FULL SHOW: "The Heartache Is So Piercing"

Amanda Keller opens up about the heartbreaking reality of saying goodbye to a beloved pet, revealing that her 14-year-old border collie, Mini, has been diagnosed with lymphoma and may have only weeks to live.

In an emotional and deeply personal conversation, Amanda shares how Mini has been the "sunshine and the glue" of her family for more than a decade, and how she's been cherishing every precious moment since receiving the devastating diagnosis. She reflects on the unique bond between pets and their owners, the grief that comes with knowing their time is limited, and why, despite the inevitable heartbreak, the love is always worth it.

It's a moving episode that will resonate with anyone who has ever loved a pet.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Ready, Jim?

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Everybody online.

Speaker 3 (00:11):
The Jonesy and Amanda Show. Gorgeous Amanda.

Speaker 4 (00:13):
Mistress Amanda is delivering discipline.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
It hurts, but someone's got to do it.

Speaker 5 (00:17):
Bad Amanda, bad, bad Amanda. Am I going to see Jonesy?

Speaker 3 (00:21):
And the virile Jonesy.

Speaker 1 (00:23):
What a creep. I've heard them describe him as a
drunken idiot. Stay in school and learn at school.

Speaker 6 (00:28):
Yeah, okay.

Speaker 4 (00:29):
Out of the way, Dobie. Jonesy and Amanda, those are
names that you will never forget.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
It's Jonesy. Well, Amanda, how are you?

Speaker 3 (00:36):
I'm well, and how are you going?

Speaker 1 (00:38):
And, okay, the new country, Gem Y Ryan is back.

Speaker 7 (00:41):
Hello, hey.

Speaker 3 (00:43):
Last time we saw you, you were running off to
get on a plane to go to Edinburgh.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Yes.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
To have a look at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival just
for three or four days.

Speaker 4 (00:51):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
You've flown back in today.

Speaker 8 (00:53):
I'm extremely jet lagged at the moment. I feel like
I'm in a dream.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
A fever dream of some kind. But was it worth it?
Was it great?

Speaker 8 (00:59):
It was awesome, yeah. It was fantastic.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
It's huge.

Speaker 8 (01:02):
It's such a.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Big event.

Speaker 8 (01:04):
And Edinburgh is beautiful too. It's beautiful.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Isn't it beautiful?

Speaker 8 (01:07):
Yeah, the coolest cities I've ever been to.

Speaker 3 (01:09):
And the beautiful castle. Apparently Wendy Harmer tells a story
that she's walking past some American tourists. She said, why
would they build it so close to a railway line?
And how did you decide what shows to go and see?

Speaker 9 (01:21):
Well, I was sort of scouting venues for Kingdom of Fools. Yeah,
so if there was a venue I thought might be
good for the show, I would, yeah, go and see
a show that was in there and see if it
would fit.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
How did they compare with your show?

Speaker 8 (01:34):
Oh, look, you get some really interesting shows at the Fringe.
They're great. Some great shows.

Speaker 10 (01:40):
Yeah, but did you think, oh, that show's dreadful.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Mine's much better.

Speaker 9 (01:43):
Look, I'm proud of my show. I think Kingdom of
Fools would do well. I don't want to speak poorly
of other shows.

Speaker 10 (01:48):
Because while you're away, there was a report there's a
lot of sub-par shows at Edinburgh.

Speaker 8 (01:54):
Well, there's like 4,000 shows or something.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
Yeah, a lot of sub-par shows. There should be.

Speaker 11 (01:59):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
And Amanda said at the time that you will be
in good company.

Speaker 3 (02:02):
I did not say that. Why did you say that?
I promise you, Brendan, I did not. Tell Ryan I.

Speaker 8 (02:08):
Didn't say that. I got you guys some souvenirs as well.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Ryan, I did not say that. We're joking.

Speaker 3 (02:13):
I didn't say that.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Did you get us gifts?

Speaker 8 (02:15):
I got you some gifts, yeah, yeah. Thank you, Ryan.
Can I give them to you now?

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Yeah, please.

Speaker 3 (02:18):
Can I get that anvil I asked for?

Speaker 9 (02:20):
I'll go one at a time. Amanda, this is for you,
all right? You've got to close your eyes. Hang on,
I'll pass it over to you.

Speaker 3 (02:24):
Hold up my hand. Okay.

Speaker 1 (02:25):
Yep, there you go.

Speaker 8 (02:26):
Have a look at that.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
Oh, wow.

Speaker 3 (02:27):
I love this. This is the hot man wearing kilts
posing in the great outdoors.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
Oh, I hope I get the same.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
Oh, I love it. Thank you.

Speaker 8 (02:39):
Not quite Sam Heughan, but close. Close enough.

Speaker 3 (02:41):
That's brilliant. Thank you.

Speaker 8 (02:43):
All right, Jonesy, close your eyes.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
Is it a caber pole? Okay.

Speaker 8 (02:46):
It's a coaster.

Speaker 12 (02:48):
Have a look.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
There you go.

Speaker 3 (02:50):
He's wearing nothing under his kilt.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
That's your Sam Heughan right there.

Speaker 3 (02:53):
That's your Sam Heughan. That's where you park your bike.
Thank you, Ryan.

Speaker 8 (02:57):
No, of course.

Speaker 3 (02:58):
No worries.

Speaker 10 (02:58):
I'll put it next to all this other stuff you've
bought when you've gone off on fact-finding missions. Although it
is odd that, you know, you went over to Scotland,
took you all these days to get back. I remember
going over to Ireland to interview you two on a
Friday and I was back to work on Monday.

Speaker 3 (03:12):
Well, that's because you were working.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
What was he doing?

Speaker 3 (03:16):
He's allowed to have a holiday.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
It's not a holiday. It's not a holiday.

Speaker 8 (03:19):
You don't seem happy with your gift.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
I love my gift.

Speaker 8 (03:21):
Maybe I should have brought you some haggis spring rolls.

Speaker 3 (03:23):
Did you eat them?

Speaker 5 (03:24):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
Are you joking?

Speaker 8 (03:25):
No, I had haggis spring rolls.

Speaker 1 (03:27):
What did it taste like?

Speaker 8 (03:29):
I actually don't even know.

Speaker 9 (03:30):
Is it just like rich meat inside?

Speaker 8 (03:33):
Yeah, very rich.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
Because haggis is just full of. Lips and bum holes
and stuff.

