Ah - episode 34. Sorry, I knew...I had 33 written
in the corner of the last one. Hang on, what's
this? No, it's 33A. 33A? Have you done a secret
episode? A day for additional notes. Oh, right,
OK. My notes took two pages, so I thought, oh,
A, then that could be B. So actually, the last
couple of notes for the last episode ended up
being the first couple of things I talked about.
Fair enough. I'll just have to organise my notes
in some way that makes sense to me. Yeah. I didn't
expect to read that bit out loud ever. Sorry.
My bad. Secret. I can't be arsed. You can't get
away with anything. Karen just sees it and goes,
what's that? No. Just the thought of me doing
secret episodes. Just doing this one podcast
is enough for me. Aww. Let alone doing secret
podcasts. Fuck that. No. I can't be bothered
to edit that. Secret podcaster instead of secret
lemonade drinker. Yeah, I don't want anyone to
listen to my podcast. It's secret. Yeah, super
secret. It's just for me. I'm going through all
this effort, but nobody better listen to it.
No one's listening to this. It's just for me.
Just go on talking out loud. That's your secret
podcast. Just like the sound of your own voice.
The truth is out now, listeners! Sorry. Like that was a
secret! All those Johnny Turnips didn't give it away?
Ikind of miss Johnny Turnip. The ego on this
motherfucker. Well, I'm hoping that we can go
back to our regular schedule in the new year.
I don't know if I'll bother with the Linux desktop.
I've had a look into it. In some ways, it's a
lot simpler than I thought. Right. I fucked up
somewhere along the lines. Oh, okay. Surprise,
surprise. I know the barrier to entry is pretty
steep because there's a learning curve to using
it. So if you can't install it, maybe this isn't
for you. Hmm. Okay, yeah, I'm kind of good with
that, but I don't like Windows. I don't like
that Windows is... kind of your only option if
you're not buying an apple product in terms of
like desktop just general consumer yeah i know
you can get chromebooks now that are like google
uh not yeah they're google based but all the
applications are windows applications if you
want to do anything practical so it's like there
isn't really a way to get away from it That's
why I'm trying to keep my Windows 7 computer
in my smoking room for as long as I can. That's
what the show's produced on. If that dies, this
show has to stop for a long, long time. If that
computer dies, I need to learn to edit. Yeah,
I can't get on with Windows 11. You're comfortable
with what you're comfortable with. Yeah, the
version of Adobe Audition from 2000 and something.
And there ain't nothing wrong with that. Listen,
we're still in 2000 and something, so you're
all right. No, in 2020 -something. But it's still
2000 -something. This is like with zeros in the
20 -odd years ago. We're still in the same century.
Windows 7 is the last operating system that can
revert back to Windows XP mode to run it. Wow.
I used to love Windows XP. So it shouldn't work
on Windows 7 even. Wow. Yeah, so that's what
diastrates this podcast. Or I'm in, technologically
-wise. I have not moved on from Windows 7. That's
the last, in my mind, good or acceptable, not
as good as XP. XP was the best. Yeah. Yeah. Without,
you know, there's no arguments. They should just
do a modern XP. Just keep making that secure.
Yeah. You're fine. Everyone liked it. Yeah, it
worked. I say everyone. You know, when people
are... Like Windows. Yeah, I mean, it was good
enough to run the health board computer systems
on. Yeah, to be fair, a lot of stuff is run on
very outdated Windows regarding a lot of the
government's infrastructure. Let's not get into
that. No, we're not a political podcast. That's
the secret portion of the episode. Nobody listen
to that bit. We are pundits of a different kind.
Of what? I'm not sure. Moving on. Yes. is rightly
used with Adam and Carol. Merry Christmas. Ho,
ho, ho. Hey, hey, hey. Merry Christmas, guys.
Merry Christmas. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
I just said we're not a political podcast. You're
so naughty. You're on the naughty list. Welcome
to episode 34. I don't know if we said that.
I'm Karen and he's Adam. Hello. Hello, hello,
hello. Oh, God. I owe you two thank yous. Me?
Yeah, for the last episode. You're welcome and
you're welcome. I was just in my own little bit
of headspace trying to remember some talking
points. I don't think I clocked you mentioning
two things. I didn't say thank you on the pod
for my Halloween pants. Oh, that's okay. I did
thank you in person, but on the pod, it just
seemed like I just glossed over that completely.
Well, yeah, but, you know, you and I know what
we talked about before we started recording,
and it was just a passing comment. but also didn't
quite register in the show. So I did gloss over
that without saying anything. So you don't actually
listen to me then? I was trying to remember what
I was trying to think of my next few sentences.
You're so ADHD. I don't believe you don't believe
it. I do believe in it. No, not believe in it.
Believe that you are it. Oh, yeah, I do. I'm
bloody well probably am. It just means I don't
see the point of being diagnosed. I don't think
that will help me to know. Yes, you are. OK,
yeah. Your hair's brown. Okay. What can I do
with that? Anyway, what was the apology to? It
did sound rude in the pod. I didn't thank you
for searching the Hot Wheels for me when the
bottom of the box fell out in Aldi when you were
looking. You said, yeah, when I was looking for
you. I didn't mean it. You scattered them all
over the till in Aldi and spent 40 minutes putting
them back. I didn't thank you. That's my story.
I've got to finish what I'm talking about. We're
so alike. In my defence, I did say thanks when
you told me when we were coming back in the car
from Cheap Show Live when you first told me.
Yes, yeah. But on the podcast, it just sounds
like I'm completely blanking you, brother. This
is why I don't want you telling me stuff in advance
for the show because I know that I will just
have... Yeah, I know that. I won't have the...
Oh! Well, I won't have the genuine reaction you
need. So I go, yep, yep, I'm aware. Dear listener.
The one of you. Matt. If and when Adam doesn't
acknowledge or say thank you to me for something
that I mention flippantly whilst we're recording,
it's because we've already discussed it in private
ourselves and that conversation has already been
had. So a second thank you is kind of like not
really necessary. So please don't be offended
and don't think that he's ungrateful. He is very
kind, but just forgets to say thank you a second
time, which is totally fine. Because that's for
your benefit, not mine. Now, those thank yous
are out of the way. I also do owe you an apology.
Oh, fuck. What have you been doing? When I was
un -jinxing you, it's more of an explanation.
When I was un -jinxing you, I called you Karen
Judas Chesters. And in my mind... Now... To me,
that was a Red Dwarf reference. Anybody else?
What the fuck? What a guy. Yeah, I just didn't
clarify the fact. It just sounded like I was
calling you a backstabber for no reason, essentially.
I can't even remember what the context of it
was. It seemed an appropriate time to say it.
