for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
been posted iin here.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Slurring presenter blames illness  
 
Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997 
BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show. 
The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
station's website. 

One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to". 

A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
confident she will be on-form" tomorrow. 

'Breathing problem' 

Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
messageboard. 

One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
doctor today. 

"Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
recovered." 

In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
from listeners. 

She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear. 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?

 

-- 
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

then there was the OIL saga.....she wanted payment for the dregs in the oil 
tank.............after the house was sold.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

For Google;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6944878.stm

>
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Well that's wrong, I used to sometimes listen to her in '95 / '96 in
the same slot as she is doing now, I also remember that 'chit-chat' at
the change over between AL and SK sometimes left one wondering if the
two were actually more than good friends!

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on
> the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
<snip>

Quite possible, there is a very bad chest infection doing the rounds
ATM, leaving some people with very bad bronchitis symptoms.

Thanks Mike.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

> "Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
> news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>>
>> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
>> been posted iin here.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Slurring presenter blames illness
>>
>> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
>> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
>> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
>> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
>> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
>> station's website.
>>
>> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>>
>> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
>> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>>
>> 'Breathing problem'
>>
>> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
>> messageboard.
>>
>> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
>> doctor today.
>>
>> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
>> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
>> recovered."
>>
>> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
>> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
>> from listeners.
>>
>> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
>> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.

I was getting excited when first reading this thinking it was a press 
release lifted from the BBC announcing the presenters retirement!! Sadly not 
and it looks like she'll be here a bit longer then!!

I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore throat! I 
reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before and still 
suffering the side effects!!

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

Nice bit of slurring there.... ;-)

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Can't be right - I remember somebody I was at school with used to listen to
her, and that was before 1997.

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".

Add your own punchline...

    Chris

"Mike Terry"  wrote in message 
news:lLudncCVXp8fJF3b4p2dnAA@bt.com...
>
<snip 50 odd lines>

> Thanks Mike.

You quoted the whole of Mikes message just to say "Thanks Mike" - you 
really are one sure cretin... :~(

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

then there was the OIL saga.....she wanted payment for the dregs in the oil 
tank.............after the house was sold.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

For Google;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6944878.stm

>
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Well that's wrong, I used to sometimes listen to her in '95 / '96 in
the same slot as she is doing now, I also remember that 'chit-chat' at
the change over between AL and SK sometimes left one wondering if the
two were actually more than good friends!

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on
> the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
<snip>

Quite possible, there is a very bad chest infection doing the rounds
ATM, leaving some people with very bad bronchitis symptoms.

Thanks Mike.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

> "Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
> news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>>
>> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
>> been posted iin here.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Slurring presenter blames illness
>>
>> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
>> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
>> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
>> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
>> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
>> station's website.
>>
>> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>>
>> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
>> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>>
>> 'Breathing problem'
>>
>> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
>> messageboard.
>>
>> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
>> doctor today.
>>
>> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
>> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
>> recovered."
>>
>> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
>> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
>> from listeners.
>>
>> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
>> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.

I was getting excited when first reading this thinking it was a press 
release lifted from the BBC announcing the presenters retirement!! Sadly not 
and it looks like she'll be here a bit longer then!!

I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore throat! I 
reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before and still 
suffering the side effects!!

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

Nice bit of slurring there.... ;-)

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Can't be right - I remember somebody I was at school with used to listen to
her, and that was before 1997.

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".

Add your own punchline...

    Chris

"Mike Terry"  wrote in message 
news:lLudncCVXp8fJF3b4p2dnAA@bt.com...
>
<snip 50 odd lines>

> Thanks Mike.

You quoted the whole of Mikes message just to say "Thanks Mike" - you 
really are one sure cretin... :~(

"Neil"  wrote in message 
news:f9qeb8$q79$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
<snip>
>
> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore 
> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before 
> and still suffering the side effects!!
>

If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again 
page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not 
announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat 
infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are just 
wrong!

"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat

"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

then there was the OIL saga.....she wanted payment for the dregs in the oil 
tank.............after the house was sold.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

For Google;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6944878.stm

>
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Well that's wrong, I used to sometimes listen to her in '95 / '96 in
the same slot as she is doing now, I also remember that 'chit-chat' at
the change over between AL and SK sometimes left one wondering if the
two were actually more than good friends!

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on
> the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
<snip>

Quite possible, there is a very bad chest infection doing the rounds
ATM, leaving some people with very bad bronchitis symptoms.

