Cuddle up, listeners. Recorded on the day of the US election before the result came in, Answer Me This! Episode 344 is a relic of the pre-Trump era, in which we blithely speak of:
Plus: Olly will lie through his artificially whitened teeth to get on the radio; Helen was lured onto Late Night Womanʼs Hour under false pretences; and Martin the Sound Man used to love a good read of the Argos Catalogue.
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Much of the USA has already had a rough few days, and I’m sorry, but I’m about to make things even rougher.
Brace yourself for more bad news:
My mum is definitely not eligible to become the President of the USA.
Aside from the reasons for disqualification as listed in AMT235, she actually had to give up her US citizenship in 1970 when she married my father: they wouldn’t let her have dual nationality, so to allow my South African father to remain in the UK, she had to choose to be 100% British.
Of course now, after 41 years of darning his underpants and withstanding his puns, she might be regretting that decision.
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