No, I just had to unjinx you. And it involved
you saying your full name. Oh, that's right,
yeah. Yeah, it just came up as Rimmer's got an
embarrassing middle name. That's the only context
it came up with. Rimmer's got an embarrassing...
middle name yeah that 90s pop references we're
so old we are Absolute Radio 90s in the car home
from Cardiff today was a banger. It was. I knew
nearly all of the lyrics to all of the songs
they put on for the solid hour it took us to
get back. I was really chuffed. I was familiar
with nearly all of the songs they played. And
you guessed exactly when they put the adverts
on based on your hospital radio experience. I've
done actual radio as well. Well, I didn't want
to... We don't have to play adverts on hospital
radio. It's even better in some regards. I don't
want to out you for everything. I've already
outed you for... Whatever it was I outed you
for five minutes ago that I've forgotten about.
Oh, as long as it was this episode, people can
remember that. Yeah. Otherwise, we're referring
back to stuff. I outed you for five minutes ago.
Nebulously. I'm outing you for... That sounds
worse than it probably was. Oh, my God. Have
we both been taking happy pills today or what?
We're just too tired. This is a lack of sleep.
Delirium. We've gone past the point of tiredness.
Oh my God. So two thank yous and an apology.
Any corrections? I think that kind of were sort
of corrections as well. I do have a bit of an
update. Less than a week after recording the
last episode about my Hot Wheels problem, I was
going to limit my purchases. There's more than
like double the number of cars in the room within
the space of a month. It's a real nice decorating
style. It looks a lot better now. It looks really
good, actually. I'm now happy to show the photo
that I was too embarrassed to show last time.
Yeah, and this is what I've done about it. I've
engorged my embarrassment for your pleasure.
Well, the wall doesn't look as crappy now. It's
just a blank wall, essentially, with a couple
of cars dotted on it. It's definitely gone from
looking a little bit sad to... Actually quite
impressive now. Oh, from just a little bit sad
to you've got a problem. No, I prefer that. I
already asked you if you had a problem when it
looked a little bit sad. Now I've confirmed for
myself that you do, but actually it looks kind
of cool. It doesn't look as sad. The sadness
has definitely ebbed away from the collection.
It's now becoming impressive. But yeah, I'm more
than happy to absolutely cool my boots at this
stage. Helped by the fact there aren't any cars
that I really, really want at the moment this
year. And I have not got you any for Christmas.
I was going to save this for later. Oh, God.
What have you done now? Because I mentioned Christmas.
You know what they are anyway. I forgot to give
them to you unwrapped. I thought, considering
it's been so long since I forgot to give you
them, I might as well wrap them for you, boy.
Are we calling this a late birthday present,
early stocking Christmas filler? Have you lost
your pen? Did you put it in your bag? Yeah, I
left it over there somewhere. I'll grab it in
a second. So I'm going to guess that these are
Hot Wheels. How did you guess? My psychic fingers
know all. Oh, cool. I can't remember which ones
are which. I've got a roller toaster and an instant
boost. From the HW starting grid and the experimentors.
Those are very cool. So I'm hoping this scenario
didn't happen before when a few weeks ago, on
the same day, we both bought each other the same
two cars. We did, yeah. I'd gone out shopping
and gone, oh, I'll have a look and see what Adam
needs. And then you'd gone out shopping and gone,
oh, I need those ones. And the next time I saw
you, I was like, I got you these. And you were
like, oh. I got you those too. Both with the
intention of giving them to each other. Oh, the
jelly one is so cool. He's purple and pink. Yeah,
it's a good jelly one. That's a really good jelly
one. Oh, and the donuts ace. Oh, you got me an
Optimus Prime as well. Oh my God, thank you very
much. You're very, very welcome. Oh, yay. I'll
be glad to take these away from your property.
Place them into mine. Yeah, that problem's your
problem. Yeah, that's the one. A problem shared
is a problem in this case. Doubled. Sextupled.
Thank you. Sorry, I've just bombarded the start
of the show with stuff I was talking about. That's
quite all right. And I know you said you had
a few things you wanted to mention. I will follow
up with my own talking points. So, speaking of...
Thanks, apologies and corrections. Don't drop
your tea. That was brave. That was a real brave
manoeuvre. That was a big mug of tea being lifted
down from two feet, you know, from high to low.
That was impressive. That's why I thought I'd
better hand over to you to talk. I can give this
my full concentration for two seconds. And then
I went, oh, let's draw attention to it. See,
Karen sees, Karen says. That's why I'm so good
at catchphrase. Yeah, but pressure's on, Adam.
I'm actively watching you and I'm commentating
on it for the listeners. Don't spill it directly
over the expensive mixer and your white desk
cover. I'm hiding behind my muff. I can no longer
see your face. So I have what I think might be
not maybe my first correction, but maybe my second
correction ever. Good listening. With caveat.
It's not my correction. It comes from our dear
listener, Matt from A Pint of Cthulhu. Hi, Matt.
And it's based on my tap from the last episode.
So the double Garfield. He sent me a screenshot
of looks like a clip from the movie. And the
large cat is Garfield's father. I thought it
was a lady cat. The caption is like Garfield
meets his dad or something like that. So with
the caveat of this is Matt's correction and not
mine. And also Matt said he wasn't entirely sure
if this was the correct correction or not. Big
Garfield is Garfield's dad. Thank you, Matt.
Thanks. Do we have a name for Garfield's dad?
No. Just Garfield's dad. I don't think he researched
it that hard. In the episode, it's called it
Mongo Garfield from Blazing Saddles. The guy
that comes into town riding an ox. Nice. Nice.
I like that reference. Mongo just porn in Game
of Life. oh thank you matt thanks for uh setting
the record straight on who that cat is well potentially
straight it could be just as a wonky line as
it was as us not knowing but it's closer to detail
than than i had been i have an answer yeah yeah
so thank you matt appreciate you link to a bite
of cthulhu will be in the episode description
and metadata excellent give them a listen that's
good of you to say that and also remind yourself
to do it when you listen to the editing I would
have anyway. Yeah, yeah. So another... I promise.
Another follow -up from my last episode. My little
brother sleepwalking, scaring the living bloody
daylights out of me. Oh, yes. So my brother Mark,
who turned 40 a couple of days ago. Happy 40th,
Mark. I know you don't listen back. Many happy
returns. I spoke to mum after the last episode
came out and she was like, I laughed so much
listening back to that story that... I was crying.
She's like, I had tears pouring out of my eyes.
Your trauma was hilarious. Yeah, well, and then
she said, I kind of owe you an apology because
I didn't realise how horrible we were to you.
You said you were crying, I'm sure. I know. I
was like, look, mum, you know, I kind of got
where you were coming from. I was 18, sort of,
17, 18. I should be able to cope with these things.
And she's like, yeah, but you'd been really poorly.
And I don't recall being unwell, but Mum was
like, you were really unwell and your brother
scared the crap out of you. You were quite feverish
and sleep deprived anyway. Yeah, you were crying.