Thanks Mike.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

> "Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
> news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>>
>> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
>> been posted iin here.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Slurring presenter blames illness
>>
>> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
>> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
>> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
>> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
>> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
>> station's website.
>>
>> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>>
>> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
>> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>>
>> 'Breathing problem'
>>
>> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
>> messageboard.
>>
>> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
>> doctor today.
>>
>> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
>> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
>> recovered."
>>
>> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
>> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
>> from listeners.
>>
>> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
>> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.

I was getting excited when first reading this thinking it was a press 
release lifted from the BBC announcing the presenters retirement!! Sadly not 
and it looks like she'll be here a bit longer then!!

I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore throat! I 
reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before and still 
suffering the side effects!!

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

Nice bit of slurring there.... ;-)

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Can't be right - I remember somebody I was at school with used to listen to
her, and that was before 1997.

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".

Add your own punchline...

    Chris

"Mike Terry"  wrote in message 
news:lLudncCVXp8fJF3b4p2dnAA@bt.com...
>
<snip 50 odd lines>

> Thanks Mike.

You quoted the whole of Mikes message just to say "Thanks Mike" - you 
really are one sure cretin... :~(

"Neil"  wrote in message 
news:f9qeb8$q79$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
<snip>
>
> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore 
> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before 
> and still suffering the side effects!!
>

If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again 
page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not 
announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat 
infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are just 
wrong!

"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat

"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

then there was the OIL saga.....she wanted payment for the dregs in the oil 
tank.............after the house was sold.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

For Google;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6944878.stm

>
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Well that's wrong, I used to sometimes listen to her in '95 / '96 in
the same slot as she is doing now, I also remember that 'chit-chat' at
the change over between AL and SK sometimes left one wondering if the
two were actually more than good friends!

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on
> the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
<snip>

Quite possible, there is a very bad chest infection doing the rounds
ATM, leaving some people with very bad bronchitis symptoms.

Thanks Mike.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

> "Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
> news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>>
>> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
>> been posted iin here.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Slurring presenter blames illness
>>
>> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
>> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
>> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
>> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
>> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
>> station's website.
>>
>> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>>
>> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
>> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>>
>> 'Breathing problem'
>>
>> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
>> messageboard.
>>
>> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
>> doctor today.
>>
>> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
>> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
>> recovered."
>>
>> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
>> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
>> from listeners.
>>
>> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
>> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.

I was getting excited when first reading this thinking it was a press 
release lifted from the BBC announcing the presenters retirement!! Sadly not 
and it looks like she'll be here a bit longer then!!

I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore throat! I 
reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before and still 
suffering the side effects!!

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

Nice bit of slurring there.... ;-)

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Can't be right - I remember somebody I was at school with used to listen to
her, and that was before 1997.

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".

Add your own punchline...

    Chris

"Mike Terry"  wrote in message 
news:lLudncCVXp8fJF3b4p2dnAA@bt.com...
>
<snip 50 odd lines>

> Thanks Mike.

You quoted the whole of Mikes message just to say "Thanks Mike" - you 
really are one sure cretin... :~(

"Neil"  wrote in message 
news:f9qeb8$q79$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
<snip>
>
> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore 
> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before 
> and still suffering the side effects!!
>

If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again 
page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not 
announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat 
infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are just 
wrong!

"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat

"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:00:44 +0100, ":Jerry:"
<INVALID@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:

>
>"Neil"  wrote in message 
>news:f9qeb8$q79$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
><snip>
>>
>> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore 
>> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before 
>> and still suffering the side effects!!
>>
>
>If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again 
>page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not 
>announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat 
>infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are just 
>wrong!
>
>"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat
>
>"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring 
>
Got better quick didn't she, after a day of 'bed and rest'.  Which is
fastest, a throat infection clearing up or sobering up?
-- 
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

Mike Plowman wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:00:44 +0100, ":Jerry:"
> <INVALID@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:

>> "Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat
>>
>> "Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring
>>
> Got better quick didn't she, after a day of 'bed and rest'.  Which is
> fastest, a throat infection clearing up or sobering up?

