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Question 1

W h?

Answer 1

What’s happened?

Question 2

O [b] h u. P t l.

Answer 2

Oh [bugger] help us. Pardon the language.

Question 3

O w. D c s. I c h.

Answer 3

Oh well. Delete community singing. Insert community humming.

Question 4

I s s. C M P, t i J B, o v.

Answer 4

I’m so sorry. Councillor Mrs Pearce, this is John Braithwaite, our vicar.

Question 5

J, I w i y l t s C M P t l o t l. T h f a t r t t.

Answer 5

John, I wonder if you’d like to show Councillor Mrs Pearce the lay of the land. Take her for a turn round the tombola.

Question 6

I y e e, C - I t I h t p i t t p a s - s w I c d w i m.

Answer 6

If you’ll excuse me, Councillor - I think I’ll have to pitch into this public address system - see what I can do with it myself.

Question 7

T l s a t w r t f a n a s o o a o t.

Answer 7

Twelve loudspeakers strung all the way round the field and not a squeak out of any of them.

Question 8

Y i. A V, w y t t c W C t c d o t s. I w o b f l y s.

Answer 8

Yes indeed. And Vicar, would you tell those confounded Wolf Cubs to come down off that scaffolding. It was only built for loudspeakers you see.

Question 9

T n d t t t s o w, y s.

Answer 9

They’re not designed to take that sort of weight, you see.

Question 10

I f, a f a I c m o, t n d t t a s o w. N t, h m l M, a r?

Answer 10

In fact, as far as I can make out they’re not designed to take any sort of weight. Now then, how’s my little Milly, all right?

Question 11

S. N t…

Answer 11

Splendid. Now then…