Guess the year on the radio.

TallPaul1878 · 11 Jan 2018 at 10:18

How is Guess The Year still a radio feature?

DJ plays a song from the 80s and people still, in the age of smart phones and Google, phone in with the WRONG answer.

Tickles me up.

Any other dumb things from pre-internet/smartphone days that still go on that make you laugh?

TallPaul1878 · 11 Jan 2018 at 12:04

Yea but really, people pick the phone up to call the radio station with the wrong answer.

I am aware it's just a bit of fun, something that appears to be MISSING from this forum, but I just think it's funny that people call up with the wrong answer.

TallPaul1878 · 11 Jan 2018 at 12:11

Rossi~ said:
@TallPaul1878 It must be awful playing Trivial Pursuit with you

Yea I'm ultra competitive, I'm a terrible party guest haha.

TallPaul1878 · 11 Jan 2018 at 12:13

x-st said:
Don't they do this with a montage of tiny half second clips though? Wouldn't have thought a smartphone would be able to resolve such short bursts.

I listen to more of the golden oldies so I assume the callers aren't so tech savvy. It's not a competition, just a bit of fun to get yourself on the radio. I've just never felt compelled to call in with the wrong answer.

TallPaul1878 · 11 Jan 2018 at 12:26

Marvt74 said:
Surely they don't believe they're giving the wrong answer though?

Maybe they're having a laugh haha. Wouldn't you check before calling though?

TallPaul1878 · 13 Jan 2018 at 08:45

Fusion said:
Gets me when they announce it and say “It was all the way back in...2004”!

I mean wow, long time ago! Not the mid 70s, but back when we had broadband, mobiles, two decent cars per household, online shopping, a thousand TV channels

If you're a 23 year old Radio One DJ then I guess 2004 seems a long time ago