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Is that your new thing, though? You're going to start the clock at every episode? Yeah. For other podcasts where we have fewer staff, I've been clock trained. Okay. So I can now do it. And if you'd like to endorse me on LinkedIn for it, that would be lovely. So you're now pressing the button for the time of the clock? It's just a clock so we know how long we've gone on for. I'm just trying to expand my skill set so that I'm more employable as a PA.

good with clocks all PAs are good with clocks yeah that's what I've heard you're a bit of an expert in clocks

Hello and welcome to our Friday episode, where we see how much extra content you can squeeze into your week. Random things that have been sent in, extra bits that have been going on, and how our advice went down with you. How wonderful. G& Davis. Oh, you did a whisper. I did. How do we feel about a whisper? I like a lot of whisper. What are you doing this week? Prefer a flake. Are you up to much? What am I doing? Well, it's wicked. I've seen it. Have you seen it? Yeah. Did you cry?

Yeah, two and a half hours of my life, I'm never getting back. That's why I cry. Oh, did you tell that to the cast of interviews? No, I get it. It's a wonderful film. Okay. It is. It's a wonderful film. Well, we're a group of... assorted and diverse friends are going to see it with micah's sister as well oh okay yeah where are you going to watch that micah's bookshop of cinema i don't know i'll just do as i'm told so i've got that um

Does it hurt that you weren't invited, hi guys, to the premiere? I was at the town with Mr Ripley, so I was very busy. I was in Richmond. Were you invited to the premiere? I don't think I was, but it was next to my work. And instead of a red carpet, do you know what they have? Oh, don't. Did they have a green carpet? A yellow brick road.

Who'd thought of that? It's class, actually. Oh, do you know what happened? It's just like William's jumper. We were interviewing... Because I've come dressed as the yellow brick road. I did watch it. You can walk all over me. Jonathan Bailey's got guyliner in it, and I think he's really pulling off the guyliner. Was that why you were trying guyliner the other day? Yes, I was trying guyliner the other day.

I think he's just called Eyeliner, to be honest. Bless him, because he wasn't doing any press release, though, because we wanted to get him in, because we love interviewing him. He's a proper good crack. But he was filming, and I think when he was on the red carpet, and I hope I'm not speaking out to him here.

He looked shattered, so I think they flew him in. Well, he'd been doing the... He's filming another film, apparently. Yeah, but he'd been doing the press tour. They'd been in Brazil, they'd been in Paris, New York, and then London. So he looked a bit tired, bless him. Bless. He's always dead nice. Indeed. What are you doing this weekend? I am having the Capital Breakfast lockdown for dinner. Lovely. Very nice. Making a chilli. What?

I could have, if you had said, what am I cooking? I probably would have gone chilli. For God's sake. Why? Learn something new. Well, it's just easy, isn't it? Yeah, obviously. I mean, don't go to any effort for anyone. I'll be honest.

I've got a new Le Creusier pan that I want to use, so I'm going to put it in that. I've always wanted a Le Creusier pan, and I've still not used it. Okay. So I'm going to make a big chili meal. Oh, that's rough, though. When I die, bury me with my Le Creusier pan. Can we bury you in it? It's not that big.

No, I know. Neither are you. I'd be interested in Chile, wouldn't it? And then, what am I doing Saturday? No, football. Oh, I might watch rugby. And then at the time recording, I'm not the biggest boxing fan, but that, Conor Benn. What's-its-name fight? This is going straight overheads. There's a bit of boxing on. Might pay on that. On the DAZN. On the what? DAZN. What does that mean? The channel it's on.

Oh, I see. That's a channel. DAZN. DAZN. And the rugby zone. Oh, yeah. I thought it was a type of yoghurt. England are playing the All Blacks, aren't they? I don't... I mean, why are you looking at me? Do you get anyone in this room? Well, we've got a quiet weekend. I'm having a chilled one. Clearly. I'm going to clear out my clothes as well.