Speaker 3 (03:38):
So it would have been like having a Chico roll.

Speaker 10 (03:40):
And so it was a spring roll, for that matter.
So there's not much difference, really. It's an oriental haggis.

Speaker 3 (03:45):
Well, you're going to be happy with today's TikTok Tucker,
I think, because the last few have been terrible. The
last one we did was chicken, a raw piece of
chicken inside raw cookie dough and then put in the
air fryer.

Speaker 1 (03:55):
Remember that? Just before you got on the plane.

Speaker 3 (03:57):
I think today's might be more palatable. I'm hoping.

Speaker 10 (04:00):
Also, Instagram makes its return and we can't do anything
till we do the Fast Five.

Speaker 3 (04:03):
Give us a call if you'd like to play.

Speaker 1 (04:05):
The Gem Y Rye Army can relax. He is back.
When I say the Gem Y Rye Army.

Speaker 3 (04:10):
It's his mum and dad.

Speaker 1 (04:11):
Mum and dad. Your boy is back. 13, 55, 22.
Give us a call on Gold. Damnation. Gold, hello there.
It's Jonesy and Amanda driving you home this Wednesday afternoon.

Speaker 9 (04:22):
We're fast for this thing, girl.

Speaker 4 (04:24):
Faster than the speed of light. Jonesy and Amanda.

Speaker 2 (04:26):
Stop.

Speaker 1 (04:28):
Fast Five is here. Five questions. Can you go all
the way and answer all five questions correctly? If you
do that, Amanda will say.

Speaker 3 (04:33):
If you are the answerer of question number five, a
$ 250 Bunnings voucher is coming your way.

Speaker 1 (04:38):
As we welcome Gem Y Rye back into the bosom
of Jonesy and Amanda.

Speaker 3 (04:42):
I'm still fascinated by a haggis spring roll. Is that
novelty food or is that something that the locals eat?

Speaker 9 (04:48):
I've got to be honest, I don't know, but I
bought it from a restaurant that was doing authentic fish
and chips.

Speaker 8 (04:52):
Apparently that's a big thing in Scotland too.

Speaker 3 (04:54):
What do you mean authentic fish and chips?

Speaker 8 (04:56):
I don't know. Is it a Scottish meal initially?

Speaker 1 (04:59):
Well, in the UK, they really pride themselves on their
fish and chips.

Speaker 8 (05:03):
But what makes it inauthentic?

Speaker 3 (05:05):
What would that be?

Speaker 2 (05:05):
I don't know.

Speaker 8 (05:06):
They had this chippy gravy. This chippy gravy that was
really good.

Speaker 1 (05:10):
Was it a curry gravy?

Speaker 3 (05:12):
I don't know.

Speaker 8 (05:12):
They called it chippy gravy.

Speaker 7 (05:14):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (05:14):
And mushy peas?

Speaker 8 (05:16):
I didn't have mushy peas.

Speaker 1 (05:18):
No.

Speaker 8 (05:18):
But we got some nice, went to these pubs that
were really good.

Speaker 1 (05:23):
Jumping. Old and authentic.

Speaker 13 (05:24):
Jumping.

Speaker 8 (05:24):
And that was great. I had a hearty pub meal.

Speaker 1 (05:27):
Oh, did you? Yeah. What did you eat? Did you
eat some?

Speaker 8 (05:29):
Fingers and mash.

Speaker 9 (05:30):
Oh, yum.

Speaker 3 (05:31):
Did you have any Yorkshire pud?

Speaker 8 (05:32):
No.

Speaker 1 (05:33):
Did you have some blood sausage? No.

Speaker 2 (05:35):
No, no.

Speaker 1 (05:36):
Like pudding? No.

Speaker 8 (05:37):
No.

Speaker 9 (05:38):
I was only there for two days because I had
to be back here for the show.

Speaker 6 (05:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (05:41):
But technically, today's Wednesday. Let it go. Katrina is in
Bella Vista. Hello, Katrina.

Speaker 2 (05:48):
Hi, how are you?

Speaker 10 (05:49):
Are you excited that Gem Y Rye is back in
the bosom of Jonesy and Amanda?

Speaker 14 (05:54):
Very much.

Speaker 3 (05:56):
Would you eat a haggis spring roll?

Speaker 15 (05:58):
No.

Speaker 3 (06:01):
It sounds like a tic-toc-tucker, doesn't it? Something I'd make
you eat. See, Ryan would pull a face. He pulls
a face at everything we call for tic-toc-tucker.

Speaker 1 (06:08):
Well, we don't call him runny tummy Ryan for nothing.

Speaker 3 (06:10):
You willingly ate that and paid for it.

Speaker 1 (06:13):
Katrina, which sport might you reach for your wood?

Speaker 2 (06:19):
I'd say golf.

Speaker 1 (06:19):
Is this golf? A Scottish game.

Speaker 2 (06:21):
Is it? Yeah.

Speaker 3 (06:22):
Didn't originate in Scotland, did it?

Speaker 1 (06:24):
Yeah, it did.

Speaker 3 (06:24):
There you go. Let's play What's on the Box.

Speaker 5 (06:27):
I'll turn the box on.

Speaker 3 (06:30):
Which TV show, Katrina, features this theme?

Speaker 1 (06:33):
Big Bang Theory. Big Bang Theory.

Speaker 8 (06:36):
You know it.

Speaker 10 (06:47):
Amanda boasts that she has not seen one episode of
that show.

Speaker 3 (06:50):
I don't boast. I marvel. Have you watched it, Katrina?

Speaker 2 (06:55):
Yes, I have.

Speaker 1 (06:56):
Yeah, I like it.

Speaker 2 (06:56):
I know.

Speaker 3 (06:56):
Everyone in the universe loves it. I just never got
around to it those 18 years it was on.

Speaker 1 (07:01):
Where would you see a Snellen chart being used, Katrina?

Speaker 14 (07:06):
In an optometrist because I'm an optometrist.

Speaker 1 (07:08):
What are the chances?

Speaker 3 (07:10):
You're making a spectacle of yourself.

Speaker 1 (07:12):
Katrina. I had my eye test just recently.

Speaker 3 (07:16):
I've booked one in today. I actually booked in an
eye test today.

Speaker 1 (07:20):
And my macula's doing okay.

Speaker 3 (07:22):
Is it?

Speaker 1 (07:22):
Yeah, they get that little thing that goes.