And we just told you to go check on your brother
and go back to bed. Make sure he's okay. So,
like, me and Mum... both crying laughing at each
other because she's like oh my god i'm so sorry
i didn't realize we were that mean to you and
i was like mum it was a really long time ago
and it's a really funny story as long as you've
got a good story it hasn't got me any free beers
yet but it's a really funny story so yeah so
it turns out my parents are even more cruel than
i thought they were because i was in like some
kind of weird fever trip as well bloody hell
love you mom and dad Right. But your brother
has no memory of that because he was asleep.
Yeah, he doesn't remember. He knows the story
because I've made sure I've told him multiple
times just how much he traumatised me. But he
has no recollection of it whatsoever. I've got
a couple more things I wanted to talk about.
Okay, fire away. I learnt a really useful new
acronym. Now, I... I like an acronym. I like
an acronym. And where I work... they really love
an acronym like they will acronymize their acronyms
if they can um not that acronymize is a word
but you know what i mean and the acronym is waku
so w -a -c -c -u okay all right what's the context
it's if you've had a bad day or you're having
a bit of a flip out at yourself all right Are
you going to try and guess? W -A -C -C -U. Yeah.
If it helps, there's only one actual swear word
in it. Oh, right. I was trying to think of a
mantra or something. Oh. No, I'm way off then.
Go for it. This is if you're a bit mad. It is
one of the C's cunt. Ing. Yes. Oh, right. Let's
go. I'm back in. I'm back in. You're back in
the game. Back in the game. All it took was four
letters and he's in. We should have saved this
for the game section. I guess the acronym. W
-A -C. Is the sweary one the first or the second
C? First. Technically, the second C could be
a swear word, but it's actually not. Cunting.
Yes, yes, yes. Oh, he's so close. I can hear
the brain cells bashing together. Two letters
to get. Yes. Is he going to get it? The second
one isn't cunt. No. No, no. What are you, cunting?
No, I've got to pay up. Hang on, did I say...
W -A -C -C -A or W -A -C -C -U. Wacko. Yeah,
W -A -C -C -U. C -U I've got to get. Okay. There's
F -U in my effort. Well, I mean... The U would
be wrong, but... No, go on, what is it? What
a cunting cock -up. No, I wouldn't have got that.
Yeah, wacko. So whenever you get mad and you
need to, if you're an office person or someone
that works with other people, if you're not allowed
to actually swear openly, just go and stand in
the corner of the room, stamp your feet, ball
your hands into fists and shout, wacko, wacko,
wacko. No, I think I'll swear. I think it's weirder
if you shout wacky, wacky, wacky. Yeah, everyone
will be like, what are you saying? Yeah, I think
it's probably going to draw more attention. Fuck!
They go, oh, OK, something's going on. They go,
wacky, wacky. Oh, my God. Speaking of, like,
shouting to oneself, I did a good deal of that
yesterday before I had a little cry, which you
already know about. I went to town yesterday
because I had the day off work. And I parked
in the correct parking bay. I paid for my parking
space for the correct amount of time and returned
well within said amount of time. However, I neglected
to put my blue badge in the window. And seven
minutes before I returned to the car, I didn't
tell you this, but it was only seven minutes.
Seven minutes before I returned to the car, a
lovely traffic warden did their job. And that's
all I can say. I'm not mad at the traffic warden
because, The reason I forgot to put my blue badge
out is because I forgot what the number plate
of my new car is. Right, it's not a new car anymore.
I've had it a couple of months. But the number
plate isn't saved into the app. So I got out
of the car to look at my number plate, correct
that on the app, paid for the parking, closed
my door and walked away, forgetting that my blue
badge was on the inside of my door. driver's
side door so when i got back to the car there
was a ticket so i shit you not i stood outside
my car stamped my feet looked at the heavens
and went for fudging sake and the reason i didn't
swear is because a man was walking past me excellent
restraint he was Of a gentlemanly age. And I
didn't want to give him a heart attack because
some lunatic middle -aged woman was screaming
F at the top of her lungs in the car park. Very
considerate of you. I did my best. And then I
took the ticket off the window, got in the car
and then started to cry. Then sent you a really
emotional voice note of me going, I'm so mad
at myself. I've just got a ticket. I just need
to run. I'm going to have a little cry about
this in a minute. And then... Drove off to go
out of the car park and then bumped into who
I suspect were the two traffic wardens who'd
given me the ticket. By which point I was like
literally having a meltdown. Tears down my face
and snot down my face. And I was glad I bumped
into them actually. And I just stopped the car
and I put the window down. I said, excuse me,
can you help me please? And they said, yeah,
of course. I said, look, I've gone and gotten
myself a ticket. It's my own fault because I've
forgotten to put my blue badge in the window.
And he's like, I can see you're really upset.
I said, I am really upset, but I'm upset with
myself. I said, whoever's giving me the ticket,
it doesn't matter because they were doing their
job. They can't see through my car door to see
a blue badge that's not in a window. I'm mad
at myself and I'm just having a meltdown at myself,
but I need to know how I can. contest the ticket
and um the lady traffic warden said to me should
have you got your blue badge with you i said
yes in my fucking door and i pulled it out she's
like hold it open for me i'll take a photo and
i'll take the ticket number she said and i'll
put it on our system that you're going to contest
it and as long as when you send a photo of the
blue badge through it matches what i've loaded
up to the system it shouldn't be a problem this
is nice this happens quite a lot and the guy
was like This is the email address. And I was
like, oh, thank you so much. Because the only
phone number is a 24 hour automated pay service.
I can't speak to a human. What's the easiest
way to do it? Yeah, I know. So in fairness, I
ruined my own day and they were really lovely
to me. Maybe because I was having a meltdown.
And I'm sure if I'd been an absolute bitch to
them, they would have been horrible to me as
well. But it wasn't their fault. So I couldn't
be mad at them. And you weren't being horrible
to them and giving them abuse for it. So thank
you, traffic wardens of Swansea, for protecting
the disabled bays for people that actually need
to use them, but also for being kind enough to
have a conversation with me about the parking
ticket once I'd received one, even though the
error was mine. You know, I can see the positives
to both sides of it and hopefully I won't have
to pay for it. So you're not all the names that
Karen calls you behind your legs. I quite like
traffic wardens. I think if I was going to have
a job for the council, I'd happily be a traffic
warden. I'd just go around looking for the Porsches
and the expensive BMWs. The people that can afford
the tickets. The odd Lamborghini that, you know,
trolls up and down Swansea seafront. Anyway,
that's enough. There was a fart noise then. It
was my chair. It was not me. I promise. Why does
it smell? Shh. Sorry. Let me just sit back again.