Nice. Great. Well, I hope you have a lovely, lovely chat. I hope you have a lovely weekend watching Wicked. Thank you. With your diverse... Assortment of friends, yes. Assortment of friends. How many days are you going? Five? Six? Christ. I mean, obviously in the cinema there won't be any others, so it'll predominantly just be us representing. No, I'll be gazing at little girls. It's the time of audience. You can't tell places apart sometimes. You can't. If you had a little girl.

And a gay weeping behind me. Blindfolded, I wouldn't be able to tell. No, who's blindfolded? Me.

Shall we move on? Yeah. Do you know what my hairdresser said to me yesterday? She's so rude. I love her to pieces. And I said, we were talking about Strictly, and she went, oh, are you watching Strictly this year? I said, oh, bits. Yeah, I'm watching bits. She went.

And I went, oh, talking strictly, I was on it a few weeks ago. And she went, without missing me, for Halloween. So bloody rude. And I said, well, you cheeky bitch. And she went, oh, no, that's not what I meant. That's not what I meant. We all know. I see you. Can you remember we spoke about one of your fantasies about me becoming your PA slash EA? What's EA? Executive assistant. Oh, yeah, my executive.

Personal assistant. Yes. Well, we asked G&Dvers for some inspirational words of warning regarding my possible new line of employment. Some anonymous sources have revealed some of the tasks that they have been asked to do. as PAs. So what I thought is, and I haven't read these yet, we can go through. Is this the sort of thing you would ask me to do? And would I do it? So this is Gene Divas who have worked as PAs. Or EAs. Or EAs.

And this is some of the things they've been asked. Great work, Jack. Great work. All right, go on. Let's have a listen. Asked to take their kids to a GP appointment and say that they were their parent. That's not that bad.

What are you paying them for? Yeah, but I don't think you can then turn up and pretend to be that child's legal guardian. I think that is illegal. Sounds like fraud. That is fraud, I would say. I think that is a stretch. You wouldn't ask me to do that because you don't have little ones. No. Or kids. I set you up. Thank you for coming to the rescue. I had to... Oh, my God. This person had to go and buy a strap-on for my employer.

which, as a lesbian, I have experience in doing. However, needless to say, it was a unique experience. I mean, yeah, if it's anything to do with sex, if you ever feel uncomfortable, then you can always... I think that's, yeah. I wouldn't personally like to buy a strap-on for my employer. Would you make me buy you a strap-on? Yes. Okay. Of course. I'd hand it over and go, go fuck yourself. Thank you very much. That was good. Thank you. Removing a splinter from his bum cheek.

I mean... I've pulled bigger from your arse. That was good. Thank you. It's funny because it's true. No, it's not. That's a joke. I would... If we were on tour and I had a splinter in my house, I would ask you to remove it. Yes, I have a feeling I'd ask you. I wouldn't remove it from yours. Why? I'd get Ben to do it, or Jack. Only see. Okay. Catching a squirrel that ended up in his living room.

No, I wouldn't be doing that because squirrels are adjacent to rats. And everyone thinks squirrels are cute. They've got more diseases, haven't they? They're not cute. The bushy tail, I'd rather see a squirrel. I'd rather there was a squirrel running around in here than a rat. I'll be perfectly honest. Don't get ideas. But... I wouldn't be doing that. Now, would you get me to do this?

He wanted me to make him a coffee but not put it in front of him until it was a drinkable temperature. Not being the kind of person who cares about a pocket thermometer all times, I just decided the best way to do this was by sticking my finger in the coffee to test it. So he drank finger-dipped coffee for two minutes. Yeah, totally. You can't keep the coffee cool. You've just got to wait five minutes.

to block out the weirdos. That sounds like a good service. Well, you know, I think it's dating, and I'm using that word in all senses of the word. It's about a personal connection. And the trouble is with that, you're then building a connection with someone who you're not then ultimately potentially going to meet. So I don't think that's that. That said, my friend, I was doing my friend's hinge profile the other day for him.

