Argyll FM at Hogmanay

[general jack o'niell]

who? was he a famous 19th century philosopher? i think we studied him in O'grade nepotism and the royal family.

i shouldn't be on here anyway, theres something wrong with my phone, i entered DJKJ quiz today, for old time sake, hadn't entered in more than a year, only decided after he read out the second question, phoned up, maureen answered, i said i was entering quiz, gave my answers for first two questions, then she asked my name, "general jack o'niell" says i, "funny" says she "it doesn't sound like you?" who does that say more about i thought? her or me? i'd chosen to use my military name rather than my quiz entering name as i knew i wouldn't win and "batman" never came second, always the gentleman!!! nah thats the wrong way round, maybe not. anyway sorry hitman, i nearly drivelled, i laughed and said goodbye, "bye ******" she replied, that means one of two things, either she knew GJO or she and this is more probable, knew it was me but just thought it didn't sound like me, i don't have a particulary unusual accent? pure camulton, nothing unusual in that?

this is too long, right, third and fourth, easy peasy, then i, having twigged a running theme made up a shortlist of three possible answers to the fifth and last question, the answers had all been girls names so i went for phil lynott "sarah", van morrison "gloria" and simon and garfunkel "cecelia", i really should have listened earlier as he'd played all the songs but i was on some bloody local forum till ten. last question, i'd already dialled the number 551800 all i had to do was press a button to connect, "which song by simon &" i pressed the button, engaged, i pressed 5 for callback and what do you know for the next fifteen minutes the line to the station was engaged, all thru the news and the rolling stones "off the hook" mmmmmm
i thought, i could have walked down and done this quicker, long story short 13th place not good enough, not by twelve places it wasn't, so there must be something wrong with my phone.

all that aside, i know in my heart that i won, i knew the answer before he asked the question, but then i have an encyc, encic, good memory about music, except the period from 1983 to 1992 i'm now convinced i was in a comma during that period, wife says it was first ten years of our marraige and i only had eyes for her till kids arrived, typical woman, its always about them!!!!! at this point i'd like to say goodbye to everyone thats ever known me, but i will be taking the person that repeats that last bit with me so you've been warned!!!!!!

did i mention i signed up for rockschool, should be a laugh but won't be attending robert blacks song writing class, as i've already said, i don't remember the eighties. ooohhh low blow, you are laughing robert? i only mention this because maureen proud mother and for a longtime i thought author of the "little house on the prairie" books of the twisted melons, tells me the boys are playing in the barrowlands on the friday night before the rockschool, so best of luck to them, hope they win and get that european tour, but keep some energy for dealing with this particular attendee on the saturday and sunday (i'll be like a wee moose) yes i'm wearing a hat with antlers.

if your interested, sign up, you never know, you might get the honour of being in my backing band, you think not? i'm only hoping chris blair signs up so i don't feel too old, but then he looks about twenty years younger than his actual age, so that won't work, still, theres always robert black, what do you mean he's at least five years younger than me?