Essex FM This morning

[EastStandBlue]

Sometimes they do the occasional Prank Phone call backed by a friend or relative, which they obviously think is really funny and "cutting edge" of them for a local radio show...

Well this morning, they featured a wife who intended to wind-up her husband in Germany who had tickets for the Game on Saturday. Wife rings up, "Hi, yeah you've gotta come back otherwise you're gonna get the sack". After a load of conversation, the husband says "I'll ring you back...".

After 5 minutes, Martin and Sue ring the guy back "Hiya, its martin and Sue... Gotcha! it was a joke Funny Ha Ha".
You can actually hear the penny drop, and you feel the guy is about to burst into tears. fair play to the guy, he didn't swear or rant and rave as long as he was on the phone, but you could tell he was almost in tears. In order to afford the flight back in time to "save his job", he had to sell his ticket for £250... the same one he bought for £700.......

Sue, Of all things to do, bursts out laughing. Hope you feel proud of yourselves...

 

[dave cusaks nose]

Lets be honest Martin and Sue are about as funny and cutting edge as Fred and Rose. A couple of complete c%&ts. And as for that sue, what a horrible spitful old dog she comes across as. Lets all wish her some misfortune to level things up abit.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

That lad ought never to have to wash another dish for the rest of his life... his missus has got some serious bloody karma to pay off there.

As for Essex FM... well, kind of confirms what I've always thought about them. Nobs.

 

[dave cusaks nose]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ June 28 2006,17:32)]That lad ought never to have to wash another dish for the rest of his life... his missus has got some serious bloody karma to pay off there.

As for Essex FM... well, kind of confirms what I've always thought about them.  Nobs.

I love you Matt

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (dave cusaks nose @ June 28 2006,18:18)]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ June 28 2006,17:32)]That lad ought never to have to wash another dish for the rest of his life... his missus has got some serious bloody karma to pay off there.

As for Essex FM... well, kind of confirms what I've always thought about them.  Nobs.

I love you Matt

I was actually thinking his wife would have to peform certain other tasks without complaint for the rest of her life, but came up with washing dishes instead... after all, this is a family forum...

 

[Smiffy]

Maybe a few choice e-mails to those two muppets is in order....

E-mail Martin & Su Here

 

[Shrimp in a Kilt]

Surely he has some redress, Matt? Or does his wife's involvement knock that on the head?

 

[scrounger]

Was talking about that at work today. I'm sure things are not all well and good in that household.

I loved the comment from his missus "Oh no, I didn't think he would actually believe it, he never listens to what I say".

Well your wrong love, he obviously values his position at work and felt an emergency was enough to hurry back to the UK.

I would be absolutely sickened.... and single!

 

[Smiffy]

Quote[/b] (scrounger700 @ June 28 2006,18:44)]Was talking about that at work today. I'm sure things are not all well and good in that household.

I loved the comment from his missus "Oh no, I didn't think he would actually believe it, he never listens to what I say".

Well your wrong love, he obviously values his position at work and felt an emergency was enough to hurry back to the UK.

I would be absolutely sickened.... and single!  

Too right that would be 100% grounds for a divorce from the dippy bint in my opinion...

Plus the poor geezer should slap a lawsuit on Essex Fm and make them at least pay for another match ticket and compensation for damaging his mental state..

MTS et al, would this hold up in a court of law?!...

 

[EastStandBlue]

Not exactly sure it'd hold up in Law... But i know the tabloids could be very interested

Nothing like a bit of bad publicity

 

[Leeboy]

Quote[/b] (dave cusaks nose @ June 28 2006,17:08)]Lets be honest Martin and Sue are about as funny and cutting edge as Fred and Rose.

 

[Stats]

Quote[/b] (Leeboy @ June 29 2006,08:25)]

Quote[/b] (dave cusaks nose @ June 28 2006,17:08)]Lets be honest Martin and Sue are about as funny and cutting edge as Fred and Rose.

Or Leeboy and Napster

 

[Smiffy]

Apparantly they are about to phone the Missus involved in all this to see what exactly happened....

Get tuned into Essex FM peeps...

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Smiffy @ June 29 2006,08:32)]Apparantly they are about to phone the Missus involved in all this to see what exactly happened....

Get tuned into Essex FM peeps...

So, what happened?

And does he have a case in law...?!  Not one worth bringing, in all honesty.  Given the amount of money involved on the one hand (c. £500), and given how bloody complicated any potential proceedings could potentially be (*), then no, he's probably shafted.

Matt

(*The complicated issues are three pretty fundamental ones:

- what's the proper jurisdiction for the claim, England or Germany?
- what's the tort complained of... negligence?  If so, does a radio presenter have a duty of care to the general public?
- does the involvement of his wife constitiute contributory negligence, and if so, to what extent?

That, folks, is what is commonly known as a legal minefield.  He'd get far more mileage going to The Sun - and let's face it, Murdoch never hesitates to stick the boot into a fellow media outfit - and embarassing Essex FM, saying all England fans should boycott them for what they've done.  If that story got run in The Sun, Essex FM's advertising revenue team would need several changes of underwear - since revenue is entirely dependent on listener numbers...)

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Being Essex FM listeners he may in all probability been a Hamster anyway!

 

[The Fitter]

Maybe I am in the minority but if he sold his ticket and that is a big IF then he is a tw&t that deserves all he gets in stick from mates, family and friends.
Much more likely is that he has turned the whole joke on it's head and wound up the winders.

 

[Sussex Shrimper]

A lot of these kind of prank phone calls are faked as media outlets don't want to run the risk of legal action, especially as any real "victim" wouldn't have signed any kind of agreement to be broadcast. I suspect that the whole thing is a prank on the listeners designed to generate all of this publicity.

 

[BlueJ]

The guy probably wasn't even in Germany - just the studio next door!

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ June 28 2006,17:32)]That lad ought never to have to wash another dish for the rest of his life... his missus has got some serious bloody karma to pay off there.

As for Essex FM... well, kind of confirms what I've always thought about them.  Nobs.

I think he will be wanting a divorce