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Have you pressed record? Sorry? Have you pressed

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record? Yeah. That's what I'm shuffling about

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over there with. Welcome to episode 48. Oh, I've

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got a big old fly in here. Hang on, it's going

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to be on my pop. Get away. He had this problem

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last time. Do you want my pad? You can waft him.

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I think it's a horsefly. Oh, definitely don't

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want to leave that one lying around. Wash your

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hands, you dirty mochen. Pick up the wings. You

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don't know whose shit that's been sat on. Or

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whose blood it's been sucking. You might get

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pig syphilis or something. I didn't hear what

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you said. Super Adam. The super flower. I don't

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know if my eyes would end up being better or

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worse. I would like to say that was not a fart.

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That was me adjusting my legs. It's very warm.

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It is. It is Scoture. If you were to grab a towel,

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that would make the chair a bit more comfortable

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overall. No, it's okay. Or just be making it

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slide. Oh, I thought it just fall off. We've

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got our window open. There might be some car

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noises in the background. It's like 35 degrees.

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I'm really sorry, but we're dying in here. This

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is the coolest room in the house as well. We'll

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risk the window being open. Yeah, I'm sorry,

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guys. It's tough. You're just going to have to

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make do and mend with it. I don't know. We'll

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sort it. Production meeting over. Yes. Let's

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go to it. All right, then. Welcome to episode

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48 of Lightly Used with me, Karen, and my co

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-host Adam. Say hello. Oh, sorry. I got the gun

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there. I wasn't expecting you to introduce me

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a little bit more. Adam, the wonderful B -minus

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overall from the last episode. Adam, 7 out of

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10. I will take it. It's a passing grade. It

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is. Fuck yes. Welcome to our silly corner of

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the podcasting universe where we talk about random

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crap that we consider to be charity shop, treasure

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and tat. We bring the weirdest, most wonderful

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things to think about. We add them to our personal

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collections. We touch them with our eyes close

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and try to guess. what they are and we talk a

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lot of nonsense but adam's much better at describing

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the shows than me so i shall hand over oh no

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i was just going to wait for a moment so i could

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take my headphones off because i can feel my

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head getting sweaty i don't want to ruin these

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My band keeps slipping down my head. Apologies

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if I'm off mic for some of this, but it's too

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hot to wear headphones and stuff. It is. It's

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warmy eye. Warmy eye. And my summing up of the

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show would have just been your secondhand podcast

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tagline you came up with. I did, and I always

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forget to use. It is too... Getting warm. I've

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sworn so many times already today. I'm trying

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to rein myself in. It's so early on in the show.

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We're keeping it as, well, we say this a lot.

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We're trying to keep it short this week, mainly

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because it's just impossible to do anything without

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sticking to every surface around you. So, chat

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and tat? Yeah. And also because I had a shit

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sleep. I think I went to bed about two o 'clock

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and so our sole neighbour with an impact driver

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started about half past nine in the garden. That's

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very unkind. Though we had to hear for about

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maybe, five ten minutes in total about six dakka

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dakkas then left it for a few hours there we

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go you could have done it yesterday evening or

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a little bit later on but now i've got six bits

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of dakka dakka to do i'm just here sat here in

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my chair doing the team america Arms in the air.

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I know it's not Daka Daka on the film, but that's

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what it's making me think of. No, I was making

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a reference to the Cream podcast. Actually, I've

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got a Cream podcast reference to bring up today.

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Oh, yeah. One thing we did discuss before doing

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the show for a change. Yeah. We decided to combine

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forces and go, we've got to work together a little

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bit. Yes. But before we do get into any new stuff,

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can I just go through some corrections? Of course

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you can. For the record. I'm going to set this

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straight. I was playing up my lack of sport knowledge

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last episode. 11 players aside, that's one of

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the very few facts I do know about football.

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Only you didn't say 11. You said 10. No, no.

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I said, are there even 11 players allowed per

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side? His jersey number was 10. Ah, right. That

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and swap ends of the pitch at halftime. Ah, yes.

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My two football facts. Go sports! Yay! Also,

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we forgot to say how good the popcorn is at Crosshands

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Hall and Cinema. Oh my God, it's delightful.

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And reasonably priced. Very. Also, they've got

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a free loyalty card. Visit five times, six visits

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free. Yay! Apologies going ahead if my throat

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gets croaky. I think I've got hay fever as I've

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got older. Yeah, I used to just be allergic to

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like random shit and then grass, like freshly

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cut grass when I was a kid. And now as I'm getting

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older, like the hay fever is just becoming more

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and more pronounced. It kicks off with a tree

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pollen in May these days. I think it's just the

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last five years I've started getting hay fever.

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I've never had it before, so it's even more of

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a pain in the arse to me. No, no, almost a lifetime

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of not bothering with any of this. Why now? Now

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I've started doing recording stuff again. Bastard.

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Got a 15 -year gap. You could have been hay fever.

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Stupid sinuses. Fuck's sake. Bond corrections.

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Mentioned that jet boats can't steer if they

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don't have power or aren't in the water. Now,

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obviously, boats can't steer if they're not in

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the water. Independently if they're in the water,

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yeah. I should clarify, if the jets aren't in

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the water, it can't steer. There we are then.

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So you could be moving along, but if you haven't

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got any force at the back to put them in the

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water. You're just going and you can't control

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it. It's good that they don't just do the opposite

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and start driving down as a submarine. Dive,

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dive! Jet dive! Oh, a final bit of trivia. Pop

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fact! Salvador Dali was approached to design

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the custom tarot deck in Live and Let Die, but

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the studio couldn't afford him. But he still

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spent the next decade working on a deck. It was

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published and sold out in 1984, but then re -released

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in 2019. No way! They do look pretty cool. Oh,

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I'll keep an eye out for those. I'll try and

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put a link on the blog if I remember. Yeah, please

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do. So another reason this episode is going to

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be a little bit shorter possibly. It's been a

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week since we recorded the last episode and usually

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there's two weeks, but it has been too hot to

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really voluntarily do anything more than is absolutely

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minimally necessary. Like sitting in front of

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the fan with your legs apart. I got told off

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by Matt by telling him that's what I was doing

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that evening. You ask what I'm up to. I'm fanning

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my gooch, mate. What do you think I'm up to?

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Not actively, passively. Don't oscillate function

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with the rest. I was just sat there. I have some

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equipment fanning me. I put an advert out on

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Facebook Marketplace. We don't have Craigslist

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here, do we? No, we don't, unfortunately. It's

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a reference to something I've never used. But

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yeah, I made the mistake of washing the Tatmobile

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and my work van on Thursday. Snow foam, pressure

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wash, used a soft brush on the washer to get

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the grime off the roof. Two and a half hours

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of work, a couple of breaks for a bit of shade

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and some swigs and pop between. Absolutely wiped

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me out. Very, very hot today. I am far too unfit

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to be doing any... Even light manual labour in

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this heat. I'm not conditioned to it at all.

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I mean, most Brits aren't conditioned to do anything

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in this kind of weather. It's hot for lots of

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days in a row. We don't have air conditioning,

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usually, in the UK. I'm just standing here. Literally,

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all I'm wearing is shorts, T -shirt and flip

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-flops. Look at the sheen on me. You've got no

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pants on. No, it's too hot for pants. I'm wearing

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as little as I have to. That's an absolute minimum.

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Oh, my God. I couldn't imagine not wearing knickers.

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Ugh. It's very different for a lady. Phantom,

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they'd be clinging things together. At least

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they get a bit of circulation. Aren't your balls

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sticking to your thighs? No. No. That's why I've

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got... Power stance. Yeah. And why I haven't

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got pants on. They would be otherwise. They'd

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be very swampy. Good to know. It's not great

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down there now, but... Moving swiftly. have you

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ever you're the one moving up yeah you have to

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volunteer something otherwise i was moving on

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from your testicles i can elaborate you know

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it's fine you brought it up yeah i know it's

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my fault i'm very sorry um i want to go back

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to the cream podcast so you know how you made

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a call back to uh gareth gwynne porky pig in

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it potentially yes or potentially or not through

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the house that you shared yes yes no unusual

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costume choices and you've just said no porky

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picking it then which i missed just to confirm

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gareth gwynn to my knowledge in a time knowing

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him has never just been dressed in shirt Nothing

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below the waistline. Yeah, I mean, I wasn't making

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an accusation. No, no, just for the record. It

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was a general question. He's a public figure.

