For those that don't know, Radio 4 is ye-olde BBC radio channel - lots of talking, no music. Serious debate and topics (it's not unusual for the morning 'breakfast show' to be about quantum mechanics or suchlike). They have some great comedy shows too and a lot of hit TV shows have their roots here.
Late afternoon, during the evening commute, they have the 'PM' programme where they discuss current affairs and read out feedback.
The previous day there was a news story about France or Germany where they have come up with the idea of having dog number-plates so that any owners who's dogs who fouled public areas could be fined.
Two imaginitive suggestions they received were read out:
1. Make owners register to buy pet food which would have special marker elements put in it so that the offending dog coudl be identified.
2. (and this is the best) Instead of a number plate, which is no good if the animal isn't cause in the act, have a number plate stencil. Now, anything the dog does will be in the shape of the letters / numbers and can easily be identified. It would be like the letters in a stick of rock.
How the woman reading it out didn't loose it completely at this point is beyond me .. I was laughing so much I nearly crashed. It must be the BBC training. I'm going to write in to "points of view" and complain about slipping standards