Expert Explanations for Glassware and Lifts

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And I would just remind you we can't go anywhere near politics becausecause there is a can I say that word out loud? A thing. there's a thing going on in the place is plac There's a thing, there's things in places. there's the thing in the place and the other place and also but the other place. So we can't talk about politics at all The only time I've ever had an offc complaint upheld. No I'm not even going to tell you about that either. J just shut up. Sious, actually shut up now Thank you Nine minutes off the tw is the time. Tony's in Cateron in and Carlteron in Oxfordshire, Tony question or answer Question, please Jane. Cry on, Tony. I was lucky enough to marry my partner last year. Congratulations, D. Thankk you very much We received plenty of bottles of fascca and champagne Champign off for people that really like you Yes, yeah, true. They were sat near to us. So early this year, I opened up a bottle. or w the glass And I don't have a bottle stopper. So what I did, I popped a teaspoon in the neck of the bottle in the belief that it keeps the fizziness in the drink for longer So I'd like to ask if this is true And if I could put a cheeky second part to it, if it is true, then how does it work That's not cheeky. because if it was true, someone would have to explain how it worked. I don't think it is I mean, I don't think it is true. it's a bit of a sort of urban myth or something that I think. Okay, you have heard of this before. Yeah,'ve got I've tested it myself. I've done it myself because there's quite a lot of technology attached to wine, notot so much the champagne because you just need to stick a stopper in a champagne bottle and hope best. But some of the wine technology involves sucking the air out even after you've opened it. You sort of put the cork back in. But you suck all of the air out so nothing inside can oxidize And that means that quite an expensive wine won won't turn, it won't go off I did it, I mean, it sounds odd, but I didn't expect we did I did this myself And it doesn't work. It didn't Yeahah, it doesn't if you've got a flat bottle that's open Rather you've got a two bottles that are open, you put a spoon in one of them and come back the next day, you won't be able to tell the difference between them. Oh Okay. quQalifications, I have actually done it. And I did it after our twenty fifth wedding anniversary when there were a few bottles left open and I thought, why not have a go and see whether it's true or not. I'm not taking a round of applause, Tony, because that is only one experiment and the plural of anecde is not data But I can't think of the science that would explain it. canan you? Yeah, normally. I mean I've worked in hospitality in the past a long time and we've always had a hunch that does have that effect. I dont think maybe I'm putting it on the list. I'm putting it on the list. Do you know who Tom Gilby is? Do you know who Tom Gilby is? I do not. Be someone justest just txt me to say, it's a lie. I watched the floppy haired wine man And I'm pretty sure he's talking about Tom Gilby, who is the floppy haired wine man, but also an old mate of mine from school who I haven't seen since nineteen ninety, would you believe? But he now pops up all over my algorithms, being extremely foul moused, potty moused, but utterly charming and possessed of ludicrous long locks that I almost take as a personal insult considering the state of my barnet. And he apparently has done the experiment And prove that there's no truth in it whatsoever. but I'm not again, that's anecdote. I haven't got proof of it. so I'm leaving it on the board. How's Married life treating you Very good, thank you. so she's off to Ascot today. very much and winning. Well she should be drinking plenty of champagne. Keep you in the style that you deserve to become accustomed to. Tony, thank you. It's on the board, but as I say I don't think it's true, but I'm not going to go definitive on it myself. James is in Leeds. James, question or answer. James. Hello, James. It's a question. What you did? What happened then? What happened then? I was s for ages waiting for you Hello, Hello A But I think we may have a slight delay on the line first, which means I probably shouldn't have madeokes about it. Can we come back to James in Les? but it doesn't matter because I've got another James. this one's in Manchester James in Manchester. Hello James I don't know how happen to James there, James strange It is Yeah Quion, No answer y do we have wine glasses and why do we have champagne flutes for champagne It's all gotone a bit boozey this week, hasn't it? Absolutely. Is it because I pointed out that if you are following my clips on social media and terrified of the fact that you can't argue with a single point I made, it's become very popular lated to claim that I'm drunk Is that Is that what's happening here? I think it must be. I think with the football last night I mean I had a couple of beers. Fair enough I didn't have any clean beer glasses. so I had to the wang glass. But I thought I'm using the wrong glasses. But some Belgiian beers are served in glasses