"In that studio was a table."

Radio This week's BBC Ariel letter's page is a vintage especially the first letter from Pete Bestwick, GNS on the subject of tables:

"Once upon a time there was a radio studio in TVC used daily by guests talking to the BBC's finest radio stations. In that studio was a table.

One day, something very heavy was dropped on the table and it broke. Guests were left with an apology and many spilt drinks on the un-even surface."

You'll have to read the rest yourself but needless to say it ends ... predictably ...