[R94N]

Woah, this is quite full on, but interesting. A particularly NSFW show tonight, if you're working night shifts or something!

[bmstinton93]

NSFW?

[R94N]

NSFW?

Not Safe For Work. Usually a tag given to certain videos, sites, or photos

[R94N]

Well there we go. One thing I learned - Blue waffle is completely fake and isn't an STI - it's just a Photoshopped Internet myth.

[bmstinton93]

I caught the end of that. I always thought blue waffle was real.

[R94N]

I caught the end of that. I always thought blue waffle was real.

So did I!

[R94N]

Another week! The show has just started. Tonight it's about forced marriages as well as the regular calls, of course!

[R94N]

I'm getting the impression that this thread wasn't the best idea I've ever had...

[Yudster]

I didn't hear the Surgery. I hope that a solid line was drawn between forced marriage, which is obviously completely unacceptable and shouldn't be tolerated and arranged marriage. The traditional and cultural convention of arranged marriage really works, but it relies on agreement, consent and the families having the best interests of the prospective bride and groom firmly at the head of their priorities - which traditionally is how it should work. Somehow in some cultures this seems to have been distorted beyond recognition.

[R94N]

Yeah, they made a clear difference between the two types of marriage.

[R94N]

Okay, I'll stick with this for one more week, then I'll stop bothering everyone

[reviloslater]

Apologies if anyone already knew this, but I just put radio 1 on and realised aled was narrating a show about the start of dj's - it's called radio 1 stories. Thought I was just hearing things at first.

[bmstinton93]

He did mention it on Twitter. But i was listening to Dave on the Football Express instead

[neilt0]

If you like The Surgery, I humbly recommend checking out an episode or two of "Loveline" -- the show that The Surgery is based on.

A while back, when Jimmy Carr was on, he mentioned that both he and Chris listened to Loveline when they were in the U.S. of A.
Classic Loveline (1995 -2005) is thought by many radio fans to be one of the funniest shows of all time.

http://www.lovelinetapes.com/
- Stream shows without signing up. Or sign up and log in to download the MP3s (free).

A couple of classic calls/bits (mostly NSFW):

[chrysostom]

GRAHAM TORRINGTON.

is anyone else with me?