WEBVTT 00:00:02.380 --> 00:00:07.580 Hello and welcome to episode 11 episode 11 of 00:00:07.580 --> 00:00:11.400 my 11 year old thoughts with me D Mankins and 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:14.960 him cool dad So D Mankins the show continues 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:17.859 to grow. I know we're at over 6 ,000 podcast 00:00:17.859 --> 00:00:22.160 downloads over 30 ,000 views on tik -tok and 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:24.359 the podcast is available on all good platforms 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:30.309 like Amazon music Spotify Apple Castbox and For 00:00:30.309 --> 00:00:32.130 all those who like to watch the video version. 00:00:32.130 --> 00:00:35.630 Yeah. We're on YouTube. YouTube. TikTok. TikTok. 00:00:36.030 --> 00:00:40.210 Insta and Facebook. Alright. So how's your week 00:00:40.210 --> 00:00:42.770 been D -Mankins? I mean my week's been pretty 00:00:42.770 --> 00:00:45.409 interesting. School's coming to an end and it's 00:00:45.409 --> 00:00:48.270 six weeks off. Wish I got six weeks off work. 00:00:48.689 --> 00:00:51.509 And then it's high school. High school. Are you 00:00:51.509 --> 00:00:53.649 getting nervous yet? Well, not at the minute. 00:00:53.770 --> 00:00:55.649 I mean, it's too hot to be nervous right now. 00:00:55.729 --> 00:00:57.590 It is hotter than the hot thing at the minute. 00:00:57.750 --> 00:01:00.130 I mean, like, I saw a video that was very, very 00:01:00.130 --> 00:01:03.929 relatable. It was saying that in Greece, 30 degrees 00:01:03.929 --> 00:01:08.269 is 30 degrees, right? Yep. in spain 30 degrees 00:01:08.269 --> 00:01:11.890 is 30 degrees yeah in italy 30 degrees is 30 00:01:11.890 --> 00:01:15.650 degrees but in england you feel like you're being 00:01:15.650 --> 00:01:18.909 flamed to buy torch dragon breath and you're 00:01:18.909 --> 00:01:22.230 melting mornin simon cowell's face what a good 00:01:22.230 --> 00:01:25.629 analogy that is i know so We're going to start 00:01:25.629 --> 00:01:28.150 with, as always, questions from the listeners. 00:01:28.430 --> 00:01:30.409 All right. Again, we've had a few good questions 00:01:30.409 --> 00:01:33.109 this week and I've chosen two. OK. We usually 00:01:33.109 --> 00:01:35.870 give them nicknames or a job, but I reckon we 00:01:35.870 --> 00:01:40.090 could even say what car they drive. Oh. So question 00:01:40.090 --> 00:01:43.450 number one comes in from Nick Broadmore. OK. 00:01:43.950 --> 00:01:47.109 So what's a good nickname for him or job or what 00:01:47.109 --> 00:01:49.450 car do you think he drives? How about we do all 00:01:49.450 --> 00:01:53.569 three? All right. So nickname. Uh, Knack, as 00:01:53.569 --> 00:01:55.969 in knick -knack, paddy -whack. That's a good 00:01:55.969 --> 00:01:59.609 one. Broadmoor is known as a prison. Yeah. So 00:01:59.609 --> 00:02:01.670 perhaps he's a prison officer. Or a criminal. 00:02:02.049 --> 00:02:04.750 Ha -ha. If he's a criminal, I reckon he drives 00:02:04.750 --> 00:02:08.729 an XR3i. What's that? That's an old -school Ford 00:02:08.729 --> 00:02:11.849 Escort. I don't really like Fords, really. Fair 00:02:11.849 --> 00:02:15.229 enough. So, Knack asks, what three things are 00:02:15.229 --> 00:02:17.110 you looking forward to being able to do when 00:02:17.110 --> 00:02:20.259 you're an adult? No score. Whoa, that was quick 00:02:20.259 --> 00:02:23.520 number three no school. Yeah, but will it be 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:28.199 college university or work? Well, if it's work, 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:30.960 at least I'm getting paid to get out of bed fair 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:34.879 point What about number two? Probably driving 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:37.020 Oh, good one. You've got to pass your test first 00:02:37.020 --> 00:02:39.719 though. Yeah, but I have had a few lessons already. 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:41.659 You have? Can you remember the time I filmed 00:02:41.659 --> 00:02:43.599 you driving on the airfield and we put the video 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:45.960 up on YouTube? Yeah, I have a channel. It's called 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:48.159 D -Man Kids. It's my own channel. You should 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:51.580 go subscribe. It's right there. And guess what? 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:54.500 They banned that video. I know. Unbelievable. 