KimSlontynee in conversation with PastorHenryFrog,  The Toady Programme,  BBC Radio 4


S :  .. So what's your point,  Pastor?
F :  My point,  MS. SLONTYNEE , is a simple one:  Why does the Papal Authority continue its love affair with the leek ? 
S :   You're referring to yesterday's headline in   ...           BOTH:  OLY ! SEE   yes  ...
       We can't always believe news stories, particularly Italian ones . .    quickly   But The Church being enamoured with
       the leek would seem harmless enough  . ...    Exactly what issue do you have with this? 
F :  Obviously the leek is regarded as a national emblem of Wales.
S :  So the problem is  ?  . .
F :  assertive   The problem, Kim, is that Wales is a haven for pagans!  We all know that, don't we?   . .     pause
      The leek therefore a pagan symbol, a pagan vegetable!     pause      tone softens    Now let ! me make it absolutely clear:
      I have nothing against Christianity espousing  'meat and two veg' . .  I mean I'm a  'meat and two veg' man myself.  
      But that's not the point really, is it ?  You see, there are plenty of vegetables out there; we don't have to go the 
      leek route, do we?    pause        inhales   Clearly there are  choices to be made here , leeks or no leeks.   
      The experience of Pastor Wolford testifies to that.
S :  The Virginian preacher you mean ?
F :  Yes of course.  Conducted his services with a rattlesnake.  Chose always to put his faith to the test, to put his life in 
     the hands of Our Lord ..
S :   And not a leek ever knowingly passed through his body !   smile    Unlike the snake poison.    
F :  Well he was Pentecostal .. snigger    Preacher Wolford  I mean   snigger   ..   and the snake's fine apparently . .  
       quickly  Dad went the same way y'know    .. .      seriously though ..  interrupted
S :  interrupting  So it's okay to wrestle with rattlesnakes but not with leeks then ?
F :   flustered    Look! the point  ..     interrupted
S :   interrupting and pressing     Yes to snakes but no to leeks !
F :   doubly flustered       angry   The snake aint  PAGAN! and sure as damn aint  WELSH !!
S :  !Aaah  That old hobby-horse raising its head again  !   I see you still have a high opinion of the Welsh,  Henry  . .
      That infamous  Jumpers'  tour of Cardigan has taken its toll, ?eh
At this point Frog decides that enough is enough and he exits with a snarl,   ranting :
                              !!STIKEY SOL    KOLYKOL      SKYNT  KYNT               EDDIESTOBART ! !