[KJ87]

With Jayne 6-months pregnant, her baby is probably due in August time. As happened with Dom when Citroen Zanthe was born, Dave will probably take maternity leave to be with Jayne and his new born child. Who would you like to see replace Dave for the period of his Paternity leave?

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

I'm hoping thats Paternity leave or Dave is messed up.

[KJ87]

My bad, all changed!

[foot-loose]

They would need to get the ghost of dave back

[timp]

Apart from on the vote

[KJ87]

cant change it on vote, my apologies

[jamiec21]

Dom, with a replacement newsreader taking his place.

[Adam]

its going to be very odd without him, but i have a feeling that he's written loads of material for the show before he lives!

[Yudster]

Paternity leave is only a couple of weeks, statutarily anyway. He could phone in, present by teleconference.

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

One week at full pay and then another at a set rate isn't it? Anyway didn't they do it before where they had someone different every day or was that with sports reporters?

[SAV1OUR]

Heres to hoping he chooses a nice name when hes off, Xante - I think Doms was called something like that wasn't it, he might have the poor sod's middle name as 'I am the meat' And his first name? Roll-and.

As for replacements, Herr Helmut for me.

[claradooblue]

They'll probably get "celebrity" presenters in each to cover a set amount of time. I'm guessing that Jon Culshaw may well be one of those.

[Yudster]

One or many of them.

[claradooblue]

Indeed. Saves on the old BBC budget, keeps the licence fee down and all that.

[pjordan2000]

They would need to get the ghost of dave back

I second that! Ghost of dave was great!

[bumheed7]

either dom, or a-nother. i like chappers but dont know how well he'd get on on air with the rest of the team.

is he getting paternity leave? surely 3 hours of show a day and 2 or 3 either side leaves plenty of time to help raise a child, especially the hours that he will work?

[Jimmy_Lemon]

I think they should have some one else read the news and keep Dom in the studio - hell I think they should do this all the time, not just if Dave takes paternity leave :p

[claradooblue]

Are you saying substitute Dave for Dom then? Oooh : rebellious and dangerous stuff.

[Yudster]

No, Dave is brilliant. Dom is too, but we need them both.

[claradooblue]

There does appear to be a church of dom type trend going on at the moment. I wonder if he's destined to be more than a newsreader.

[Boboff]

I'll stand in for Dave, can't be that hard.

7.05 I am tired
7.15 I didn't
7.45 isn't
8.15 won't
8.59 if you take the FRkiegoestohollywoo from Frankie goes to Hollywood you get and, and and wrote a song, put a H on and and you get Hand, put ie on Hand you get Handie, Handy Andy had a hit with if I had a hammer, hammer time was out the same time as Ice Ice Baby, which was sung by Captain Sensible, who used to be in the Dammed or was it the Clash, any way here is Status Quo with Rule the world
9.04 Faultless.......Rambllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllle etc
9.15 White Bread Brown Bread
9.22 isn't, Shaka Khan
9.45 Irish stew
9.49 won't
9.59 Yes, bye.

[Walter Sobchak]

~wonders where boboff found the script?~

[Boboff]

Honestly, I just improvised, just like Dave

[Yudster]

Irish Stew is Dom though.

[Boboff]

sorry "Irsh Stew ?" that's then Dave, Dom is I Arest stew