Simon Bates...is he cool..eh I don't think so..

[janzman]

...On his show on Smooth Radio this morning,Simon Bates made a big thing of never having heard the word 'chillax' before.He even played an extract from East Enders last night when it was used.A quick trip through the Urban Dictionary and the earliest reference to the word I can find is Nov 21st 2004, over 6 years ago.C'mon Batesy finger on the pulse and all that.
Yesterday he had a caller from Rochdale on the phone and started to suggest that it cant be that bad in Rochdale being in Herriot country!!!!!!!!!!!eh-eh Herriot country,an area around Thirsk in North Yorkshire...Rochdale in Lancashire.Sorry Simon geography not too good either is it.............lol

[karenmac60]

Ok.

[weecalf]

Does he still do that cheer me up in the mornings out tune

[Buenchico]

Well, the poor old fella' is 63, so you can't expect him to be using up-to-the-minute street slang!

And, as a Brummie, he probably simply groups Yorkshire, Lancashire, The Lakes and Geordieland together as 'somewhere up north'
;=)

[Francis Asis]

The man's an idiot. He was an idiot when he was young and he's an idiot now

[janzman]

Bueno I didnt know the word either but Im not on national radio..

[Buenchico]

But surely, Janzman, Smooth Radio isn't for 'cool' people anyway?

72-year-old Terry Wogan is still (occasionally) on national radio. So (regularly), at the age of 82, is Brian Matthew, as is 84-year-old Desmond Carrington. I would doubt that any of them are familiar with 'chillax', but who would expect them to be? Smooth Radio is (very roughly) the commercial equivalent of BBC Radio 2, so why on earth would you expect a presenter to be 'cool'?

Face it, Janzman. If you're listening to Smooth Radio, 'cool' passed you by a long time ago anyway!
;-)

Chris

[janzman]

Hey Chris... you probably wont see this now but Smooth Radio is on at work and it cant be changed..unfortunately.It rotates with Absolute..Gold ..and Radio One.

[Buenchico]

Thanks for your reply, Janzman.

It could be worse. I used to work (delivering parts) for a car dealership. The warehouse radio was permanently tuned to one of the local commercial radio stations. The music content wasn't great, but it was acceptable. However the biggest advertiser on the station was the same dealership that I worked for. it's really irritating to have to listen to constant ads and jingles telling the local population how wonderful your employer is when your own feelings about them are vastly different!

[ELVIS68]

Simon Bates?.....two words to say about that man.........

"Our Tune"

[Buenchico]

Oh, please don't make me cringe, Elvis!

[daffy654]

I always want to take an axe to the head of anyone who uses the word 'chillax'!

[ELVIS68]

Lol, the whole nation stopped and listened, and it was only ten minutes each morning

[BertiWooster]

// Face it, Janzman. If you're listening to Smooth Radio, 'cool' passed you by a long time ago anyway! //

Crikey chris - what does that say about me then - i listen to smooth - mostly to Andy Peebles , especially his weekend soul show

[janzman]

Nice one guys, thanks to you all