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:56.719 Apparently it wasn't safe or appropriate for 00:02:56.719 --> 00:02:59.020 the age. Yeah, what did I do? Anyway, but when 00:02:59.020 --> 00:03:01.520 you've passed your test, what first car are you 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:06.319 getting? Maybe a BMW. You can't have a BMW as 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:08.900 a first car. Why not? They're a bit expensive 00:03:08.900 --> 00:03:12.900 to run and insure. And it's the unwritten rule 00:03:12.900 --> 00:03:15.819 to have a small banger of a car as your first 00:03:15.819 --> 00:03:19.860 car. Alright, so give me an example. Maybe a 00:03:19.860 --> 00:03:24.879 Fiat 500? Really? Or maybe a Suzuki Swift? Better, 00:03:25.139 --> 00:03:27.620 but like, seriously? Why don't you start somewhere? 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:31.699 Alright, so driving. And at number one... Freedom! 00:03:32.340 --> 00:03:34.539 Freedom. Freedom. I wasn't expecting freedom. 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:36.960 What do you mean by that? All the house rules, 00:03:37.099 --> 00:03:39.879 all the school rules, and so on. Well, you'll 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:41.960 always have some rules to follow. Whether you're 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:46.740 at uni, work, life, there are always rules. I 00:03:46.740 --> 00:03:49.300 think you mean more responsibility and choice. 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:53.919 Right. Yeah, maybe that. Right. So Nick Broadmoor, 00:03:54.060 --> 00:03:57.219 number three. So we've got new school. Yeah. 00:03:57.259 --> 00:03:59.520 We've got driving. Yeah. And we've got freedom. 00:03:59.780 --> 00:04:03.259 Yeah. Excellent choice. So question two comes 00:04:03.259 --> 00:04:06.759 in from Molly Speed. Okay. Well, I think she 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:09.300 drives a Porsche 911. You do like your German 00:04:09.300 --> 00:04:11.419 cars. Yeah. With a surname like that. I think 00:04:11.419 --> 00:04:14.520 you could be right. Yeah. So Molly who drives 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:18.199 the Porsche asks if you had a time machine where 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:21.139 or should I say when would you go? Oh, that's 00:04:21.139 --> 00:04:23.680 a tough one. I mean you could go forwards. You 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:26.019 could go backwards. Yeah. The possibilities are 00:04:26.019 --> 00:04:28.120 endless. I mean you could see the dinosaurs. 00:04:28.300 --> 00:04:31.680 Save the dodo bird. Or even stop Hitler. So what 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:35.980 do you think, Dean Ankins? Uh, I'm thinking maybe 00:04:35.980 --> 00:04:39.180 I'll go back to the Victorian times. Victorian 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:41.740 times? Okay. I want to know what it's like to 00:04:41.740 --> 00:04:45.259 actually be in a workhouse. I don't want to stay 00:04:45.259 --> 00:04:46.699 for long, but like... No, you wouldn't want to 00:04:46.699 --> 00:04:49.379 stay too long. No, but like, what's it actually 00:04:49.379 --> 00:04:52.079 like? I think I would go forward. Forward? I'd 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:54.800 get the lottery numbers and I'd come back and 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:57.519 be a millionaire. That's smart. Bit like the 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:01.129 movie Back to the Future. Yeah. So now it's time 00:05:01.129 --> 00:05:03.810 for your pull of my leg. Yep. So for all the 00:05:03.810 --> 00:05:05.730 new listeners out there, this is where I ask 00:05:05.730 --> 00:05:08.810 you, Dee Mankins, to use a common saying in a 00:05:08.810 --> 00:05:11.329 sentence and tell us where it comes from. Yeah. 00:05:11.629 --> 00:05:14.889 So this week's saying is it costs an arm and 00:05:14.889 --> 00:05:17.689 a leg. OK. So use this in a sentence and tell 00:05:17.689 --> 00:05:20.610 us where it comes from. I think I know this one. 00:05:20.610 --> 00:05:23.990 Go on then. So I was sat down on the internet 00:05:23.990 --> 00:05:27.569 looking for a second screen for my PC streaming 00:05:27.569 --> 00:05:31.100 setup. You were? and I wanted a Corsair Xeon, 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:34.560 and you, Cool Dad, said, bloody hell, that costs 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:37.800 an arm and a leg. Yes, I do remember this. I 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:39.920 think I ended up getting you a better MSI vertical 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:42.259 monitor instead. Yeah, and I'm looking at it 00:05:42.259 --> 00:05:44.680 right now. Right. Good one. I'll take that. So 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:47.620 where do you think the saying comes from? I think 00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:51.259 this comes from the Game of Thrones. That's a 