That was quite good fun. Okay. Yeah. Izzy did your one as well, didn't she? Izzy did do my Hinge profile back in February when I was briefly on Hinge for Valentine's Day. Unhinged. But no, I wouldn't say that's right. But look, general word of warning to all bosses. This is from another G&Diva. Being an assistant is not something that should be looked down on. I quite agree. It is a job that comes with great power and responsibility. The pay can be...

exceptional because the piss the assistants off and the potential exposure can be dangerous. Oh. They're where the bodies are, aren't they? Yeah. I would also say on the general assistant, secretary, EA, PA thing, it's very telling. and it's something we do in our etiquette courses, how people refer to them. Nobody gives two... FIGs, whether they are your assistant or not, if they don't work for your organisation. Your client, for example, is not impressed you have an assistant, for example.

Internally, you might need to know who reports into who, et cetera. So I get within an organization, it is useful. But if you refer to someone as my assistant and you don't even say their name, that says more about you. and your fragile ego than going, Susan, my colleague, for example.

rather than my assistant. So A, use their name. Secondly, use their name first and not second. They were Susan before they were your colleague. So could you say Susan, my assistant, or Susan, my colleague? Susan, my colleague. You all work for the same company for the...

Same organization. But if Susan was your assistant, you can't call her your assistant. Nobody cares. All right, okay. Nobody cares if you've got an assistant. All right. You just call them my colleague. Anyway, just a little thing. How are you feeling?

About what I sprung on you on Tuesday. About getting your nib out and doing Christmas cards for those that buy tickets. Fine. Sounds good to me. Yeah. The signing starts next week. Okay. So spend this weekend limbering up your wrists. Okay. I'm sure you will. If you do need help, and Ben, I haven't run this past Ben, Ben and I as a backup could be there to support you. More Ben than me.

Because, again, I've spent seven and a half years doing correspondence. Can I come to my house and get your wrist into action, Ben? I've got very weak wrists. It does not surprise me. I'm out of practice. Show me your wrists. I'm all out of poof. I can't even lift my hand up. That is very weak. Show me your wrists. Yeah. These are strong wrists. Oh, yeah. I mean, I won the thumb war and the arm wrestle that we've had.

Didn't I? A few weeks ago. Did you? Yeah. What game could we play next? Isn't it true you won the Intercontinental Wanking Cup in Bristol as well? The Inter what? Continental Wanking Cup. Okay, well, Bristol isn't a continent. I think it was the Intercontinental Bristol Soggy Biscuit competition. Did you used to play that? Soggy Biscuit? No, sadly. That's a shame because I know you don't like biscuits, but you love cum.

If you want to go and get one of those design cards. Yeah. What do people do? They go to sexmyboss.com forward slash live. So if you buy some tickets. Yeah. Unfortunately, you've got to buy tickets. Yeah. Buy some tickets for the tour and you will receive a hand signed card. from me and one of them will have a golden ticket in the smell of my perfume and a kiss mark on and you will get to come and see us backstage before or after the show to say hello

What are we doing next? Well, Northern Parenting, Jordan. Last week you were telling us about your brother's Northern Parenting, more your sister-in-law's Northern Parenting. Can you remind us what happened at the football with your nephew? Yeah, Izzy's in some of the Northern parenting at the finest. You're not having a pie. £10 for an hot dog. No, you've just had a sandwich. Shut up.

Stop flecking about. Get still that kind of thing. Proper normal parenting. Okay. Seb and Izzy got on really well. Did they? At first, they were a bit like two sassy little blondes, like eyeing each other up. Like, what's going on here? What did Seb say to you? How old's Seb? Eight. Nine. No. He said, he got told off for being cheeky. He said, I said, do you think Izzy's pretty? He went, no, she looks well old.

He was told off for being cheeky, but then you were like, oh my God. This was, as you said, oh my God, guy that treats me bad. Love it. Izzy is eight. And then you two kind of had your own little thing going on. You actually really liked him, didn't you? He's so cute. He was cute. Oh, well, that's nice. Well, we have asked our GN Divas to send their favourite examples of either receiving or dishing out some northern parenting. These are the techniques they have talked about. Thumpy. Okay.

likes to say, stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about. Hashtag mental health. Lee says, is having... What? There's nothing wrong with that. I used to get that all the time. Shut up and cry and I'll give you something to bloody cry about. And look how you've turned out. Lee says, is having a bath in the kitchen sink just a northern thing? You were bathed in the sink. I was bathed in the sink. There's a lovely picture of my mum bathing.

my niece in the kitchen sink recently. It's cute. Harriet says her family like to say, you don't need the heating on, just put another jumper on when we'd complain about being cold. To be fair, I'm with you on that.

