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Beat Breakfast Blog

  • Ho! Ho! Ho!

    So there’s some leftover tinsel laying about the office. What do you do? Use it as a boa, of course! I’m like a cross between Liberace and Hulk Hogan in this pic! Hogan is the only man that can look tough in one of those! So yeah…Happy Christmas – from me and the Beat office Santa in the background!

    The biggest reaction text-wise this morning came after we asked what the most irritating word is. They’ve done a list (‘they’ being the people  who make such lists) and the word ‘whatever’ came top. It did get a few votes from our listeners too. Computer terms like ROFL were also a popular choice. You can red the official report here.

    Right, I have to go give this tinsel back!

    VB

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    Posted 16/12/2010
  • Santa Claws

    That’s Fred – one of Niall’s cats – looking very festive. This morning on Beat Breakfast we discovered that six out of ten people will buy a present for their pets. Toys, grooming products and even pet clothes are the most popular gifts. Mary says Timmy will be getting something – probably a hat and matching jacket – but says the chances of getting them on him are low. PET PRESENTS

    A list of the most successful chat-up lines has just been released. I’m not so sure about some of them though. CHAT UP LINES

    The Rubber Bandits are heading for Christmas number 1 with their song Horse Outside. But America doesn’t get the joke. They think we’re all getting rid of our cars to saddle up horses! The shame! Read the full story here.

    Back tomorrow – Thursday! Always great to past the halfway mark, eh?

    VB

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    Posted 15/12/2010
  • Olympic Pole Dancing!

    The Olympics will be held in Brazil in 2016 and that’s plenty of time for a bit of a change to the schedule! How about pole dancing as an Olympic sport?! They’re serious about it, the pole dancing people and you can read the full story here and you can get our reaction in today’s clip. POLE DANCING

    Our Daily Dilemma today was from a guy who wanted to get an engagement ring for his girlfriend but didn’t even know where to start. There were plenty of answers from listeners who had been in the same situation. And you can check out Mary’s advice in the link. RING DILEMMA CLIP

    Back tomorrow!

    VB

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    Posted 14/12/2010
  • The Matt Factor

    No prizes for guessing who the most talked about man on this morning’s Beat Breakfast was! Yup…X Factor winner Matt Cardle. Opinion was split though. We got texts from a lot of people who say Rebecca deserved it. And as for Matt’s version of Biffy Clyro’s Many of Horror (which they’ve renamed When We Collide) well, that’s as divisive as the result itself!

    One interesting side note to the weekend’s final show was Rihanna and Christina Aguilera’s wardrobe. ITV have received lots of complaints claiming their get-up was not appropriate for family viewing. You can hear what we thought in the following clip. CHRISTINA RIHANNA

    And something completely un-X Factor related…Twitter. Find out who is the most followed Irish sportsman. One of the south east’s own is in the top 10. SPORTS TWEETS

    Happy Monday! Talk to ya in the morning.

    VB

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    Posted 13/12/2010
  • Ever stolen a TV from a hotel? No. Me neither. But this morning we were amazed at just how many people have! We got a survey with stats that show most of us have pocketed something. Yes, even me! Have alisten here… HOTEL

    There was more Corrie talk this morning. Niall wanted to know who the hottest character ever is. A lot of women went for Steve McDonald. Mary flew the flag for Ireland and said Keith Duffy is looking well as Ciaran. Where do we start with the women?! Maxine, Fiona, Maria, Rosie, Tina (Michelle Keegan) and the list goes on…

    The live Corrie show is tonight and tomorrow we’ll be getting reaction from fans so tune in and tell us what you think! Oh, and we’ll also be looking ahead to the X-Factor Final!

    Talk to ya bright n’ early!

    VB

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    Posted 9/12/2010
  • PERKS of the Job!

    Hellooooo Donna D’Errico! Famous for her role in Baywatch and being a Playboy Playmate, Donna was one of the hotties of the 90’s. And she still got it, apparently. She had to go through a full body scanner at an airport recently and she says it’s only because she’s good looking! As if a guy working at airport security would pull aside a hot blonde just to have a closer look! Hmmm…

    This week is Coronation Street’s 50th birthday. There’s already been drama with the tram crash the other night. This morning we asked you to tell us your favourite Corrie storylines. There’s a lot of fans out there, I can tell you that from the huge reaction we got! Here’s just some of what we got. CORRIE MEMORIES

    Here’s a weird one. Death Row last meals. There’s a list out with the strangest requests made by people before they go to the execution chamber. How about one black olive…with the seed removed! He’s just acting the maggott, that guy. If you want more, click here.