00:05:51.259 --> 00:05:53.600 bit random. What, like, Knights and Dragon time? 00:05:53.980 --> 00:05:56.620 Yeah. But you're too young to watch that. Oh, 00:05:56.620 --> 00:06:00.139 yeah. OK, so Game of Thrones times. yeah so if 00:06:00.139 --> 00:06:04.540 you ran up a bit of a bill in a tavern right 00:06:04.540 --> 00:06:07.160 and you couldn't pay in these times they would 00:06:07.160 --> 00:06:10.720 take an arm and a leg what like chop them off 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:15.139 yeah harsh great thinking and all your thoughts 00:06:15.139 --> 00:06:17.160 on where these sayings come from are better than 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:19.839 the originals i know but this one actually dates 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:22.180 back to the 20th century to say that something 00:06:22.180 --> 00:06:25.660 was very precious or very expensive oh okay well 00:06:25.660 --> 00:06:27.459 that concludes your pull of my leg for this week 00:06:27.459 --> 00:06:30.819 yeah Time for a joke of the week. Oh, yeah, a 00:06:30.819 --> 00:06:32.360 lot of our listeners like our jokes of the week 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:34.939 I know we've done what we've done recently. We've 00:06:34.939 --> 00:06:39.040 done one -liners Puns little Johnny jokes ages 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:41.860 ago. We did knock -knock jokes We're done a lot 00:06:41.860 --> 00:06:44.959 of different themes. So what is your go -to joke? 00:06:45.660 --> 00:06:47.680 What do you mean cool dad? You know, so if you 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:50.720 like our mates party, you will taking it in turns 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:55.160 What one are you pulling out of the bag? I shall 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:58.540 pull out I think I got one. Go on then. Alright, 00:06:58.540 --> 00:07:02.040 so what do you call a fake noodle? I don't know, 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:08.579 what do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. Right, 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:12.160 my cool dad go -to joke is... Yeah? Why did the 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:14.120 mushroom get invited to all the best parties? 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:18.779 I don't know. Because he was a fun guy. I get 00:07:18.779 --> 00:07:21.740 it, yeah. So quite a short joke of the week this 00:07:21.740 --> 00:07:26.600 week. Yeah. Team Hankins, one word. Unbelievable. 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:29.379 Unbelievable. Oh, actually, do you know someone 00:07:29.379 --> 00:07:31.639 messaged in on social media to say I use the 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:35.079 word unbelievable too much? Actually. It is unbelievable. 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:38.600 Right, but... Anyway, have you got one of your 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:41.120 true unbelievable stories for us this week? Yes, 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:44.779 I have, and this one is unbelievable. I think 00:07:44.779 --> 00:07:48.120 it's right up there. Oh, D -Mankins, go for it. 00:07:48.540 --> 00:07:51.860 Alright, Comic Con. Comic Con? What, like the 00:07:51.860 --> 00:07:55.089 convention? Yeah. right okay all right so this 00:07:55.089 --> 00:07:58.310 is a reddit story from a 13 year old oh what's 00:07:58.310 --> 00:08:01.750 his name uh let's call him percy percy okay so 00:08:01.750 --> 00:08:04.389 percy and his family were visiting the big san 00:08:04.389 --> 00:08:07.790 diego comic con a few years ago and was doing 00:08:07.790 --> 00:08:11.029 a two day visit nice two day visit to comic con 00:08:11.029 --> 00:08:14.110 yeah now percy and his family lived a good couple 00:08:14.110 --> 00:08:16.990 of hours away from the venue and were nearly 00:08:16.990 --> 00:08:20.389 halfway there when percy's mom realized they 00:08:20.389 --> 00:08:25.279 had left the tickets behind So, Percy's dad had 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:27.579 a moan, but they turned around to get the tickets 00:08:27.579 --> 00:08:31.319 back, adding another hour and a half to the journey. 00:08:32.100 --> 00:08:34.019 I've done this before with football tickets. 00:08:34.899 --> 00:08:37.799 Yeah. Anyways, they started whizzing off to the 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:40.440 venue, and when they were only five miles away, 00:08:40.620 --> 00:08:43.299 they got pulled over by the police. Pulled over 00:08:43.299 --> 00:08:45.100 by the feds, you know, when you can't mess with 00:08:45.100 --> 00:08:47.500 the American police, D. Mankins? No. So, why 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:50.220 were they pulled over? Because Percy's dad was 00:08:50.220 --> 00:08:53.980 speeding. Right. Parcy remembered his dad getting 00:08:53.980 --> 00:08:57.080 a stunt taken off by a patrolman. I bet he did. 