John Inverdale's monumental 'slip of the tongue'

RDW
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edited March 2015 in The bottom bracket
"BBC presenter John Inverdale forced to apologise after bizarrely referring to rose-c***ed glasses during Cheltenham Festival coverage"

The Mail helpfully includes pictures of John's co-presenters, perhaps to illustrate his thought processes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... erage.html

The Guardian, to show how terribly grown up and unshockable it is, prints the quote without substituting letters with *s.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/m ... m-festival

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 26,969
    I must admit to being perplexed as to his thought process there.

    What was going through his mind at that moment?

    Answers in a post please.
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  • slowmart
    slowmart Posts: 4,516
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I must admit to being perplexed as to his thought process there.

    What was going through his mind at that moment?

    Probably not a lot which is why he finds himself making the news rather than commentating.


    I love the Guardian's link to the audio file as well.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23zZypkXxRA
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  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    I think if i was live on tv my inner monologue would be constantly saying
    "don't say ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, **** and definitely don't say ****"

    which would almost definitely lead me to say something i shouldn't, like trying not to laugh when you know you can't (i checked that last word a few times!!)
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  • florerider
    florerider Posts: 1,112
    is "slip of the tongue" Freudian?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 26,969
    Chris Bass wrote:
    I think if i was live on tv my inner monologue would be constantly saying
    "don't say ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, **** and definitely don't say ****"

    which would almost definitely lead me to say something i shouldn't, like trying not to laugh when you know you can't (i checked that last word a few times!!)
    Reminded me of this.

    https://vimeo.com/82822218

    Classic series. :lol:
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  • oblongomaculatus
    oblongomaculatus Posts: 616
    I once heard Trevor Mc Donald do the same thing with the phrase "Kent countryside" on the lunchtime news.
  • stu-bim
    stu-bim Posts: 384
    He'll be relegatwd back to Worlds Strongest Man as punishment
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  • Finesilver24
    Finesilver24 Posts: 140
    I once referred to bell-bottom trousers as bell-end trousers. People laughed.

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