Selling jewellery from an ex
Scott discussed a friend whose four-year relationship had ended after an 18-month engagement.
The breakup had moved from sadness into anger, and she was considering selling the engagement ring on a website devoted to jewellery and gifts from former partners.
The team debated who should keep a ring after an engagement ended. One suggestion was that the person ending the relationship should return it, while others argued that the recipient should keep or sell it.
Listeners quoted Judge Judy’s view that an engagement ring represented a contract to marry and should be returned if that contract was broken.
The website’s listings combined sales pitches with stories about failed relationships. Pearl earrings had been given as an apology “but it didn’t work”. Gold hoops came from a man described as a “complete waste of oxygen”.
A multigem ring was advertised as a beautiful gift from a rotten person. Another seller had ended a seven-year relationship because she was tired of looking at him and was equally tired of looking at his final attempt to make her feel special.
One engagement-and-wedding set was being sold after the man cheated with somebody the seller considered unattractive and suggested she should sleep with someone else so they would be even.
A supposedly Tiffany ring cost only $15 because it had turned out to be fake, “like him”.
Scott thought the website functioned partly as a place for women to vent anger, while male listeners mainly wanted the address so they could buy discounted engagement rings.
Oh, What’s Occurring?
The first round sent the team onto Stupid Street and asked people to describe Madonna in three words.
Answers included “not all that”, “sexy, stylish, with it”, “fit, old and has-been”, “crazy old lady”, “ageing”, “veiny” and “the lady who adopts children and has wrinkly hands”.
Several people used “woman”, which produced a disputed recount and eventually gave the point to the contestant who had predicted it.
An older clip showed Basshunter trying to sing All I Ever Wanted while chips were placed in his mouth. He managed 14 before he could no longer continue properly.
The final replay involved Shaggy calling Sara Cox and speaking almost entirely through song lyrics and catchphrases. Sara remained on the line for 29 seconds.
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