Speaker 3 (07:25):
Well, let's tell people what a Snellen chart is. Over
to you, Katrina. What's a Snellen chart?

Speaker 2 (07:30):
It's the visual acuity chart where they test your letters.
That's right.

Speaker 13 (07:33):
You read the letters.

Speaker 3 (07:34):
And everyone lives in fear of something similar like this
when you're going to renew your driver's licence.

Speaker 1 (07:38):
I've got to admit, it's pretty easy when you go
to any of the motor registries around the country.

Speaker 3 (07:42):
Do you think?

Speaker 15 (07:43):
Yeah.

Speaker 10 (07:44):
And you can get a bit of a sneaky peek
at the mirror under the desk. You know, you say
to them, can you just get me that pen?

Speaker 8 (07:52):
Can you get me that pen?

Speaker 1 (07:53):
While they're getting the pen.

Speaker 3 (07:54):
And people charmingly do.

Speaker 1 (07:55):
You look at the thing and go, right, okay.

Speaker 3 (07:58):
My friend told her husband all the letters, and stupidly,
because they switch them up all the time.

Speaker 1 (08:03):
They do, they change them around.

Speaker 3 (08:04):
So he read them out like hieroglyphs.

Speaker 1 (08:07):
Katrina, question number four for you.

Speaker 3 (08:09):
In Greek mythology, what legendary lost city was supposedly submerged
beneath the sea?

Speaker 4 (08:17):
Oh, I know this.

Speaker 3 (08:21):
Oh, jet lag has made Ryan press that buzzer very quickly, Katrina.

Speaker 1 (08:25):
Well, do you know why Ryan wants to give the
other people a go, Katrina? That's question number four of
the past five.

Speaker 3 (08:32):
I know this.

Speaker 10 (08:33):
Yeah, you might see everything, Katrina, but not that answer.
In Greek mythology, what legendary lost city was supposedly submerged
beneath the sea?

Speaker 1 (08:43):
Words like that. 135522. Why don't you give us a call?

Speaker 8 (08:48):
Jam Nation.

Speaker 1 (08:49):
Gold across Australia. It's Jonesy and Amanda driving you home
this Wednesday afternoon.

Speaker 4 (08:53):
Let's do it.

Speaker 9 (08:55):
How fast can this thing go?

Speaker 4 (08:56):
Faster than the.

Speaker 3 (08:57):
Speed of light.

Speaker 4 (08:57):
Jonesy and Amanda.

Speaker 7 (08:59):
Stop.

Speaker 10 (09:00):
The Fast Five is here as we welcome Gem Y
Rye back into the bosom of our show.

Speaker 3 (09:04):
Can you stop saying bosom?

Speaker 1 (09:05):
I like saying bosom.

Speaker 3 (09:06):
It makes Gem Y Rye awkward.

Speaker 4 (09:08):
Why?

Speaker 8 (09:08):
I don't want to be in your bosom.

Speaker 1 (09:10):
The bosom. You're all mist around here, mate.

Speaker 3 (09:12):
You were, Ryan, and welcome back. We're going to question
number four, which is going to John in South Morang. Hello, John.

Speaker 5 (09:18):
Hi, Amanda.

Speaker 13 (09:19):
How are you going today?

Speaker 3 (09:20):
Very well, thank you. In Greek mythology, what legendary lost
city was supposedly submerged beneath the sea?

Speaker 12 (09:29):
That would be Atlantis.

Speaker 3 (09:30):
Atlantis.

Speaker 1 (09:32):
This is question five for you, John.

Speaker 3 (09:33):
Here we go, John. This is where the prize lurks.

Speaker 10 (09:35):
Which iconic chocolate powder comes in a green can?

Speaker 12 (09:42):
Milo.

Speaker 1 (09:42):
Milo.

Speaker 3 (09:43):
And I'll give you a clue. That is one of
the ingredients in today's TikTok Tucker, so it might be okay.

Speaker 1 (09:50):
Might be okay.

Speaker 3 (09:51):
Well, I can't guarantee these things, but I'm not mixing
it with tuna or anything.

Speaker 8 (09:55):
No, I'm not mixing it with haggis.

Speaker 1 (09:57):
So we're just having it.

Speaker 3 (09:58):
Just a cup of wine. I've given up. We're just
going to have a cup of Milo.

Speaker 1 (10:03):
Why wouldn't you hang around and listen for that? I'm
sure there'll be something extra, John. Congratulations to you. You've
won the jam pack.

Speaker 10 (10:09):
You have a $ 250 Bunnings voucher.

Speaker 1 (10:13):
Well done.

Speaker 14 (10:14):
Magnificent, Jonesy.

Speaker 3 (10:16):
Thank you very much.

Speaker 1 (10:16):
That's okay. It's Father's Day. Go and buy yourself something good.

Speaker 6 (10:20):
I certainly will.

Speaker 1 (10:21):
No worries.

Speaker 16 (10:22):
Beautiful.

Speaker 2 (10:23):
Oh, unreal.

Speaker 1 (10:23):
Thanks, John. That's good. You know what I'm looking for?
A cordless vacuum, wet and dry vacuum.

Speaker 3 (10:28):
You know what I'm looking for? A chance to stay
awake when I hear you talk.

Speaker 1 (10:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 10 (10:33):
When Mother's Day comes around, you talk about your creams
and your soaps and all that shit.

Speaker 3 (10:37):
I never do. All right, give me an example of
any of the creams and soaps I've spoken about.

Speaker 1 (10:41):
No, you're talking about the creams, your Nivea cream.

Speaker 3 (10:43):
You tell me.

Speaker 10 (10:44):
And your goop that you put on your face. And
I sit there and I'm just spelled out.

Speaker 3 (10:48):
I never talk about that on the wireless.

Speaker 10 (10:50):
But when Jonesy talks about a cordless wet and dry vacuum.

Speaker 3 (10:54):
If we went back and looked at all the times
you've spoken about engines, rudders, engineering equipment, blah, blah, blah,
that would be 60% of your material.

Speaker 1 (11:06):
Do you agree?

Speaker 7 (11:06):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (11:07):
Bloody good material, isn't it? That's a show I'd listen to.
More of it.

Speaker 10 (11:12):
If you'd like to play the Fast Five, jonesyandamanda.com.au and
TikTok Tucker involving Milo is coming up next on Gold.

Speaker 4 (11:20):
See a whole lot more of Jonesy and Amanda on
our socials.