A throat infection is highly likely to clear up quickly with a day of rest.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:tmj2c3l2rrmrvfri6f1vujag3c1g155p8p@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:00:44 +0100, ":Jerry:"
> <INVALID@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Neil"  wrote in message
>>news:f9qeb8$q79$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
>><snip>
>>>
>>> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore
>>> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night 
>>> before
>>> and still suffering the side effects!!
>>>
>>
>>If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again
>>page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not
>>announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat
>>infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are 
>>just
>>wrong!
>>
>>"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat
>>
>>"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring
>>
> Got better quick didn't she, after a day of 'bed and rest'.  Which 
> is
> fastest, a throat infection clearing up or sobering up?

With correct and proper medical help / advice that is quite possible, 
you are allowing your dislike for a presenter to get in the way of the 
facts.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

then there was the OIL saga.....she wanted payment for the dregs in the oil 
tank.............after the house was sold.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

For Google;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6944878.stm

>
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Well that's wrong, I used to sometimes listen to her in '95 / '96 in
the same slot as she is doing now, I also remember that 'chit-chat' at
the change over between AL and SK sometimes left one wondering if the
two were actually more than good friends!

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on
> the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
<snip>

Quite possible, there is a very bad chest infection doing the rounds
ATM, leaving some people with very bad bronchitis symptoms.

Thanks Mike.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

> "Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
> news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>>
>> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
>> been posted iin here.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Slurring presenter blames illness
>>
>> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
>> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
>> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
>> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
>> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
>> station's website.
>>
>> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>>
>> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
>> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>>
>> 'Breathing problem'
>>
>> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
>> messageboard.
>>
>> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
>> doctor today.
>>
>> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
>> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
>> recovered."
>>
>> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
>> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
>> from listeners.
>>
>> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
>> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.

I was getting excited when first reading this thinking it was a press 
release lifted from the BBC announcing the presenters retirement!! Sadly not 
and it looks like she'll be here a bit longer then!!

I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore throat! I 
reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before and still 
suffering the side effects!!

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

Nice bit of slurring there.... ;-)

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Can't be right - I remember somebody I was at school with used to listen to
her, and that was before 1997.

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".

Add your own punchline...

    Chris

"Mike Terry"  wrote in message 
news:lLudncCVXp8fJF3b4p2dnAA@bt.com...
>
<snip 50 odd lines>

> Thanks Mike.

You quoted the whole of Mikes message just to say "Thanks Mike" - you 
really are one sure cretin... :~(

"Neil"  wrote in message 
news:f9qeb8$q79$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
<snip>
>
> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore 
> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before 
> and still suffering the side effects!!
>

If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again 
page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not 
announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat 
infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are just 
wrong!

"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat

"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:00:44 +0100, ":Jerry:"
<INVALID@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:

>
>"Neil"  wrote in message 
>news:f9qeb8$q79$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
><snip>
>>
>> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore 
>> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before 
>> and still suffering the side effects!!
>>
>
>If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again 
>page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not 
>announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat 
>infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are just 
>wrong!
>
>"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat
>
>"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring 
>
Got better quick didn't she, after a day of 'bed and rest'.  Which is
fastest, a throat infection clearing up or sobering up?
-- 
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

Mike Plowman wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:00:44 +0100, ":Jerry:"
> <INVALID@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:

>> "Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat
>>
>> "Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring
>>
> Got better quick didn't she, after a day of 'bed and rest'.  Which is
> fastest, a throat infection clearing up or sobering up?

A throat infection is highly likely to clear up quickly with a day of rest.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:tmj2c3l2rrmrvfri6f1vujag3c1g155p8p@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:00:44 +0100, ":Jerry:"
> <INVALID@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Neil"  wrote in message
>>news:f9qeb8$q79$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
>><snip>
>>>
>>> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore
>>> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night 
>>> before
>>> and still suffering the side effects!!
>>>
>>
>>If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again
>>page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not
>>announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat
>>infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are 
>>just
>>wrong!
>>
>>"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat
>>
>>"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring
>>
> Got better quick didn't she, after a day of 'bed and rest'.  Which 
> is
> fastest, a throat infection clearing up or sobering up?

With correct and proper medical help / advice that is quite possible, 
you are allowing your dislike for a presenter to get in the way of the 
facts.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

then there was the OIL saga.....she wanted payment for the dregs in the oil 
tank.............after the house was sold.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

For Google;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6944878.stm

>
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Well that's wrong, I used to sometimes listen to her in '95 / '96 in
the same slot as she is doing now, I also remember that 'chit-chat' at
the change over between AL and SK sometimes left one wondering if the
two were actually more than good friends!

