Anybody hear Doug Ellis talking to Victoria Derbyshire on 5 Live this morning? It was classic. Deadly Doug was so patronising it wasn't true. Talking about the new national stadium, Vicky opined that the M6 wasn't much cop for lots of traffic and Doug came out with "My dear girl, what you fail to realise is that this motorway is being rebuilt". After the interview she was still fuming and informed the nation that the only person whose dear girl she is is her Mother.

Needless to say everyone else who reported from the Test Match, Highbury etc all opened their reports with "Hello, My Dear". Priceless radio - I'd love to hear what she was saying when her Mic was off.

-- Anonymous, December 19, 2001

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She shouldn't worry her pretty little head about it.

-- Anonymous, December 19, 2001

Those dishes aren't going to clean themselves, y'kna

-- Anonymous, December 19, 2001

There was a similar incident on Talk Sport, I think, last week. The Millwall chairman, Greek guy, was being interviewed and he was squirming around the issue of Millwall's troublesome fan base. The female presenter quoted some official stats, which the Millwall chairman disputed. The female presenter then tried to corner the guy, by asking him on what basis he disputed the official stats. She was then told to 'stop being a silly girl'...I was in hysterics, but it got very heated to say the least, with the other presenter trying to break it up. It does make you wonder what Karen Brady must have had to put up with (or still does perhaps).

-- Anonymous, December 19, 2001

I remember Alan Ball saying something like " come back and ask me a proper qusetion when you've grown up, young lady" to someone off camera, possibly that Scottish one on BBC Hazel Irving or whatever she's called. She was speechless.

-- Anonymous, December 19, 2001