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Jennifer Tracey | 10:29 UK time, Sunday, 12 July 2009

Edward Stourton. Mind your backs!

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The Today programme's Edward Stourton did the honours on our last show:

My son is in Philadelphia for a gathering of fellow cult-members who may one day realise they've been duped into cutting themselves off from their families.

After returning from working in Mumbai, Peter is still trying to explain his actions with the live-in housemaid to his wife.

I had to cancel the order for my new car as the manufacturers had no idea when it would be made.

A colleague is the envy of the office after having a huge bouquet of 12 pink roses delivered.

I had a lovely text conversation with my daughter; the first one we've had since she stopped talking to me four years ago; maybe we'll speak soon.

I completely lost it at the crematorium but I managed to get back enough composure to deliver Mum's eulogy.

I narrowly avoided my house burning down when sunlight focused by a mirror set fire to a curtain.

Husband jobless, three student sons jobless, I am now declaring myself available to house sit anywhere, a remote property would be ideal.

Spent the afternoon at the top of a ladder, using both ungloved hands to remove a swarm of bees from my neighbours' roof cavity, and thinking that this was a prime example of "Don't try this at home, folks!"

My 10 year-old-car is making expensive noises. "Scrappage me!" it coughs enticingly.

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1. At 11:01am on 12 Jul 2009, magicflorance wrote:
Scandalous however can the BBC justify axing Arlene Phillips from Strictly Come Dancing when she is so knowledgeable, willing to provide honest and constructive feedback and concentrates on nuances which dont duplicate the areas other judges focus on? Her enthusiasm for the programme is contagious and she has a real desire to see celebrities improve and put on a spectacular show. There can only be one reason which is even less forgivable when the programme host definitely doesn't reflect the tastes of the younger audience the BBC says it is targeting. Hopefully Alisha won't simply look pretty and make kind but useless comments.

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2. At 7:52pm on 12 Jul 2009, sennungi wrote:

A few months ago, BBC TV had a late evening documentary on President Obama life presented by the male presenter on todays BBC News (Channel 80) of 1900hrs, Sunday 12th July.
Might BBC have it on DVD, so it can be bought?
Thank you

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3. At 08:31am on 13 Jul 2009, steamerless wrote:
My wife has gone to the airport to spend two weeks in Turkey with the vicar.

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4. At 4:29pm on 13 Jul 2009, mittfh wrote:
MagicFlorence (1): This topic has been debated to death in numerous other forums - however, in reading the various articles mentioning her departure, some suggest alternative / additional reasons for her exit - including her handling of the John Sargent affair (i.e. continually popping up at media outlets to criticise the viewing public for voting for someone she considered to be an appalling dancer), and a desire to concentrate on other projects.

Alesha hasn't got anywhere near the depth of experience as Arlene, but contrary to many commenters, she had experience of dancing before appearing on Strictly. Her age may be part of the reason for her selection, but her relative inexperience - having been through the Strictly process as a contestant, she's likely to empathise with the contestants.

However, especially in light of the online reaction to her appointment, it would probably be worthwhile giving her some training beforehand - for example commenting on clips from various international versions of Strictly so that when she goes "live", she can deliver a credible, concise comment (perhaps doling out constructive criticism - asking particularly the poorer couples to concentrate on one area they could conceivably progress on in the following week), so giving both the public, professionals and celebrities the impression she has brains as well as beauty!

It's also worth noting that in the final three weeks, Darcy Bussell (former prima ballerina) will also join the judging team - which should help boost the knowledge and experience of the panel in the crucial final stages of the contest, and hopefully avoid a repeat of the ties encountered in last year's contest.

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5. At 1:46pm on 14 Jul 2009, Fifi wrote:
Sitting across the room from our elderly Japanese guest, who was sitting cross-legged comfortably on a sofa, my other half whispered to me: 'Yoda'....

(My case comes up next week!)

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6. At 11:13pm on 15 Jul 2009, els904 wrote:
I'm about to set off for Italy in a 10-year old car with 197,194 miles on the clock. Slightly concerned that it won't make it; less bothered about getting back.

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7. At 12:48pm on 17 Jul 2009, mittfh wrote:
News:
Woke up this morning to see more action in my street than I've seen for a while - two trucks, a planer, a bitumen tanker, two rollers, a paver, a sweeper and a JCB!

Explanation:
A short length of street is being resurfaced because the existing surface is breaking up. That end has been closed for three days. Day 1: Dig up about a foot of surface adjacent to the kerb. Day 2: Raise a single manhole cover. Day 3: The big boys arrive to do the remaining 90% of the work. And do a side street at the same time.

And I nearly forgot - the playing field of the local primary school backs onto the street as well. They've decided to replace the existing 4' high wooden palisade fence with a 6' high "green powder coated" metal grille fence - and have started the works at the same time. So add a couple of pick-up trucks to the mix as well...

(Darn! This blog doesn't handle definition lists or nested unordered lists correctly...and it appears to ignore blockquotes as well...)

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8. At 06:16am on 18 Jul 2009, iantoffee wrote:
In the week that I was in quarantine with swine flu I had to miss my aunt's funeral and also learn that my best man of 30 years ago now has severe dementia. Lets hope these things do come in threes.

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9. At 6:02pm on 21 Jul 2009, eloquentrainbird wrote:
I finally left the school i've been at for eight years and I'm so happy

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