TWI #4 Catching Up After a Long Hiatus: Wrestling, Rent Hikes, and Bubble Tea Adventures

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Dave Morgan breaks his podcast silence with a refreshingly honest return to Team Wing It. After struggling with the content creator's paradox—living adventures worth sharing while forgetting to document them—he's finally put down his phone and picked up the microphone again.

This episode captures the beautiful chaos of Dave's life as he prepares for Easter weekend with his son Josh, featuring Beyblade tournaments and their shared wrestling obsession. At 47, Dave proudly declares his refusal to grow up, sharing stories from his 22-year career as a wrestling referee and his excitement about meeting Japanese legend Great Muto. His passionate embrace of wrestling fandom offers a liberating reminder that adulthood doesn't require abandoning what brings us joy.

The conversation takes a relatable turn as Dave confronts the harsh reality of today's housing market. With his rent jumping from $405 to $450 weekly, he weighs his limited options and contemplates working additional shifts—a situation many listeners will find all too familiar. Between his amusing first experience with bubble tea (likened to "drinking frog eggs through a straw") and his closing nostalgic song reference, Dave creates an intimate listening experience that feels like catching up with an old friend. Whether you're a returning listener or discovering Team Wing It for the first time, Dave's unfiltered storytelling and self-deprecating humor make for a podcast that's authentically human in all the best ways.

Ready to join Dave on his next adventure? Subscribe now and see what chaos unfolds in episode five!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back.
This is episode four of theTeam Wing it podcast and I'm
your host, dave Morgan.
It's been a while becausereally I've had not much to talk
about and I've been doingvideos on and off and I've had
other shit occupying my time.
So I thought finally I gotsomething to talk about.
So let's get on with this,shall we?
Obviously specific red flagskipping breakfast.

(00:23):
These people are scary as hellIf you can make it to 1pm on
nothing but rage and coffee.
I had a couple of people at workfind out about the podcast and
I actually asked why didn't youkeep going with it?
It's not that I haven't wantedto, it's when I've actually sat
down to do it.
I don't have anything to say.

(00:45):
I do plenty of stuff.
Josh Leanne, myself, we all goout and cause chaos and run amok
, and her kid you know the kid'sgirlfriend, ben and Sam come
along with some things and yeah,the problem is I film stuff and
I should do more videos, but Idon't, because then I forget

(01:05):
about that too and I getdistracted quite easily because
I've got the brain of a goldfishmost of the time, except for
details, and, yeah, I just keepforgetting.
So I have done stuff and I havegot lots of video on my phone
that I really should dosomething with.
But yeah, I just keepforgetting.

(01:26):
I come home and one thing Ihave to get out of the habit of
is I'll just look at Facebook.
It's like, oh God, I need toget off that goddamn phone again
.
So this is why tonight is thenight I've decided bullshit, put
the phone down.
You have no reason to be there.
You have the house to yourself.
There is no goddamn excuse,asshole.

(01:47):
Get on that goddamn computer,do your goddamn podcast, put
something out and, um, yeah, itmay get listeners, it may not,
people may have forgotten orthey're just not at all
interested, but either way youcan say you've at least fucking
tried.
So that's why we're here.
I figure you know what I toldmyself.

(02:08):
I was going to make a real goof it this year and I've already
just fucked it.
So never mind, back on thehorse.
We get Tally-ho, we shall rideon, but my friends, if I fall
backwards will catch me.
So as I record this, it is theThursday before Good Friday, so

(02:29):
I can't remember the actual date, but we're in April and we're
heading into the Easter weekend,which I'm working.
Good Friday and Easter Monday.
I've got Josh over the weekend,so Easter with Josh is going to
be fun.
He's got a Beyblade tournamenton Saturday which he'll enjoy.
He did his first one a month ortwo back Actually it was

(02:52):
January, because it was RoyalRumble time and he came second
or third in that Third actuallyand so we're going again.
So he's going to have a blast.
He's practicing Beyblades driveme nuts, but he's enjoying it.
So, ah well, the things we putup with for our children, I
guess.
And then Sunday is day one ofWrestleMania, so I'm looking

(03:15):
forward to that.
Josh and I will kick back here.
Now the problem is day two ison the Monday.
Now both these events start at9 amam.
So on Monday I've got to stayoff Facebook to avoid spoilers.
But then I think I'm staying atLeanne's place on Monday night,
so I won't get to watchWrestlemania until Tuesday.
So that's going to be a longtime to stay off Facebook.

(03:36):
So I'm thinking I should deleteFacebook off my phone for
Monday.
That way I won't get tempted tolook at it and find out
anything.
So that way on Tuesday I canwatch it and go ah, excellent, I
have had no spoilers for this.
And look, I'm 47.
I like wrestling.

(03:57):
So if you don't like that, Idon't give a shit.
But you know what?
I refuse to grow up.
I've been refereeing it for 22years, got an event coming up
and was a special guest thegreat Muto from Japan, which is,
oh man, it's a wrestler I'veloved watching for years and
years, and years.
So it'll be very, very cool.
And he's another wrestler thatspits mist.