    Talk to ya tomorrow morning!

    VB

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    Posted 8/12/2010
  • Groundhog Day

    One listener said this morning that it feels like Groundhog Day. There weren’t wrong! There’s just snow, snow and more snow! Today’s pic was taken in the car park of the Broadcast Centre. You can just about make out the shape of our Beat Mini under a blanket of the white stuff.

    Every day there’s a Christmas story. Today we got some shopping stats. My favourite is the BPM at which a man’s heart is beating when he buys lingerie for the missus! Hear more in today’s clip! XMAS STATS

    And here’s a question for you: have you something that was loaned to you, or have you lent something to someone and haven’t got it back yet? Well, you’re not alone! Check this story out! LENDING

    We’re back tomorrow …probably still covered in snow and sliding all over the place! When will this end?!?!?!

    See ya!

    VB

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    Posted 7/12/2010
  • Facebook Between The Sheets!

    Trouble brewing in that pic by the looks of it. Whether or not it’s causing much friction, more and more of us are going on line n bed! Over 70 percent of people check their facebook profile last thing before going to sleep. And as we found out in this morning’s show, some people check it first thing as well! Step up Niall Power. You can hear more in today’s clip. FACEBOOK

    One of our favourite stories today was about women who are left with unfortunate surnames when they get married. Did you know there are over fifty Mary Christamases?! That’s just the start of it! You can read more real names here!

    Join us again tomorrow! You have another chance to win a Nokia C3 phone and 500 Euro thanks to Meteor by taking on Scrooge (me) in a Christmas Trivia quiz!

    VB

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    Posted 6/12/2010
  • Specsy!

    It’s official. Specs are sexy! A new survey says so. I mean, have a look at the young lady (who just happens to be Megan Fox!) in today’s pic. It’s a sexy pic. And it’s obviously down to her spectacles, no?! There were some other very strange stats though. Including in the area of wearing glasses while ‘hurling’ and you can check it out in today’s first clip. SPECSY

    Admit it…there’s a REALLY old pair of underwear in your drawer that you still wear! We confirmed this morning that people wear old underpants until they’re practically falling apart! The term “greying and fraying” was used. Urgh! The facts: we wear them for 5 years, over 250 times. Unsurprsingly, it can be a passion killer. My advice would be to wear them only when there’s no chance that a member of the opposite sex is gonna see them!

    This story was music to my ears, if not completely surprising. An ould mugga sugary tae (said in my best culchie accent) is ace for calming you down. If you’re prone to throwing the odd hissy fit, as Niall and Mary somehow have it in their heads I am, then tea and a bar of chocolate is the way to go. It’s all about the sugar, apparently. There are few things I love more than tea and chocolate so I should be as calm as anything!

    And so to my favourite story of the day, Gary Linekar crapped himself when he was playing against Ireland in the World Cup! But it wasn’t at the sight of Mick McCarthy or Paul McGrath in the Irish defence. I’ll let Mary (who STILL fancies the pants off him now, never mind twenty years ago) fill you in. Click on the link to hear all. LINEKAR OOPS

    Now, I was just gonna put up a link to the goal he scored in that game to remind you or if you’re too young to remember Italia ‘90 but instead, here’s Gary himself describing what happened with the footage to prove it. Despite not actually seeing anything disgusting, it’s still pretty gross knowing what’s going on! Click here to see it!

    And on that bombshell, it’s goodbye for today.

    VB

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    Posted 2/12/2010
  • Why Are England So Bad At Football?

    The list of most common questions asked on the internet is out. In 2010, more people were interested in England’s poor World Cup performances (represented by Robert Green’s clanger in today’s pic) than anything else, with X Factor in 2nd place. Niall had the full list on this morning’s show. Click on the link to hear it! ASK JEEVES

    The best thing about this morning’s Beat Breakfast was that the three of us  made it in at all! It was the trickiest morning yet on the roads but we braved the conditions! SNOW

    And still on the snow, Mary had another gig this morning – she was on TV3’s Ireland AM giving the latest about the conditions in the south east. So she had to go do that for a while. We quizzed her when she got back! MARY TV3

    Join us again tomorrow for Thursday’s Beat Breakfast!

    VB

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    Posted 1/12/2010

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