that are closer to a wine glass than a pint pot, aren't they Absolutely. yeah. There's one Belgum beer. I can't remember what it's called and you can't put the glass down. It's served almost in a bowl that would tip over if you put it down as well. So they serve it in a sort of cradle almost, as well. Yeah, I can't remember the name of that one. And then one fancy pants I know insists that champagne is nicer in those kind of coops. You know, the sort of wide flat ones rather than the flutes Absolutely. I mean, I remember as well going to October Fest back in the day in Waitresses carried twenty stins on an arm. Yeah whichich obviously were practical. Gful a bit. Yes, no, they are practical. So I'd mean red wine, big glass, white wine, small glass. Yeah there's all sorts of little things there. So why also mean a stem as well. whyy does it have to be raised? Well, that I think is less important on red wine than white wine, but with white wine, you want to keep it cooled so you hold it by the stem and then your body heat doesn't leach into the glass from your sweaty palms, James from your sweaty palms. I mean it might be another one that actually doesn't have much root in science and is mostly down to etiquette and things like that. But why do we have specific glasses for specific drinks That's all. I like it twelve fifteen is the time. You're listening to James O'Brien on LBC. I toyed with the idea, you know of trying to theme mystery out trying to make it. We did it one Christmas and my producer at the time went out and got me a father Christmas costume And he'd gone to such efforts to get it. that I felt I had to wear, thoseose were the days I mean, seriously, I just said in passing. About ten years ago, I said about ten years ago, we could do a Christmas mystery h and he came to work the next day, He'd been into Angel and Burmans, the big costume outfits who do all the big West endnd shows. He came in with an absolutely brilliant father Christmas costume Sadly, I think it was in the days before everything we do on the show goes viral but I did the show in a full Father Christmas. So listen to that, Keith. I asked for it on a Tuesday, I got it on a Wednesday. ursday Aed it on a Wednday, got it. I know he doesn't work anywore. He's a lifeboat man now down in Kent as well as a brilliant political journalist for the BBC. But those were the days when I said on air, Oh, that might be fun and the next thing you know, it had happened Anyway, roll on february twenty twenty seven when I get a jingle for the new Mystic gym feature When you're a maintenance engineer in a beverage manufacturing plant You keep production lines moving and quality on track because there is no room for slowdowns With Granger's vast selection of high quality motors, sensors, belts, and hard to find parts, you can get what you need fast and all in one place, so nothing gets in the way of getting the job done. Call one eight hundred Ganger, click ranger. com or just stop by Ranger For the ones who get it done. Hello, James O'Brien here. I thought you might like to know that there's a full disclosure interview with Andy Burnham in the archive that will assume rather more resonance in the coming days, obviously because he has just secured a storming victory in Makerfield, trfling Nigel Farageer's reform Party and setting a probably unassailable course for Downing Street It's a few years old, but it tells you about his childhood in Ary, the journey to studying at Cambridge University, and how he ended up being dubbed the King of the North. Just head over to the full Disclosure podcast right now, and you can find not only that interview with Andy Burnham, but a host of other conversations with lots of wonderful guests. Listen on Global Play or wherever you get your podcast If you want an insight into my sense of humor, if you need an insight, if you haven't worked out yet what I find funnier and what I find funnier than other things, then here is something I find genuinely hilarious, which I think you might not find funny at all. I think it's a very sub subjective comedy moment So I've got loads of messages that just say quack So I was going to say to you, this is very odd. I think there's a lot of ducks listening to the programe Because I've got about thirty text messages that just say quack Some say my name, some say quack James And the rest just say quack. Speelt a bit oddly. It's not spelt with a Q, but you know what spelling's like in this country these days. Speelt KWAK. I've got lights gone up now. I've got about fifty messages that just say quack. So I can't I start thinking in my head there must be a lot of docs listening to the show. because they're all saying quack I think that's really funny. I mean, really funny. I'm not obviously rolling around on the floor of the studio, but loads of people are sending me the word quack And I'm thinking, o, there must be lots of ducks listening I just think that's really funny. And the reason that's sending me the word quack is because that's the name of the German beer. The Belgian beer that I'd forgotten the name of that is served in a U a glass that falls over A glass that you can't rest on presumably because you're supposed