From the Dungeons of Morningstar, I'm Clint.
And I'm Stretch, and this is Prevailing Strange.
This installment of Prevailing Strange is what
we like to call Rant and Sundry, where Clint
and I get to touch on some of the things that
we've previously gone over this week, and also
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Do you know what I just noticed? Now, your poster
gets more comments than anything on our socials.
That says Lord of the Rings at the top. You didn't
know that? No. Dude, that's Gandalf. Yeah, well,
I know the poster is Lord of the Rings. I just
didn't know that that was writing at the top.
Yeah, it's pretty hard to tell. There's heaps
of stuff hidden in this, actually. Is there?
Yeah, right. But, yeah, we get comments, like,
at least once a week. Yeah. Yeah. People had
it when they were kids or whatever. I've got
to give that to me 30th. Good sir. Vardis found
it in a, like, Goodwill kind of place. Yeah.
So I thought, oh, Jeremy likes that. Like, Lord
of the Rings, he'll like that. Jeremy's gay.
Gay for Lord of the Rings, baby. Yeah. We're
going to kick off Rant and Sundry with a joke
from my nephew, Kobe. Right, yes. He was the
master who gave you the toucan joke. Dude, I'm
going to do it every week. I'm going to put one
of his jokes. He wrote me an A4 sheet of paper
and she's got jokes back and forth. Very good.
This one was the first one. Now, everybody, my
nephew, Kobe, is going to high school next year.
He's an absolute legend and he watches the show
religiously because he's a legend. He probably
should. Love you, Cobb. This joke is a bit risque.
Oh, okay. Why did the Mexican stab his wife?
Tequila. Wow. I'm sorry. I read that and I'm
like, damn, that's good. We don't confirm domestic
violence, everybody, but that joke was hilarious.
Oh, Jesus Christ. All racial stereotypes. Yeah,
all racial stereotypes. What do you mean? Tequila?
I don't drink tequila. So I want to talk about
last weekend. was my birthday, my fucking amazing
wife took me out and just absolutely blew me
out of the park for me day, right? So we went
down to a place called Glenworth Valley down
the M1 and I went on a quad bike tour and she
went on a horseback tour. Dude, it was sick.
Yeah. Oh, it is so beautiful out there, man.
Is that like chasing the waterfalls? No, no,
no. No, it was just a massive private area. Yeah,
nice. A massive ranch, dude. It's huge. Yeah.
But they've got like, I think there's like 100
quads up there and they go out in shifts on different
paths and tours and shit. Yep. And they've got
the running of the horses at 4 .30 every day.
Mm -hmm. And it's just like hundreds of horses
running across this river, man. Just this gorgeous
looking, just piece of earth that's literally
45 minutes to an hour away from our house. Fuck
yeah. But yeah, like they have massive campgrounds
down there, huge open plains, being able to have
music festivals and shit. I'm going to plan something
next year where I'm going to go down and camp
there for a couple of days. But you can have
like functions there, weddings and shit. Absolutely
beautiful. Loved it. And then she took me to
dinner at. Full Throttle Ranch. The old Bada
Barn. God damn, that place is sick. Isn't it?
For about, so we had dinner and then we went
up to the bar and we were talking to the bloke
who runs the bar. And he's like, oh, I've got,
this is all my own private collection, blah,
blah, blah, blah. I'm like, Jesus Christ, this
guy's got some shit on there. Like he had 19,
like he had a bottle of 1914 Jack Daniels. Yeah.
So he's done the whole service. He's poured the
glasses in the sixes and he's put the solid block
of ice in there and then he's got just this little
thing that sits on top of it and then he puts
wood chips on it. I'm like, what are wood chips
for, mate? Smoke. This is the barrel that this
bottle was bottled from. Right, yeah. I'm like,
oh, shit. And he goes, and it's the same age.
Yeah. Puts it on there, burns it, chars it, and
then just the smoke just sits in the glass. Yeah.