Hang on. Squeaky, squeaky, squeaky. And there
was one more thing I needed to say, which was
I must not get addicted to Fugglers. Okay. You're
not going to be like me with the Hot Wheels with
the ugly Fuggly toys, sorry. Runs alongside Spooky
Circle because Gwen loves Fugglers. She'd put
something on Instagram and I was like, oh, I've
not seen Fugglers for ages. And we'd talked about
Fugglers not long ago because you've never really
seen them and weren't entirely sure what they
were. Yeah, it was when we were hanging out with
Gavin, wasn't it? That's right, yeah. And my
mate Gavin, he was managing the Fugglers. And
yeah, I think we might have seen them once when
I was shopping with him a year or so beforehand.
Yeah, I didn't pay attention to it. Okay, yeah,
it's a thing. Yes. And they're still around.
It turns out that B &M provide a £1 .99 surprise
addict issue thing, which is... Blind bag, is
it? The blind mystery bag. You get a Fuggler,
a little sort of like two and a half, three inch
tall plastic Fuggler creature thing. I think
there's like 60 of them to collect. I bought...
I bought three mystery bags when we were in B
&M in Cardiff a few weeks ago. I opened one and
got a super rare Luigi Ninja Turtle Fuggler.
Luigi Ninja Turtle? Yeah. Luigi's a Mario, Donatello,
Leonardo. Oh, so it's Raphael, not Luigi. Raphael,
I got the super, super rare one. Gave one of
the mystery bags to Gwen. She got another Ninja
Turtle Fuggler, a furry one. And then I opened
the third mystery bag. A furry turtle? Yeah,
I opened the third mystery bag when I got home.
And that was also a furry Ninja Turtle. It was
Michelangelo who was my favourite one. So now
I've got two of the four Ninja Turtles. One is
a rare, one is a super rare. And Gwen's got one.
And I'm like... Of all of the things I could
have picked out, if I'd have picked up one more,
I could have got all four turtles and just not
gifted any. You've got the three important ones
anyway. Yeah. So one must... So, yeah, actually,
who were the turtles? It was Raphael, Michelangelo...
Leonardo. Leonardo. Donatello. Donatello is the
one I always forget. Donatello does machines.
I always forget Donatello. Sorry, Rob. The robosexual.
Oh, is that what he was? He does machines. Whitty,
whitty bandit. So, yeah, so now whenever we're
in B &M, if I see the box of Mystery Fugglers,
I pretend I've not seen it and it doesn't exist
and I walk past because... I shan't be tempted.
Yes, because there's even more of a temptation
to collect them than the Hot Wheels because they're
a surprise. That's how they get you. It is how
they get you. Yeah. So Karen must not fall into
a Fuggler addiction. And that is all of my random
shit updates for the last four weeks. I will
do my best to stop you buying them. Like you
were trying to discourage me from the Hot Wheels.
Or just, I'll be over here. I'm just going to
go for a wander. You enjoy yourself. You make
your own choices. So, okay, I'm aware that, yeah,
I should be buying them. To be fair, the last
two times I went for a wander, it was genuinely
because I was looking to see if there was anything
for Briony and Henry in the shop that might be
suitable for Christmas. So, you know. Legit wandering.
Yeah. Also, we went to Narberth between the last
episodes, and now it is for your birthday in
the mid -November. We're a nice couple of days
away. That was quite nice and relaxing. My God,
have we not recorded since Narberth? No, we recorded
before we went. Oh, my God. Narberth was ace.
And... I didn't spend so much money on booze
this time. No, you certainly didn't. In fact,
neither of us consumed anywhere near as much
booze as we did last time. Although that's it,
we forgot to go, we didn't get up in time for
the inclusive breakfast. I wasn't aware of it
being inclusive the first time, first morning.
Well, it might have been, but I just entirely
forgot by the time we were there. And the second
morning... No, we slept in too late. We just
had continental and the breakfast chef had stayed
and then as we sat down and said, oh, we'll just
have croissants and stuff, the lady went and
sent the chef home and it was like, oh, we've
been here all morning waiting for them and don't
even want cooked breakfast. And I'm like, ah,
fuck off. Yeah, we thought by the time we got
there, it was like 20 minutes before the end
of service. Well, it's going to take the piss
if we start asking now. Yeah, exactly. Surely
they'd rather be home 20 minutes early. Yeah,
I thought, well, yeah, that'll make them all
angry if we actually ordered something, surely.
17 eggs, 14 sausage, 3 bacon, 2 toast, 4 beans.
Yeah, it was a lovely weekend in the midweek.
It was a lovely midweek break. I really enjoyed
it. I spent a lot of money on a very small thing
that will show up as a tat in the box at some
point, but not this episode. At some point in
the car between Swansea and Narberth. we got
into a conversation of words you couldn't necessarily
pronounce properly when you were small. And I've
got two that I remember in particular. Oh, I've
only got two as well. Okay, so this works out
all right. One was my best friend's name when
I was growing up. She was my best friend for
three years before I could say her name properly,
bless her. And I used to call her Ellala. But
her name is Eleanor. Oh, at least it was close.
It was as close as I could get. It wasn't like
Helen. No, I mean, I don't think I had a speech
impediment as a child, but there were definitely
some words that I couldn't get out correctly.
It took a long time to get my mouth trained to
say them. So Eleanor, who was my best friend,
Eleanor, thank you for putting up with my terrible
pronunciation. Her parents were really funny.
They used to torture me with cauliflower cheese.
I hated cauliflower cheese when I was a kid.
And I'd go around their house for dinner quite
often. And they'd always be cooking cauliflower
cheese. And I don't know if... We don't want
you around here. Yeah, I don't know if it became
like a running joke with the parents at some
point. It's like, oh, Karen's coming around for
dinner. Right, get the cauliflower cheese on
on the side. So they'd be having like cauliflower
cheese bits and this, that and the other. And
I'd just have a lemon curd sandwich because I
didn't want to touch the cauliflower cheese.
So it was a running joke for a long time. And
the other word that is in my mind, I had to chat
to mum about, actually, because I was not sure
exactly what it was, but I knew exactly what
it was in reference to. And it was in reference
to my very first teddy bear. Okay. And his name
was Patrick, but I could not say Patrick, so
he was called Tricky. Oh, yeah, that makes sense.
Yeah, I can get that. Yeah. And I couldn't remember
if he was Tricky or Trixie, so I had to ask mum.
She was like, oh, he was definitely Tricky. So,
yeah. My two. Washing machine. I couldn't say
that properly when I was a kid. Or didn't want
to. Either or. Washing chameen. Chameen! That's
amazing! Chameen. For some reason when I was
a kid I used to call spiders bruter. I don't
know how that... I've got no idea how I was meant
to spell that either. It's weird. It's like B
-R -U with an umlaut T -A. You're like a Norwegian
child in a past life. I wouldn't have known what
an umlaut is. Scandinavian. I don't like eggs.
I've just remembered a couple of other things.