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on
> the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
<snip>

Quite possible, there is a very bad chest infection doing the rounds
ATM, leaving some people with very bad bronchitis symptoms.

Thanks Mike.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

> "Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
> news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>>
>> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
>> been posted iin here.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Slurring presenter blames illness
>>
>> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
>> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
>> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
>> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
>> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
>> station's website.
>>
>> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>>
>> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
>> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>>
>> 'Breathing problem'
>>
>> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
>> messageboard.
>>
>> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
>> doctor today.
>>
>> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
>> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
>> recovered."
>>
>> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
>> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
>> from listeners.
>>
>> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
>> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.

I was getting excited when first reading this thinking it was a press 
release lifted from the BBC announcing the presenters retirement!! Sadly not 
and it looks like she'll be here a bit longer then!!

I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore throat! I 
reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before and still 
suffering the side effects!!

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

Nice bit of slurring there.... ;-)

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Can't be right - I remember somebody I was at school with used to listen to
her, and that was before 1997.

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".

Add your own punchline...

    Chris

"Mike Terry"  wrote in message 
news:lLudncCVXp8fJF3b4p2dnAA@bt.com...
>
<snip 50 odd lines>

> Thanks Mike.

You quoted the whole of Mikes message just to say "Thanks Mike" - you 
really are one sure cretin... :~(

"Neil"  wrote in message 
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<snip>
>
> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore 
> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before 
> and still suffering the side effects!!
>

If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again 
page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not 
announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat 
infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are just 
wrong!

"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat

"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:00:44 +0100, ":Jerry:"
<INVALID@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:

>
>"Neil"  wrote in message 
>news:f9qeb8$q79$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
><snip>
>>
>> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore 
>> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before 
>> and still suffering the side effects!!
>>
>
>If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again 
>page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not 
>announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat 
>infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are just 
>wrong!
>
>"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat
>
>"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring 
>
Got better quick didn't she, after a day of 'bed and rest'.  Which is
fastest, a throat infection clearing up or sobering up?
-- 
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

Mike Plowman wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:00:44 +0100, ":Jerry:"
> <INVALID@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:

>> "Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat
>>
>> "Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring
>>
> Got better quick didn't she, after a day of 'bed and rest'.  Which is
> fastest, a throat infection clearing up or sobering up?

A throat infection is highly likely to clear up quickly with a day of rest.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:tmj2c3l2rrmrvfri6f1vujag3c1g155p8p@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:00:44 +0100, ":Jerry:"
> <INVALID@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Neil"  wrote in message
>>news:f9qeb8$q79$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
>><snip>
>>>
>>> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore
>>> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night 
>>> before
>>> and still suffering the side effects!!
>>>
>>
>>If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again
>>page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not
>>announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat
>>infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are 
>>just
>>wrong!
>>
>>"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat
>>
>>"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring
>>
> Got better quick didn't she, after a day of 'bed and rest'.  Which 
> is
> fastest, a throat infection clearing up or sobering up?

With correct and proper medical help / advice that is quite possible, 
you are allowing your dislike for a presenter to get in the way of the 
facts.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

then there was the OIL saga.....she wanted payment for the dregs in the oil 
tank.............after the house was sold.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

For Google;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6944878.stm

>
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Well that's wrong, I used to sometimes listen to her in '95 / '96 in
the same slot as she is doing now, I also remember that 'chit-chat' at
the change over between AL and SK sometimes left one wondering if the
two were actually more than good friends!

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on
> the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
<snip>

Quite possible, there is a very bad chest infection doing the rounds
ATM, leaving some people with very bad bronchitis symptoms.

Thanks Mike.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

> "Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
> news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>>
>> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
>> been posted iin here.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Slurring presenter blames illness
>>
>> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
>> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
>> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
>> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
>> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
>> station's website.
>>
>> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>>
>> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
>> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>>
>> 'Breathing problem'
>>
>> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
>> messageboard.
>>
>> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
>> doctor today.
>>
>> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
>> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
>> recovered."
>>
>> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
>> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
>> from listeners.
>>
>> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
>> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.

I was getting excited when first reading this thinking it was a press 
release lifted from the BBC announcing the presenters retirement!! Sadly not 
and it looks like she'll be here a bit longer then!!

I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore throat! I 
reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before and still 
suffering the side effects!!

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

Nice bit of slurring there.... ;-)

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Can't be right - I remember somebody I was at school with used to listen to
her, and that was before 1997.

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".

