The story we had to find a headline for this week was a great topical one given the Derby match at the SOL this weekend. I think we have a winner, but I can't tell you here. The story concerned a local couple who whilst on holiday in Egypt had their photos taken at the Pyramids wearing their respective colours. Of course she looked better than he did as he was only in black and white. Boom boom!

Anyway I was looking around for some ideas (I told you it was a battle and you have to prepare for battle) and came across a web site which had a list of names Egyptians use for their children – I only looked at the first page but was amazed to find that the name Adeben is given to the twelfth born. I didn't look for anything further, like a name for the nineteenth born, but given that they have names for the twelfth, it's not difficult to understand why Egypt has the largest population in the Middle East. It's a great idea which could solve a lot of bickering and arguments amongst parents though. Just name them "No 1 Son" "No3 Daughter" etc By the way you can call me "Five" or is that 005.

We had an amusing thing happen on the radio this week. Captain Marky Mark is the helicopter pilot who flies over our region looking for trouble spots reporting the Traffic and Travel News on Magic 1152 and our sister station Metro Radio.

We 'share' Marky and on the odd occasion have a problem with timings, but on the whole it works well with me working around Tony Horne's late watch. But, on Wednesday when there was the horrendous problem on the A19 quite late on in the morning, I thought it was necessary to do an extra report on the show.

I spoke to Marky beforehand and he said that I should have a listen to what was happening on Tony's show and when the Captain finished his report the idea was for me to push the button and immediately do the report for me. Well I wasn't aware that Tony was going to then ask Marky to tell a joke. So in his ear phones he heard me talking to him and shouted at me that Tony needed him. In the split second that Marky had been under my control and Tony had realized he had then taken Marky back and his shout was heard on Metro. It caused some fun which you can hear at http://metroradio.bigcityweb.co.uk/audio/MarkyMarkBlooper_Full.mp3 Enjoy.

Returning to this weekend where we started talking about the big match, I'm one of two best men at a wedding on Saturday. What time is our KO? 1pm. The other best man is John Foster who you hear at match day at SOL playing in the music, doing your birthday dedications and generally making a nuisance of himself. So when the fixtures came out we told the groom that we couldn't do our duties as John would need to work and he needed me to help on the day. Oh we had some fun with that and they will be getting some stick at the wedding for choosing the day! And the only reason it was chosen is that they will be able to get an extra hour in bed on their Wedding night. Enjoy your extra hour. Use it wisely. And that's not a veiled Newcastle United reference!