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But listening to the Cream podcast. He's trying

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to promote a show at the moment. Listening to

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the Cream podcast yesterday, Cars Rule Everything

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Around Me by the Top Dead Centre crew on YouTube.

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Go and look for them. They're excellent. They

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were talking about, I think Ben said, oh, have

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you ever been naked with just your socks on?

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It feels weird. Yeah. And Edwin was like, oh,

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a bit like Winnie the Pooh in it. Will and Ben

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went, what? And he was like, yeah, when you're

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just wearing a T -shirt and everything's hanging

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loose. I was like, I have never heard anyone

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call it Winnie the Pooh in it. Oh, hasn't he

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lived in Germany as a kid? He lived in South

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Africa. I think he's lived in Germany as well.

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I don't know. Maybe a different point of reference.

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Maybe cultural references. But yeah, Porky Piggin

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is... Yeah, that's how I know it. Yeah, stick

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with the old school. Educate yourself, Edwin.

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I know you're about 13. Just a shirt. Nothing

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in the lower half. Yeah. I've been stigmatised

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by his way to dress. Oh, dear. So, yeah, so I

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wanted to bring that up because it just made

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me chuckle. I was like, oh, I've never heard

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it referred to it as that before. But it makes

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complete sense. Yeah. Most cartoon Donald ducking

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it. Yeah, there are a lot of cartoon characters,

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when you think about it, that just wear a top.

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He wears dungarees, doesn't he? Yes, he's got

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dungarees and no top. Is he the exception? Yeah.

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Like the Minions. No, even Minions have got T

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-shirts on. If you have a different cultural

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point of reference for... porky pigging it let

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us know apparently we've got listeners all around

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the world at least that weird peak last month

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that nobody came back yeah oh dear i can't blame

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them so obviously you mentioned a little while

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ago that we haven't really done very much because

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it's only been a week in between recording sessions

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and normally it's a fortnight but i did actually

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almost get myself into murder slash trouble environment

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this week You need to elaborate. Am I an accomplice?

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Do I need to work on my alibi? Nothing to do

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with you. Where were you on the night of the

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5th? It wasn't the 5th. Or was it the 5th? No,

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it wasn't the 5th. It was Wednesday. And I was

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like, I've got a bit of energy. I want to go

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out for a drive. But I didn't really know where

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I wanted to go. You're so funny. So I just got

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in the car and I was sort of heading towards

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Lexi. And I was like... Go on the M4 for a bit.

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And then I was like, I don't really want to go

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as far as Carmarthen. So I got off the A48 crosshands,

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drove through crosshands, turned off onto some

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little country road that was like literally a

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single lane, drove up and around there for a

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couple of miles till I was surrounded by green.

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They went to my maps, picked a lake and went,

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take me there. Nice. Deliberately getting lost.

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It was marked. I would like to say it was marked

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on the map and on all of the signposts. As a

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park, okay? Not a caravan park, not a private

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park. Just a park. I can't remember the name

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of it. It's very pretty. So you turn off this

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main B road to get onto, like, the Z road driveway

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to go to the lake. And pass on these brown signs.

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Brown signs are for public places, right? Yeah,

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footpaths, right -of -way, things like that,

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camping grounds. Yeah, we know the highway code.

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Yeah, yeah. Of course we do. That's how it works.

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Yeah. Point of interest. So I'm going down this

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like nice little gravel road, like two mile an

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hour past like Texas Chainsaw Massacre houses

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and pretty cottages as well. And I'm not saying

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they're all weirdos down there. It was very pretty.

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And then it opens out into a small caravan site

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with no signposts. I was like, do I go left or

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do I go forward? And the people that were camping

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there were looking at me very strangely because

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they were in camper vans and I was in a Renault

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Clio. You're not one of us. You haven't even

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got a tow bar. Yeah, I know. I'm definitely not

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one of them. One of us. One of us. So anyway,

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I decided I'll just follow this gravel path down.

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And I got to the bottom of the hill and there

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was this little cafe and then a bunch of lakes

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listed as a fishery. I was like, oh, okay. So

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I sat in the car for a minute and thought, I

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don't know if I'm supposed to be here. Because

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it's all brown signs, so it's a public park.

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And if they've got a cafe. And there is a cafe,

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but there's no one here. Like, no one. It's just

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me and the ducks, literally. An honesty box with

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the cakes. But me, the ducks, two tortoises and

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three small pigs. They were very cute. So I got

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out of the car, went and knocked on the door

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of the cafe, said hello, shouted, no answer,

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no one there. So I went back to the car, got

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my new camping chair, got my bright turquoise

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UV parasol. picked up my book in my backpack

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and walked along the side of the lake and parked

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myself somewhere very obvious, like I could be

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seen from every direction from the lake if someone

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else turned up. I thought, if I'm not supposed

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to be here, at least if I'm sat somewhere obvious,

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they can come and tell me to leave. Yeah, you're

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not skulking about trying to be sly. But because

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there was no one there, I sent a pin of my location

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to Beth and Gwen on WhatsApp, took a couple of

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photos and said, if i die i died here and they're

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like what it's really beautiful i'm like yeah

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i know but i don't know if i'm supposed to be

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here so if i die this is where i was last and

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they're like okay have a nice time um and i did

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have a really nice time i sat down for an hour

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read my book under the sun my the clamp for my

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brolly doesn't work and i'm very upset about

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it but the brolly itself did keep the sun off

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so i had a book in one hand and a brolly in the

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other um and then eventually very nice lady turned

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up and politely asked me to leave um i opened

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my mouth before she did because i'd seen her

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across the side of the lake so i'd waved like

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to make it obvious like i'm here you can come

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and tell me to fuck off if you want to which

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she did which she did so she got in her car drove

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around to me and i was like oh look i'm so sorry

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i don't know if i'm supposed to be here i'll

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pop myself somewhere word vomit and she very

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nicely said it is a private estate had you used

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the cafe even if you weren't fishing you would

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be welcome to you know walk around the lake choose

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the ground so but the cafe is closed I was like,

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oh, I did not when I arrived with her. There

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was no one about. I said, but I'm happy to leave.

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She said, you know, enjoy your afternoon. There's

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no one else here. But, you know, next time just

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buy a coffee or something. I was like, yeah,

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no problem. I don't remember that. She was going

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off to do the school run. So as soon as she left,

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as soon as I couldn't see her car anymore, I

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got up and packed my stuff and fucked off. So

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I nearly died and I nearly got in trouble. I

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went and did one more lap of the lake. I didn't

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even walk around the lakes. It was too warm.

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I just found a spot that was near a tree that

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was providing a little bit of shade. So, yeah,

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that's my mini adventure for the week. And then

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two more updates from me, really. I don't know

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if I'm allowed to tell you this first one, people

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listening, but Adam found out a little while

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ago. I have been asked to co -host a female takeover

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of the Who Takes Her Socks Off podcast again

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with the lovely Bon and Nina. I believe we will

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be covering the topic of misogyny with... Varying

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degrees of seriousness and humour. So when that's

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out, I'll let you all know and you can go ahead

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and listen to me even more because I have the

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best, best voice ever. And if there is a weird

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edit here, it's because Karen hasn't been able

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to tell you about that thing coming up at the

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moment. Yeah, there's a secret. Yes. And lastly,

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it is July, which means it's two months since

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May Basho. Oh, yes. That means it is... July

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Basho. And I am really looking forward to it,

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but I am really, really upset. So the wonderful

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Wakatakakake suffered a terrible injury to his

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left thigh a week ago during practice, which

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his stable kept quiet. Press knew that he'd been

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sent to hospital for scans and they'd been told

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he'd been sent for a second lot of scans. But

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actually, it turns out that he developed compartment

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syndrome in his left thigh. And was taken to

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hospital for emergency fasciotomy surgery, which

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is basically where they just cut you and leave

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you open. They wrap you, but they put massive,

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you know, cavernous cuts down your thighs to

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try and get the blood flowing properly. They

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bloodlet you to try and reduce the increase of...

