So what do you listen to when you wake up in the morning?
What lulls you to sleep at night?
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:14, archived)

The scratching, banging and sobbing from the cellar?

( Druid, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:15, archived)

Is this a serious question?
"It is inconceivable that a man could live without the radio!"
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:16, archived)

I didn't suggest that it was inconceivable, but I do wonder what is so preferable to make those of us
who listen to the radio "wankers".
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:17, archived)

You did really well to get from a sensible, valid question
to inferring Moose was suggesting it was inconceivable.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:18, archived)

It just seemed an odd thing to ask to me,
as if anyone needs to listen to anything when they wake up or go to sleep.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:20, archived)

Unfortunately, I am physically incapable of waking up at the same time every day to go to work without
some sort of external impetus. Personally I choose 6Music. If you have a better option, please share.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:22, archived)

Just an alarm clock.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:23, archived)

So the sound of ringing/beeping.
Personally I prefer the sound of John Richardson/Shaun Keaveney and music.

Still, if you prefer a repeated monotone, that's your call. Doesn't make me a wanker though.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:24, archived)

I don't prefer it,
I turn it off as soon as it comes on. I wouldn't lie there listening to it.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:26, archived)

OK, so we have different methods of waking up. Personally I don't like being wrenched from sleep by a repeated monotone.
I prefer to be "gently roused" by 6Music.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:28, archived)

I also wake up to 6 Music.
The chance of being in a bad mood from being woken up by an appalling song is very slim, when it's 6 music.
( BindiBaji, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:34, archived)

You have no joy in your life, do you?
WHAT'S THE POINT IN ANYTHING?
*slashes wrists*
( Druid, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:25, archived)

I put it to you that you must have no joy in yours,
if you feel the need to augment it with extra things all the time.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:27, archived)

Quite right, I should live in a box under the bed.

( Druid, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:28, archived)

Or why own a box?

( Druid, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:29, archived)

OK, let's all live naked in a field.

( Druid, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:30, archived)

You materialistic bastard.
You want a field? You should be happy with an empty infinite void.
( Aardvark and so at last, I understood, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:31, archived)

I don't know exactly what point you're driving at here,
but saying someone must have no joy in their life because they wake up to an alarm clock instead of the radio is every bit as absurd as calling someone a wanker for listening to the radio.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:31, archived)

No, I was talking to you because you've got a very unique outlook on life.
By unique, I mean mental.
( Druid, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:34, archived)

Oh well that's alright then,
as long as you don't mean joyless.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:35, archived)

Luxury!

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:30, archived)

How is waking up to an alarm clock joyless? Anybody who finds any amount of joy in waking up to the radio deserves a massive fucking kick in the face.

( JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:28, archived)

So you don't enjoy music?
And what's with the wanker/kick in the face? Why do I deserve a kick in the face?
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:30, archived)

He's just grumpy 'cos he can't get rid of those warts on his willy.

( Druid, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:32, archived)

You're wasting your time, here
it's Welsh. It doesn't understand reasoned argument.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:32, archived)

Because you listen to the radio. I was pretty specific on that point at the start of this subthread.

( JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:32, archived)

I still don't understand what about listening to the radio results in being a "wanker"
you don't seem able to back up your argument.

I'm not surprised.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:36, archived)

You seem to be awfully upset at all of this. I don't like the radio. I can't understand why so many people are worked up over the BBC closing down a radio station.

( JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:38, archived)

I'm just a little taken aback at being called a wanker for listening to the radio.
So because I don't like liquorice, does that mean that everyone that does, is a wanker? Does that make Mrs Moose a wanker?
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:40, archived)

So many people are upset because something they enjoy is being taken away.
Imagine that someone came to your village and took away the sheep...
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:42, archived)

Well now that's not really exactly what you said.
But just imagine how ecstatic they all must have been when they started the radio station up in the first place.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:40, archived)

It's well documented that radio stations hide subliminal messages
that leave the average listener masturbating uncontrollably for hours on end,
( Noit happy baby orangutan, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:40, archived)

Yeah but I DON'T listen to radio.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:53, archived)

I bet it was you who killed Corey Haim.

( Druid, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:36, archived)

I like to wake up to a kick in the face.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:39, archived)

The anguished screams of his victims.
and
The anguished screams of his victims.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:17, archived)

Which is perfectly served up by BBC 666Music?

( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:18, archived)

Nothing, and again nothing.
Why would I need the radio to sleep? What sort of a spastic can't live without a radio?
( JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:17, archived)

I didn't say I can't live without the radio.
I do wonder how listening to the radio makes me a wanker.

And since I listen to 6Music as my alarm in the morning, and also as I read before sleep in the evening, I was wondering what fantastic alternative you had for me.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:20, archived)

just think of all the radioactive waste you're responsible for.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:21, archived)

Eh?

( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:22, archived)

all those superfluous radio waves bouncing about all over the place,
it's all your fault, consumer demand innit.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:24, archived)

Riiiiight....
sometimes it is quite difficult to tell when you are taking the piss.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:25, archived)

Why would I offer you an alternative? I don't need one.

( JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:23, archived)

Ah, the sound of silence.
Which, I can also appreciate. However, it's really shit at working as a wake-up alarm.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:23, archived)

is it also shit at lulling you to sleep?

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:24, archived)

Since I don't actually get "silence" in London, I would suggest yes.
I also listen to the radio for the enjoyment of discovering new music, hearing interesting DJ's and listening to music that I enjoy. Again, it's preference. I prefer to listen to music rather than nothing. I like the joy that music can bring.

I still don't know why that makes me a wanker?
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:27, archived)

YOU MUST ACCEPT YOUR FATE AS A WANKER
IT HAS BEEN DECREED STOP RESISTING
( Aardvark and so at last, I understood, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:27, archived)

*wanks*
Hmm.. that was quite fun.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:29, archived)

Speedy, too.
Impressive.
( Aardvark and so at last, I understood, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:31, archived)

Years of practice.

( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:32, archived)

Let's be honest
it's the frenetic bouts of masturbation that make you a wanker.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:29, archived)

Good point.

( Druid, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:30, archived)

Guilty as charged.

( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 14:31, archived)