Speaker 1 (11:23):
Jonesy and Amanda.

Speaker 4 (11:24):
Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Speaker 1 (11:26):
Gold, it's time.

Speaker 4 (11:27):
You hungry?

Speaker 3 (11:29):
I enjoy cooking bacon and stop working with Flo.

Speaker 5 (11:32):
You're making slaps.

Speaker 1 (11:33):
What are you?

Speaker 4 (11:33):
An idiot sandwich.

Speaker 10 (11:37):
And the last few have been horrible, and that wasn't
by design.

Speaker 3 (11:44):
Sometimes something sounds terrible and ends up being delightful. But today's,
I thought, let's cut it back and go with something
that will taste nice, but whether it will work is
my question. It seems deceptively simple. It is a Milo
mug cake. Two ingredients, Milo and milk, and a mug.
I guess that's three ingredients. We put four tablespoons of

(12:06):
Milo into a mug. I'm going to make three.

Speaker 1 (12:08):
Yep.

Speaker 3 (12:09):
We'll say that's a tablespoon.

Speaker 2 (12:11):
Yeah.

Speaker 11 (12:11):
One.

Speaker 1 (12:11):
Not a level tablespoon, but you do you.

Speaker 3 (12:16):
Why is that funny?

Speaker 9 (12:19):
Four.

Speaker 3 (12:19):
Let me just do all of them. So four now
into Ryan's. One, two. I'll speed it up.

Speaker 14 (12:24):
Four.

Speaker 1 (12:25):
Good.

Speaker 3 (12:26):
Four into yours.

Speaker 8 (12:27):
One, two.

Speaker 3 (12:30):
Three, four. So four tablespoons.

Speaker 1 (12:31):
You've pretty much used a whole tin of Milo.

Speaker 3 (12:33):
Almost, haven't I? And then on top of that, I
add one tablespoon of milk.

Speaker 1 (12:39):
Are we going full cream?

Speaker 3 (12:42):
Yes, we are. Is that okay with you and your
slim hips? A tablespoon of milk, one. And it's like watching,
you always say I look like the Swedish chef when
I hold things.

Speaker 1 (12:52):
It looks like Sooty's making something.

Speaker 3 (12:54):
Okay, so you give that a stir, please.

Speaker 1 (12:56):
There's not much milk in there.

Speaker 3 (12:57):
No, there's one tablespoon of milk. Do you think that
was a tablespoon? And what we do is we just mix, mix,
mix until it looks, see the picture there? It's crumbly.
Maybe I need a bit more milk, you think?

Speaker 2 (13:07):
What?

Speaker 3 (13:09):
Maybe a tiny bit more. It's supposed to look like pudding,
like brownie batter.

Speaker 1 (13:12):
Yeah, it doesn't look like brownie batter.

Speaker 3 (13:13):
Okay, let's put a tiny bit in.

Speaker 1 (13:14):
Yeah, maybe a little, just a little splash. Not telling
what to do there, chef.

Speaker 3 (13:19):
Okay, all right. And then a little splash there. And
you mix, mix, mix. It looks like brownie batter. Now,
here's the thing. Can you get off my instructions?

Speaker 9 (13:26):
Sure.

Speaker 3 (13:27):
We microwave that for a minute 30. That's all you do.
You put it in the microwave for one and a
half minutes.

Speaker 1 (13:33):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (13:33):
But check every 20 seconds, it said.

Speaker 1 (13:35):
One and a half minutes every 20 seconds.

Speaker 3 (13:37):
And you supposedly, it ends up with.

Speaker 1 (13:39):
Well, yours is more viscous.

Speaker 3 (13:43):
You're so viscous. And supposedly, you end up with a cake.
Do you need some more milk in yours, you think?

Speaker 1 (13:49):
Maybe you might have to give me some more milk.

Speaker 3 (13:51):
Mine's a bit like brownie butter.

Speaker 2 (13:52):
All right.

Speaker 3 (13:52):
Well, we're going to put these in the microwave.

Speaker 1 (13:54):
Well, why don't you put it in now?

Speaker 3 (13:55):
Well, I've got to make Ryan's yet.

Speaker 2 (13:57):
Yeah, okay.

Speaker 1 (13:57):
Well, you do that. What we'll do, we'll get a little...
This is how McDonald's works.

Speaker 9 (14:00):
How?

Speaker 1 (14:01):
Well, you've got different stations and you're making.

Speaker 3 (14:04):
I wish I was listening to another one.

Speaker 1 (14:05):
Right, we'll put your one in. Are you going to
put more in together?

Speaker 3 (14:10):
You can put three in at once.

Speaker 1 (14:12):
Okay, well... Let's not argue. Please.

Speaker 3 (14:14):
Come on.

Speaker 1 (14:15):
This is what Ryan's missed. Okay, I tell you what.

Speaker 10 (14:18):
What we're going to do is we'll put it in
the microwave and then we'll come on back.

Speaker 1 (14:21):
That's what I said.

Speaker 12 (14:22):
No.

Speaker 1 (14:23):
And enjoy Milo mug cake on gold.

Speaker 4 (14:28):
Jam. Jam nation.

Speaker 1 (14:30):
Gold. It's Jonesy and Amanda driving you home. To the kitchen, Batman.

Speaker 4 (14:34):
You hungry?

Speaker 3 (14:35):
I enjoy cooking bacon and stop working with Flo.

Speaker 1 (14:38):
You're making slack.

Speaker 9 (14:39):
What are you?

Speaker 3 (14:41):
We're going to.

Speaker 1 (14:42):
Make you go yuck.

Speaker 3 (14:43):
The last few TikTok tuckers have been terrible today. How
bad can it be? Milo, four tablespoons of Milo and
a tablespoon of milk thereabouts. munched into sort of a
brownie mixture into the microwave for one and a half minutes.
Let's see what we get.

Speaker 1 (14:58):
What are the ingredients of Milo?

Speaker 3 (15:02):
Do you want to spend time on the radio reading
it out? You do that.

Speaker 1 (15:04):
Extract of malt, barley.

Speaker 3 (15:07):
Here you go, Ryan.

Speaker 1 (15:08):
Or malt barley. And rice. Milk solids.

Speaker 14 (15:14):
Sugar.

Speaker 1 (15:14):
I know you're trying to bore me.

Speaker 3 (15:16):
Cocoa. You've bored me before and I've had to put
up with it. Let's try it.

Speaker 1 (15:19):
Choc malt. Okay, come on.