They're not my mispronunciations, but pronunciation
of an ex -grandparent. She was a classic. So
she rang... one of her grandchildren to come
and be rest you know to come and rescue her from
a spider and uh she's like then beside her yeah
she's like you're gonna have to come and rescue
me i can't get out of the bathroom and i whoever
she was talking to is like why can't you get
out of the bathroom and she's like because there's
a massive triantula on the floor um on the door
like you know on the floor in front of the door
and they were like a triantula yeah what? Is
it like a spider with three legs? And she's like,
no, it's just a really big spider. And she's
like, they were like, do you mean a tarantula?
And the other one was, is she can't say persimmon,
permission fruits. Which isn't as funny as a
tarantula, but permission fruit. Yeah. Instead
of persimmon fruit. Oh. Yeah. One of my relatives,
I think it was Halford West, was Havishaw West.
Oh. I think that was a great aunt. Do you remember
Hypervalue? Yes, Hypervalue value. I didn't know
this person, but it was a parent of someone who
I did know at the time. And she would call it
Hypervalue. Oh, I say. I'm just going into town
to nip them to Hypovalu, don't you know? I'm
going to get the basics, the washing powder,
the toilet roll, sponges for the bath. Very Hyacinth
bouquet up for her. Oh, absolutely, sweetie darling.
Honestly, it was just the best. So, yeah, so
she would be like, I'm going to Hypovalu instead
of... Being like, I'm just... Like, you know,
like you and I were like, oh, I'm just going
to nip to poundies. Yeah. Like, couldn't... She's
like, couldn't not be posh. Oh, la -di -da. Yeah.
Hi -pa -va -loo. Honest again. Anyway. I'm done
talking nonsense. Well, shall we have a bit of
a Christmas taste test? It's not something we
usually do on the show. Yeah, go on then. As
long as... As long as you promise to switch the
microphones off when we're actually eating, because...
Oh, yeah, yeah, nobody wants to go to that shit.
Misophonia is a real thing. Justify this before
I go and grab the bag. We don't usually do taste
tests on the show because as far as Channel 84
goes, that's Rob and Tom's sort of bag. Yeah,
it's definitely a... Variety show sort of area.
Team TJ and Rob. And I'm pretty sure they've
tried these as well, but I got these a few weeks
ago. They've just been in the cupboard for a
while. I got these before they tried them on
the show. So what have we got then, good sir?
He's rustling around. Apologies for all the foodie
baggage noises. All the Indian selection crisps.
We've got tandoori chicken ridged crisps. onion
bhaji flavourings. And vindaloo flavour crunchy
sticks. I vote for the vindaloo last just because
in theory they should be the spiciest which means
they would affect the flavour of anything else
we try after them. And I will get us a drink
to wash it down with. Oh it's not camel milk
is it? No. I wish that was quite nice. It was
actually. Get you a couple of cans of that for
your Christmas stocking. Spiced ginger and cinnamon
flower. I shall pour some in the glass for you.
Oh, that's most kind, sir. Most kind. Same colours.
Yeah, it's an iron brew colour. Did you just
get a load of bubbles up your nose there? Yeah,
there's a bit of excess around the lip. But yeah,
there is a winter spice sort of taste, a smell
to it. I never want excess around the lip. If
it tastes as horrible as it smells. You lick
in the rim. Couldn't be for the first time. No
complaints so far. Oh, my God. The taste, I mean,
of the drink. Would you have liked some? Right,
let's have a sniff. It's like a weird candy ginger.
Yeah, the ginger flavour. You're not a fan of
ginger. I don't even know why you're bothered
with this. I didn't read. I just saw winter.
I didn't read the bit underneath it. It literally
says ginger and cinnamon on the front. Yeah,
I wish I didn't read that bit. I just saw winter
brew. Yeah, I'm not a fan of that. Hmm. I would
say, because I quite like a ginger and I quite
like a cinnamon, there's a nice festive aftertaste.
Like, you definitely get the cinnamon in the
back and I think you get more of the ginger up
front. Yeah. I think the overriding flavour is
still Iron Brew. Yeah, agreed. It's not disgusting,
but I think it would probably take me several
hours to finish a can. I'm glad I just got the
one can on its own. Thank God it wasn't like
a multi -pack. No. It's not horrible, and you
may enjoy it more than we have. Yeah. It smells
nice. I don't know. I mean, Iron Brew's always
had a bit of a weird bubbly gum scent to it anyway,
hasn't it? Not a fan of that. That's disappointing.
There we are then. Right, what are we knocking
on the crisps first? Shall we go for the onion
bhaji rings? They seem to be a starter sort of
thing. I concur. The smell is right. It's pure
turmeric. That smells good. Right. I was going
to go one for each finger, but I've just gone
for three. We'll just get... Right, turn the
mics off. Okey -doke. It's alright. Nice texture.
Good crunch. It doesn't fall apart like a standard
mazy type ring. It's got more to it than a Funyun.
Yes, Funyun's a shit. And it's got more stability,
crunchability to it than a Monster Munch. It's
a robust ring. That's not bad. Yeah. I mean,
it's definitely turmeric heavy, which personally
I don't mind. It kind of reminds me, it's kind
of a bit more Bombay potato than onion bhaji.
Yeah, that delivers. Yeah, I quite agree. Right,
I'll open one of the tandoori chickens and I'll
let you finish that last ring. Thank you. I just
realised we haven't split this up into segments
at all, we've just rolled from intro chat into
food chat. Yeah, I'm gonna have fun editing this.
Smell first. Can you smell anything, people?
There's not much body to that. Maybe they needed
a jostle beforehand. Oh no, you did jostle them.
No, that smells weirdly sweet. It's like, um...
Really mild korma scent. I get the mildness.
I don't get like a coconut -y sweetness that
you would with a korma. Let me grab a smaller
one. I don't know. It smells like there's something
missing. Okay, let's give these tandoori chicken
ridgy crisps a go. Ooh. That's not bad. Ooh.
There's even a bit of sour cream sticking in
there. I think that's a bit of a... I'm getting
the yogurty, a little bit of creaminess. That's
surprisingly good. Well, considering it doesn't
deliver anything on smell. No. Flavour -wise,
that is pretty much what it's... I can't believe
you can pick out the creaminess on top of the
spices and things. That's really surprised me.
That's, yeah, beyond expectations from just an
Aldi crisp. Nice one, Bilash, the taste of India.
Yeah. Okay, let's put the mics down one more
time so you're not hearing this crisp package
rustle too loudly. Spindaloo. Spindaloo. Oh,
I forgot they were sticks. Sniff. Oh, yeah. Oh,
it's quite... Do this in a shpishy. Yeah, a little
bit more spicy. These apparently are a medium
heat. Oh, they've definitely got a dry chilli
flavour. They've got that curry powder dryness
to them, flavour -wise. As you inhale, it's like
inhaling curry powder. A bit more of a punch
to them than the other two snacks. You've got
two. I've got two. Let's cross the streams. Oh.