(04:17):
So hopefully by the end of thenight I'm not covered in some
sort of weird color, like I wasa couple of months or last year
with a Japanese guy calledTajiri.
But I guess time will tell and,let's face it, if it happens I
won't be too upset because,let's face it, I like getting
involved in this sort of shit.
The crazier the better.

(04:38):
But you know, one person inparticular was an asshole.
But some of you are an asshole.
And then that's when you knowlike Joey Mercury elbows me and
I'm like, hmm, and he like wigsout.
He's like, yes, you're anasshole.
And I was just like, well, fuckyou.
So another news.

(05:02):
Now, normally around this timeof year I'm badgering the real
estate people and going look, doI have a lease renewal?
Am I offered to stay hereanother year and all this sort
of shit.
And without even asking, oneguy sent me via email.
I'm like, excellent.
And then I read it they'reupping my rent.

(05:24):
It's like, yeah, bugger.
So instead of $405 a week, $450.
So an extra $45 for this place.
Now, not many of you have beenhere, but it is a rather small
little two-bedroom unit Notreally worth $450.
So I did a little bit ofresearch Now between Baronia to

(05:48):
Ringwood to Lillydale and sortof around this sort of area,
there are three units in the$450 price range and none of
them actually look any betterthan this place.
So I was like I may just bitethe bullet and stay fucking here
.
Now don't get me wrong.

(06:09):
As I have told people in thepast, I actually like this place
.
I've made it my home.
Josh likes it.
We have a good little blockyunit here.
The people are friendly, thereare dogs that I look after, the
neighbors are all cool.
There's a pool that I've neverswam in, but that's beside the
point.
So I may actually have to pickup an extra shift here and there

(06:30):
.
I was enjoying working fourdays a week and living
comfortably.
Now I might actually have towork five days a week like a
peasant, like I used to.
Well, actually, I used to workseven days a week back in the
day, but I'm not fucking goingback to that.
So, yes, sure, I'll keeplooking, but yeah, I think this
is where I'm going to be.

(06:51):
Yes, hmm, goddamn market pricesand all that shit.
Yeah, what do you do?
I mean it was bound to happen.
I mean, I've been lucky to haveit the same price for the past
two years, almost three years,so I really guess I can't
complain too much.
I guess I really do have tostart buying lotto tickets and

(07:12):
praying for a miracle.
And when I do, god damn it.
I'm buying a castle, I'mbuilding a moat, barbed wire,
razor wire, landmines you nameit and invite only Because I
ain't telling you, bastards,where the landmines are.
So it'll be a case of ha-ha.
Josh and I will have cannons onturrets and it'll be great,

(07:36):
illegal, but great fun, I'm sure, when you are asked to describe
what you do for work, goodevening.
We, the unwilling, led by theunknowing, are doing the
impossible for the ungrateful.
We have done so much for solong with so little.
We are now qualified to doanything with nothing.
So let's end it here Now.

(07:59):
For those of you wonderingeverything's good with Leanne, I
tried bubble tea the other weekfor the first time.
Mine was good.
It had like compost in itslices of fruit, but I called it
compost.
Leanne had one that had littlebubbles of shit in it and I
drank one.
It tasted like a big bowl ofsnot and sucked up through a

(08:20):
straw and it was odd.
Apparently I've got to try adifferent type of popping bubble
or something or other like that.
So I'll give that a shot, wewill give bubble iced tea
another shot and I'll try anddrink fucking frog eggs through
a straw or whatever the shitthey put in those things.
So I'm looking forward to that.
But as we leave you, I foundthis song on TikTok.

(08:44):
Now I don't know who does it.
I'm sure it wouldn't take muchto research it, but I can't be
bothered.
So it's just a song.
They're coming to take me awayand people my age and older
would probably know it.
People younger will just go.
What in the hell is thisgarbage you're listening to?
Just listen to it.

(09:04):
It's kind of fun.
So yeah, on that note, thankyou all for listening.
Again, thanks for those whohave come back, thanks for those
people who are just findingthis.
Hopefully you find somethinginteresting.
Hopefully I make this moreregular.
So, you know, let's see howthis goes, shall we All right?

(09:25):
On that note, goodbye, everyone, and I'll see you for episode
five.
Remember when you ran away and Igot on my knees and begged you
not to leave because I'd goberserk?
Well, you left me anyhow, andthen the days got worse and
worse, and now you see I've gonecompletely out of my mind and

(09:47):
they're coming to take me away.
Ha-ha, they're coming to takeme away.
Ho-ho, he-he, ha-ha.
To the funny farm where life isbeautiful all the time and I'll
be happy to see those niceyoung men in their clean white
coats.
And they're coming to take meaway.
You thought it was a joke andso you laughed.

(10:08):
You laughed when I had saidthat losing you would make me
flip my lid, right, you know.
You laughed, I heard you laugh,you laughed, you laughed and
laughed and then you left.
But now you know I'm utterlymad and they're coming to take
me away.
Ha-ha, they're coming to takeme away.
Ho-ho, he-he, ha-ha.

(10:29):
To the happy home.