to drink it while it's really fresh or something like that or I don't know, but anyway, you can't I tell you what Ke A Keith, Keith Ke. M must be loads of ducks listening today. Have a look at the inbox mode I said it was subjective No T ten minutes after twelve is the time. James is in leads. James, question or answer. Oh, quick, James. question gone then It's about lifts. Oh. You know, you go in a lift, you press the floor and then you press the closed doors button. You know, the two arrows pointeding inwards In the UK and alsoo in France, they don't work. The doors don't close. They do. Os does. The one here does'.ight Do doesn't go to Thailand. Why go to Thailand because when you're in Thailand, you press the button and they close immediately. you're in Vietnam. have your armour. just showose Eleanor's nodding saagely. Why are you nodding saagegely? You've never been to Vietnam You've been to Thailand, have you Yeah. All right. There you go. Re? now. they just closeed. just you press the button and they close. And here they I don't think they close any earlier than they would have done because you pressed on the fl. So it could be a fluke. So they could be about to close anyway and then you press it and they close and you think the button's working I don't know. I don't know. I wonder if there's an over I wonder if there's an override, you know, if it could be that they can set it So cl be Yeah. So they must have decided it. I mean, it's a shame that you asked this question today because not that long ago We had the lift engineers in And there was a kid at my school. I've talked about him before And he used to morning break, he used to go to the school laundry and just watch the washing machines. He found it really, really soothing And I kind of turned into him a bit when the Lyift engineers were here. I just used to sort of hang around watching because you can look up and look down and there's light you know, there's lights in lift shafts, obviously because they're not needed very often, but when these four great lads, they were very patient with me and they explained things to me and showed me stuff. I felt about eight Ye, old watching. I love lifts and I could have asked them, couldn't I but I can't now because they've finished. done all their work. I'll find out for you And do. Also, we could make a map. We could do every country in the world. couldouldn't we? What Democratic Republic of Congo? what happens in the lifts? We could go through all the World Cup teams, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Anyway, why? Why some I thought you got out more Well I'll do my best for you, James. There we go. That's the first non booze question. So we've had two booze questions and two James. So far three of you include me Martin is in eping, Martin question or answ It's a question. Carriol Martin Why do fishermen dress up in camouflage gear I mean, I can understand if you were going hunting an animal and you want to blend in with the trees and stuff, but the fish are in the water. Yeah, but they can see out of the water, can't they C me. I don't know. Yeah, definitely. That's mystery. I mean, I've never even clocked that before I've seen them walking down the street and I my son said, Are they army guys? I said, No, they're going fishing. L like dressing up in camouflage even though Yeah. I mean presume that they are Because you'd still cast a shadow, wouldn't you if you were in camouflage That's my question. I mean, it's No, that's not a question. I mean you just would, you would cast a shadow if you were in Camflow. Camouflage doesn't hide your shadow. It just h just makes you blend in with the background. So I mean, listen either, they're doing it because it's a bit of cosplay and it makes them feel all outdoorsy or They believe that the fish can see them There's only two possible answers to it. unless they were doing camouflage gear a special discounted rate at every shop in the country on a certain day, but that's I think we can rule that one out with some confidence, Martin Yeahes. I mean Yeah. The other thing was you were saying about you asked for something on the Wednesday and then you get it on the Thursday. I thought you were going to do a Craig David song. Well, that is also one of my favourite jokes, as you know. but I resisted the urge on this occasion and then you come along and do it for me. Thank you, Martin. I appreciate it. We should go for a drink on Thursday. Whether or not it's champagne or the ones that need specific glasses, only time will tell Paul's impressed, Paul question or answ A question. Carry on Paul I had a mouse get into the house and it was in one particular drawer eating the pasta. Okay So I got myself a humane trap, caught the mouse, took it about half a mile away a give bit more, let it go one week later S mouse back de Gge. Hang on a minute How did you know it was the same mouse If it had been like a family of mice, then one of their brothers and sisters would be come in early it's not the same mouse. It's not the same mouse. It's exactly the same mouse. It's not the same mouse. So what I did was I caught the mouth again, I took it literally four miles away and let it go in the field. Yeah