Speaker 3 (15:20):
What are you doing? Okay, here we go.

Speaker 1 (15:24):
Okay, here we go.

Speaker 3 (15:26):
Milo mug cut. Okay, now it may be a bit hot.
It is cake or pudding consistency, really. Look at Ryan's face.
How would you pull a face? It's Milo and milk.

Speaker 1 (15:37):
If you had some ice cream or cream.

Speaker 3 (15:38):
It would be nice, that's true. Yours is all browned
down the side. It looks like a tradie's loo.

Speaker 2 (15:44):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (15:45):
Oh, wow. You know what?

Speaker 15 (15:51):
No.

Speaker 1 (15:52):
You got someone coming around and you had some.

Speaker 3 (15:55):
And you hate them.

Speaker 1 (15:56):
And you had some ice cream. This would be okay.

Speaker 3 (16:00):
It's a funny... The taste isn't terrible, but the consistency
is like... How would you... Like concrete. How would you
describe the consistency?

Speaker 12 (16:08):
It's grainy.

Speaker 16 (16:08):
Grainy.

Speaker 1 (16:08):
It's grainy. It's grainy. It's grainy.

Speaker 3 (16:10):
Yeah, I don't think ice cream would save it.

Speaker 10 (16:13):
And considering that we've pretty much used a whole tin
for these.

Speaker 3 (16:17):
The taste is a bit too chocolatey.

Speaker 10 (16:19):
So financially, it's not good either. So you could probably
go and buy a Betty Crocker pudding, self-sourcing.

Speaker 3 (16:25):
And you can get puddings that you can just make
in a mug. Yeah, it's a bit too intense. Let
me speak, please. It's too intense a chocolate flavour. Would
you agree, Ryan?

Speaker 2 (16:36):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (16:37):
No, no good.

Speaker 3 (16:38):
No good. We will put the incredible list of details.

Speaker 1 (16:40):
Two thumbs down.

Speaker 3 (16:41):
It's like making a Tadakan. I'll put all those ingredients
on our socials and see if you'd like it.

Speaker 1 (16:45):
Write them down.

Speaker 3 (16:52):
Are you still there, Brendan? Is your mouth all glued
closed like Mr.

Speaker 2 (16:55):
Red?

Speaker 1 (16:56):
I had nothing to say.

Speaker 3 (16:57):
Well, I have something to say. I found a hilarious
list of Australian insults and I know you want to
celebrate 50 years of Rundle Mork. So much to discuss
on the show.

Speaker 1 (17:05):
Instagram as well, jonesyandamanda.com.au on golf.

Speaker 4 (17:08):
You're listening to the Jonesy and Amanda podcast.

Speaker 1 (17:11):
The second day of September.

Speaker 4 (17:13):
Or the second day of spring. How are you going, friend?
I think about.

Speaker 6 (17:15):
You all the time.

Speaker 10 (17:32):
We've had a long relationship, and you're one of my
best friends in the world, but I know that you're
going through a lot of stuff, and I was just
thinking about Harley, and I was thinking about little Minnie.

Speaker 1 (17:43):
Your dog.

Speaker 3 (17:43):
My dog isn't well, and I wasn't going to cry.
I've cried every day.

Speaker 1 (17:47):
For the last two weeks. I should not have brought
it up.

Speaker 8 (17:48):
I'm sorry.

Speaker 1 (17:48):
I should not have brought it up.

Speaker 3 (17:49):
No, because actually I do want to talk about it because,
you know, it's the stuff.

Speaker 1 (17:54):
Well, you don't have to.

Speaker 3 (17:55):
No.

Speaker 1 (17:55):
I was just asking, but you don't have to if
you don't want to.

Speaker 3 (17:59):
I think it's– I'm hoping it'll be therapeutic.

Speaker 12 (18:01):
Okay.

Speaker 3 (18:02):
Because everyone can relate. Everyone who has an old, sick
dog can relate. So let's talk about– I'll get the
tissues and let's get a cup of tea and we'll reconvene.

Speaker 2 (18:10):
Damnation.

Speaker 1 (18:11):
Gold, hello there. It's Jonesy Demander driving you home this
Wednesday afternoon.

Speaker 3 (18:16):
So anyway, I wasn't going to cry, but I've cried
every day for the last two weeks. Minnie's still with us.
This is my 14-year-old border collie who in my home
is the sunshine and the glue. Even though Harley isn't
well and we have carers in the house, it's a happy,
loving house. But the dog is absolutely the burst of sunshine.

(18:39):
And she's 14, so I've been realistic about this, but quite,
I guess, you know, we all with our older dogs,
we all think that it won't happen. But it was
the morning after the Logies and I was out having
a coffee with my son Liam and Minnie was with us.
And I said, well, does it feel under her neck?
She's got a couple of lumps. And we went to
the vet and she's got lymphoma.

Speaker 1 (18:59):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (19:00):
And in younger dogs, there's oncology, you can have their
cancers treated, et cetera, but why would you put a
14-year-old dog through that?

Speaker 1 (19:09):
And what does that involve? Is it like human?

Speaker 3 (19:11):
It's chemotherapy. Right. Yeah. But we're not going to, no,
it wasn't even offered and we wouldn't, there's no point
to it. But she has been given a steroid that
she takes every day, which won't stop what's happening inside her,
but will make her feel better. And Chris Brown sent
over a care package. He was lovely, and this Omega

(19:31):
Plus oil that is good for joints. So I've been
loading her up with good things. But I thought that
might turn a corner for her, and they said, look,
we've got maybe between four and eight weeks with her.
And I just saw this week. I just think I
don't even know if we'll get that far. Um, got
holidays and it's about three weeks. And I thought, that's great.

(19:52):
I'll just spend the time with the dog, you know.
But this is my need, not hers. And every day
I take her for a walk down to the beach.
But that's my need, not hers. It's my need to
have her with me.

Speaker 9 (20:07):
Sure.

Speaker 3 (20:07):
It's too far to walk now and it's too hard
getting her in another car now. And so, look, she's
hanging in, but I don't know. Now I'm thinking, God,
can we make it to Father's Day? I think we will.

Speaker 1 (20:19):
Because she's not a whingy dog.

Speaker 8 (20:20):
Well, no.

Speaker 1 (20:21):
I've never heard her bark.