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:00.720 And Parcy thought the policeman felt sorry for 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:03.259 us because his two little brothers were sat in 00:09:03.259 --> 00:09:06.879 the back of the SUV with one dressed as ET under 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:10.340 the blanket and the other as Yoda. So the policeman's 00:09:10.340 --> 00:09:12.179 pulled him over, he's looked in the back seats 00:09:12.179 --> 00:09:17.379 and there he sees ET and Yoda. Yeah. Wow. Now, 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:21.279 because Parcy's family arrived later than planned, 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:24.840 there were there were a long queue to enter the 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:27.580 venue yeah i mean they were almost at the front 00:09:27.580 --> 00:09:29.659 of the queue when someone dressed as dar fader 00:09:29.659 --> 00:09:31.500 tried to push in the front of someone dressed 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:34.919 as iron man so dar fader tried to push in front 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:38.419 of iron man yeah and the next thing percy sees 00:09:38.419 --> 00:09:40.960 is iron man throwing a punch at dar fader let 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:44.500 me get this right so Iron Man's having a scrap 00:09:44.500 --> 00:09:47.259 with Darth Vader. Yes, and this went on for a 00:09:47.259 --> 00:09:49.799 couple of minutes before a guy dressed as Deadpool 00:09:49.799 --> 00:09:53.080 came to split them up. This is unbelievable. 00:09:53.379 --> 00:09:56.240 So Deadpools came over to break up a fight between 00:09:56.240 --> 00:10:01.019 Darth Vader and Iron Man. Yeah. Oh my days. Just 00:10:01.019 --> 00:10:04.539 then, security arrived and two security guards 00:10:04.539 --> 00:10:07.240 came rushing over and then one of them tripped 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.919 over. and split his head open split his head 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:12.559 open i know there was blood everywhere all my 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:15.080 days and i had to be taken to the medical center 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.879 and by this time iron man and darth aida were 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:22.159 shaking hands and were allowed in so let me recap 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:24.820 percy's day started with forgetting the tickets 00:10:24.820 --> 00:10:28.840 his dad gets pulled over by the feds yeah iron 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:31.940 man and darth aida are having fisticuffs yeah 00:10:31.940 --> 00:10:35.340 with deadpool playing the peacemaker and after 00:10:35.340 --> 00:10:37.340 that the security guard man needing stitches 00:10:37.610 --> 00:10:40.509 Yeah. This is unbelievable, D -Mankins. What 00:10:40.509 --> 00:10:43.389 I want to know is who would win the fight. Ooh. 00:10:43.590 --> 00:10:45.950 I think Darth Vader would. He'd use the Force 00:10:45.950 --> 00:10:50.090 and strangle him. Fair enough. The next thing 00:10:50.090 --> 00:10:53.110 that happened is Percy lost his four -year -old 00:10:53.110 --> 00:10:55.929 her little brother. The one dressed as Yoda. 00:10:56.190 --> 00:10:59.970 Yoda? Yeah, so we had just entered a Star Wars 00:10:59.970 --> 00:11:03.740 section. We were going to meet some of the actors 00:11:03.740 --> 00:11:08.039 and get the load down on the latest movie developments. 00:11:08.820 --> 00:11:11.460 And Percy's little brother wandered off in his 00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:14.820 Yoda costume. Okay. Percy turned around and there 00:11:14.820 --> 00:11:18.419 was about twenty Yoda's there. Twenty Yoda's? 00:11:18.860 --> 00:11:20.960 All my days. Well I suppose that would be what 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:23.200 you'd see at a Star Wars convention. I mean yeah. 