St still not come back, so I wantan to know it's not on the way back And so when will it get here This is one of my all time favorites. You honestly think it was the same mouse percent yeah hundred percent percent You'd have to tag it though. I mean there's no way it' come it does come back, I will t it but it won't be yeah well,' be then you'll have to take it ten miles away and also it won'tcess. evenven if it appears in your passaster drawer again, it'll be your third mouse. Mice aren't lan operatives. They're not sober There's no des not. There's no such thing as a If if there was other if it was like with a gang, one of his mates would have come in. There are other mice that you just haven't found them yet Noew said dw Yeah, well because you keep haven't put the pastor in a top ofir box, have you It was Snd dw Snd mouse. Did it have a key I don't even know it got in. P course the quest in. P course the Christian So the question is, how on earth did that mouse find its way back to my house? It It didn't it D because their mouse Oh no. Okay. All right. how did the mouse How did the mouse get back to Paul's house That's the question All right. Have you got room in your cupboard for a game, Paul Probably yes,. I don't want the mouse Nibbling the edges of the mystery bor game box. In a different drawer out' that? I might send you the one in a tin just to be on the safe side Thanks, Matt appreciate it. It'ful A! twenty six minutes after twelve is the time. Does the old spoon in the champagne bottle work Why do we have specific glasses for specific drinks? Why does the closed door button in UK lifts never work in the way that it does in much of Southeast Asia and out did the mouse in Paul's house back to Paul's house after the mouse was taken half a mile from the house Oho three four five, sixzero six zero nine seven three Handy's in Brighton Andy question or answer. Hello, James. I'm actually in the south of France on holidays. I'm having a lovely time. I'm all blissed out. veryy well. Well let's keep it that way. Let's keep it that way, Andy, C on I have a question and it's about bees and butterflies and other pollinators. Yeah And I'm sitting here on this verandah in the sun looking at this big thick, dense border of lavender And all these buuzzy flappy things are flapping around and' very interested in all the heads of lavender. And I'm wondering how do they mark them or not continually revisit the individual heads of lavender or any other flowers. You know what I mean? th? How do they not just keep going back to the same ones? Oh, I see what you mean. So so some of them have been emptied as it were., probably yeah and they they're been very dutiful and going around collecting as much as they can. but they surely revisit them, don't they? And if not, Well they don't have to spend long, they just sort of fly by it, g a quick butchers, say that one's a bit empty and move on to the next one, right Well Well I don't know. do they have they're not expending energy in even doing that? Don't they mark them somehow? or do they? No they've got a mate who's a mouse who keeps track of what each flower has done and where it's gone But he can't do it all the time because he's gott to get back home. He's gott to get back home to Preston by tea time I don't. So how how do pollinators know which flowers have still got pollen in them Well, which flers haven't got p the ones that they've already been to revisiting them. I'm sure they don't I bet they do though. I bet it's not for very long. Not for very long. They must they not No. I'm not convinced. I don't know. I don't know. I'd just love to know what the mechanism is. how do they? How would I now? There you go. All right, you're my question. enjoy the rest of your holiday. How long are you away for? I'm away for another week and a half. Oh Happy dayays. degrees, it is fantastic. I'm always intrigued by people who live in holiday resorts and then go on holiday This is a house that we found. It's in the southwest, it's huge and it's got massive grounds and it's just paradise here really. Magnque. So Magniqu Qite right. Yeahy Let's find out for him. How do pollinators know which flowers to go to? As in why don't they go back to you understand the question It makes sense. I suppose technically Paul's question about his mouse made sense as well, but If you can answer that one in a sensible and straight faced fashion then I will in the immortal words of the Great Lees Dennis I'll give you the I'll give you the board game myself It's coming up to half past tw, squeezeing one more, actually, Sall we Philips in Hartlepool, Philip question or answ It's a question please, James. Carry off in it. U yeah, auctions. Oh yes. I've been with you lately and I've also seen this on TV where Biddingss going along saying five pound increments. Yeah And then it gets to one hundred and then the auction starts going up in tens or twenties Yeah it gets to five hundred and then he starts walking on in hundreds. And it's just, is this being like always always established practice or is, you know, is there some unwritten rule on this? Is kind of the optiones you know, discretion that they do this. I mean, I've seen things