Well?
Did you?

Some chap rang into "Mystery hour" on the James O'Brien LBC radio show to pose the question:

"Why are goldfish so-called, when they're clearly NOT 'gold' coloured, but orange instead".

Now, regular readers of this blog may remember one of my more popular posts from seven years ago now, where I discussed a similar matter.

Anyway... I thought I'd ring the James O'Brien show and give the chap (and the listening nation... all on tenterhooks, I'm sure you can imagine!) the answer, live on air.

What?

You DIDN'T listen to the James O'Brien show on LBC, on Thursday November 7th, between 10am and 1pm?

Well...

Now's your chance.

Download the global player app to your smartphone, or tablet or listen on the webplayer on your desktop.

Go to LBC on the app.

Select Catch-up.

Select the James O'Brien show on LBC, on Thursday November 7th.

Press play.

The show starts with 3 hours left to play.

Fast forward to around 21 minutes left to play (I was introduced just after James says "It's 12:39")

And then enjoy three minutes of yours truly, talking about goldfish, robins, red kites, red-necked phalarope, red foxes, red squirrels, red grouse, the colours yellow, orange, red and gold, the 16th century, Sanskrit and Dravidian roots to words …. and..... Anglo Saxon.

I never got time to mention "red haired" people mind....

TBR.

Oh.... by the way... you have until November 14th (6 days as I write) to listen to my dulcet tones on the global player app catch-up of recording of yesterday's James O'Brien show - before the episode disappears into the mists of time, like a glowing-eyed, lolloping black rabbit. Beckonnnning yoooooouuuuu.

Robin