Flirty at 8.30...

On the lead up to Valentine Day, the media goes crazy- I kind of dislike it a lot, because now Valentines Day is just that, a day, not a celebration of love, just a hyped up day… much in the same way Christmas Day has lost a lot of meaning.

Listening to the radio on the way to work this week has been a hilarity (when the car has actually started!) due to a particular radio show. Capital FM DJ’s Jonny Vaughn and Lisa Snowdon have been running, for one week only, “Flirty at 8.30” where a guy has written in and tells them he fancies a girl, then Jonny calls the lady in question and asks her out on his behalf and offers her a gourmet meal at a top restaurant OR £200 cash, while the man waits quietly for a response to his unrequited love.

Today’s was inspired. Brilliant. Magnificent. It was Ralph’s turn.

Ralph met this lady at a child’s birthday party- she was working as an au pair. Ralph, as was my initial thinking, was not a parent- or indeed an au pair- but the Clown. He was the Clown. At the end of the party, they swapped numbers and have been texting for 3 months- this guy is keen!

Remember, this is all on a London radio show.

So they call her up and tell her a few things about this guy (who she has never seen apart from in his clown costume). She guesses who it may be (when they inform her he sometimes wears a red nose). Then they give the offer… the dosh (£200) or the nosh (dinner date with Ralph the Clown)… to which the lady responds, “I don’t like men.”

Ralph is now brought into the conversation and tries to convince her that she really would have a great time with him, before good old Jonny steps in informing Ralph that “they have a little too much in common.” A short silence from Ralph, poor Ralph, confused by proceedings needs this explained further… sensitive Londoner Jonny comes in with “you have the same sexual orientation!!”

All this broadcast to millions of London listeners. Poor Ralph. Flirty with the wrong kind of lady in this instance. PLEASE listen to the full conversation at http://www.capitalradio.co.uk/on-air/breakfast-show/listen-classic-flirty-830/ it is brilliant.