It's not cold enough at the moment for the heating. It's very mild. It might be a bit colder up north in Scotland and stuff, but down here it's really mild at the moment. Yeah, just put a thicker jumper on if needs be. I agree, you're a nice blanket. Ellie says she was regularly threatened to be sent to Barnardo's if she came home...

Supporting Bolton. Barnardo's is the children's care. Oh, I used to get all that. Northern parenting, but I think everyone's parents did that. If a copper went past. See that policeman? He's watching you. He's watching you. He's here. He's here. I've got it. You'll be in police cells. Megan used to go and play on the M6 when she was bored. That's what my dad used to say. Sorry? Go and play on M6.

No, but Megan used to go and play on the M6. No, I don't think she used to go on the M6. I hope she didn't. We don't endorse that. Only boring people get bored. Or... Toys in your bedroom, you're telling me you're bored. I wish I had half the stuff I had at your age, lad. Do you remember that? Parents say that now. Pardon? Parents say that now. When Daisy used to ask her parents what was for tea tonight, she...

be met with the answer, shit with sugar on. I've heard you say that before. My dad used to say, shit with sugar on. Miss's parents would complain about the big light in the front room being left on by saying, it's like blackpool illuminations in here. I've had that, yeah. My mother always likes turning on the big light and my grandparents hated it. So they'd always go, oh, we know your mother's here. It's like Blackpool illuminations. And we were Southern.

Beth's parents used to tell her, you treat this house like a hotel. Yeah. She means an hotel, but whatever. Oh, another one. My mum used to say when I was a teenager, you had to pay board. Yeah. So I paid like £20, £25 a week. I probably wasn't even a teenager. I think he's running left uni. Tell you what, you go and find a house, right, where you can get eating, you get your tea med, your washing done.

All your clothes put away for £25 a week and I'll come live with you. That's what she said to me all the time. And Holly's dad used to tell that when the ice cream band was playing music, it meant that they'd run out of ice cream. Wow. No, yeah. That's quite clever, to be fair. I've never heard that before. No. Proper. Or you come running in. Mum's like, no, this chock house is in the freezer. Not made of money. Isn't a chock house a boring?

It's so boring. It was as a child, because there was always loads, but now I had a choc eye since summer and it was... Oh no. It did hit the spot. But I don't like dark chocolate. Well, no, you can get a milk chocolate choc-ice. Can you? Yeah, you can get a white chocolate choc-ice. Do what you want. Milk chocolate, dark chocolate. Well, when it comes to the summer again, I'm going to get a milk chocolate.

The chocolates from our childhood, though, the chocolate was, like, so thin. Yeah, it was shite, wasn't it? It would, like, fall apart, wouldn't it? Yeah, cheap, flaky chocolate. They were best. The triangle calippos. They're called calippos.

Calypsos? Calypsos. No, they were like, you had to cut it open with scissors. They were triangles. They were proper strong and sweet. Oh, I know. Yeah. But there was a calypo, wasn't it? It was the orange one. There was a calypo, but what were the triangle ones called? Before we go to a break. Jubbly. Jubbly. Sun Lolly. Sun Lolly or Jubbly. Yeah, they were good then. Lovely Jubbly. All right, we've got more of your very good emails, messages, and letters after the break.

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All right, Gene Davis, thanks very much for sticking with us. Let's go to some of your responses now, William Hanson. Thank you, Jordan North. Joanne has been catching up on our recent episodes and has a contribution regarding nicknames. Hi, boys. I'm a little late to the party and have recently started listening to the podcast since I started my...

new job and have a rather long commute. I absolutely love it. Keeps me smiling both there and back. I wanted to jump in on the nicknames episode I heard and I thought I'd share mine. My nickname is Ted. Okay, she's called Joanne. It has absolutely no relevance to my name, and I always wondered how I got it, as it's been around since I was little. I always thought it was affectionate, maybe short for teddy bear, cute and cuddly, as I was as a child.