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risks to sepsis and things like that so there's

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a lot of talk of him never being able to return

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to sumo professionally uh the quotes from wakataka

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kage himself that have that have been shared

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are that he's determined to recover and become

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fit and get back to work and i really hope that

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for him i think he's only like 34 he's a young

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guy Scope for him to, at the very least, say,

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be a coach or a mentor or commentator or something

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like that? Yeah, absolutely. I don't think he'd

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be short of offers within the realm of professional

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sumo for a role that wasn't on the dojo. So he

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could be the next Gary Lineker promoting crisps

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and stuff like that as well and being the commentator,

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the face of the sport. I think he's already got

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his own noodles. So, yeah, he is incredibly poorly

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at the moment. We obviously send our best. I

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know you're going to be hearing this. I mean,

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you know, I'll hashtag him in it. You never know.

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But yeah, so he's had an awful injury followed

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by horrendous surgery and very long -term recovery.

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It will be four months probably before he's like

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fully on his legs again. Minimum of six before

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you see him actually doing practice bouts. He

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may or may not be back to the sport. I really,

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really hope that he will be. Ayan Ishiki is returning

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this tournament. He's now back as a Sekawaki

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trying to... re -promote himself back up to the

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rank of Ozeki. Fujiyogo's looking amazing. It's

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his hometown where the tournament is being held,

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so he's got a massive crowd behind him. I wish

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him well. I am putting my 50 pence down on that

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he will get his Kachikoshi, which is eight wins

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by day 10. I think it starts on the 12th of July.

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I'm not entirely sure. And that's all. That's

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me. That's me. We'll put a link in the blog.

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That's me. That is all of my nonsense. which

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is a lot. More nonsense on the way in the form

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of lightly used news on the way next. We've got

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tat in the box where we try and identify each

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other's mystery charity shop items. In place

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of doing any games today, it's too hot to do

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anything physical, even playing a board game.

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We know we've been doing pod nods, mentions of

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other podcasts. We probably should have done

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this at the birthday show, but maybe we can just

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compile them in one place. Yeah, why not? Do

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some of our favourite shows to recommend outside

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of the Channel 84 network, of course. Always

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recommend our fellow network shows, but it's

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nice to have some little feelers out there, you

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know, a couple of fingers in some plump eyes.

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And do we have a bibliotech to end the show,

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or...? I can talk about a book, series of. And

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that's how we're going to be ending the show

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today. I won't say for 30 seconds. I wasn't going

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to mention it. Don't worry, I've not forgotten

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and neither has anybody else. This episode's

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lightly used news comes from the Abergavenny

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Chronicle on Monday 25th November 2024 by Tim

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Butters. Abergavenny Man claims a dragon still

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walks the earth. From Beowulf to The Hobbit and

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Game of Thrones, tales of scaly, fire -breathing

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monsters that fly in horde gold have intrigued

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and enchanted us for centuries. Yet, dragons

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have largely been considered the stuff of fantasy

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and imagination. Until now. And Abagavennyman

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has made the audacious claim that not only were

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dragons once real, but he believes one of these

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mythical beasts still stalks the world. Once

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upon a time, if you told me dragons were real,

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I'd have probably just nodded my head solemnly,

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took you to a safe place and waited for whatever

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drug you were on to wear off, explained semi

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-professional paranormal investigator Johnny

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Turnip. Yet when you spend the last few months

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chasing mermaids and saving the world from a

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leprechaun apocalypse, you see things through

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different eyes. Dragons make perfect sense to

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me now. They're just like dinosaurs, but harder,

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because they survived COVID or whatever it was

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that killed off the other big reptiles. Plus,

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dragons can also breathe fire. You've got to

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respect that. Turnip told the Chronicle that

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he was made aware of the existence of the Last

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Dragon during a vision brought on by fatigue.

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Fatigue? After passing out on top of the Skelet,

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I walk in another dimension, explained Turnip.

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Watching a Elderflower banish the Leprechauns

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from this realm was pretty exciting stuff, but

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it had taken its toll on my system. Anyhow, I'd

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opened my eyes and found myself on a moonlit

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beach beneath a night sky that looked more psychedelic

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than a bunch of rainbows and acid. I knew I was

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back in the domain of Gaia. the triple goddess.

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The supernatural scanner who'd sent me on a wild

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goose chase to find a mermaid's tears so I could

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restore balance to Mother Nature. Greetings,

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my little root vegetable, said the triple goddess,

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as she floated from the sky holding her umbrella.

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Like I see on this occasion, the demented divinity

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had chosen to take on the guise of Mary Poppins.

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That seemed to be fine, because as far as Disney

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witches go, the strict nanny's probably my favourite.

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I was found Elsa from Frozen a bit unhinged and

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neurotic, and the evil stepmother in Snow White

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was just psychopathic. Lisa Poppins, you're guaranteed

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some sweets and a song or two. They're crazy

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and needy bitches like Elsa. It's all tissues

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and issues after the magic wears off and the

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hormones kick in. You can't say things like that,

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Geordie Turnip. Rude. Turnip added, I forgot

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this line on Terra Firma. I just lay on my back

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with my hands above my head, acting all Clint

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Eastwood and growled. You didn't tell me about

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the bloody Lampricons. But it sort of came out

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like Michael Caine and ruined the effect. Anyhow,

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she just burst out laughing and she replied,

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Oh, yes, marvellously mischievous and manipulative,

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aren't they? Did they try and eat you? They have

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a thing for turnips, you know. Let's just say

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things got a little fraught, I replied. But there's

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no way I was going to end up sliding down a leprechaun's

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gullet. Turnip added, After looking at me like

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an owl, I had rotated 360 degrees like the green

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-skinned girl in The Exorcist. It fazed me a

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bit, but it didn't show it. And coolly, I said,

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I thought the leprechauns might have been working

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for you in some way, but now I can see you're

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one kind of crazy and they're another. One thing

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I learned a long time ago, two times as crazy

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don't mix. My goddess just looked at me and smiled

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in the way that a storm at sea might smile if

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it had a mouth. She then just suddenly stood

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to attention like a private on parade, sharply

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sleeted at me and barked, Congratulations, Marine!

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You have passed the test. You will soon be ready

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for your real mission. Real mission? I said,

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rising to my feet. Oh, my freshly plucked turnip.

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This is all a test. A dry run, if you like. I

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wanted to see if I had the necessary grit and

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gumption to see through the deception and ruse.

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For a long time, I've desired a true captain

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and chosen representative in the world of matter

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and meaning. You are that man. And when the time

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comes, I will call on your agency and skill to

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find the last living dragon and bring magic back

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to a world that has been too long without. A

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dragon's real, then? I know we haven't on the

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flag and all that, but... I thought it was because

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it looked cool. It was dragons who served the

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mother maiden of Cone long before your kind slithered

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from the sea and walked on two legs! Cried Gaia,

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whose beginning dragged a bit hysterical. Okay,

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okay, I get it. Take a chill pill and keep your

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knickers on, I said, before ending hopefully.

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You wouldn't happen to have anything to drink,

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would you? I'm a bit parched after having saved

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the world. Again, Gaia looked a bit embarrassed

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and said, I'm trying to do a dry November. Christmas

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is always a bit hard on the liver these days,

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:04.680
and I like to have a bit of a cleanse before

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:06.740
the part of the season kicks off, so this realm's

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:08.680
an alcohol -free zone at the moment, I'm afraid.