like from Christie's where they're doing it in millions and they do the same thing. Yeah think it almost might be the other way around and that the higher it got, the smaller the increments would get because you're trying to squeeze as much out of the room as possible. Because the other thing is that I've seen stuff and I thought, well if it goes up in tenens, I can hang in in the auction of a suddenly cost to hundreds and well that's me out Yeah. So you know. cutting down the number of people that's potentially bidding you know, just sort of doing that thing I did earlier about knitting lots of things together. I'm off to the cricket after the show today,. I'm off to the oval after this. and John in Marley Bone, who used to ring in quite a lot, he's a big stalwart of the MCC, but also a brilliant auctioneer So unfortunately, he will be at the oval at the moment because he never misses a match, but he would know the answer. I did it once I what are you trying to buy by the way And I'm trying to buyselfuff I'm sittting up a pub Oh ye And I'm just, you know, sort of memorability stuff and as well as just practical things like tables and chairs. Oh I like that. Oh Yeahah. whereabouts is the pub in Hollyool. If you got a premises? Yes, yeah. haveave you got a seam Um yeah, well, it's there's a lot of filments going on in Harleypool at the moment The' set up studios So quite a lot of the stuff that's been on TV lately is being filmed here. I Didn't know that. So I'm trying to try that in so great idea. Well keep us posted. I'll give you a free advert when you're open. In the meantime, we'll try to find out what's going on at the auction is. Why do they go up in the increments that they go up in? Because it's a good question that. I did an auction once, I've just remembered I did an auction for the military charity comombat Stress and I thought I did a flipping brilliant job. I raised loads of money. I was doing this thing Well I'd say that table over there and their rivals over there and they say, they're laughing at you. They're laughing and they go, you've got to go get their job, R, but they never asked me back, Philip. I never got They went with a professional the following year. sometimes I don't know why I bother. It's like being at work Yeah. I'll see what I can do. mind how you go. I'm late for the news. Amelia Cox is here with your headlines. When you're a maintenance engineer in a beverage manufacturing plant, you keep production lines moving and quality on track because there is no room for slowdowns With Granger's vast selection of high quality motors, sensors, belts, and hard to find parts, you can get what you need fast and all in one place, so nothing gets in the way of getting the job done Call one eight hundred Ganger, click ranger. com or just stop by Ranger. for the ones who get it done twelve thirty five is the time. Does the old spoon in the champagne bottle actually work? Expert answers only. Why do we have specific glasses for specific drinks I don't need anyone else to send me the Nel Gallagher story about Liam being round at his house and asking why he had a teaspoon in his champagne bottle. and Nol said Oh, it keeps it fresh And then the next time he went aroundound to Liam'souse, he'd put a teaspoon in his milk bottle story. Well at least no Gaga tells us story Why does the closed door button not work on British lifts Is it Is it anti white racism U because it works in Thailand and in Vietnam. I think we've got a new campaign now. Paul had a mouse in his house And he took the mouse half a mile away from his house and he thinks the mouse came back. And I've got a horrible feeling. this might be one of those things that I laughed at too much actually U How did the mouse get back to Paul's house? If indeed it was the same mouse prractically a poem How do bees know which flowers not to go back to as it were? How do bees know how polliney a flower is and Why do auctioneers go up in increments that seem a bit counterintuitive? as in the gap between one bid and the next bid should get smaller as the overall bid gets higher But But the opposite is true. There's quite a lot there, isn't there? I like it Caroline's in Sandhurst, Caroline question or answer It's an answer. Marvelllous I' sorry, I'm still laughing about the mouse. The mouse in the house. I think you might be laughing on the other side of your face soon. You might actually be right judging by my inbox, but time will tell, Caroline, time will tell. Okay, No's why do we have different glasses for different drinks? Oh yes. I can answer some of them. The champagne, for instance with the long flute the tall flute glasses there's a very small surface area. So the bubbles stay longer in the drink if it's a flat glass then the bubbles have got more surface area to sort of disappear. So One is supposed to sip champagne, I believe. So lightweight. should contain as many sips as the birst. With red wine and brandy The glasses are slightly balloon shaped.. just stick your nose in and putut your hand r it and warm it and get the aroma. and And sort of and oxidize it as well, I think with the red in the same way because you never decant a white wine, do you? I don't think? So