Thursday, January 25, 2007
Last Week on The Phoneshow
Thursday 18th Jan: After a discussion about weird names for Chinese restaurants in Ireland we discovered the ultimate - that there's a Chinese Restaurant in Lake City Florida called "Fu King". We rang the place live on air and a man did indeed answer "Good Evening - Fu King". We asked the owner if he has "Fu King Duck on the menu"...without realising we were taking the mick he answered "Yes...our Fu King Duck is very good"!
We wondered whether or not this poor restaurant is a constant source of ridicule...but apparently not? Must be our childish Irish mentality that finds the name of this place funny!!!???
Thursday 18th Jan: The show exposed one of the most disturbing new crimes sweeping Dublin...Dognapping! We learned that expensive pedigree dogs are being stolen from their owners and then "sold" back to them for ransom of up to €2,000, or sold on the unscrupulous buyers for a premium price.
We spoke to one "dognapper" who keeps the dogs in a kennel in his back garden until their owners pay the 'ransom'. On one occasion when the owner didn't pay up he just set the mutt free in the Dublin mountains.
Be warned to keep an eye on your dog and don't leave it alone in your back garden.
Mon 22nd Jan: A Phoneshow poll revealed that 44% of parents no longer allow their children watch WWE wrestling. The discussion followed a claim from a Mother who's 7 year old son accidentally broke his younger brothers arm impersonating this John Cena move.
Many parents claimed there are absolutely no advantages to be gained for children watching WWE -because all they learn is a tolerance for violence from their "heroes". Other parents argued that it's merely fun entertainment which causes no harm?