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:12.079
Turnip explained. At first I was tempted to dismiss

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.579
the troubled goddess as just another boring light

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:15.140
weight who couldn't handle her booze and wailed

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.900
on about the benefits of being sober, like an

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:18.880
annoying millennial who goes on runs and drinks

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:21.480
herbal tea. However, after all was said and done,

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:23.539
she was an ancient and supernatural deity, and

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:25.759
I had to take that into consideration. You know,

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:27.019
it's all very well for the likes of Nanny Anna

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:28.759
Horshow Turnip to say you couldn't trust people

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:30.559
who didn't drink, but how many goddesses has

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:32.079
that old crone rubbed shoulders with during a

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:35.380
lifetime spent in dodgy boozers? I decided to

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:37.400
give Guy the benefit of the doubt, and reluctantly,

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:40.339
with a distinct lack of enthusiasm, said, It's

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:43.240
okay not to drink. For a bit, at least. As long

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.279
as you don't get all preachy about how you've

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:46.400
turned your life around. As for me, I'm as dry

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:49.039
as the desert. I really need a pint. Life's too

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:51.160
harrowing without it. Be love and send me back

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:53.279
to the land of living, would you? And with that,

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:56.279
she drew her arm back. Smile like an angel and

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:59.380
punch me full on in the face. It was a savage

00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:01.200
blow, I can tell you. It knocked me spark out.

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:03.579
And Big Tony would have been proud of her technique.

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:06.859
This time, when I opened my eyes, I was reassuringly

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:09.259
back on top of the skidhead. But face to face

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.880
with an altogether different kind of madness.

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:16.180
To be continued. Tim Butters has compiled all

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:18.900
these tales and more into a book, The Manifest

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:22.079
Trials and Tribulations of Johnny Turnip. Available

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:23.839
from Amazon as a paperback or Kindle edition.

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:27.200
And there's a link in the show blog. And a personal

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:29.819
congratulations from me. The listeners won't

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:32.200
know this, but that was a very, very tough recording

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:35.279
session for you. And it will come out sparklingly

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:37.440
beautiful in the edit. I know it will. Well done.

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:44.380
57 minutes. Well done. You know, I've always

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:47.069
thought this is the main. Bit of the show, this

00:27:47.069 --> 00:27:49.130
feature. I know it's absolutely your favourite.

00:27:49.589 --> 00:27:51.549
It is my favourite. Is it just because you get

00:27:51.549 --> 00:27:54.730
to do a bit of singing? No, I sing randomly throughout

00:27:54.730 --> 00:27:56.630
the pod whenever I like. But, you know, having

00:27:56.630 --> 00:28:00.130
a jingle makes it tingle. Do you just like doing

00:28:00.130 --> 00:28:04.549
the jingle or the guessing or all of it? I like

00:28:04.549 --> 00:28:07.569
to touch things with my eyes closed, sweeters.

00:28:07.849 --> 00:28:14.329
Yeah, me too. I like to touch. Tat in the box,

00:28:14.490 --> 00:28:17.170
tat in the box. Tat in the box, tat in the box,

00:28:17.269 --> 00:28:19.849
tat in the box, tat in the box, tat in the box,

00:28:19.930 --> 00:28:24.849
tat in the box. And Adam gets to guess first.

00:28:25.670 --> 00:28:28.410
I get to close my eyes and guess your mystery

00:28:28.410 --> 00:28:32.690
item from a charity shop. Now, I will ask you

00:28:32.690 --> 00:28:36.289
to be gentle with this. Okay, I'll be asking

00:28:36.289 --> 00:28:39.789
you to be gentle with my item too. Cheeky. I'm

00:28:39.789 --> 00:28:44.279
going to lie it down. Yes. Flat. Okay. So it

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:47.759
is not oriented correctly, but safely. Okay.

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:51.420
Okay. In between your hands. Forward, forward,

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:58.680
forward. It's a small item. It is a small item.

00:28:58.900 --> 00:29:09.019
And narrow. It is. And long. I'm fingering your

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:18.539
hole. Is that what you were giggling at? Okay.

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:21.460
I really wish I had my phone on me to take a

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:27.819
photo. I can recreate that pose for you. That

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:30.019
wasn't even the one that was making me laugh

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:32.660
first. It was the way you brought it towards

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:38.519
yourself. I don't remember how I did that. Any

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:41.619
guesses? I think it's made out of wood. Okay.

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:45.920
It's round at one end and the base is flared.

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:50.569
Okay. With, again, a finger -sized recess like

00:29:50.569 --> 00:29:54.750
a pipe. Any features that make you wonder whether

00:29:54.750 --> 00:29:57.650
it could... There's a hollow bit there, right.

00:29:58.150 --> 00:30:01.410
Hang on. Is there any symmetry? Right, right.

00:30:01.430 --> 00:30:06.769
I've got some symmetry now. Okay. Kind of. Am

00:30:06.769 --> 00:30:10.970
I grasping something rude by doing that? Tweaky,

00:30:10.970 --> 00:30:19.079
tweaky. Yes. Yes, right. But the gesture of me

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:23.299
dragging it towards... Is it... It's not meant

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:25.279
to be rude. You're just making it incredibly

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:27.119
rude because your eyes are closed and you're

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:29.299
having to feel it up. That's the direction you

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:31.440
pointed it to me at the table. I know, I didn't

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:34.559
even think about it. It worked out so beautifully.

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:39.920
Right, so there's some tits there. Yes, correct.

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:44.579
Is it a candle holder or is it a one -hitter

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:50.670
pipe? No. I'm not sure. What's normally either

00:30:50.670 --> 00:30:58.569
side of breasts? Arms. Okay. Aha. That is the

00:30:58.569 --> 00:31:03.990
correct position for it. Seating position. I'm

00:31:03.990 --> 00:31:05.950
not sure because the arm sockets are hollow,

00:31:05.990 --> 00:31:08.829
so it's not a Venus de Milo because they were

00:31:08.829 --> 00:31:11.230
filled in. I'm not sure, but this is meant to

00:31:11.230 --> 00:31:15.039
be other than... statue of a lady without arms

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:17.380
it is indeed a statue of a lady without arms

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:20.099
sort of please feel free to open your eyes and

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:22.039
take a look at the beautiful lady in front of

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:28.440
you oh it's a kind of is it for doing dolls dresses

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:33.740
yes pretty much body form is it She is a 1920s

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:36.359
bisque doll torso. Not as rude as I thought.

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:39.299
No. She would normally have arms and then the

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:42.099
bottom half where the four holes are around her,

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:43.880
just below her waistline, so where her hips are,

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:46.500
would be where you would stitch the skirt. So

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:49.920
it's an interactive toy from the 1920s, but she's

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:52.359
survived really well. She's got lovely peachy

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:55.369
cheeks and peachy boobs. She is bald. She is

00:31:55.369 --> 00:31:59.029
armless. I don't know who made her or where she's

00:31:59.029 --> 00:32:02.569
from. I assume it's British, but it could easily

00:32:02.569 --> 00:32:07.849
be German. It's bisque porcelain. She's hand

00:32:07.849 --> 00:32:11.569
-painted, and she cost me £12 from eBay. Very

00:32:11.569 --> 00:32:15.190
interesting. Yep. Is that meant to be sort of

00:32:15.190 --> 00:32:18.549
sewn down to a pincushion or something? So, yeah.

00:32:18.549 --> 00:32:21.750
I mean, think of a really posh toilet doll. You

00:32:21.750 --> 00:32:24.609
remember like the 1980s Barbies with crochet

00:32:24.609 --> 00:32:26.990
dresses that covered toilet rolls? A little bit

00:32:26.990 --> 00:32:30.069
like that, but much fancier. Owned by a very

00:32:30.069 --> 00:32:32.809
careful young lady, presumably, because she is

00:32:32.809 --> 00:32:35.230
so intact. Couldn't have been careful there.

00:32:35.769 --> 00:32:37.609
I mean, it would have been nice to have the arms

00:32:37.609 --> 00:32:41.049
and legs. Can't be too many of those as it is.

00:32:41.390 --> 00:32:44.369
No, there's a very nice gentleman sailor looking

00:32:44.369 --> 00:32:47.990
one on eBay who's from the same cellar that I'm...