Speaker 3 (20:23):
No, she's not. And also, this is what Chris Brown
had said to me too. We've got great local vets.
They're fantastic. They love minis so much. But Chris was
saying too that she won't know she's not well. She
won't know she's got cancer. The steroids make her feel better.
But as I said, it won't change the trajectory of
what's happening inside a little body.

Speaker 1 (20:40):
Is the six to eight weeks, is that worst case?

Speaker 3 (20:43):
Four to eight weeks.

Speaker 1 (20:45):
Is that?

Speaker 3 (20:45):
Well, I don't know.

Speaker 1 (20:46):
Or does it mean that she could last for another year?

Speaker 3 (20:50):
No, it's not going to be that. This is not
how that cancer goes. And they're being realistic with us.
And she vomited all the other night. We've only got
carpet in one room and that copped four big spews.
And they gave her an anti-nausea shot and I said,
Are we still looking at that same timeline? And they
said yes. And so, you know, I'm just loving every minute.

(21:11):
Whenever I go for a walk and I see owners
with old dogs, you sort of, you know, you smile
at each other because you know you're cherishing these special
fleeting moments. And it's just so hard. And the thing is,
this is how it goes. This is the circle of life.
When you buy a dog or a cat or any
of those, well, cats live for a long time, don't they?

(21:32):
The dog's 14 years is a good innings for a dog.
And I know very well she's had a brilliant life.
We've loved her so much and she's loved us. But
when you enter that contract, you know you will outlive
your pet. But somehow you forget that. And I've been
here before. I've lost a dog before.

Speaker 1 (21:48):
Yeah, I remember when Ripley passed away.

Speaker 3 (21:51):
And when we first got Minnie, I thought, I don't
know if I can love you. I feel guilty in
loving you.

Speaker 1 (21:54):
Yeah, but I remember when you got little Minnie, like
a little ball of fur.

Speaker 3 (21:59):
Yeah, a bitey ball of fur. But she's... And I
found myself the day after she'd been diagnosed, I saw
people walking their dogs and I thought, well, there's heartbreak travelling,
there's heartbreak travelling, which is terrible. But we all do it.
We all know it is, but we choose not to
because it is worth it.

Speaker 1 (22:16):
It's good you're talking about it. Back in the old days,
you wouldn't talk about this sort of stuff because you'd
just say it's a dog.

Speaker 3 (22:21):
That's right.

Speaker 1 (22:22):
In my generation, that's certainly what it was. So it's
good to see that it is.

Speaker 3 (22:25):
The heartache is so piercing, but we all enter into
it because the joy is absolutely worth it. So anyway,
I was debating whether to talk about it because my
emotions are so raw, as you can imagine, but also
I didn't want to one day say, hey, Minnie's not
over here. I kind of wanted to pull the Band-Aid
a little bit before the full Band-Aid. And, yeah, this

(22:50):
is the universal animal lover's pain, and I know that.
I know it.

Speaker 1 (22:55):
Well, do you want to take some time off for something?

Speaker 7 (22:57):
No.

Speaker 1 (22:57):
Do you want to bring her in here?

Speaker 2 (22:58):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (22:59):
No, she doesn't.

Speaker 1 (22:59):
She can come and hang in with you?

Speaker 3 (23:00):
No, she hates the way you talk.

Speaker 1 (23:02):
What do you mean she hates me?

Speaker 15 (23:03):
I was joking.

Speaker 3 (23:04):
I was joking. No, coming here is a great distraction.

Speaker 1 (23:08):
Well, whatever you need to do, we can accommodate.

Speaker 3 (23:11):
Thank you. I appreciate that. And I don't know what
we need to do. We love her and we pet
her and we ride the wave together.

Speaker 1 (23:19):
Sweet pea.

Speaker 3 (23:20):
But every dog owner, every animal lover will be here
and has been here.

Speaker 2 (23:25):
Sure.

Speaker 3 (23:26):
It's universal. It doesn't make it easier.

Speaker 1 (23:29):
I'll tell you what, I'll make you a cup of tea.

Speaker 3 (23:31):
I'd love a cup of tea, thank you.

Speaker 1 (23:32):
Jam Nation. Gold, hello there.

Speaker 10 (23:34):
It's Jonesy and Amanda driving you home. You know what
I love about your little dog, Minnie, is the way
she follows you around. I like when you're wearing your
big puffy jacket and Minnie just stands right next to you.

Speaker 1 (23:45):
No lead or anything like that. She doesn't run around.

Speaker 3 (23:48):
Don't tell the council that.

Speaker 1 (23:49):
Yeah, but she's such an obedient dog, such a sweet dog,
but also a good-looking dog. She doesn't look like she's
in any way....

Speaker 3 (23:58):
You know, the hard thing is, well, this last few
weeks she has, but she's just absolutely been the shadow
and she is at my heel the whole time. I'm
going to go to the South Coast and we'd sit outside.
Even when it's blowing a gale, I sometimes feel like
I'm on a Swedish archipelago and she'll sit there. Even
when the eyelids are turned inside out because of the wind,
she'll just sit there because that's where I am.

Speaker 1 (24:17):
Good.

Speaker 3 (24:18):
Well, then how do I go?

Speaker 1 (24:20):
What do I do? Friend, if I had a magic wand.

Speaker 3 (24:23):
If I had a magic wand and I don't want
a new dog, I don't want another dog, I just
want her.

Speaker 1 (24:27):
You want that dog. I want her to have another
10 years.

Speaker 3 (24:29):
I want my dog.

Speaker 10 (24:30):
I want Minnie to stay forever. You've touched a nerve.
Cameron has joined us from Botanic Ridge.

Speaker 1 (24:38):
Hello, Cameron.

Speaker 12 (24:39):
Hello, Jamesy. Hello, Amanda. I thought I'd give you a
call and just to say I wish I'd be able
to give you a cuddle because we're in that position
this year as well.

Speaker 3 (24:48):
Tell me, Cameron, what's going on with you?

Speaker 12 (24:50):
Well, last year, Louise and I had a greyhound called Minnie,
and she was unwell. She went to the vet because
she was peeing blood. One of her right kidneys wasn't well,
so everything was pressure on one side. We thought, do
we put her under the knife at 11? We didn't
think she'd make it to Christmas, to our birthdays, to
New Year, to her 12th birthday. And then we planned

(25:11):
a week off to go to Rutherglen to a B & B.
We decided to make her comfortable and go without her.
Because if we were four hours away, we'd have no resources.
And if she was real sick, our week would implode
that our friends who were her indoor doggy day center

(25:31):
in Moorabbin were very helpful in helping us out. Our
friends in our grand walking groups were compassionate and loving
as well. But unfortunately, that's the price of love you
pay a man for a dog.

