Radio Turn-offs

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@shoreham.net>]

Are there any particular things that, once heard on any radio, you
abruptly devolve into a pulsating gelatinous mass (or you change the
station - whichever works for you)?  For me, it's the expression, "White
stuff" for snow.  Another is, "Hello everybody" a close cousin to "Thank
all of you for listening."  Another oddity that bites is a local that
announces time like a lame network "20 minutes after the hour" (and
voicetracking technologies set aside any excuses!)  The biggie, "How
y'doin'?"  In the words of Jerry Williams, "Do you really care?"

Bill O'Neill
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