WINIFRED ROBINSON

                                                             WINIFRED ROBINSON

For those officiandos of that flagship broadcasting station Radio 4, I wonder how other listeners respond to the delightful intonations of the presenter Winifred Robinson.   I listen to her on "You and Yours" during the week as I travel around the south-east of England and there's something about her voice that really captivates me.   There is a dream-like quality which emanates from her voice and even the fact that she pronounces  the word "says" as "saze" is completely forgiven.   In fact, I have sat parked in a layby having munched my lunch and been totally consumed, to the point of being comatose.   I am of the opinion that  no-one need attend relaxation or stress busting classes - just listen from 12 noon to 1 pm on the days she presents, and the world will seem a much softer, peaceful and ethereal place.

COMMON IS AS COMMON DOES

                                                    COMMON IS AS COMMON DOES

I was just departing from a talk I gave  yesterday on the Surrey/SW London border and I happened to stop behind a car at a roundabout.   It was one of the very early Mondeos, more of a blancmange mould than a car.   Not only did it sport a personalised number plate, but it also had a slogan on the offside rear bumper, which read "I'm driving fast cos I need a poo!"   Can you imagine anyone in their wildest dreams having that on the rear bumper?   It was interesting to note that on the two occasions he turned left in front of me, there was no sign of an indicator being used.   As you know, in my book, if you have money to spend on a personalised plate then you should give it to a donkey sanctuary.  I t beggars belief that anyone could derive pleasure from having a number plate on their car just to say "look at me".   The most dreadful and heinous part of this whole encounter was that there was a total lack of an apostrophe in front of the abbreviation "cos".  I just hope that the driver stayed within the south London side of the Surrey border.