And then, mate, just I had the glass of over
a hundred -year -old bottle of Jack Daniels.
It was so nice. Very good. $180 a glass. And
then we had, he goes, oh, that's not the rarest
bottle I have. He went out the back and brought
back this bottle of Johnny Walker in the box.
It's a first edition, first rollout of Johnny
Walker. And he goes, this box has never been
opened. I've never opened the box. I'm like,
are you for real, Gaz? Yeah. I've had this bottle
for 70 years. Jesus. Still in the box. And then
he bought out a bottle of Jack Daniels that had
never been in a barrel. Yeah, right. It had never
been in a barrel, but it was 70 years old. So
it was like fermented, not fermented. It wasn't
in a barrel. It was just clear. Just aged in
there. Had no colour to it at all. Yep. And he
goes, mate. I've never opened this bottle. I'm
like, well, it's my birthday. Let's open it.
And he's like, I haven't even got a price for
this yet, mate. And I said, listen, if you open
that bottle with me, you can charge me what you
charged me for the 1914. He goes, okay, deal.
So he opened this bottle that has never been
opened and poured me and him a glass and we cheers
and added it at the bar. And, mate, it was smooth.
Like you drink whiskey and you're like, oh. Nothing,
just wow. So it still had a whiskey taste. It
wasn't like a vodka taste or anything? No, no,
no, not vodka. It was definitely a whiskey taste.
It was just smooth as shit, dude, and just warmed
you all the way down. There was no twang. There
was no aftertaste. It was just gorgeous. And
then I'm like, what's that room over there? And
he's like, what room? And I'm like, that room
back there. And he goes, oh, come on, I'll show
you. So he took me and Rach back into this room,
and it's just like a log cabin. Yep. And then
it's got massive leather lounges all the way
around the outside of it, like Chesterfield lounges.
And then at the end, he's got a little digital
fireplace that's radiating heat, but it's not
fire, so it doesn't smell the rumour. It's the
cigar lounge. And it just smells like cigar.
And he goes, now, you can smoke cigars in here,
but you can't have cigarettes. Like cigarette
smokers? No, we don't want the wood. He's absorbing
all this cigar smoke and that's why it smells
the way it does in here. Mate, you can smell
it from parts like you're going into the bar.
Oh, yeah. It's like you can smell the meat cooking
out one side and then the cigar smell coming
from the other end of the bar. Have you been
there? Yeah. How good is that room? I haven't
actually been in that room. Me, you and the boys
are going to go there one night to fucking smoke
meat and beers. Let's go. And then I'm like,
I can't be here without having a cigar. Yeah.
So I went and played like. They've got a cigar
lease there, $200 for a cigar, like ridiculous
quality cigars. Yeah. But I've just walked up.
We'll go middle of the list. Give me your $50
Corona. So I've got a half Corona with $50. She's,
you know, snipped it, like cooked it, and then
give it to me with me, strip of sandalwood. Yeah.
Went in the smoker's lounge with me, bought a
hundred -year -old whiskey and mate just sat
there and smoked a whole cigar for like an hour
and ten minutes, man, just talking to me wife
at this beautiful fucking place. Yeah, right.
And I had, it was probably one of my fondest
birthdays so far, dude. It was so nice. It was
nice, man. It was, yeah, I'd love to do that
again. It was top tier. Oh, yeah. But we. They
don't have steak knives because people have been
stealing their steak knives. What the fuck, dude?
Buy your own goddamn steak knives. Yeah, I didn't
have a steak when I was there. I had the platter
for one. We had the ranger's platter. So it was
like the fucking holy shit of meat. How did you
go? Halfway. I made it halfway. Yeah. But, dude,
you don't need a knife. No. You just go. with
the fog and it's incredible food. But, yeah,
the highlight was this. I don't smoke. I don't
smoke at all. But that room, man, was just relaxing.