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:50.079
kind of tempted by but he wants 50 quid for it

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:52.460
and i'm not prepared to pay that especially because

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:55.000
it's like a homoerotic gift that i would probably

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:58.779
give for jackson um jean -paul gaultier yes very

00:32:58.779 --> 00:33:02.819
jean -paul gaultier yeah yeah definitely when

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:05.740
i saw her on ebay i was just scrolling through

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:08.079
you know like doom scrolling ebay because doom

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:11.400
scrolling facebook and instagram is boring And

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:13.559
she just popped up and I caught a quick flash

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:15.099
of her and I carried on scrolling and then I

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:16.799
stopped and I went back and I looked at her and

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:19.039
I thought, oh, you've got a pretty face. So I

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:21.500
bought her and I'm not entirely convinced she

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:24.920
isn't haunted. Well, the ghost can get out. Well,

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:29.720
you know, the essence of her remains to some

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:33.589
degree. And you let me finger it. I don't think...

00:33:33.589 --> 00:33:36.589
Actually, yeah, sorry about that, love. I didn't

00:33:36.589 --> 00:33:38.269
know what I was doing. Sorry. That's true. You

00:33:38.269 --> 00:33:39.910
tricked me into it. I did, yeah. It's entirely

00:33:39.910 --> 00:33:41.849
my fault. I'm sure you could have filmed it too.

00:33:41.990 --> 00:33:44.509
I'm a bad human being. There was no consent in

00:33:44.509 --> 00:33:46.809
that process whatsoever. I'm so sorry, porcelain

00:33:46.809 --> 00:33:50.869
doll. I think she likes to be in a cleaner environment

00:33:50.869 --> 00:33:53.589
than I'm used to living in and is giving me little

00:33:53.589 --> 00:33:56.730
encouraging nudges to do the dishes more often.

00:33:58.130 --> 00:34:01.589
It's true. I've cleaned my place so much since

00:34:01.589 --> 00:34:03.549
she arrived. Put her on the windowsill to look

00:34:03.549 --> 00:34:05.069
out at the builders. No, the cats will break

00:34:05.069 --> 00:34:07.869
her. She lives very securely towards the back

00:34:07.869 --> 00:34:10.610
of one of my shelves. The cats can pick up on

00:34:10.610 --> 00:34:12.590
her judginess. Oh, yeah, that's very true. Cats

00:34:12.590 --> 00:34:16.550
are astute. I'll show you. Yeah, little fuckers.

00:34:16.570 --> 00:34:19.110
Anyway. That's her smug on the floor. I brought

00:34:19.110 --> 00:34:23.110
some tits for my tat. Hey. That's me. I shouldn't

00:34:23.110 --> 00:34:26.570
be chewing on this kind of young, dull tits.

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:29.199
That's creepy of me. She's a lady. She's not

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:33.900
a child. She's a lady. She ain't no teenager.

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:39.719
Right, your turn to guess my tat. Right, you

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:45.000
will guess this instantly. How instant? Like

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:47.920
before I touch it instant? Oh, the instant your

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:50.519
hands touch it. Is it on the table? It's on the

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:53.380
table in front of you now. Just please, very

00:34:53.380 --> 00:35:01.710
gently. Is it alive? No, no. Was it once alive?

00:35:02.050 --> 00:35:11.730
No. It's your fez. Yes. I'm sorry, I made you

00:35:11.730 --> 00:35:15.590
wary and being a bit too overcautious. But you

00:35:15.590 --> 00:35:16.949
would have guessed that a lot sooner if it wasn't

00:35:16.949 --> 00:35:19.449
for me. No, it's great. I like your fez. I was

00:35:19.449 --> 00:35:21.269
with you when you found that. Yeah, I was checking

00:35:21.269 --> 00:35:23.630
my notes. I can't remember exactly where I found

00:35:23.630 --> 00:35:25.809
it. I was really hoping you would remember. Was

00:35:25.809 --> 00:35:29.090
it the YMCA in Swansea? The reason I thought

00:35:29.090 --> 00:35:32.610
it might not be is the price tag is different.

00:35:33.110 --> 00:35:36.570
They don't do handwritten tags. I've got my eyes

00:35:36.570 --> 00:35:38.510
closed. I'm trying to get my brain to think where

00:35:38.510 --> 00:35:41.690
we found it. Yeah, I'm drawing a blank as well,

00:35:41.710 --> 00:35:44.309
but because the price tag's handwritten. Yeah,

00:35:44.389 --> 00:35:47.329
it really throws me off because most places we

00:35:47.329 --> 00:35:50.730
go, unless they're like the random little independent

00:35:50.730 --> 00:35:53.070
charity shops in Cardiff or whatever that close

00:35:53.070 --> 00:35:56.730
down. It wasn't there, but that sort of... private,

00:35:56.769 --> 00:35:59.210
local charity sort of place. Yeah, I'm pretty

00:35:59.210 --> 00:36:01.429
sure it was a Swansea or Lethley item, but the

00:36:01.429 --> 00:36:02.829
only thing that was making me think it might

00:36:02.829 --> 00:36:05.190
have been Narberth was... Because I couldn't

00:36:05.190 --> 00:36:07.110
think which specific shop is Swansea or Lethley

00:36:07.110 --> 00:36:10.730
and the handwritten price tag, but... £5 .99.

00:36:11.110 --> 00:36:13.210
Bargain. Yeah. Might come to me in the morning.

00:36:13.369 --> 00:36:16.329
It's a lovely fez. Inside, it's nice cardboard.

00:36:16.710 --> 00:36:19.429
Yes. A proper, decent quality hat. It's beautifully

00:36:19.429 --> 00:36:22.389
made, yeah. It's not a piece of tat. No, it's

00:36:22.389 --> 00:36:24.920
a size 10. And I don't know culturally whether

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:27.679
I can really wear it, so I've just had it as

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:29.860
an item on the shelf. Display item. Yeah, it's

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:31.420
all very well for Doctor Who and Tommy Cooper,

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:34.719
but me, maybe not. Appreciation, not appropriation.

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:38.800
Yeah. Plus, I barely look good in a baseball

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:41.139
cap. Oh, I disagree. And I don't want to get

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:43.340
this all sweaty. Track a cap you look good in.

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:46.559
Yeah, that's this episode's Tat in the Box. Photos

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:50.860
will be on the blog, lightlyused .co .uk. And

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:53.360
again, apologies for any background noise. We've

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:55.639
needed a window open this episode. It's just

00:36:55.639 --> 00:37:02.659
tough. Okay. Because it's just too sweaty to

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:05.920
endure any physical activity like moving a counter

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:09.420
on the board or throwing something. Breathing.

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:12.960
Or thinking too hard. I thought we'd compile

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:15.039
some of our pod nods that we've been making over

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:18.579
the past two years into one place. So these are

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:22.280
recommendations to podcasts outside. of the Channel

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:26.360
84 network. Yes. First of all, voice of the show,

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:29.780
Ed Parnell. He's got a channel on Spreaker where

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:31.960
he's got a number of podcasts from political

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:35.300
satire, character sketches, mysteries and unexplained,

00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:38.219
and just reads. Definitely check him out. He's

00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:41.579
a very, very busy chap. Also, I'm so not over

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:44.440
it with Gareth Gwynne and Ethel Sears. It's a

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:46.659
history show about recent history within living

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:50.019
memory of the Xenial generation. And each episode

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:53.000
focuses on a specific month in a year and covers

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:55.679
everything noteworthy and newsworthy, plus how

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:58.739
they experienced and remembered the time as well.

00:37:58.860 --> 00:38:02.280
Very funny show. Also, A Pint of Cthulhu. These

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:04.840
are ones you've got me into as well. You blame

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:07.500
me. These are from both of our lists. I'm sure

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:10.079
these will crop up. A Pint of Cthulhu, hugely

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:13.059
supportive over two years. Tabletop role -playing

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:16.420
game pods, TTRPG. Correct. I've just got TTRPG

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:18.519
and I struggle. I panicked for a second. That

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:22.320
was good. They also do interviews with game creators

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:25.739
and developers. Karen has been a guest villain

00:38:25.739 --> 00:38:28.000
and helped do a bit of playtesting for them.

