Talking In Code

Gary (on talkback):  ”How’s it going, Wrongy?”

Dave Wrong (on talkback): “It’s going well! But it could start going wrong at any minute!”

Gary (on talkback): “Is there a procedure if you get Ebola?”

Dave (on talkback): “All breaking through, Gary.”

All breaking through is a phrase Wrongy has used for many years, referring back to the possibility of crosstalk within analogue systems in the form of undesired signal leakage from one circuit to another. It is basically code for ‘be careful what you say on talkback in case it accidentally ends up on air‘

Dave (muttering, on talkback):  ”Hello… If this is all breaking through, then Gary said that not me.  OK?”

Later on, Dave suggests a song he would like to play on the radio using the following description: “You know.  He’s wearing a silly hat.  He’s wearing a silly hat, he’s a con man.  He’s a con man, he’s stealing a painting.  He’s a con man, he’s stealing a painting, he’s round.  He’s round like a spiral in a wheel.”

No idea.