with the red, you're trying to get the oxygen into it. that's nice is that it? Is that your your champagne, red wine and brandy I think that's all I can do. yeah. What about quacks What about? ack Qack. Qack withith Belgium beer Oh, sorry, no, I don't know. I did used to work work in a bar in Spain and We had so many different beers and different glasses for each one. there was one particular glass that you always had to rinse out in ice cold water before you served it Was that that the one that you put a lemon in, a bit of lemon in it? Le Was it ley? Was it? Ley? Yeah, it's nice. It's quite punchy though. It's about six and a half percent. Yeah. So why do you know why the beers had specific glasses in the bar that you worked in Because the lady I worked for was very particular about putting the right gl the right glass to the right place Well Would it tast different though it was in the wrong glass.' probably say Yeah. It's interesting, isn't it? I like that. Anyway, you've've done enough. Qalifications I used to be a tour guide and I took people around the cava cellars in the north of Spain. I learnted an awful lot about the champagne method of making wine Is that how you pronounce it? I've been saying Carver all my life Kava, ye, sorry, Kava. Oh why you live and learn. There you go. Two reasons for a round of applause of Caroline I mean, it's an open ended question, isn't it that James asked? because we could be here all day going through each individual drink that has an individual glass. someome of it will be marketing, won't it? Some of it of course will just involve you being served a drink in the glass that The brewery have provided because it's got marketing all over it. So you're holding a little advert in your hand, Guinness being quite a good example of that, but you know there's various others as well. And then you've got the Belgian presumably quite a esoteric approach, almost like Vinters's the Belgian approach to beer with different flavours having different responses and different levels of fizz needing different glasses. But generally speaking, if there is a reason for doing it, it will be to enhance the drinking experience. It's her garden with a, um withith the lemon, isn't it? That's why rinse the glass out. Its her garden I think that's I think it is. I think it is you des sererve it in the French house. Anyway, I digress. Thank you Caroline, Gary iss in Darlington, Gary questuestion our answer. Qestion, please, James. Carry on, Gary Why do birds herd sheep Pardon Yeah, why do birds herd cheep? I'll tell you I'll give you the context mom. So I was out on Saturday doing some hill running on this sort of Penines lovely glorious dayay r through a few sheep fields as I normally do. And then I just heard this sort of squawking of the birds. and it sounded quite angry. And it was it wasn't a tweet and it wasn't a squwk. It was like mid range between the two Yeah. And I thought What's going on here? you know something's getting these words rolled up. and they were about two or three meters I've spotted them about two or three meters above my head. Yeah. And they were Tw two of them working as a pair They were literally flying towards the sheep, sawking and the sheep were moving as a result of them didn do a lot I don't think they were I don't think the birds were herding sheep. And I think on the pen Dinitely I think the sheep were definitely react to the bird bird what sort of birds were they? I mean, if they were golden eagles, you might have a point here, but it I didn't I didn't know at the time. No. So I sent the photograph and footage to mother who was a keen bird spotter. Oh yeah, she said and she said there were lap wings. So it's not big then Oh no, not big not big birds. No. And because they were black and white, I immediately just just put me in mind of this you know, of a boarder colleague and of whole And I'm not saying that's the reason, it did cross your mind that the sheep who are not renowned for their intelligence Nearly made an offcom unfriendly joke there, given that it's a by election day. The sheep and thought that they could see little miniature flying border collies No fur. The sheep were plus, I think the sheep were plusy enough to re you know and say, lookook, we don't care Can I change the question slightly Yeah, sure. Can I say were the birds that Gary saw on his run, herding sheep Of course you can. And I've told you the question I've toould you with the question since I saw it on Saturday. Yeah yes. I think that might because it's the certainty troubles me. Yeah, you know. So I'll just to confirm it, I'll run a few hundred yards Yeah over the way along the path. And I'm Incidentally it was sort of about eight miles west of Barnner Castle and no ees ye and the eyes weren't deceiving me. So well fled. Rad Ks, round of applause for that. come on senior. so you know, and of course because' it's, you know, frequent running route of mine, but I'm not sure I've been out when there's been l wings about or whatever Lovely Did your mum know? Did you ask you your mum? Did you ask you your mum I didn't I didn't ask me mom because I still want to sort of get any clue before I ran you. Oh I love it. Okay, so