Speaker 3 (25:43):
With And it is, we know that, but we don't
think of that. And we somehow think we'll evade it.
We think it won't happen to us somehow.

Speaker 1 (25:50):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (25:51):
Even when it's happened before. Oh, are you traveling okay?

Speaker 12 (25:55):
Yeah, look, it's been nearly four months and every day
we just, we dream that she's there. We feel her presence.
We know greyhounds, when they get to 12, they just
go downhill. But she knew time was up and it
was just cruel to keep her going. Yeah, of course.
We wanted the best for her needs and ours as well.

Speaker 3 (26:14):
It's so hard, isn't it, to make that decision as
to when.

Speaker 10 (26:17):
It's just, you know, and we had, you know, I
know dogs are different to cats, but we had two
cats and they both passed away not within a few
months of each other.

Speaker 1 (26:27):
But it was, they were old cats.

Speaker 10 (26:29):
But Rufus, the cat that we kind of inherited off
my sister, I remember the last time I saw him,
he was just walking up the driveway.

Speaker 1 (26:36):
It was just before Christmas. And I said, I see you, Rufus.
And that was the last time I saw him, but
I had this feeling that that was going to be
the last time I'd see him because he was 19,
but he didn't have any ailments.

Speaker 3 (26:47):
But see, that's the thing. It doesn't matter how old
they are.

Speaker 1 (26:49):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (26:50):
It's like a parent, you know.

Speaker 12 (26:51):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (26:51):
It's always too soon to lose.

Speaker 1 (26:53):
And where we are in our lives, this is where
we're at. You know, you've got partners, you've got dogs,
you've got parents.

Speaker 3 (26:58):
Yes, I've spoken about this before is the idea, and
I'm trying to say plates because my dad's 92, having
a procedure next week. Harley's not great. but stable at
the moment. Then there's the dog. And for a long
time I thought I pictured myself spinning these plates like
a Chinese acrobat. And I had some great advice. I said,

(27:19):
they're not your plates. You can't dictate the timelines for
any of it. So why do you feel that you're
in control or you're not in control? And it was
quite freeing to think these plates will be their own timelines.

Speaker 12 (27:36):
Sure.

Speaker 3 (27:36):
So it's not up to me to push the world around.
My clenched jaw won't save the world. You have to
step back and let these cycles take their place.

Speaker 1 (27:46):
Leave the plates alone.

Speaker 3 (27:48):
I'm trying not to think of, as you say, that
you've got a lot on your plate. I'm trying not
to see it as that. It's just these are these
beautiful stories that will play out.

Speaker 10 (27:57):
I don't say that out loud to you. I'm very
mindful of what you're going through, so I don't want to.

Speaker 1 (28:01):
Add to it. I like to be a distraction from
what you're going through. But you can tell me anything.

Speaker 3 (28:06):
But also, you know, another great thing that I've spoken
to a therapist about, she said, your life is this
big round circle. And I picture a big yellow sunshiny circle.
The really hard bit is this tiny, small sliver. And
Harley doesn't live in that sliver either. He's not a
depressed person. He's, he's made, he, faces each day with optimism.

(28:29):
And so why have I been living in there? So
I have this other big circle of life with my friends,
my family, my work, my kids, my dog, my family,
everything I love. So we don't have to live in
the dark bit. Step in when you need to, but
step out as well. So I don't live a sad,

(28:51):
hard life, and I don't want you to think I do,
but sometimes on days or weeks like this when you're
at the pointy bit of grief with your pet or
whatever it is, it does hit hard.

Speaker 1 (29:01):
We'll take a break. Gold, good afternoon to you. It's
Jonesy and Amanda driving you home.

Speaker 10 (29:11):
You know, dogs are the best people and we've dedicated
this hour to dogs. Amanda has recently discovered her beloved dog, Minnie.

Speaker 1 (29:18):
Has lymphoma.

Speaker 3 (29:19):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (29:20):
And this in turn.

Speaker 10 (29:21):
spontaneously has opened up the floodgates. Many people, and it's
a great thing that people could talk about this because
I came from a generation when we were kids, if
the dog was sick, you didn't go to the vet.

Speaker 1 (29:33):
That was it. And you didn't have the relationship. People
didn't talk about what you're talking about with your dog.

Speaker 3 (29:40):
Yeah, and as I said, it's a universal grief. It's
the contract you make. You know, presumably, you will outlive
your dog, your pet.

Speaker 1 (29:49):
Sure.

Speaker 3 (29:50):
But you still buy into that joy and the love
and you somehow think that the end bit won't happen
for you. And then when you get it, you go, God,
this hurts.

Speaker 1 (29:59):
It doesn't make it easier.

Speaker 3 (30:00):
I forgot how much it hurts.

Speaker 1 (30:01):
No. Paula has joined us from Frankston. Hello, Paula.

Speaker 2 (30:05):
Hi, Jonesy and Amanda.

Speaker 12 (30:07):
Hello, Amanda.

Speaker 2 (30:08):
I'm Amanda. I am so sorry and I totally sympathise
with you and it's very, very raw for me still.
I lost my dear Molly only just about five weeks
ago and she had to be put to rest and
She stopped eating her food and she was drinking a

(30:29):
ton of water and she was, yeah, she had some
couple of sort of weird behaviours and I took her
in for a check and the vet sort of took
her away and then came back in and he said
it's not good news and she had a massive tumour
on her spleen.

Speaker 12 (30:45):
Oh dear.

Speaker 2 (30:46):
And she literally went so downhill, you know, in a
matter of probably a week to two weeks Obviously, there
was a surgical intervention that could happen, but she was 15, 16.
And we had had her since she was around about
two years old. And my daughter was about three or

(31:07):
four when we got her, when we rescued her. And
she was just the best rescue dog ever that anyone
could ever have. She was a little foxy carrier.

Speaker 3 (31:17):
Can I ask you, Paula, when you walk in the
door and those little footsteps don't greet you, what do
you do then?