The noise gets cut in half like there's barely
any noise in there and people can't smoke cigarettes
in there so they don't bother coming and hanging
out in there for no reason. I would like to go
there on like a Sunday afternoon if the sun's
just right. It would be nice to be out on that
veranda. Yeah. Yeah. It's nice, man. It pissed
rain the time I was there. Yeah, right. Absolutely
flogged down, man. It just rained the entire
time. Flooded the fucking way in and out. Had
to drive through the fucking water to get in
and out. Yeah, right. Yeah. And still, kind of
a day, but fucking good time. Yeah, we'll definitely
organise a boys' night out there, I think, because
it was good. What have you been up to? Getting
ready for Landon's birthday this weekend. Man,
dog. Went and got a projector so he can have
a little. Outdoor cinema night with his friends
from school. Heck yes. You're going to watch
the Lego Marvel movies. Oh, that sounds so good.
Yeah, I think he's stoked. Looking forward to
it. He's getting pizza. Yeah. Yes. What a birthday.
Yeah. Remember when birthdays used to be cool?
Now we wake up sick. Yeah. It got to the point
like me birthday, I woke up sick in the morning,
not from the alcohol. Because the food was that
juicy and fatty. Yeah. And I'm not used to it
because of, you know, but it was so, dude, the
food is so good. Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm. Except for
the sausage. I didn't really like the sausage.
Yeah, I don't think many people are big on the
sausages. Yeah. I mean, the Smokin' Hot Saucy,
the one at Islington. Mm -hmm. The sausage is
great. I haven't been there. And, dude, Mickey
Masters. Mickey Masters out here at Bellbird
Butcher. Yep. has the best sausages, dude. Really?
Like these massive long sausages. He makes them
himself. Yeah. Like smoked meat, cheese. Oh,
my God, dude, they're so good. He goes, just
cook them. Nah, man, I'd go across the road,
buy a couple of bags of them, just walk across
the road eating them out of the fucking bag.
They were that good, dude. Oh, my God, they were
so good. Now I want sausage. Where are you getting
Landy's pizzas from? Probably Domino's. Oh, he's
so good. The kids like Domino's. No, don't go
Pizza Hut. Yeah, right. Dude, Pizza Hut is so
bad around here. Yeah. Domino's is so much better.
Pizza Hut used to be good when it was. Remember
fucking all you can eat pizza. Yeah. Go to Pizza
Hut all you can eat. Dude, we went to Green Hills
when they were stopping it. We went over there
for one last hurrah. Yeah. I went maybe. Steph
was pregnant with Landon. We went to Queensland
and there was one still kicking at Broad Beach.
We went there. Why did they shut down? Health
and hygiene. I watched kids fucking sneeze all
over the fucking Sunday bar when I was there.
It was fucked. Did you get sick? No. Because
I didn't eat the fucking shit after. Pussy! Pussy!
Think about it now. Where's the last time you've
seen an all -you -can -eat? Yeah. You're still
getting from time to time like RSLs and shit
like that. But even there, few and far between.
Even there, you've got to walk up and ask. Yeah.
Well, I think the one at East Malin. It's gone.
What? Is it gone? No, no, no. It's gotten smaller,
hasn't it? Because it's got the steak joint in
the back. I didn't know that. Yeah. It's got
like a steak bar in the back. There's an all
-you -can -eat at Cardiff too. Yeah. I don't
rate it. The one at Cardiff? Yeah. The Silver
Dolphin. Is that what it was? It's the Silver
Dolphin. Yeah. The RSL? The one on the main road,
cross the road from Toyota. At the corner? Yeah.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's called the Silver
Dolphin, or it used to be called the Silver Dolphin.
And it's shit. Yeah, it's not that great. Ah,
goddamn. I was going to say, let's get all you
can eat. I haven't had two. I actually had a
bread roll today. Fucking Foxy made this sick
salad roll. God, I love a salad sanger. Yeah.
Salad rolls go hard. Hell yes. And, dude, did
you try Russ Eats, his energy drink the other
day? Yeah. Dude, it's good. Yeah. I liked it.