Oh, okay. No. No. Nah. Nah. One more for the
luck. Just in case. The only bit I like about
it... Is the Bernie tingle on the tip of my tongue?
Then last place for me, onion rings in second
place. First place, tandoori chicken ridge crisps.
They were very, very nice. That's a solid concur
from me, good sir. I'm really disappointed in
the iron brew. Yeah, I'd already forgotten we'd
tried it. I wonder if it tastes better after
the spicy crisps. Yeah, let's give it a go. More
farty noises from Karen's chair. And mine as
well. No. Still. Ginger forward notes. It's weird.
It's weird. My brain wants it to be iron brew.
I wish it was. But I don't hate it. I don't know
if I like it, but I don't hate it. I think that
means you like it, but you might not go out of
your way to buy it. That might be nice with a
lightly spiced rum. Would you like me to? No,
because I've got to drive home. Oh, you do, yes.
I just so happen to have a very, very nice room
in the kitchen. Thank you for the offer. Any
other weekend, I would have said yes. But I'm
too lazy to drive from here to Neath to drive
past your house again to get to Carmarthen tomorrow.
So I'm going home. But, Mount Gay, if you want
to sponsor this show with your rum, that would
be really nice of you. Surely he knows I've spent
enough money on your rum. Oh, my God. Hashtag
Mount Gay. Hashtag Eclipse. Hashtag Spawn. Hashtag
Beg. And that's as hashtaggy as you'll ever get
from me, because they're mollets. Right, I think
we should take a break and tidy up the desk a
bit. Oh, I think that's a good idea. I'm going
to eat some more of these chicken crisps. Your
favourite time of the show. My time? Your time.
Is that my time? You get to do the singing and
the clapping. Do I get to do a jingle? Yes, you
do. Oh, that's bloody marvellous. Because I'm
not going to. There's tat in the box, tat in
the box. Tat in the box, tat in the box. Tat
in the box, tat in the box, tat in the box. There's
tat in the box. I think it's your turn to guess
first, isn't it? Close my eyes. Draw back the
curtain. To see for certain. If my psychic fingers
were. Chilling around the studio. That was me
leaning against the chair. I thought you were
just going to stop at me. I can't even corroborate
ladies, gentlemen and anybody else who's listening
because my eyes are already closed. That is true.
Take my word for it. Adam could be flicking the
bees. He could be naked by now and I wouldn't
even know. I'm just making a bit of space on
the desk. Christ, how big is it? Well, we've
just got our... That's not a personal question.
So we've got all our notepads in the way. Can
you just put it in my hand and I'll... Tat item
number one in front of you. You can open your
eyes, actually. Oh, is it? Yeah. Have you wrapped
another thing? Is this going to be like an episode
of Christmas presents that Karen didn't think
about? Do I have to guess what it is before I
open it? No, no. It's not Tat in the box then,
is it? Not that one. Oh, fucking hell. So this
has got Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse Christmas
paper on. Looks like... Chocolate of some brata.
You fancy bitch. Might taste the way of this
horrible crisp you just had. Oh, my God. Neapolitan
macarons from Hotel Chocolate. Thank you very
much. Anyway, right. Here you go. I've got to
close my eyes now? It is wrapped. That sounds
heavy. Is that a jigsaw? It's tat in the box.
There you go. I'll just hit my headphones. It's
not a jigsaw. It's too heavy for one. Okay, so
it's in a box in wrapping paper. The first noise
you'll hear will be the paper being unwrapped.
Then the second noise will be Karen guessing.
I'm going to unwrap it with my eyes closed. Just
continue the guessing. Because, you know, why
not? Oh, there's plastic on the top. Also, this
is a present for you for Christmas. But you have
to guess what the present is. Do I not get it
if I don't guess it? Well, you've unwrapped it
now. Okay, so it's a cardboard box. Oh. No, I'm
not going to say anything yet. Oh, hang on. It
sounds like you had a pretty good idea of what
it was suddenly within two seconds of opening
it. No, you've got to say now. What was that?
What thought came to your head? I don't know.
What came into my mind was something monster
truck Hot Wheels. Okay. But I don't know. I don't
think it's that either. It's too heavy. I thought
you were going to guess it for a second. I thought
you were going to get that exactly spot on. I
can't say. Again, it's a tat in the box and it's
a present for you. I'm not telling you what your
present is and what the item is that you have
to guess. It's against the rules in two different
directions at once. God damn it. Is it something
that I've made a comment about? I really hope
you haven't because I don't remember. So if it's
a massive L... It reflects badly upon me if it's
something you've said. I'd like that. I just
haven't noticed. It's very heavy. I feel like
there's... Plastic content. You have been given
a fairly roughish shake. I don't know if I'd
shake it much more violently than you already
have. Oh, is it safe to shake it violently? I'd
say no more than you already have. I think the
level of shaking you've done at the moment is
probably the maximum violence I think you should
give it. I genuinely don't know, but I'm going
with there's plastic parts and metal parts, and
it may or may not be battery operated. I do not
think it's... Battery operated. I didn't say
male, male, male. I don't think... It's not a
sex toy, is it? I'm not going to open this and
be embarrassed. I wouldn't do that to you on
the podcast. That's very kind of you. Thanks.
Or if I did, I wouldn't have left it in the box.
It wouldn't have been as funny just grasping
a dildo on the table. But guess what this is?
Well, it's cock -shaped. Yeah, a bit like the...
Is it a cock? Yeah, yes. But that definitely
wasn't a sex toy. I'm trying to, like... Guess
from the shape of the cutouts. Yeah, I thought
from that that you were going to guess what it
was, because from the expression on your face
when you got to that curve. Because that's, like,
obviously, like, it feels like it could be a
wheel arch, but it's not a wheel arch because
there's only one of them. So it could also be
a rainbow or something else. If I turn around,
that's the right way round for the box. If you
feel it again, like, just that curve might feel
a bit more familiar that way round. All right.
You can open your eyes if you... I genuinely
don't know what it is. My psychic hands are failing
me. Okay, you can open your eyes. I thought that
little curve might be that they've given it away
with the... Oh my God, no, they would have had
to have cut way more out of the badge for me
to get that. Did you? Did you say you wanted
it at all? I didn't even know this existed, but
I'm glad it does. This is the Star Trek Away
Missions Miniatures Board Game. It's the Federation
versus the Borg. It's the core set, Battle of
Wolf 359. Oh, wow. This is a bit like Space Crusade,
isn't it? That's right. I did want to say something.
I thought, I'll let you say, yeah, we'll do Space
Crusade as the next game we play. We're playing
this? Yeah, yeah, I knew we were. Yeah, we're
totally playing this. I did want to dissuade
you from playing. I thought you'd think something's
up if I dissuade you from that being a game.