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:29.860
I have indeed. Also, Matt and Rich have more

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:32.239
recently started a spin -off Cthulhu and Chill

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:34.920
podcast. They were kind enough to invite us on

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:38.099
as guests in episode six. Thank you very, very

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:41.380
much. And the final one that you've got me into,

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:44.880
Boofoons Mystery Investigators. Yeah, we love

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:46.980
Dan and Steve. More friends of the show. They

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:49.619
also invited you to be on as a guest and invited

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:52.059
you back to do a better recording. Yes, because

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:54.699
the first one was terrible. Very, very understanding

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:57.739
and patient gents. And also they've more recently

00:38:57.739 --> 00:39:00.380
launched a spin -off just chatting show off the

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:03.980
case. And others that... I don't know personally

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:07.280
or parasocially the Cream podcast that we both

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:10.300
made reference to quite a few times. Cream, get

00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:14.119
the money. Dollar dollar bills. And sorry, I

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:16.139
should say cars rule everything around me. Explain

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:20.159
what that is. We're creamers. Smith and Sniff

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:23.900
and in long form podcasts, the dollop. And Behind

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:26.679
the Bastards. Yeah. Those are all really, really

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:29.199
good suggestions. I enjoy all of them apart from

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:31.699
I don't listen to Smith and Sniff personally.

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:35.099
I think I probably listen to all of the rest

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:37.619
of them. A couple of others maybe to add from

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:41.840
a more female perspective. I don't know. Because

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:46.880
I'm lady. Lady like. So Queen Karen would like

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:51.210
you to be aware of the following podcasts. dungeons

00:39:51.210 --> 00:39:59.070
and daddies it is not a gay sexual naughty podcast

00:39:59.070 --> 00:40:02.010
you can't keep complaining to me about that tell

00:40:02.010 --> 00:40:07.210
them off it is a ttrpg podcast similar to a part

00:40:07.210 --> 00:40:10.250
of cthulhu they are based in america beth may

00:40:10.250 --> 00:40:15.889
who is the only female Lady Daddy host yeah she's

00:40:15.889 --> 00:40:17.769
the only Lady Daddy but she's not the only one

00:40:17.769 --> 00:40:20.690
that plays Lady Daddies she is also a stand up

00:40:20.690 --> 00:40:23.329
comedian she did Edinburgh last year I think

00:40:23.329 --> 00:40:25.510
she might be doing it again this year Beth May

00:40:25.510 --> 00:40:32.690
wants the D Beth is a lesbian. Lesbian. D in

00:40:32.690 --> 00:40:35.969
the show stands for death, not dick. But Dungeons

00:40:35.969 --> 00:40:38.309
and Daddies, very funny. Maybe you're costing

00:40:38.309 --> 00:40:39.610
us some ticket sales. People will have to go

00:40:39.610 --> 00:40:41.250
to the show and find out. Good point. I think

00:40:41.250 --> 00:40:43.369
they've just finished season four. I started

00:40:43.369 --> 00:40:46.590
it, but I haven't kept up with it because I've

00:40:46.590 --> 00:40:50.929
fallen off the pod wagon somewhere over the recent

00:40:50.929 --> 00:40:54.079
months. So Dungeons and Daddies. actually a bit

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:57.199
of a fantasy ttrpg have a laugh get into some

00:40:57.199 --> 00:41:00.900
character driven stuff then i would say lullaby

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:05.059
the fear podcast which is a solo hosted female

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:09.059
podcast it's true crime basically she's a criminal

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:11.760
psychologist she comes at it from a professional

00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:15.369
background as well as one of curiosity so her

00:41:15.369 --> 00:41:17.650
research is impeccable she's won a lot of awards

00:41:17.650 --> 00:41:20.590
canadian the most stunning beautiful woman you've

00:41:20.590 --> 00:41:22.329
ever seen in your life don't know how anyone

00:41:22.329 --> 00:41:25.829
could be that pretty so yes lullaby of fear podcast

00:41:25.829 --> 00:41:30.110
what else they don't put episodes out anymore

00:41:30.110 --> 00:41:34.360
but I highly recommend anyone who wants a giggle

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:37.400
and loves a northern accent, they go back and

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:39.639
listen to the back catalogue of Killer Rabbit

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:42.679
Podcast. Yes, we miss you guys. We do. I mean,

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:45.500
I don't know if Dan listens to us anymore. I

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:47.579
think he did for a little while. Dan, if you're

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:49.739
out there, I hope your professional podcasting

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:52.179
career is going really, really well. And I hope

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:54.260
the rest of the team is good too. We do miss

00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:56.739
you, but I regularly go to your back catalogue

00:41:56.739 --> 00:41:59.019
and listen to some of the episodes through YouTube.

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:04.840
Anybody else? Two girls, one ghost and morbid.

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:07.360
They're sort of like true crime paranormal shows.

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:10.440
I forgot to also mention Gareth Gwynn, who's

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:12.559
got an Edinburgh Fringe show coming up. Cyril.

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:14.260
Yes, he has. Get tickets for. Thanks for reminding

00:42:14.260 --> 00:42:17.679
me. Oh, and if Ethan Lawrence is still doing

00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:19.639
his podcast, Shut Up and Answer the Question.

00:42:19.780 --> 00:42:21.719
Again, I've fallen off the regular listening

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:24.239
wagon of everything recently. But if he is still

00:42:24.239 --> 00:42:26.760
going, Shut Up and Answer the Question is a very

00:42:26.760 --> 00:42:29.699
good short, sort of like 30, 40 minute commute

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:32.840
podcast that will make you giggle. And of course,

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:36.340
Cheap Show with Paul Gannon and Eli Silverman.

00:42:37.050 --> 00:42:41.130
Clearly inspired our show and we try not to just

00:42:41.130 --> 00:42:45.170
be a copy of them. They have done a lot in 11

00:42:45.170 --> 00:42:47.170
years. They've done an incredible amount of work.

00:42:47.170 --> 00:42:48.909
Hard to kind of not have a bit of overlap whilst

00:42:48.909 --> 00:42:51.309
having an interest in charity shops. They'll

00:42:51.309 --> 00:42:54.230
serve a 500th show on Sunday the 23rd of August

00:42:54.230 --> 00:42:57.079
at J2 in Cambridge. We are going. We will be

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:59.639
there. Come and join us. Come and have a beer

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:01.940
after the show. Quite a few with other Channel

00:43:01.940 --> 00:43:04.579
84 all -stars will be there as well. Yes, they

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:07.519
will. Most of our shows will be represented by

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:10.880
one or more hosts. If you can find us, come and

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:15.019
play Thumb Wars. I will win. Oh, there we go.

00:43:15.099 --> 00:43:18.940
The gauntlet's been thrown down. Come at me.

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:20.840
Come and get me if you think you're hard enough.

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:24.139
I'll put a link to all of these shows on our

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:32.119
blog as well. Lightlyused .co .uk Bibliothat

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:37.380
has arrived for your luggles. My probably not

00:43:37.380 --> 00:43:41.000
30 second review of books one to three of the

00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:44.840
Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinnaman.

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:48.139
I am currently on book four. I believe it goes

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:52.309
up to at least 11? Oh. I think Rob might have

00:43:52.309 --> 00:43:56.150
said book 12 comes out soon. Rob from the Variety

00:43:56.150 --> 00:43:59.670
Show and the Untitled Sci -Fi Show. He is a big

00:43:59.670 --> 00:44:04.849
fan of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. It's

00:44:04.849 --> 00:44:07.929
really hard to say. Because you want to say Dungeon

00:44:07.929 --> 00:44:11.449
Crawler Carl. And that is wrong, obviously. I

00:44:11.449 --> 00:44:15.340
can't make fun of any. It takes me 40 minutes

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:17.760
to get through Johnny Turnip last time. I have

00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:20.800
to say, my favourite character in this book is

00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:25.059
a cat. Yes. Her name is Princess Turnip to the

00:44:25.059 --> 00:44:28.739
Queen Anne Chonk. Oh, I see. She is very funny.