were they herding somehow herding the sheep? Is that what they were? I sort a little bit down the road. I thought, listen, have I just been seing some have I met out of breath and So that wings nest on the ground they might do and I thought see there' something to do with egg't it? Feding This could be a brilliant question as opposed to a dAft one which was my initial thought And I couldn't name it down in thing is as well. I thought it might be me. You know, I'm Yeah scaaring the shoot. run through enough sheet fields to know how far you need to p of your sheet before an alarignment abbsolutely. And then really got me is that they actually herded them through a gap in the drystone wall Oh wow Anyway yeah. Your honor If you said that at the beginning, I might not have been so skeptical But it's a brilliant question. I think it might be a brilliant question. Did Gary witness bird lap wings? and I think the species of bird might be Cracial ha. Herding sheep zero three four five six zero six zero nine seven three James is in Hinksy Hill. anotherother James. It's the day of the James today. I know I love it. James, question or answer James. Carry on, James to do with the auction increment? Oh yes Yeah. Well, in short, each auction house will have what they call conditions of sales, which are the malls and legs for people to bid And one of the clauses will be that the auctioneer can dictate what the increments are going to be. R. Now the rule of thumb is that you tend to stick to about ten percent increments, but depending on how fluffy or dry the bidding is, then you'll alter your increments accordingly. So you read the room a bit That's it. But of course, if you were going up in pound was that you'd go up a pound at a time, but if it got up to a hundred pounds you' go up ten pounds at a time basically, you know, there comes a point where you don't want to go too small on increments because you're just sort of upset the other bidder and the it'll never end Well, well that's the golden that's the golden scenario where it never ends. of course what you don't want is anyone to drop out I got it. Qalifications. ve been an auction for thirty five plus years. We've got one today No. Okay. Do auctioneers do you have like a signature flourish? Do you do because you know or do you all do going going and gone? and do you all do do you like How much of you do you get into your auctione area? an awful lot. Yeah I do do a bit of sort of tuition as well on it. And quite frankly, you can sort of teach anyone to be an auctioneer, but to be a good auctioneer, so much has to come from yourself with your own personality And well, you've done it before. It's like being a radio presenter You can teach anyone to do it, but I don't think it's that difficult. Well I was going say I thought you say I don't think it's that easy. I wo know we should do a job swap one day. I loved it. I loved it, but it didn't I mean, I've done two actually. I forgot about the other one. I did one for the Andy Taylor Foundation. I nearly lost my voice. It's hard not to bellow. even if you're amplified that you get caught up in the adrenaline at the moment, but obviously not after thirty five plus years. You take it all in your in your capable stride. Well, we try We try lovely stuff. Round of applause for James stuff Thank you. 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No doubt in the course of this afternoon, but we return for the time being to the altogether Less serious matter of mystery Our questions that still need answers include They wo about the spoon the one about the lyift, the one about the mouse in the house and the one about the bees, but not the one about the auctions, but the one about the birds. So it's been a curious mixture of booze A natural history this week. Oh, and the one about the fishermen. I like that one. Why do fishermen wear camouflage? thinkink about it. Rick's in Bradford, Rick, question or answer. Answer Carry on, rightate So the reason that the lift doors don't shut immediately when pressing the button in the UK is due to a standard within the industry that states that The lif doors should be open long enough for somebody that has an impediment or is in a wheelchair be able to safely enter or exit the lift. So so it's not that it's completely disabled like it is in America. Is it? Do doesnn't work at all in America. It doesn't work at all in America. They're completely disabled in America U, because they' fully automated. In the UK, it is considered industry best practice and it is a standard that the button should only operate once the once that delay time has expired. And what's the time It's dependent or it's dependent on that particular lt. Oh is it? So it's down to the engineer to make their best assessment. So it is working, It just doesn't feel like it because there's a delay there Okay Ier. And in Southeast Asia, Thailand and Vietnam were the examples given, our correspondent was adamant James, another James was adamant that there was no delay at all. You you press the button and the door shut Now that could be that they are not a strringent on haards and health and safety Qualifications I'm actually a fire and security engineer, but