So, here’s how I imagine the conversation in Flat 2F, near the Old Street Tube Station:
Wife: Do you really have to watch the football now?
Husband: Yes … and if I could only get the stupid channel tuned in, I could watch it.
Wife: Did you remember to adjust the antenna on the roof?
Husband: (Sighs loudly) Yes!
Wife: Well, Emma and James just told me that they have it coming on perfectly next door. Are you sure you tuned the antenna in the right direction?
Husband: (in a loud voice) Yes!
Wife: Do you maybe just want to double-check? It would only take a minute to pop up to the roof and see.
Husband: I told you, I’ve already tuned it properly.
Unfortunately, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the husband never did get the match tuned in properly that night.
LOL I remember those fish-bone antennas no one uses them any longer in India thanks to cable TV. But I clearly remember the time me and my father used to spend on the rooftop trying to tune-in.. It was a puzzle of sorts, you get it right at time and at times you don’t
@ Balu –
Yeah, it all’s cable and satellite now here in the UK, so I don’t know why these are still up. And yes, those days of fiddling on the roof, shouting down inside the house, ‘Can you see the picture yet?’ are thankfully gone for most of us.
Come to think of it, Liam. They were the original “can you hear me now?” devices 😉
@ Shefaly –
Ha-ha! You’re spot on.