I had the orange one. It was sick. I've tried
them both. I think the orange one's the best
one. Yeah. Yeah. No fucking aftertaste. Yeah.
It was good. Yeah. And kind of like Pasciana.
Yeah. Yeah. It wasn't a straight out orange.
It had like some other fruit. Well, it's actually
got juice in it, like fruit juice. Oh, yeah.
It was good. Yeah. I liked it. They're not big
enough. No. Give me a litre bottle. Make them
bigger. Well, it says on the back, one can only.
Yeah. Please, Russ. Yeah. Who do you think you're
talking to? We're not amateurs. No. God, no.
Well, Landy's not going to see this one, actually.
What did you get him for his birthday? So, originally,
at the start of the year when Steph starts planning
stuff. Dude. It doesn't surprise me. Yeah. He
was really into Harry Potter. Legend. But mum
will only let him watch up until Prisoner of
Azkaban. I think Order of the Phoenix is the
next one to watch. Oh, okay. Yeah. He's only
watched the first three. Was it four? I can't
remember. But, yeah, so I think he kind of, when
that kind of happened, we started watching the
Marvel movies. So he just dropped straight off
Harry Potter. I'm like, Steph's like, oh, no.
I said, well, let him watch the other movies
before the. Yeah. And you get back into it, but
it didn't happen. Anyway, so a couple of Harry
Potter things. I think he's got a Harry Potter
board game. He's got Lego Hot Wheels. I don't
know. He's got a whole bunch of stuff. But we
do sometimes buy excess stuff and keep it and
wait because he's got his family coming to see
him tomorrow. And then Frank's coming over tomorrow
night. So we can return the shit that we've got
for him that somebody else has got for him. The
double prezzies. Yeah, and figure out what's
kind of less. We've got all the dockets and shit
like that. Nice. No double ups. No double ups.
We don't want double ups. Silly. I was so fucking,
speaking to the kids, man, I was so chuffed.
Logan rang me at work today. He goes, Dad, I
had a really good day at school. I love you.
I'm like, oh. Jesus. That's awesome. I'm quitting
work. I just want to be there for you when you
get out of school. Yeah. Yeah. Like his teacher
as well is a daughter of a friend of ours. Yeah.
And, dude, she's really every afternoon she comes
in and gives us a report on how his day was.
Yeah. And I don't know how I'd do if I didn't
know how his day was going at school. Yesterday
he come home and he just wasn't himself. I'm
like, oh, what's going on, buddy? He goes, oh,
nothing. He just had a massive meltdown. I'm
like, what's going on? He's like, nothing. I'm
stupid. I'm dumb. I'm ugly. I'm stupid. I'm like,
what are you doing? He goes, I should kill myself.
I'm like, mate, you're six. What are you talking
about? What's going on? He just stormed off to
his room. I'm like, let him have a fucking pearl
for a bit. And I went in, I'm like, mate, are
you okay? He goes, no, Dad, I'm stupid, I'm dumb.
And we've got a big poster on the wall, Rachel
Porter for you. It's like, I'm kind, I'm smart,
I'm brave, I'm blah, blah, blah, a heap of affirmative
shit. And we make him read it before he goes
to bed every night. And a kid at school followed
him around all day and just said, you're stupid,
you're dumb, you should go kill yourself. There
was a kid in year four, man. Logan's in first
grade. It's like. What the – what's going through
the head of a fourth grader? I wanted to say
that to a first grader. And that's what – I'm
glad I've got his teachers that talk to me in
the afternoon. Yeah. Because today – no, this
wasn't – yesterday was the day before. And yesterday,
like she goes, yesterday you had a really rough
day. I've spoken to the kids and the parents
of the kids. I'm like, okay. And – I'm like that
sort of reassurance that something was done and
my kid's not just getting fucking coming home
and thinking these awful things about himself
and nothing's been done about it. So I was, yeah,
just grateful that I've got that sort of, and
she does it with not just because I know her
or nothing, but she does it with a lot of the
parents. And it's so good to see, dude, like
that she's actually involved and wants to. He
had a rough day today, something happened, blah,
blah, blah. Can we work on that tonight and then
see how it goes tomorrow? Yeah. That's not an
uncommon thing neither because Logan doesn't
always have good days at school. Sometimes he's
a little shitbag. See, I don't know whether it
must be like an age -related thing because Landon
went through something a little similar at the
time at the same age. Yeah, right. And I don't
know whether it's like, you know, they get to
that age where they kind of become self -aware.
