio 4 is broken on our DAB Digital Radio, and now we can only get Radio Aire, which is the way forward to madness.”

Not listened to Radio Aire for a while, but I think he might be a little harsh.

I’m currently on a train to Harrogate, hence why I saw it. The paper also has a story about an “upmarket sandwich shop”, which we later discover is none-other than Pret a Manger. Eee, them reet posh southerners wi’ their ham and greve baguettes, silly buggers.

3 comments

Nick Piggott said at May 11th, 2007 at 3:53pm

Yorkshire – home of “tinternet” and “eeee, mail”! Why is Radio 4 broken on his DAB Digital Radio, or is it just actively filtering daft southerners wit’ their posh voices?

David Jones said at May 11th, 2007 at 6:32pm

It brings to mind that great Katherine Tate sketch where the snobby northerners complain about a brie and grape baguette. “The dirty bastards!”

Michael Cook said at May 16th, 2007 at 12:40pm

I have heard BBC Radio Nottingham presenters labelling both Debenhams and M&S as “posh shops”.

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