Turns out my stepdad actually gave me the nickname Ted because it's short for shithead. And he didn't feel it was appropriate to call me that across the school playground. Ted. Are you northern by any chance? No, see, that's so bad because my dad used to call our Brad shithead.

Well, you should just call him Ted. He had so many nicknames for him. Wreck-It Ralph, Jurassic Park. Why Jurassic Park? Because when he used to get up out of bed, the whole house used to shake. You know, and water's thingy. Jurassic Park's up. What people don't know about the former Prime Minister, Ted Heath, was actually officially called Shithead Heath. Oh, is it Shithead Heath? Isn't that what you, yeah, Shithead Heath? Yeah. That's very good.

Liv has a contribution to the ever-evolving Washing at 30 saga. By the way, I have messaged Dettol for comments on our Friday episode, and they are seeing what they can do to come back to us. Okay. Yeah. That was Friday last week. Dear William and Jordan, two things. First of all, if you wash everything at 30 but use a tumble dryer for your tea towels and knickers, I think the heat of the dryer still kills bacteria.

Yes, but not everyone puts them in the tumble dryer. Secondly, I've recently been to see the Book of Mormon musical in Bristol, and I think it would be right up your street, so I just want to recommend it to you both. We've been to see it together. No, we haven't. Have we not? No. Have we? No, I don't think we have. No, I think we did. I've seen it twice. I've seen it several times. Oh, okay. Have I? I've seen it several times. Okay.

Thanks for entertaining me every week while I clean my house. Liv, kiss. Which is lovely. Thank you, Liv. I have seen Book of Mormon. I do want to go and see it again, though. Because they've had a cast change. It's in the Mormon Wives one on Disney+. No, but everyone raves about that. Considering the religious, the bitchiness of that. I watched one episode and I must admit I couldn't watch it again. Tara wants to suggest a new spin on a G&D.

Hi, boys. My friends and I have been having our first ever gin and de bonnet this evening. What the hell was that? Sorry. What the hell was that noise you just made? I just said, caught in the back of my throat. Is that the noise you make? Timon and Pomba or something. Bloody hell's going on there.

Hi, boys. My friends and I are having our first ever gin under bonnet this evening. No one's noticed. We were previously G&D virgins, yea us. However, my best friend and I have discovered that the drink is much nicer with... A splash of Prosecco. Oh, I'll try that. So my question is... Can we try that for next week, please, guys? Is it OK to have a G&D Spagliato? Oh, love it.

Like a Negroni? Or is this not allowed? Yes, it is. Please advise. Side note, really looking forward to seeing you in Cardiff next March. Love the pod, Tara. Tara, you've really made that drink more classy now. Sorry, so it was previously enjoyed by two queens, and we have... The queen mother and the late queen. Those are the ones I was thinking of. And...

How can you get more sophisticated than two queens? Because Prosecco's sophisticated. Yes. It's Italian champagne. Well, it's sophisticated in Italy. I just hate how people turn their nose up at Prosecco. You know who loves Prosecco? Wendy? Yes, Wendy North. Right? She loves Lady Petrol, so I think it'd be nice. I am partial to a bit of Lady Petrol myself. Are you? Yeah. I think it's, I'm going to say it, I think Lady Petrol's better than champagne.

Oh, I hope I can say this, but guess who's back on the Guinness after three, four years of not drinking? Mikey. Mikey. She's drinking Guinness now. She's drinking Guinness. Floored my mother the other day when he ordered one. She couldn't believe it. Classic building. Yeah, I've got photos of him with the Guinness. Just be careful if he's on it all weekend. Why? No, don't go there. Let's progress to our previous episode. The farts.

that he will be doing will be horrific. I'm telling you, there's nothing worse than getting farts. Am I right, Jack? Thank you. Thanks. Lovely. Am I right, Izzy? She wouldn't know. Izzy's not doing anything. Producer Ben? We should do a Prosecco version and a champagne version. See which is nice. I'll do it next week. Taste test. We'll do it next week's bonus, maybe. Yeah, we can expense that bottle of Tattinger or something.

