Comeback of the week
My favourite comeback this week came in an email from a listener read out on the Today programme.
He was responding to an interview with an MP who was promoting a bill to control the temperature of bath water. This lady wants the law to insist on temperature regulators being fitted to baths in all new houses or when bathrooms are rebuilt. She was also very hot, if you will excuse the pun, on putting the cold water in first when running a bath.
No, despite the date this is not an April Fool, and I am not joking: an MP really said that on the Today programme last Wednesday morning.
There was a barrage of emails in response. The best was as follows:
“My wife has just run a bath and put the hot water in first: is there a confidential government hotline I can ring to grass her up ?”
He was responding to an interview with an MP who was promoting a bill to control the temperature of bath water. This lady wants the law to insist on temperature regulators being fitted to baths in all new houses or when bathrooms are rebuilt. She was also very hot, if you will excuse the pun, on putting the cold water in first when running a bath.
No, despite the date this is not an April Fool, and I am not joking: an MP really said that on the Today programme last Wednesday morning.
There was a barrage of emails in response. The best was as follows:
“My wife has just run a bath and put the hot water in first: is there a confidential government hotline I can ring to grass her up ?”
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