The Wit of Graham Bell (Feb. 5, 2013)

5 February 2013 at 4:09 pm

The Wit of Graham Bell
The Panel, National Radio, Tuesday 5 February 2013
Jim Mora, Graham Bell, David Slack, Noelle McCarthy

JIM MORA: Noelle, what is the world talking about?

NOELLE McCARTHY: Well, a story that has caught our attention is one from right here in New Zealand, about a kea in the South Island. It stole one thousand dollars from a Scottish tourist who left the money on the front seat of his car.

GRAHAM BELL: That’s unusual for a Scotsman! A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

[Long, awkward silence. Nobody else laughs. Nobody.]

Just before the news, an item about gender-based driving aptitude leads to another unleashing of the finely honed Bell wit….

GRAHAM BELL: That will be good news for men, because women are always teaching us how to drive.

[Long silence]

GRAHAM BELL: A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

[Awkward silence]

JIM MORA: Oh! I see what you mean. Ha.

DAVID SLACK: [uneasily] Hur hur hur.

[Awkward silence]

MORA: Okay, time for the four o’clock news.

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  5 February 2013 at 10:05 pm

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