Paul Roger, please. Just stop turning your nose up at Lady Petrel. I have tried Prosecco many times, and I think I don't like it. Do you like champagne? I don't love it, but I would prefer it. The thing is, obviously, that G&D needed. was another form of alcohol in it. Yes. Oh, my God, there are three types of alcohol. We're going to have to clear the afternoon.

Book taxes back for us, please. And finally, Joe has a question regarding UK-based festivities. Dear William Jordan, I emigrated to Australia about 16 years ago from the mutually frequented city of Manchester. It's not always been... Easy being so far away from family and friends, particularly those northern home comforts. Meat and potato pies, black pudding, and chippy chips with gravy. But on the flip side, the land down under has provided a lovely life for me and my husband. My husband and I.

What I do struggle with here, though, is the lack of etiquette and decorum across Australian culture. And this is coming from a northerner living here. William, you would shudder at the things I witness on a regular basis. Other areas of Australian life that irritate me include the fact that a cheese board will regularly be served as a pre-dinner snack, not after dinner as one would expect. Oh, that's a class idea. But don't forget.

It's the other side of the world. They are upside down, so things will be upside down. Well, I've got things to say about cheese being served first, but let me finish the letter. And there is a serious lack of understanding of what a proper Sunday roast should consist of. It's not uncommon to have roasted sweet potatoes... pumpkin, and even sweet corn served as genuine side dishes. Pumpkin?

OK, seriously, and don't get me started on Australian gravy. Sigh. Anyway, in a couple of weeks, we'll be in London and Manchester bound for a long overdue weekend catch up with family and friends. And of course, to indulge in those cholesterol inducing fine foods. I'm sure you.

know what it's like for us northerners when we visit the big smoke especially when it's so infrequent so i'd be really keen to hear both of your suggestions for your favorite festive activities or must see sites around london at this time of year from a locals perspective please help also please keep up this

fantastic and hilarious podcast, as it's my little piece of home on the other side of the world. Kind regards, Joe, husband to Warwick. Joe, uh... Lovely letter, thank you. I'd recommend, I would recommend, what did that park go into recently?

Hyde. Battersea Park. Right. Then Battersea Power Station. Yes, and actually, if you haven't been here for 16 years, that's new. Yeah, absolutely. So go and have a look at that. And then I would say, if you want to get really Christmas and festive, go to Carnaby Street. Oh. It's so busy. It is going to be very busy. Covent Garden, but go...

I'd say avoid Covent Garden. But go first thing in the morning. Yeah, go at 10am. And then what else you do is, you go down Oxford Street and the best thing about London is you live it and you discover somewhere. The Fortnum & Mason Christmas windows are always good. It's free. You just walk past them. They're beautiful. Nice display. Yeah, do all that. If you want to go inside, this is really boring, but if you like architecture, they've got a new double helix staircase going up the middle.

It's quite interesting. Generally, from an architectural point of view, it's actually fascinating what they've done there. Is that from Ikea? I think so. Flat pack. Palladium Panto, which is Sleeping Beauty this year. Go and watch a Panto.

Yes, that's very Christmassy. I don't know if they have panto in Australia. They definitely don't have it in America. Can I just circle back to cheese before dinner? Yeah. That's the American tradition. So I would say Australia have copied it from America. Yeah, because I find Australian culture is half British, half American.

I think. Yes, I would agree. I do find that. Years ago, I think the statute of limitations has passed here. Years ago, I can remember training some household staff who worked for some Americans who were living in Britain. who like to serve cheese as like canapes before a dinner. Fair enough, the American tradition. However, how they served it, I stopped this, is they had a big sort of black French polished piano, grand piano.

And they put the lid down and would directly put the cheese on the lid of the piano, not even on a cheese board. And people were expected to go and cut a bit of cheese. off the piano. My God, they're absolute psychos. They'd leave barks on it. Quite. So no, we stopped that. They didn't have a chopping board. But they do. They had loads. I wouldn't even have it on a piano. Why did they do that? I don't know. They thought it was their thing.

