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I'm kind of in two minds at to whether I'm going regret posting this but, eh, bugger it.
I was driving over to my girlfriend's old rental place to do some stuff earlier tonight. I had Absolute Radio's Drivetime playing in the car (so that's broadcast across all their network of stations: Absolute 80s, 90s, Classic Rock, the lot, I think maybe a couple of million listeners?). They were talking about smart devices spying on you, I thought "yeah, I'm not having that" so when I arrived and parked up I texted in. Literally like a minute later I got a phone call from a private number and thought, surely some coincidence?
Paraphrasing: "Hi, is that Alan? This is Bush from Bush and Richie's Drivetime. You're not live so don't worry. We've seen your text and it's exploded everything over here, so what can you tell us?"
So I rambled on for a couple of minutes in a bit of a flap, he went away, I carried on putting the bins out then suddenly thought... "hang on, I wonder...?" I jumped back in the car to listen to the next segment and got, "we've heard from him and her and blah blah and this from Alan:" where they then played 99% of the interview (40% of which was seemingly me going "erm").
It's somewhat cringe in places and I wish I'd had a couple of minutes to prepare rather than being put on the spot but, yeah, so that was a thing that happened.
Still, fortunately it's not like it made their podcast or anything, that would have been really embarrassing. Er, oh.
https://planetradio.co.uk/podcasts/hometime/listen/2038189/
The segment starts at about 11:35 in.
I’m not listening to that.
It might shatter a long held mental image. Kinda like a northern Barry White
It might shatter a long held mental image.
God I hope so.
Actually, if your mental image is that I sound like a thick Northern bastard, you won't be disappointed.
('Northern' being a relative term to a Scotlandshire person, of course.)
I’m not listening to that.
It might shatter a long held mental image. Kinda like a northern Barry White
Exactly.
May as well ask, is it about trousers?
Nah, that'd be pants.
Exactly.
Who are they?
In your defense, I think those who can think on their feet eloquently are few and far between. You only have to go on Radio 5 at about 10am to realise most general public people struggle to articulate when put on the spot.
Thank you, very kind.
I can think on my feet and I can be eloquent. Simultaneously though, not so much. At least half of my brain's CPU cycles were being dedicated to not accidentally dropping the f-bomb.
Did they make it clear that they were going to use what you were saying? That makes a difference as live or not if you know this is going out or potentially going out rather than just asking your opinion for their information you approach the problem differently.
Whoa.
Cougar. By day you keep the bad guys out... by night... you keep the bad guys out (or possibly in) you like to mix it up eh?
Is drac also in Sec-Ops?
I don't know how I expected Cougar to sound but that's not the voice I had in my head.
You came across well, unlike when I had a camera on me with my old job and I just went to shit. And when I did manage to talk out was just too cringe/cheesy to share 🤦🏻♂️
(‘Northern’ being a relative term to a Scotlandshire person, of course.)
Don't worry about perchy, his knowledge of the compass is limited to the west 😉
You were good- for no prep at all, that was much better than I could have done. Point was well made and explained clearly.
Keeping the bad guys out !!
No one gets past Absolute Alan
i've been stalked by sunglasses companies for weeks,
the missus last night playing some crossword app game she plays,
comments "that bloody melon opticians is harrassin me now"
I learned something there. Well done OP.
Don’t worry about perchy, his knowledge of the compass is limited to the west
I went to Harthill Services once and looked east.
Didn't like it.
Never went back.
Sec-Ops
I'm going to start telling people i work in Qua-Sur.
I was expecting a smooth-talking suave Roger Moore type, not quite what I got... 😀
Did a good job though, obviously not, err, a professional journalist, um, but made the point clearly.
I’m going to start telling people i work in Qua-Sur.
Tell em you work in sex ops like Cougar 👍
I’m going to start telling people i work in Qua-Sur.
Ah didn't you get the memo? The industry has specified
Bri-Cou
For your role.
Bri-Cou
What about the beans?
Is drac also in Sec-Ops?
No, I’m Am-Ser
smooth-talking suave Roger Moore type
Wrong side of the Pennines. 😉
RM.
Hang on - Alan?
Not a 45 year old blonde divorcee then?
I’s disappoint...!😀
It might shatter a long held mental image.
You're not joking. I genuinely thought Cougar was female.
Sexy accent 😂
I got interviewed on the spot for local telly, was in summer in a basement and not in my first (or even second) language. Wearing a grey T-shirt which changed to black over the course of the interview, from the pits outwards. There’s a drip off the end of my nose at one point.
Ah, I miss Pheonix nights!.
I was once interviewed coming out of a helicopter at McCarron airport by channel 8 news, a tourist chopper had gone down the day before killing all 6 poor souls on board.
Caught me completely by surprise tbh, I resorted to my broadest Ayrshire accent, the poor lass didn't have a clue what I was saying, which is just as well, cos I believe I even referred to the pilot as the driver. 🙂
I genuinely thought Cougar was female.
I would comment on this but then FB will start pushing cr@p my way, and I'm not even on FB!
What about the beans?
I thought you were beyond beans now.
Could we worse i am becoming increasingly suspicious i'm though of as a
CAD-MON
If you need a mental image to go with the voice this is what Cougar actually looks like
Kinda like a northern Barry White
I take it back.
Barry Chuckle.
In my head, Cougar has alway been a close approximation of Alan Rickman's Sherrif of Nottingham, except with a slight northern twang and a Farscape T-shirt.
Image shattered.
I totally need a Farscape tee-shirt.
Not a 45 year old blonde divorcee then?
I’s disappoint…!
As have been a number of hopeful teenage boys on Snapchat over the years.
I thought the origins of my nomenclature was well documented, it was originally lifted from the character in Top Gun back when I was still at college. Maybe we're due another 'where did your username come from?' thread.
Did they make it clear that they were going to use what you were saying?
Not as such, no.
I'm now imagining Top Gun dubbed with Northern accents 🤣🤣🤣
I take it back.
Barry Chuckle
Harry White, of Mark n Lard fame, fo sho.
Tha feels t'need....t'need for t'speed
"It's my job to keep the bad guys out"
So it is. 🙂
The things that pop up on Madame's Google feed tell me more about her interests and desires than she ever does herself. It's not that I use her phone but whenever she turns on her phone she starts talking about the stuff that pops up which is of course a reflection of her browsing.
I learned something from that - thanks Cougar - Coughs and sneezes spread diseases
I'm really lost now.
So Cougar ISN'T Brant despite both of them being on the radio?
So Cougar ISN’T Brant despite both of them being on the radio?
No, but I can see how you could get confused.
Brant makes the fetish trousers.
Cougar sells them in his sex shops.
Who else has a good job
Flasheart
Doo-Doo-Pap-Cli-Sel
Kayak
Woo-But
Me
Col-In