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:26.700 So Percy rushed over to a few of the Yoda's, 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:29.750 pulling their masks off. but one of the stewards 00:11:29.750 --> 00:11:32.889 saw him and thought he was just causing trouble 00:11:32.889 --> 00:11:36.370 I bet he did and was about to kick him out but 00:11:36.370 --> 00:11:40.009 when Percy's mom came over to explain what had 00:11:40.009 --> 00:11:43.590 just happened with Percy's little brothers standing 00:11:43.590 --> 00:11:46.830 next to her completely oblivious to what had 00:11:46.830 --> 00:11:48.850 just taken place well at least they found his 00:11:48.850 --> 00:11:51.809 little brother yeah the rest of the comic con 00:11:51.809 --> 00:11:56.649 went off without drama good however another disaster 00:11:57.080 --> 00:11:59.480 What happened? When we went to check into the 00:11:59.480 --> 00:12:02.480 motel dad had booked, yeah, when Percy and his 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:05.539 family arrived they were given a two bed twin 00:12:05.539 --> 00:12:07.759 room when there were five of them. What's a bit 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:10.820 of a balls up? What a day Percy and his family 00:12:10.820 --> 00:12:15.919 are having. So Percy's dad went back to reception 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:21.200 and had to pay another 150 bucks to upgrade to 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:25.919 a bigger room. 150 dollars to upgrade? So Percy's 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:28.879 dad was now a little bit annoyed, and Percy's 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:33.360 mum was having a moan too. Right, yeah. Anyway, 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:36.480 they decided to go into a nice steakhouse. I 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:39.120 do like a steakhouse. The food was good, and 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:43.320 everyone's mood was lifted. Percy's dad had a 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:45.879 couple of beers. Nice. His mum had a wine or 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:48.179 two. I'm sure the lucky Mrs T would do the same. 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:52.740 And everything was great. Lovely. So Percy and 00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:55.649 the family finished their meal. and headed back 00:12:55.649 --> 00:12:58.370 to the motel what the expensive upgraded motel 00:12:58.370 --> 00:13:00.950 yeah his two younger brothers got sent through 00:13:00.950 --> 00:13:03.789 to their room ready for bed all right there were 00:13:03.789 --> 00:13:06.870 bunk beds and ET wanted the top bunk but Yoda 00:13:06.870 --> 00:13:09.149 was older and got there first so there's two 00:13:09.149 --> 00:13:11.710 aliens having a disagreement who's shotgun in 00:13:11.710 --> 00:13:14.669 the top bunk bed yeah but then there was a loud 00:13:14.669 --> 00:13:20.090 scream from ET oh what happened he said there's 00:13:20.090 --> 00:13:23.549 a monster in my bed a monster in his bed yeah 00:13:23.690 --> 00:13:26.409 Percy and his dad ran into the room, they pulled 00:13:26.409 --> 00:13:29.629 off the duvet and then there was a raccoon in 00:13:29.629 --> 00:13:32.990 the bed! No way! An actual live raccoon in his 00:13:32.990 --> 00:13:36.029 bed! This is unbelievable Dee Mankins! I know! 00:13:36.230 --> 00:13:38.970 And the next thing Percy hears is that E .T. 00:13:39.250 --> 00:13:44.289 wants to go home! E .T. wants to go home! I don't 00:13:44.289 --> 00:13:47.100 believe it! This must be a wind -up! No! Percy 00:13:47.100 --> 00:13:49.659 the Reddit user says this is how it all happened 00:13:49.659 --> 00:13:53.200 and was a true story. Percy says the next day 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:55.919 was complete upset and nothing unusual happened 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:59.039 and after the Comic Con the family arrived home 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:01.639 safely. Well I suppose Percy and his family had 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:04.259 an eventful Comic Con? Yeah. Dee Mankins, this 00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:06.620 is a brilliant story. Yeah. I think it's my new 00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:09.340 favourite. You think? I do. And that concludes 00:14:09.340 --> 00:14:12.740 episode 11 for My 11 Year Old Thoughts. And what 00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:14.080 are we going to call this one this week, Dee 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:16.500 Mankins? I feel like we should call it Back to 00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:18.559 the Future. Back to the Future. Yeah. I mean, 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:20.740 we could have called it Deadpool, Darth Vader, 00:14:21.179 --> 00:14:23.340 Iron Man. We could have called it Comic Con. 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:26.120 Yeah, but Back to the Future. Yeah. Excellent. 00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:29.919 Well, that's all for me, Cool Dad. And me, Dee 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:30.519 Mankins.