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Through my childhood, on election nights, my dad was the man under Peter Snow’s desk putting interesting facts on notecards into his socks.
That’s how it was done before Google, kids. You got a very clever ASD man with some Oxford degrees to just remember interesting constituency histories.
please confirm LITERALLY into the socks
i’ll be disappointed if not
Oh no, literally into Peter Snow’s socks. That’s how he knew there was a new fact to read out.
Stick THAT in your sock and read it!
That is the best thing I’ve heard for ages. Superb!
How did Peter cover for constantly rooting around in his socks? You'd think it would be the basis of a couple of memorable impressions, maybe a Spitting Image sketch, where he whams his head onto the desk every time he's about to say something interesting
Hand under desk, lift foot up.
Ok, done that, now will you tell me? :V
Just keep doing that until you attain enlightenment 😂
Finally, an explanation for Peter Snow's eyebrows twitching every few minutes on election nights... 😛
This is utterly delightful.
This is so wonderful I had a tiny scream of delight.
My kids call me ‘The walking dictionary’
Honestly, that’s pretty wonderful
This is marvellous on so many levels!
That is a wonderful story!
From which, of course, we have the phrase “Sock it to me.”
I did wonder why Peter Snow walked like that
I like to imagine this is just how your dad delivered all his bon mots in life.
Amazing bit of trivia. Thanks for sharing!
We need to return to the old ways, the ways of (y)our forefathers
If I had to hire someone in 2024 to do the job your dad did back then, it would definitely be @generalising.bsky.social .
Wow! A part of election history.
@nwhyte.bsky.social this seems like a story for you
I remember sitting in the Green Room at BBC East with a calculator turning raw numbers into percentages .
Hurray for your Dad. How wonderful
Amazing! Peter Snow was so much more entertaining than today's talking heads too. Missed the landslide visuals last night.
Nowadays. We rely on Steve Kornacki for the minutia of constituency histories.
Sounds like the kind of job people draw straws to avoid!