It's not anymore. No, it's not a thing. No, but it is in America. And actually, as long as you pair it well with the right drinks, it can work very nicely. But I think it's the sort of thing that if you did it in Britain to a British... group of guests, they'd think you'd lost the plot. No, I love cheese and crackers. Yeah, but at the end of a meal. No, that's the thing. I always have it as a snack. I do often have it before my tea. I had it yesterday. But like...

Half an hour before your tea or five minutes before your tea? About a hour before. Fair enough. Yeah. Cannot be a bit of Derry Lee on a cracker. A bit of Derry Lee. Triangle. and ham on a cracker. There's no better sound. Billy bear meat. And do you know what the best meal in the world is? You know, I love my combi fashion. My death row meal would just be a bacon butty. It would just be a bacon butty with all three sauces.

All three? Red brown mustard. And I'm not just saying it in a dairy lychee slice. Right. I have it every Saturday. It's a little jar. So, yeah. Well, what a life. There you go. What was your death, Romeo B, William? Beef Wellington.

We've talked about this. What would yours be? Falafel. And let's finish with our comment of the week. This can be a comment or a leaf. This can be a comment from Spotify, YouTube. Or any of our social. I'm so sorry. I kept saying things yesterday as well. I had that planning meeting.

I want to have some chicken, Ben. Ben, there's some chicken there. Ben, he's like, I'm vegetarian. I was like, yeah, sorry. Well, before we get to the favourites, here are some honourable mentions. Amber commented, why don't you shorten Gen Z Izzy to Jizzy?

No comment. Kizzy. Jenna commented on our poo special. I had to remove my headphones and stop listening at one point because I was going to burst out laughing. I don't know how to explain to my office that I'm laughing at poo dilemmas. Bring us a part two. Let's not have a part. I will hold my hand up. I did say in the group chat and to the production team, I was iffy about last week's episode. It did seem to go down miraculously. All right. Very well.

Yes. We were digested well. I said we might get mixed reviews. I wasn't... I was sceptical on how it went down doing a full episode on poo down. Well, it wasn't. It was just the second half. But it seemed that it's what RG&D was wrong. I did have to reassure two friends who messaged me to go, I think I might be giving this week's episode a miss. I went, you're fine up until the end of the etiquette biology. So I did have to tell them that. No more poo, though.

But our comment of the week goes to Grace, who commented, the best, most underrated Kylie song is Two Hearts. Two hearts. No, that's Phil Collins. That's not Kylie Minogue. Can we have a blast of two hearts? I've mentioned Phil Collins a lot on this lately. We have, yes, and his lack of showbiz name. No, one of the best British artists of all time, literally single-handedly. Is he British? Popped up, single-handedly made.

popped up Virgin. No, the brand. You've read Richard Branson's book. He was about to go bankrupt and he signed full Collins to Virgin. Him and Mike Orwell from Tubla Bells. Oh, it's a bit slow. This is a bang. Oh, yeah. Oh, what year was that? That's a buck. 25 years. It's too slow for me. That should be on heart, that. That'd be great. Two hearts. That's the wrong tune. Beated as just one night.

Sir, sir, studio. Something happened on the way to the forum or whatever it's called. That's my favourite, Phil Collins. Do you know something? Hang on. It's a great intro. Something happened on the way to the forum. No, I think I've also got... Something happened on the way to... What's it called? Heaven. It's good, isn't it? That is a banger. This is an intro. What's it called, this? Something happened on the way to the forum.

Isn't it good? We should walk onto this. Very talented. 21 seconds. You know what I'm going to listen to on my own, don't you? Kylie Minogue. Phil Collins. Grace also continues. Also, William's saying, titwank. On last week's episode, we'll live rent-free in my head forevermore. Titwank. There's a titwank just for you, Grace. Titwank. Doesn't sound as good when I say it. Sounds a bit aggressive, actually. Yeah, he gives a titwank.

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