Answer Us Back: 'nduja-smeared rubber glove

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Mar 12, 2026

Listeners send memories, tips and baffling questions about olive bars, vacuum-packed pinchos and nduja burrata riffs. Stories of proposals via tabloid notices and public stunts get recalled with fondness. Practical bits include using radio pips for ship chronometers, alternatives to tiny Benecol bottles, and tales of being recognised in breakfast cafes.

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ANECDOTE

Helen Goes To A Women's Ice Hockey Game

Helen is attending a Women's League ice hockey game in Vancouver to see Zambonis and enjoy the vibe of the new local team.
She was invited by a friend with a season ticket and highlights that Vancouver's first proper women's team has excellent atmosphere.

ANECDOTE

Olly Gets Sleb-Spotted At Breakfast

Olly got recognized by Simon, the general manager at Granger & Co in St Pancras, and received comped coffees after being asked if he was Olly Mann.
He introduced Tommy, the voice of their Bob Dylan jingles, to Simon, making the encounter amusing.

INSIGHT

Why Olive Bars Are Fading From Supermarkets

Olive bars have declined in UK supermarkets, partly due to COVID and the arrival of specialist ethnic grocers offering better olives.
Helen feels guilty stealing from small family-run shops more than from big chains, which reduces olive-bar theft.

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Hello! Welcome to this month's edition of Answer Us Back, full of your feedback on AMTs old and new. Today:

Helen's going to watch ice hockey this weekend, i.e. she'll get to see zambonis in action, per AMT415.
Olly got sleb-spotted when out for breakfast (hi Simon!).
Pete in Bloomington, Indiana, wants to know whether Kyle from Bloomington, Indiana, is still stealing olives from the olive bars of Bloomington, Indiana, like he was back in AMT305 in 2014. Well, Kyle, are you? ARE YOU???
Provoked by AMT402's discussion of proposals via book dedications, Emma in Canada has a real life example from her own parents of a proposal via printed text, in their case the local tabloid newspaper.
David from Glasgow heard us talking about the radio pip pip pips in AMT406 and explains how they use them in his work on cargo ships.
Amy has a tip for Olly, to end his despair from AMT402 about all the little plastic bottles containing his cholesterol-reducing Benecol.
We get a bit verklempt as Ricardito reminisces about what AMT meant to his late partner Stephen - including an excellent prank in AMT303.

And along the way we learn about Olly's greatest technological fear and pragmatic marriage proposal, and Helen's parents' pugnacious proposal.

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