Yeah. You know, for a long time kids are just.
Autonomous little shitbags. And then all of a
sudden they get to an age where they start, like,
understanding that they have a place in this
world. Yeah. And their consequences and all that
shit. I think when Landon come home and talk
that crap, oh, man, I was fucking angry. But
I just picked him upside down and jumped around
and carried on. Man, that's like a reset button,
hey? Turn your kids upside down, shake them around.
Like a great white shark. Not a great white shark,
a tiger shark. Yeah, well, any shark. You turn
sharks upside down and they go to sleep. But,
like, I don't mean, like, abusively shake them.
Shake the baby. Like, yeah, you know, just give
them a bit of rough hairs upside down. Apparently
the chemistry in the brain kind of helps kids
reset that. Yeah. Well, now I'm okay. That's
great news. Upset, angry, whatever. If you can
get them upside down platefully and get a laugh
out of them, pretty much gold enough. Nice. Yeah.
Well, it would reset my brain a little bit. Yeah.
You know, you'd forget all about that stuff and
you'd focus on the laughing and the fact you
haven't wrestled with Dad. Yeah. And another
one is I like to put them in bed and just drop
them onto their bed. And they reckon that fall.
Yep. Helps them kind of switch off whatever might
have been kind of weighing before they get into
bed. Yeah, right. Kind of gives them a bit of
a fucking, like if they hit the bed and they
bounce and they laugh and they get that jolt
of endorphins, whatever. Yeah. They reckon it's
good for them. Well, that's like I heard something.
I was like, don't send your kids to bed after
they've been in trouble and don't. send them
to school after you've yelled at them and expect
them to have a good night's sleep or a good day
at school. So last night he had a bit of a rough
night and we tucked him into bed and he was just,
again, threw his pillows around, just had a bit
of a meltdown. And then he just goes, I'm going
to bed. I'm like, all right, so I'll let him
go down in there, let him throw his pillows around,
do what he's got to do. And then I walked in
and he was still down himself and I said, stand
up. He's like, why? I said, stand up. Didn't
give an explanation. Said, read your poster.
He went, no, I can't read it. I'm stupid. I'm
like, you've read it nearly every night for the
last two years, buddy. Read the poster. And he's
like, I said, no, read it. And he started, and
I said, again, louder, and just told him. And
by the end of it, dude, he was reading through
his list, screaming, laughing, having a great
time. And that's when I hugged him and said,
you know, I love you so much, mate. Have a great
night's sleep. Yeah. And he laid down and went
to sleep. Yeah. To get him to laugh and to see
that it's not all doom and gloom, buddy. Like
there's good things that can happen. And, yeah,
you know, I have a good night's sleep too now
knowing that he's going to have a good night's
sleep. 100%. Yeah. I like my kid. He's pretty
cool. I like your kid, man. He's cool. I like
your kid too. He's pretty badass. Sorry, small
teenager. Yeah, pretty much. He's catching up
to a lot of people. Oh, dude. That's the thing.
The other day I tattooed Rain for the first time.
Nearly 19. Yeah, nearly 19. And she got her first.
Fucking tattoo or somebody else. And I have not
let her live it down. Did you colour it in? No.
Scribble it out. And it's even better because
tattoos, you're always not a good tattooer. And
I just keep feeding it to her every time. I'm
like, oh, yeah, it must be nice getting tattooed
off someone else when your dad's a tattoo artist.