I probably wouldn't have even thought twice about
it. Oh my god, right. Lead your away team into
the aftermath of the Battle of Wolf 359, where
the Borg have crushed the only fleet standing
between Earth and assimilation. Lead Riker's
away team into the wreckage and search for the
information that will defeat the Borg and save
Earth, or join Locutus of Borg and the Borg Collective
to assimilate your opposition. So you'll be in
the red shirt. So I'm Picard then. Resistance
is futile. Wrong series. Your life as it is.
Oh, my God. Your life as it has been is over.
Wow. How could I not get those basic words out
of my brain? So there's one rule book, 10 miniatures,
five double -sided mission boards, 12 dice, one
dice board. 10 character cards, 10 mission and
support cards, 2 core mission cards, 85 tokens,
50 health pegs, oi oi, 8 Borg drone overlays
and 2 reference cards. It does apparently take
an hour to an hour and a half to play. Oh, perfect.
Probably about 3 hours for us. Yeah, definitely.
It didn't take me that long just to read the
rules. Oh, brilliant. Thank you so very much.
I can't even get my words out. Thank you ever
so very, very much. You're very welcome. Oh,
that is really cool. I would not have guessed
that. I didn't even know this existed. Merry
Christmas. Thank you. You're very welcome. This
is genuinely very cool. I hope there's no missing
parts in it now. It's brand new. It's taped up.
Yeah, I don't know if that was... It was from
a charity shop. I don't know if that's been taped
up by them. Well, it looks brand new. I can't
wait to give that a go. Thanks ever so much.
You're very welcome. Merry Christmas to me. It's
in spirit of the show. It's a found item. You
can't have my tat item. That's all right. And
I didn't think to do presents. Let's see how
close I can get to guessing it. Okay, close your
eyes. Yep, close. Hold your hands out. Weird
squeaky noise has nothing to do with the actual
task item itself. What was that? Was it the box
on the chair? It was the box on the chair, yeah.
Well guessed. All right, it is between your hands
on the table. Oh, it's soft. Did you find Mr
Blobby? No. It would be in its bag still. It's
some kind of possibly a bear. Okay. Got one.
Two eyes? It does have two eyes. Oh, hang on,
there is a nose. For a bear, I was expecting
the nose to be more prominent, but it does have
the ears. Oh, hang on. Those ears are very...
I thought for a second... I got very concerned
when I realised the feet were out this way. I
thought, is this something associated with Robinson's
Jam? But I can't say what it is. That's why I
decided, does this go round all the way in there?
It isn't, but it is contemporary to that decade
of troublesomeness. When it all sort of... Is
it... Is it meant to be human? No. Okay, thank
God. This is a very weird shape. What area of
problematicness are we going into? You've already
said exactly what it is. It's a bear. You won't
be able to guess any more than that. Right. It's
a bear from the 50s to 60s, I'm guessing. Is
it from the... Being based on that problematic
era. Sorry, I think I'm near the mic now. My
eyes are closer. I was thinking more, it was
the 80s that became more of an issue. So it's
contemporary to then. Oh, sorry, 80s, right.
A bear from the 80s with a square head. Literally,
it's a nondescript bear. It's not a character.
Oh, sorry, I was trying to think. And it's not
Paddington because he would have a hat on. No,
it's not Rupert, no. And it's not Pudsey because
he doesn't have an eye thing. It's just a bear.
He is a bear. Oh, with very few features. He
doesn't have a nose at all. That's because...
That nose was probably sucked off by me to its
non -existent form that it is now. This is Patrick.
My very first teddy bear, whose name I couldn't
pronounce properly. This is tricky. He was given
to me the day I was born, as far as I know. He's
partially decapitated at the back. Yeah, I did
accidentally put my finger in. And he is threadbare
in areas because he is so well loved. He's got
his original eyes. I told mum the other day I
still had him. She was like, she couldn't believe
I still had him. I was like, of course I've still
got him. And I've still got my pound puppies.
You can't really wash it now. That'll fall apart.
Yeah, I can't wash it. That's a biohazard. He's
probably stuffed with asbestos and God knows
what else. Carbon fibre, glass. Horse hair. Yeah,
that too. He smells not unpleasant. Do you want
to give him a sniff? No, you're right. He's full
of my chicken pox germs and runny noses and crying
myself to sleep. Oh, I wish I hadn't touched
my face. I'm scratching my face there. No, he's
as hygienic as you can be, I swear. As you can
be. He is my very first teddy bear. He is literally
as old as me. So this is Patrick, my tat in the
box. He's very tatty. I wouldn't have guessed
specifically what that was. No, you wouldn't.
But you've got a teddy bear. A square -headed
bear. A square -headed bear. Well, look, there's
his ears. And I think he used to have a bit more
of a rounded head. But I think he's probably
been stitched up a few times. Yeah. But yeah,
I love him. He's great. I don't think anything
from my childhood probably would not have aged
as well as that. I don't think any of the stitching
would still be intact. I think after a certain
amount of time, he got put on a shelf and then
he got put in a cupboard. And then he was boxed
up for probably about 20 years and he moved into
my flat with me four years ago. And he's slept
in my bedroom ever since. Not with me. He sleeps
in my wardrobe. Nice to meet you, Patrick. Yeah,
but he was my little buddy. So you can't have
him as mine and you don't want him because he's
scabby and horrible. No, he's definitely yours.
Yeah, he's definitely mine. I love him. He's
great. That was my tat. And that was my tat.
Hey! I forgot to mention with your present. Remember
I was cat -sitting for you? Yes. That's when
I got that. Oh, really? From Cancer Research.
Oh, I thought you had it aged. I tried to remember
I got it for you. Oh, well done. I've been sitting
on that one for a little while. You really have.
I thought, oh, oh, Karen wouldn't have seen this.
She's not here. She's away. I can get something
that you won't see me getting it as well. I'm
on my own. That's so funny. This is on your doorstep.
Sneaky boy. So, to end this episode, bibliotech.
Now, I'm a bit on the fence whether to include
this one properly in the show because it's not
very good. Neither was the dentist joke book.
No, well... Traditionally, at Christmas, as kids,
we would get an annual. Oh! So I have got the
A -Team annual from 1986. Wow! From YMCA in Llanelli.
I think it was a pound. Nice. The downside of
this is the spine is very frail, so I can't really
take it. I'm kind of afraid to take it. Yeah,
I can see that it's split. It's hard to scan
it. This is the second of the UK AT manuals.
They ran from 1985 to 1988. It's not a very good
one. You'd think you'd be excited to get an AT
manual being a kid. I would have been five years
old. AT would have been, yes, required Saturday
afternoon viewing. I'd be a bit disappointed
with this, I'll be honest. Oh, no, really? It's
mostly text -heavy stories. Oh, that's not what
you need when you're a kid. There's a few comic
strips. These are the fun ones. There we go.
Oh, right. They're fine. Yeah, that is fine.