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:31.980
She starts off as an ordinary cat. Just the shit.

00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:37.699
This is a sci -fi book. It is a futuristic kind

00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:42.679
of Dungeons and Dragons. You're trapped and we've

00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:45.179
brought lots of things in to kill you and you

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:48.059
need to try and kill them to survive. The Earth

00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:51.840
has been closed down for salvage by a conglomerate

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:54.699
of species that have decided that humanity is

00:44:54.699 --> 00:44:56.679
a waste of space so they're going to use the

00:44:56.679 --> 00:45:01.809
Earth for its minerals. But by way of the dungeon

00:45:01.809 --> 00:45:04.750
that they create, which is subterranean levels

00:45:04.750 --> 00:45:07.849
below the surface of the earth, they create numerous

00:45:07.849 --> 00:45:09.949
levels and you have to play each level. Each

00:45:09.949 --> 00:45:12.349
level lasts a number of days. Each level has

00:45:12.349 --> 00:45:15.349
varying strength mobs, which are the bad guys.

00:45:15.550 --> 00:45:17.949
There are city bosses, neighbourhood bosses,

00:45:18.150 --> 00:45:21.030
borough bosses, big, big, bad bosses. They've

00:45:21.030 --> 00:45:22.849
been talking about feral gods in book four. I

00:45:22.849 --> 00:45:25.070
haven't met any yet, though. Starts off as an

00:45:25.070 --> 00:45:28.409
ordinary day. Carl has just sat watching TV in

00:45:28.409 --> 00:45:30.409
his boxer shorts at one o 'clock in the morning.

00:45:30.489 --> 00:45:33.630
His cat decides to jump out of his second floor

00:45:33.630 --> 00:45:37.530
window onto a tree. The cat refuses to come back

00:45:37.530 --> 00:45:41.230
in. Carl goes outside in his ex -girlfriend's

00:45:41.230 --> 00:45:45.510
Crocs, his full -length trench coat and his boxer

00:45:45.510 --> 00:45:48.219
shorts. I'm wondering how Hitchhiker's Guide

00:45:48.219 --> 00:45:50.760
to the Galaxy kind of inspired this might be,

00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:52.860
with the Earth being in the way, being redeveloped,

00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:55.980
and a guy going out essentially in pyjamas. Yeah,

00:45:56.039 --> 00:45:58.980
I mean, I guess there is a bit of that. He has

00:45:58.980 --> 00:46:02.059
very much, to start off with, the attitude of

00:46:02.059 --> 00:46:05.820
a lazy guy that just can't be arsed. And he ends

00:46:05.820 --> 00:46:08.960
up in the dungeon. by pure luck he goes outside

00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:10.900
to go and get this stupid cat that's jumped into

00:46:10.900 --> 00:46:12.559
a tree and he's stood at the bottom of this tree

00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:15.239
screaming donut up at the tree and the cat is

00:46:15.239 --> 00:46:17.079
screaming at him and then all of a sudden everything

00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:18.860
around them disappears they're just left with

00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:21.860
basically road And then there's this overhead

00:46:21.860 --> 00:46:24.780
grand announcement saying, your world has been

00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:27.079
shut down. If you would like to survive, here

00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:28.880
are some gates for you to enter. You will enter

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:30.679
into the dungeon, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:32.940
You can stay outside in the elements with nothing

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:35.159
if you want, or you can go downstairs and try

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:39.260
your luck at survival. And like 14 million people

00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:42.139
do this across the whole globe. And basically

00:46:42.139 --> 00:46:44.840
the Kuatine, who are a species that are in charge

00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:47.909
of this particular series of the dungeon. are

00:46:47.909 --> 00:46:50.389
trying to destroy the human race and the dungeon

00:46:50.389 --> 00:46:53.030
is sort of like a really weird way of bringing

00:46:53.030 --> 00:46:56.489
human culture to the universe for the universe

00:46:56.489 --> 00:46:58.829
to bear witness to the culture and its destruction

00:46:58.829 --> 00:47:02.070
um is it like running man that that's a tv show

00:47:02.070 --> 00:47:03.789
with the levels you're saying they have to play

00:47:03.789 --> 00:47:10.019
different baddies um they other species Watching

00:47:10.019 --> 00:47:12.719
this as a sport or a game? Yes. Is it on television?

00:47:12.940 --> 00:47:15.300
Yes, it is. It's televised throughout the universe.

00:47:15.519 --> 00:47:17.219
Oh, yeah, like Running Man, then. And through

00:47:17.219 --> 00:47:20.139
the first level, you are all humans, and whoever

00:47:20.139 --> 00:47:22.699
survives to get to the second level then gets

00:47:22.699 --> 00:47:25.960
to pick their species, their class of whatever.

00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:28.679
You know, do they want to be a human man who

00:47:28.679 --> 00:47:31.800
is a woodsman and his secondary skill is a cleric?

00:47:31.800 --> 00:47:33.400
I don't know, something stupid like that. Yeah.

00:47:33.500 --> 00:47:35.260
Everyone picks their characters. Get to upgrade.

00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:42.639
And it's a tale of survival. and attitude, refusal

00:47:42.639 --> 00:47:46.000
to give up, and refusal to become a slave to

00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:49.360
somebody else's form of entertainment. Carl starts

00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:51.780
off as this lazy guy who's just like, oh, God,

00:47:51.800 --> 00:47:54.219
I can't be arsed with any of this. He's basically,

00:47:54.300 --> 00:47:56.039
he has the cat. It's not his cat. It's his ex

00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:58.500
-girlfriend's cat. He's basically stolen it off

00:47:58.500 --> 00:48:00.699
her because she was going to give it away and

00:48:00.699 --> 00:48:04.139
he refused. So he stole the cat. Well, she was

00:48:04.139 --> 00:48:05.980
going to give it away anyway. Yeah, I know. We

00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:08.400
think she's dead, but Donut doesn't know she

00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:10.780
was going to be given away. I think it's in the

00:48:10.780 --> 00:48:14.369
first book where Donut... is given a special

00:48:14.369 --> 00:48:17.429
pet biscuit, which basically turns her into a

00:48:17.429 --> 00:48:19.650
bit of a blob for a little while. And then she

00:48:19.650 --> 00:48:23.050
comes back as herself, but she's compass mentis.

00:48:23.070 --> 00:48:25.809
She can talk. She's intelligent. She's got her

00:48:25.809 --> 00:48:28.110
own skills. She's got her own inventory. She's

00:48:28.110 --> 00:48:30.210
her own character within the game. She's not

00:48:30.210 --> 00:48:32.449
a pet. She's the same as every other dungeon

00:48:32.449 --> 00:48:37.000
crawler. Battle cat. Very much so. Very much

00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:39.900
so. At the moment in book four, she's sporting

00:48:39.900 --> 00:48:45.920
a tiara, a necklace, I think. And, like, some

00:48:45.920 --> 00:48:48.920
shiny armour from her shoulders down. I was going

00:48:48.920 --> 00:48:50.679
to ask, is this swag from missions she's accomplished?

00:48:50.900 --> 00:48:53.699
Yes. So, like, every mission that you complete,

00:48:53.840 --> 00:48:57.920
you get a box. You get a loot box. So they are

00:48:57.920 --> 00:49:01.280
in various levels. Bronze, silver, gold, platinum,

00:49:01.500 --> 00:49:06.989
legendary, celestial. It's really funny. It's

00:49:06.989 --> 00:49:09.909
easy listening. It hasn't stopped me from falling

00:49:09.909 --> 00:49:12.409
asleep. Just my insomnia has. So it's not like

00:49:12.409 --> 00:49:15.630
the kind of book like the Ship of Legacy that

00:49:15.630 --> 00:49:17.050
I said don't listen to before you go to bed.