The guilt trip. I did. And I even got Jack and
Ali in on it too. So she's – her and Nick come
up because I tattooed her boyfriend before I
got to tattoo her. Fucking seething. But he's
such a good kid and, like, I've done his tattoo
and he came up for lunch for me birthday. He's
like, oh, what do you reckon, Clint? Look, it's
not even – didn't even scab up. I'm like, oh,
you did well. I'm like, yeah, jaws heal up rain.
She goes, should have. No, still looks like shit.
Yeah, so I got to tattoo Rain for my birthday.
So I tattooed her on Tuesday. Yeah. And she got
a character from a video game. Sorry, a character
in a video game has this tattoo. Right. And I'm
going to show you what the tattoo is. Okay. Okay.
Now, just so you know. Not something I would
get. Probably a good thing that your daughter
doesn't have the same taste as you. Yeah. So
this off a game called Life is Strange Part 2.
That's the tattoo. Yeah. Who else do I know that
has that tattoo? Look, it's silly, but she loves
it, and I love it because I tattooed her. Yeah.
I got it tattooed on my kid. I like it. That's
cool. It's fucking cool as shit. I'm glad I just
didn't give her trauma. But now I've got my heart
set on giving her trauma. We get tattooed by
somebody else before me. Some say I'm not jealous.
I fucking am. Seething. Seething. She'll never
let it down. No. And now it's on the internet,
so she's fucked. He has a record of it. All right,
we've got a little horror short to check out.
Fuck, I thought if I just kept talking that you
would just forget all about this horror trailer.
It's horror film you're going to make me watch.
Okay. The Changing Room is a short horror film.
And go. You're dressed not to go. No! She can
rewind something but not do that. That's a whole
heap of fucking no from me, thank you. I don't
want to be in this room. Special effects in a
short. Copyright. Here the code hangs. Right.
Copied you. That's... No! Fuck that off. There's
something in the tunnel. Leave. Get closer. Poke
it. Selfie! Sorry, it's an Aussie. I'm gonna
shoot the second one, watch. Yeah, we can't sit
still. Turn around and tell them you'll be back.
Quit with me! Sam Clevenson, you're a fucking
dick. See, I think that's just one of those ones
that are based on just an idea. Yeah. Obviously
the mirror is kind of like tunnel is the idea.
And then sometimes you get ones that have like
a little bit of lore in them. And it's not just
like what can we throw at this that's creepy
for creepy's sake. I didn't mind that. I was
like, have you ever seen the Midnight Meat Train?
The Midnight Meat Train? I have not. Sounds weird,
doesn't it? It does. Well, it's about the same
sort of shit. It's a train that runs at midnight.
It's the last train, end of line. And it's got
Vinnie Jones in it and fucking Rocket. Rocket
Raccoon. Yeah. Bradley Cooper. Bradley Cooper.
It's what happens at the end of the line. What
happens, where do the trains go? Well, apparently,
if you're still on the train, you become food
for what's at the end, and Vinnie Jones plays
a butcher, and his job is to shave the head and
pull the teeth out of all the people that are
left on the train for the people that get eaten
at the end. Yeah, right. It's good. There's like
a shot in it, and I'll show you what it looks
like, but this is what I wanted on the wall.
private tattoo room back when I was at Tattoos
on Beaumont, and I wanted this shot on a wall,
but technology at the time didn't allow you to
do that sort of shit. Now, however, yeah, so
it was like just people hanging off the things
and he's the butcher, but he wasn't in the thing.
So it's like the door opens and there's just
heaps of people hanging off things, and that's
what I wanted when you walked into my tattoo
room. Jesus. Not a mirror on either wall? No.
I like them. Well, the macabre back in the day.
Fair enough. Not so much that he's a bit soft.
Thought I was edgy. Wanted to be like Paul Booth.
Fair enough. That's all I've got, buddy. That's
all I've got too. Thank you for joining us again
for another week. Like, comment, subscribe, do
all the things, guys. Hope you guys have a great
weekend. Love, peace, chicken grease. See you later.