This cheered me up no end yesterday, so I thought I would share it with you all.
Charlotte Green, who reads the news bulletins on Radio 4's
Today programme, got a fit of the giggles. The whole thing is on the sound file in the link.
I remember a few years ago Charlotte, who also reads the excerpts on the News Quiz on Radio 4, had an even worse fit of the giggles. She was in for it then, 'cos the teams egged her on mercilessly. At least James Naughtie tried to restore a serious tone yesterday morning!!
In case it isn't clear, someone says over her headset that the sound of the oldest recording of a human voice sounds like an angry bee in a bottle, and that sets her off.
Have fun!
(Apparently one listener, Thomas Edwards from Liverpool, wrote to the BBC: "The laughter got worse when she mentioned Abby Mann's work on
Judgement of Nuremberg. How can you laugh at something about the Jewish Holocaust? It is an absolute disgrace and the person who made her laugh and Ms Green should both be disciplined."
God help his friends and family, 'cos the bloke is clearly a pompous bloody windbag.)