The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[french frank]

even if only with a smiley or one-word reply

Though it will depend what the word is

[Serial_Apologist]

Though it will depend what the word is

[worlingworth1]

I have popping for my occasional top up on grouchy old codgers and find I am bitterly disappointed, a R3 presenter doing strictly come dancing, ( which I am lead to believe is a popular television programme M,lud) and not a single genuine grumpy old man/woman complaining about the fall of western civilisation, falling moral standards, this is the end of life on planet earth as we know it,etc etc Come back Ed Reardon thats all I can say.

Personally 40-1 is worth a punt !

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

This thread is "strictly" about Breakfast, and I guess there'll be thinner pickings this week, as fewer people will be tuning in, if you get my drift.

[Keraulophone]

This thread is "strictly" about Breakfast

Very slowly scrambled eggs with Balvenie smoked salmon on toasted brioche - please !

[antongould]

I have popping for my occasional top up on grouchy old codgers and find I am bitterly disappointed, a R3 presenter doing strictly come dancing, ( which I am lead to believe is a popular television programme M,lud) and not a single genuine grumpy old man/woman complaining about the fall of western civilisation, falling moral standards, this is the end of life on planet earth as we know it,etc etc Come back Ed Reardon thats all I can say.

Personally 40-1 is worth a punt !

Honest Joe Coral now has her at 33/1 - looks like Alpie put the pension pot on at 40/1 - thankfully I got my £2.50 on first - Lady Gould's Christmas bottle sorted

[Dphillipson]

I think that 'Breakfast' is there for those who don't want to be bombarded with 'heavy' music (even in terms of length) first thing in the morning. . . .

Home and Light both (a generation ago) broadcast brisk military marches, presumably to get people awake and off to work. This still seems better than the ghastly supposedly popular music I now hear in Canada at 8 a.m.

[kernelbogey]

First intro to first item this morning, c.0634:
'Well, Osmo Vanska has been proving what a brilliant Sibelian he is this week at the Proms: so to prove he's not just a one-trick pony, here he is conducting Beethoven.'

I could scarcely believe my ears and switched off immediately.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Personally, I think that 'Breakfast' is there for those who don't want to be bombarded with 'heavy' music (even in terms of length) first thing in the morning.

That's an old reference (November 2010). History has shown us how little has changed, except that the programme has been extended to fill the entire morning, with off-shoots at 4.30 p.m. and others at the weekend, including a choral version. Plus texts and tweets. And trailers selling musical soap powder. And party games.

[Stanfordian]

First intro to first item this morning, c.0634:
'Well, Osmo Vanska has been proving what a brilliant Sibelian he is this week at the Proms: so to prove he's not just a one-trick pony, here he is conducting Beethoven.'

I could scarcely believe my ears and switched off immediately.

Hiya kernelbogey,

One wonders what garbled horrows we will hear next. I think the general tone is entended to sound 'cool' and 'savy.

[french frank]

First intro to first item this morning, c.0634:
'Well, Osmo Vanska has been proving what a brilliant Sibelian he is this week at the Proms: so to prove he's not just a one-trick pony, here he is conducting Beethoven.'

And a very marked sign of evolved pronunciation among the very young. It was actually, 'Wha' ay magnificent Sibelian ... '

But it was 'One-trick pony', right enough. And Osmo Vänskä is no Gilbert E Kaplan, let's face it … He's, like, a real pro!

[Zucchini]

And a very marked sign of evolved pronunciation among the very young. It was actually, 'Wha' ay magnificent Sibelian ... '

Does a mother in her mid-thirties seem "very young" to you (I assume you are referring to CBH? Welcome to the forum, you'll fit in well and your post wins you a bottle of Sanatogen...

[Bax-of-Delights]

Mark how often "kicking off" or "kicks off" is used during programmes. My time with R3 is very limited these days but I hear this phrase nearly every time I tune in so one wonders how often it is used in a full 24 hours. It is a favourite of KD (no surprise there) but is now utilised by many others. One wonders what ever happened to "begin" or "start" or "open"?

[french frank]

Does a mother in her mid-thirties seem "very young" to you (I assume you are referring to CBH? Welcome to the forum, you'll fit in well and your post wins you a bottle of Sanatogen...

I didn't say she was very young. Charles Hazlewood did a good line in glottal stops too and he was, ooh, about 95. It's the pronunciation that characterises the 'young'. Like fashions and raves.

[mercia]

for similar reasons I've stopped shopping at Waitrose because I distinctly heard one of their assistants dropping her aitches. It stands to reason that their food must be sub-standard too.