00:49:17.210 --> 00:49:19.210
This one you probably can listen to before you

00:49:19.210 --> 00:49:21.309
go to bed. But I've just been listening to it

00:49:21.309 --> 00:49:23.190
for hours because there's like nothing on TV.

00:49:23.349 --> 00:49:25.389
I've gone through three and a half books in less

00:49:25.389 --> 00:49:28.489
than 10 days. And with 11 volumes, if you get

00:49:28.489 --> 00:49:30.969
into the first one. There's plenty more ahead.

00:49:31.170 --> 00:49:34.349
Yes. 11 plus, possibly. Just plan ahead, because

00:49:34.349 --> 00:49:38.289
if you are planning on just using your free one

00:49:38.289 --> 00:49:40.349
credit a month from Audible, which is what I

00:49:40.349 --> 00:49:43.349
was planning on doing, it will take you a year

00:49:43.349 --> 00:49:45.130
to get through the books. The books are about

00:49:45.130 --> 00:49:47.690
18 hours long. Yeah, that's no good for you.

00:49:47.730 --> 00:49:50.989
You do a lot of driving. Yeah. So it's a lot

00:49:50.989 --> 00:49:53.449
of credits, but I'm really enjoying it. I'm really

00:49:53.449 --> 00:49:55.110
enjoying it. It was a recommendation from Rob,

00:49:55.210 --> 00:49:58.349
as I said. Yeah, give it a go. Dungeon Crawler

00:49:58.349 --> 00:50:01.010
Carl. Oh, nice one, Rob. Who's the author again?

00:50:01.210 --> 00:50:09.630
Matt Dinnaman. Well recommended. Feeling a bit

00:50:09.630 --> 00:50:12.289
faint. I don't know about you. Compared to any

00:50:12.289 --> 00:50:14.989
other room in the house. This is the coolest

00:50:14.989 --> 00:50:17.409
one to me. It is, actually. I might roll the

00:50:17.409 --> 00:50:22.429
mat up and just strip and lay on the floor. There

00:50:22.429 --> 00:50:24.599
you go. A bit more recording left to do. Let's

00:50:24.599 --> 00:50:27.199
finish the show. Can I not record from the floor?

00:50:27.280 --> 00:50:31.239
I don't have to be naked. It might be a bit off

00:50:31.239 --> 00:50:33.460
-putting for me, but I don't need to really go

00:50:33.460 --> 00:50:35.260
anywhere. I'll just be standing here so you can

00:50:35.260 --> 00:50:37.699
try. It's all right. I haven't quite melted off

00:50:37.699 --> 00:50:40.500
the seat yet. Thank you very, very much for listening

00:50:40.500 --> 00:50:42.579
and putting up with any odd background noises.

00:50:42.599 --> 00:50:45.699
The road's been, at occasion, exceptionally busy

00:50:45.699 --> 00:50:48.480
for... Unreasonably busy. I just live in a side

00:50:48.480 --> 00:50:51.360
street. I know. It just goes through a very small

00:50:51.360 --> 00:50:55.110
estate. It's stupid. It's too warm to be out

00:50:55.110 --> 00:50:57.130
unless they're taking advantage of aircon in

00:50:57.130 --> 00:50:58.210
their cars. I was going to say they probably

00:50:58.210 --> 00:51:00.789
will put their aircon on for a break. Let's all

00:51:00.789 --> 00:51:02.650
go out to the shops, everyone. Pie in the car.

00:51:02.769 --> 00:51:05.170
Come on, kids. Anyone fancy a Magnum? Oh, yeah,

00:51:05.190 --> 00:51:08.630
please. We are part of the Studio Channel 84

00:51:08.630 --> 00:51:12.210
network of small, well, relatively small, independent

00:51:12.210 --> 00:51:14.650
podcasts. We're all self -produced shows, but

00:51:14.650 --> 00:51:16.690
we do support each other. We have workshop ideas,

00:51:16.989 --> 00:51:19.150
features. We're there if any of us need something

00:51:19.150 --> 00:51:21.150
voiced or just showing off something your kid's

00:51:21.150 --> 00:51:24.340
proud of. What a dipshit your pet is. Or the

00:51:24.340 --> 00:51:27.699
other way around sometimes. Please check our

00:51:27.699 --> 00:51:30.320
fellow shows. They work very, very hard, but

00:51:30.320 --> 00:51:32.460
a lot of time and effort into making some fantastic

00:51:32.460 --> 00:51:35.760
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00:51:35.760 --> 00:51:38.579
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00:51:38.840 --> 00:51:41.440
Give them some money. There is the variety show,

00:51:41.599 --> 00:51:44.179
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00:52:05.559 --> 00:52:07.559
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00:52:07.559 --> 00:52:12.199
the channel84 site, lightlyused .co .uk. I've

00:52:12.199 --> 00:52:14.099
got a confession to make, but you noticed it.

00:52:14.409 --> 00:52:17.909
Straight away. And I've been holding off making

00:52:17.909 --> 00:52:22.030
a reference to it. The plaque that you handmade

00:52:22.030 --> 00:52:27.929
for our second anniversary. Yes. I took it to

00:52:27.929 --> 00:52:31.230
work to scan. I wanted to use, because we're

00:52:31.230 --> 00:52:33.590
struggling to take decent photos of it. I thought,

00:52:33.610 --> 00:52:35.690
oh, I wonder how that will turn out. If we scan

00:52:35.690 --> 00:52:37.969
it, will that work well as the featured image

00:52:37.969 --> 00:52:41.510
for the episode? And looked it up off the scanner

00:52:41.510 --> 00:52:44.630
when I was done. It didn't work. And yeah, it

00:52:44.630 --> 00:52:48.230
had tilted and fallen off one of its axes. I

00:52:48.230 --> 00:52:50.809
thought, wait, no, it doesn't move back automatically.

00:52:51.010 --> 00:52:52.349
I thought, I don't want to open it up and move

00:52:52.349 --> 00:52:55.480
it, but... It's on the cock. I mean, I did offer

00:52:55.480 --> 00:52:57.460
to straighten it out for you, but as you said,

00:52:57.659 --> 00:53:00.880
it kind of looks a bit better on the piss. It

00:53:00.880 --> 00:53:02.739
sort of suits us. It's more us. It just suits

00:53:02.739 --> 00:53:05.679
the style of the show. So, yeah, I'm happy for

00:53:05.679 --> 00:53:07.900
it to be at a 45 degree angle. It's no problem

00:53:07.900 --> 00:53:10.539
at all. Two or three days into me having it.

00:53:10.719 --> 00:53:12.900
Oh, well. At least the actual thing is in the

00:53:12.900 --> 00:53:15.139
frame. You haven't damaged it. It's just, yeah,

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from me taking it out of a bubble wrap to put

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it onto a scanner. And then before I'd even put

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it back into the bubble wrap again. Oh. It's

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too warm for the glue dots. I can't have nice

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things. I can't be trusted with them. I still

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think it looks nice. Oh, yeah. Still looks nice.

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It's too bloody warm. I stopped the show. Melting.

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Adam and Karen have been lightly used. Visit

00:53:43.280 --> 00:53:46.619
lightlyused .co .uk for more. To get in touch,

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email pod at lightlyused .co .uk. Before we get

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into Bibliotek proper, I've just thought, I've

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just been sat here while you've been having a

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quick swig of water in the kitchen and washing

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your sticky hands. Hydration break. Yeah, oh

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my God, they are so needed. Oh, thankfully, Art

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is needed. He's trying to sponsor these. Oh,

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God, yeah. Whilst I've got a potentially haunted

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object with us. Oh, yeah. Thanks for letting

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me know. And two microphones. Shall we see if

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we can get anything out of that? Yeah, why not?

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Or shall we skip it? Let's just skip it. Ignore

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this bit. Delete this bit. It's fine. Right,

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let's get into a bit of Blu -ray chat. Let's

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not do any ghost busting. Yeah. This was a Studio

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Channel 84 network show. To find more, head over

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to channel84 .co .uk now.