Add your own punchline...

    Chris

"Mike Terry"  wrote in message 
news:lLudncCVXp8fJF3b4p2dnAA@bt.com...
>
<snip 50 odd lines>

> Thanks Mike.

You quoted the whole of Mikes message just to say "Thanks Mike" - you 
really are one sure cretin... :~(

"Neil"  wrote in message 
news:f9qeb8$q79$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
<snip>
>
> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore 
> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before 
> and still suffering the side effects!!
>

If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again 
page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not 
announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat 
infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are just 
wrong!

"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat

"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:00:44 +0100, ":Jerry:"
<INVALID@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:

>
>"Neil"  wrote in message 
>news:f9qeb8$q79$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
><snip>
>>
>> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore 
>> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night before 
>> and still suffering the side effects!!
>>
>
>If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again 
>page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not 
>announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat 
>infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are just 
>wrong!
>
>"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat
>
>"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring 
>
Got better quick didn't she, after a day of 'bed and rest'.  Which is
fastest, a throat infection clearing up or sobering up?
-- 
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

Mike Plowman wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:00:44 +0100, ":Jerry:"
> <INVALID@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:

>> "Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat
>>
>> "Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring
>>
> Got better quick didn't she, after a day of 'bed and rest'.  Which is
> fastest, a throat infection clearing up or sobering up?

A throat infection is highly likely to clear up quickly with a day of rest.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:tmj2c3l2rrmrvfri6f1vujag3c1g155p8p@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:00:44 +0100, ":Jerry:"
> <INVALID@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Neil"  wrote in message
>>news:f9qeb8$q79$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
>><snip>
>>>
>>> I'm sorry but you can't blame 'slurring' your words on a sore
>>> throat! I reckon she's been drinking too much wine the night 
>>> before
>>> and still suffering the side effects!!
>>>
>>
>>If you bother to actually listen to the show, via the listen again
>>page, you would hear that she wasn't slurring her voice but not
>>announcing certain syllables etc. - this is constant with a throat
>>infection - in slurring, the syllables are still present but are 
>>just
>>wrong!
>>
>>"Th Bis op of Cantabur" = infected throat
>>
>>"Thu Bishhoop ov Cuntabarry" = slurring
>>
> Got better quick didn't she, after a day of 'bed and rest'.  Which 
> is
> fastest, a throat infection clearing up or sobering up?

With correct and proper medical help / advice that is quite possible, 
you are allowing your dislike for a presenter to get in the way of the 
facts.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
>
> Dedicated listeners to the show began posts on the Radio 2
> messageboard.
>
> One wrote: "She said she had a breathing problem and was seeing her
> doctor today.
>
> "Could I tactfully make a suggestion... perhaps it would be better for
> all concerned if Sarah was given some time off until she has totally
> recovered."
>
> In 1999, Kennedy took a week off work suffering from exhaustion after
> making a series of inappropriate on-air comments which drew complaints
> from listeners.
>
> She called a clergyman an "old prune", described fellow DJ Ken Bruce
> as an "old fool" and accused a newsreader of soiling her underwear.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is that exhaustion as in 'exhausted as a newt'?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

then there was the OIL saga.....she wanted payment for the dregs in the oil 
tank.............after the house was sold.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.

For Google;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6944878.stm

>
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997

Well that's wrong, I used to sometimes listen to her in '95 / '96 in
the same slot as she is doing now, I also remember that 'chit-chat' at
the change over between AL and SK sometimes left one wondering if the
two were actually more than good friends!

> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presenter mispronounced words and stumbled over
> sentences which prompted fans to raise concerns for her health on
> the
> station's website.
>
> One listener described her show as "horrid to listen to".
>
> A Radio 2 spokesperson said she has been in bed all day and "is
> confident she will be on-form" tomorrow.
>
> 'Breathing problem'
<snip>

Quite possible, there is a very bad chest infection doing the rounds
ATM, leaving some people with very bad bronchitis symptoms.

Thanks Mike.

"Mike Plowman"  wrote in message 
news:ioc1c3977f3tvf8o53qs57ojugp9mrcujl@4ax.com...
>
> for some reason this item on the BBC News site doesn't seem to have
> been posted iin here.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Slurring presenter blames illness
>
> Sarah Kennedy joined the Radio 2 team in 1997
> BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Sarah Kennedy has blamed a sore throat for
> slurring her speech live on air throughout her early morning show.
> The 57-year-old presen