I actually asked this question to a lift engineer when I was working on site with it. Okay Love it. That'll do nicely. D I mean, did the lift engineer enjoy his work Yeah, as far as I could tell. It's got us ups and downs I heard A indeed. That's awful. I give Rick a round of applause. It didn't even work because he's not a lift engineer, I Oh Honestly, what an hour. Grants in Bracknal, Grant question her answer It's anutor, James. Carry on about the mouse in the house? Yeah I'm not saying it was the same house, but it's a very strong possibility that P possibility it was. Shut up Shut up M are very, very territorial unless unless you put them outside at least a mile and a half to two miles plus They will find their way back The same mouse Very possibly the same mouse. Yeahah. I've had this happen plenty of times. People say they'veven given a mile or a couple hundred meters. How how do you know it's the same mouse Well that's I'm saying It might not be the same mouse, but it's very plausible. But do you when it is the same mouse, how do you know it's the same mouse? C it be the same mouse going back to the exact same area that it was feeding on or where it was inhabiting before But you've never like put a bit of Tipx on his head or anything like that Well, some mice you can get different colorations and It's quite rare to have How do they know their way back? How do they find their way back? we know Well mice everywhere mice go they urinate and defecate and they follow their own their own urine, basically. Ohf course they do. It's like Hansel and Gretel, but with we Exactly that That's incredible. He was in a humane trap though. So there'd be no trail Yeah, but it would still leave a trail leading up to the trap and all around the desk and where it's been feeding Yeah, but you've driven him half a mile away in a humane trap. So there's no trail of William Poo Yeah, but that mouse will still know all the surrounding areas within that distance. You think so? How? Be ' it lived there before. And did mouse ever work solo? Could you ever have a lone mouse in a house Merry occasionally, but my son only needs four to five millimeters to get into your house. Yeah I know. it's about a byroow. It's roughly a byroow between the skirting board and the carpet. They can get through that, cann't they Exactly that. I remember. So you think Paul's mouse probably was the same mouse I think I think it was the same as my ownest personal you? I don't believe it. I mean Every single time I laugh. I got hysterical about that one, Gant? You heard everyvery single time. It turns out that I'm the mug Honestly, qualifications A I own a pest control company with twenty five years experience. G man. Do you think the fact that this question was actually genuine and serious Yes takes takes away from Paul's qualifications for the game because I I was going to give him the game because I thought he was being hilarious, but it turns out he wasn't being He had a natural comic Delivery, but the question itself was not comic genius No, It happens quite a lot to be, and it's more than what people have realised. Yeah, clearly I love that anyyway, you get a round of applause. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. loveve you S. Do you want a free advert for your pest control company or not Yes, please. It's Woodrush pest control based in Brackhw and coover all the Sland areas. There we go. Woodrush pest control. You know when you're on a job. And you've got the company on the side of the van. Yeah. Do people ask you to park a bit further away so that they don't so that the neighbors don't know they've got rats and stuff Sometimes, but we've now got a van that's got magnetic signs, and they ask that, we can take it off genius may have another round of applause Look at that. That's incredible. Top fifty six is the time Simon's in Otley. Simon question our answer. Ala James. carry on Simon Camouflage, Right Things are not quite the way they seem. You wouldn't even remember that song, but anyway I do remember that song. I do remember the camouflage. Yes, I do. Not all anglers where camouflage is mainly Cp fishermen that wear camouflage Now Initially, one of the things that CP fishermen do we stalk CP very closely into the bank. Right. So they've got to be quite stealthy, but the wearing of camouflage isn't actually necessary. It's mainly somber dark clothing, your greens, your browns, that sort color it you need to wear but carp fishing has become such a massive business Yeah now. that it's very difficult to buy something for cow fishing that's not camouflaged I mean, I'm a fly fisherman and I don't wear camouflage. Sea fishermen don't we camouflage. No. There's various different branches of angling. And it's mainly carp fismen. It's a brilliant anser. You've know that you'vered it, or believed or proven that then the carp will be slightly spooked by bright colors? Well well, yes and no, but again, carp fishing, I would probably say that seventy five percent of carp fishing is done at night as well. a lot of carp fishing with night fish. Oh So which absolutely wipes out the fact don't need do a camouflage Camoufage in the dark Sounds like a kind of poem, doesn't it