Did she really say that?

Listening to Aasmah Mir on Radio 5Live's Midday News today, I was struck by a beautifully innocent remark. Ms Mir was linking to a news piece about Italian legislation making it illegal for Italian men to touch their "privates" in public, this being something they apparently do for good luck. Did Assmah Mir really mean to say "apparently it is a common good luck gesture, a bit like touching wood in Britain". Do you think someone should explain double-entendres to Aasmah Mir?


You can hear this for yourself from around 24:27 using the listen again feauture. It is worth listening to the rest of the piece for her almost as innocent remarks about doing it in public.



Aasmah Mir's profile page includes the following Q&A:

"Q - What was your worst on-air nightmare?

A - When Ian Payne made me corpse during the news and I just couldn’t recover.
Also, every time I have to say “Peter Hunt was in court”, I panic!"

Sorry Aasmah, but this was even funnier.