Each story is six pages long. There's nine stories
in there, mixed between comic strips and text
-heavy stories. Usually in an annual, you'd expect
to be... fact files with some characters or some...
Activities? Yeah, find a maze or here's a line
drawing of the A -Team and you've got to colour
the guys in or some action explosion or something.
No. It is no character profiles, no fact files,
no photo sections, no behind the scenes. They've
just got a couple of promotional pictures just
on the front and back covers and the inside.
Right. That pretty much is it. One or two pictures
you'll see. Like just like cells out of programs
they've shot. Yeah. There we go. They're just
nothing to do with the story itself that's in
there. Baraka stood around holding a gun. Yeah.
Or there'll be George Pepper there leaning out
of a helicopter or a barn or something. But yeah,
just context free promotional stills. Am I the
only one who used to think that his leather driving
gloves were a bit pedo -y weirdo -y? Stranglers.
Because he was meant to be an actor or character
actor in films, on film sets. Oh, was he? I think,
yeah, one of the first episodes, he's a Godzilla
-type monster from the Black Lagoon with a little
neck flap and his face is there and he's got
a cigar sticking out. Wow. But, yeah, it's a
really, really disappointing annual. That's a
shame. Yeah. So that's why I'm wondering, should
I even bother including this this year? Yeah,
no, I think we should include it because it's
important because kids... whilst they need words
and you know they're useful it's an annual it's
supposed to be fun it shouldn't just be like
unless you were really into reading behind the
scenes stuff and you know in depth is i mean
is there any like in -depth episode no none of
these are nothing to do with the show they're
stories Just for the annual. They're not even
retellings of episodes. Oh, well. Yeah. Waste
of money. Don't ever buy your children an 18
annual unless they really, really, really want
one. At least not the 1986 one. And I think there
was one in 1991, which was a compilation of stories
from the previous four annuals. Oh, wow. That
put in so much hard work, that team, didn't they?
As an adult, there were a couple of things I...
A couple of years ago, re -watching the 18 with
the late Jeremy, I go, oh, shit, I misremembered
that. I misremembered. The A -Team van, the GMC
Vendura, I always thought it was solid black
with the red stripe. The top half was grey above
the red stripe. Oh, was it? Yeah, a sort of really
dark grey above that. Apparently the red stripe
was Mr T's idea. He said, no, we need to... Break
it up a bit. Yeah, BA isn't driving around in
just a boring van. He wants to go faster, Stripe.
I need cool for my van. And they had to make
the custom spoiler then across the top to make
it, to finish the look. And also, I'd forgot,
faces Corvette. I'd forgotten how the big red
stripe band all the way around there and across
the back. I thought, I just remember it being
a plain white car. I really misremembered that.
strange odd details. Yeah, C4 Corvette was a
really cool looking car though. And the GMC Vendura
was a really good looking van. Yeah, it was a
good looking van. Otherwise, those are probably
the best bits of the annual is, oh, there's photos
of the stuff. Yeah, there's a minor nod to nostalgia,
but it's very minor. And the comic strips were
quite good, but that's it. I'll have to bring
my Paul Daniels one in one day and we'll compare
the two. And we can see who had the better annual.
There's probably a Whizbit comic strip or something
in the Paul Daniels one. Oh, if there isn't,
I'd be disappointed. Say yes, Paul. Yes, Paul.
If I can, I'll scan some of these in work. If
not, I'll see if there's any links on the internet
archive for the annual. I'll put a link on there.
Sounds good. You'd be disappointed to get that
at Christmas. Are you going to re -donate it
or are you going to keep it? Yeah, I think I'll
re -donate it. I've got a few things that I need
to re -donate after the end of this year. We
should do an episode on things we're going to
re -donate. Reverse January sales. Yeah. We'll
take things to the charity shop. We'll have a
clear out. Yeah. I'm sure they'll appreciate
that. Of course they will because that's when
everyone has a clear out. After Christmas, not
before. Great. You're bringing this back. Thanks.
Jinx. Thank you very much for listening once
again and have a fantastic Christmas or whatever
you celebrate and a happy 2026 to you, whether
you're listening. Before or after the new year,
that may or may not make sense. And to those
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I wish you luck. And to those that haven't seen
the terms and conditions, ignorance is bliss.
Happy whenever you're celebrating for whatever
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for sticking with us this year. I know this schedule
has gone a bit awry towards the end of it, but
we're both a little bit burnt out from life in
general and we needed to just drop the episodes
a tiny bit to give us a break. But it's been
nice doing it. once a month for a little while
um i'm hoping i can be a bit more available for
the podcast to be back on track in the new year
going back to a fortnightly release yeah well
you know we only put pressure on ourselves so
you know don't put pressure on yourself i kind
of said it now But we've only got one listener.
Sorry, Matt, if you find out we don't do it fortnightly.
If I don't do it fortnightly, it'll be my fault.
You'd be releasing those secret pods. Definitely
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.co .uk. I need to get better at doing that.
How old is the show now and I've still got to
write this down? A year and a half. Yeah. And
that said, depending how well I've edited the
show, I did have that written down and I still
fucked it up. And you only just wrote it down
as well. Yeah. It's literally fresh in my mind.
And on the paper. Yeah, but have you seen my
writing in my defence? I don't think your writing
is that bad, especially for a gentleman. I think
my writing's terrible. I'm the one that's got
to read it. I should do something about that.
I think it's too neat to be a doctor, which means
it's OK. I am not a doctor, let's just make that
clear. Yeah, you don't have the handwriting for
it. If you want some medical advice, happy to
give it. Drop us an email, pod at like, no. No,
don't. Don't do that. Maybe you shouldn't solicit
yourself. You'd be getting un -solicited. Matt,
if you've got a rash, you'd need to look at Matt.
Without one listener. Make sure you send it to
the email address because I don't want to see
it. He's got my phone number. It'll come to me
via WhatsApp first and that is unfair. Yeah,
Karen is not my secretary. I am not a doctor.
I will be looking for a lawyer. Anything of that
nature is very unsolicited. We don't want it.
No. I don't think he's inclined to send it. Just
in case anyone other than Matt. Might be listening.
Yeah. We're talking to you as well. Yeah, please
don't send us anything unless it's love and adoration
or, I don't know, a fiver. Yeah, go on. Keep
it to yourself. Yeah. And Merry Christmas! We
wish you a Merry Christmas. We don't want to
see your horrible dick pics. We wish you a Merry
Christmas. Oh, shit, I've just sang them the
show. And a Happy New Year. See you later, fuckfaces!
Love you! Much. Brilliant. Adam and Karen have
been lightly used. Visit lightlyused .co .uk
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throat? Yeah, I should have drunk that tea so
quickly. I just heard this little rumble in my
ear. Yeah, some weird digestive thing just in
the back of my throat. Sorry. It is, Karen says.
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