Speaker 2 (31:21):
Amanda. I still now, I'm just, I've got shivers down
my spine speaking to you and it only helps me
every single day. I speak to patients who have gone
through the same thing and it just, it helps heal me,
but I'm still grieving every single day. And I actually

(31:41):
had her cremated in a beautiful way and she's still
there with me every single day. But yeah, I still
look for her every day. I come home, I look
around the corner and she's just not there and no
tail wagging. And I just can't tell you like how
much I sympathize with you. And I don't want another dog.
I just want her back every single day.

Speaker 14 (32:03):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (32:04):
Paula, thank you.

Speaker 1 (32:05):
Paula, thank you.

Speaker 3 (32:06):
I was hoping you'd say the next day you're fine.

Speaker 1 (32:08):
Then you're fine. Then everything's peachy. Carol has joined us.

Speaker 3 (32:12):
Hello, Carol. Oh, I've made everyone go through the waterworks now. Carol, hello.

Speaker 5 (32:18):
Hello.

Speaker 3 (32:20):
Hello. What's happening with you? Are you going through something similar?

Speaker 15 (32:23):
Well, my little guy has lymphoma as well.

Speaker 12 (32:27):
Oh.

Speaker 1 (32:27):
Okay.

Speaker 15 (32:28):
So he's had it for a few months and we
were told maybe three to 18 months.

Speaker 13 (32:36):
He's not going to make 18 months. Just watching him go.

Speaker 17 (32:40):
Downhill every day.

Speaker 3 (32:42):
It's so hard.

Speaker 13 (32:42):
It's heartbreaking.

Speaker 3 (32:43):
It is.

Speaker 15 (32:43):
And I heard you. I was in the car and
I heard you. I just started to cry because the
sound in your voice, I know that sound and I
know the feeling and my heart just goes out to
you because I'm staring down the barrel of it with
my little guy.

Speaker 1 (33:00):
Oh, Carol. Will our hearts go out to you?

Speaker 3 (33:03):
Absolutely.

Speaker 1 (33:04):
Oh, you poor thing.

Speaker 3 (33:05):
That's the thing. But this is what we often say.
You scratch the surface.

Speaker 1 (33:08):
I know.

Speaker 3 (33:09):
Everyone has a story. Everyone's going through something. But sometimes
it's your pet that helps you get through.

Speaker 1 (33:15):
The other stuff. But I get it. We never had
dogs growing up. I had one dog.

Speaker 3 (33:18):
Neither did I.

Speaker 10 (33:19):
And he was a nut. But we never, you know,
this is just, and I see how much Minnie means
to you.

Speaker 12 (33:27):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (33:27):
Narelle has joined us.

Speaker 3 (33:28):
Hello, Narelle.

Speaker 14 (33:30):
Good afternoon, guys. How are you going?

Speaker 3 (33:32):
Not too bad.

Speaker 8 (33:32):
How about you?

Speaker 14 (33:34):
Yeah, good, thanks. Now, Amanda, I'm sending you virtual hugs,
and I'm just listening to these stories. I've been sitting
here crying with you, and I know how much your
little mini means to you. I've got two little rescue
dogs myself, and I rescued these three years ago. The
eldest one, neither of them had been desexed. They were

(33:56):
not immunized. The oldest one I got desexed, and 12
months later to the day, I found a lump. I
took her to the vet. She had to have a mastectomy,
partial mastectomy. I cried when I left her at the vet.
I went away last weekend and I cried because I
had to leave her at home. But I'm really, really

(34:17):
sympathizing with you with what you're going through with your
little mini and, yeah, virtual hugs from me to you
and your family.

Speaker 3 (34:23):
Thank you, Narelle. Thank you.

Speaker 1 (34:24):
Is this helping you?

Speaker 3 (34:27):
It doesn't need to help me. It's not about helping me.

Speaker 10 (34:29):
I know.

Speaker 3 (34:29):
It's about sharing. It's about, you know.

Speaker 1 (34:31):
I guess in just every day that you have with Minnie,
you just rejoice.

Speaker 3 (34:35):
Yeah, yeah, that's true. But you know how I wake
up every morning and. I have to carry her upstairs
now because she likes to sleep in, you know, the bedroom.

Speaker 12 (34:42):
Sure.

Speaker 3 (34:43):
I carry her upstairs. I've been to see my physio
today because it's put my back out.

Speaker 1 (34:46):
Do you want me to come around and carry her? Yeah,
I'll find you at nine o'clock.

Speaker 3 (34:49):
And say, come and lift the dog upstairs.

Speaker 1 (34:50):
I'll come around. If you want me to come and
move in and lift the dog up, I'll do it.

Speaker 3 (34:53):
That's very sweet of you. But every morning I pat
her and I'm so thrilled and I go, oh my God,
we're another day closer.

Speaker 1 (34:59):
Okay. Thank you for all your calls.

Speaker 3 (35:01):
Thank you for all your calls. Thank you. And, you know,
every pet owner is in the same, not in the
same boat, but you know, we, we delude ourselves. We
won't be at this pointy end and gee, it hurts
when you are.

Speaker 1 (35:16):
Well said. Gold, poor little mini dog, your dog, lymphoma.

Speaker 9 (35:22):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (35:22):
She's 14. And in a way, you know, there's some,
my rational brain tells me there's some relief in knowing
how the journey goes.

Speaker 1 (35:31):
Yeah. I can see that.

Speaker 3 (35:33):
You know, think, okay, this is what it is.

Speaker 1 (35:35):
And that's what you do.

Speaker 3 (35:36):
And this is how we, this is how I'll deal
with it. Um, That's what my rational brain says. But
then every day.

Speaker 1 (35:41):
What does your irrational brain say?

Speaker 3 (35:43):
Well, my emotional brain says, well, this is poo.

Speaker 1 (35:46):
That is poo.

Speaker 3 (35:47):
This is full blown poo.

Speaker 6 (35:48):
It is.

Speaker 1 (35:49):
And it's a tragedy that the dog will never outlive you.

Speaker 2 (35:54):
No.

Speaker 3 (35:54):
And you wouldn't want them to.

Speaker 2 (35:56):
No.

Speaker 3 (35:56):
You know, that either. But there's two guys who, there's
a great little coffee kiosk down near where I live.
And every morning they give me a banana bread and
I get a coffee. And the last two days, she
hasn't been able to take the banana bread. But everyone
loves her. And everyone says, how's your dog going? And
I've sobbed and sobbed. And there's two guys who I
know down there. One has a dog that's the same

(36:18):
age as Minnie, little Staffy, Belle. And for all the years,
I've just seen all these dogs get older. And then
one day, Belle's still there, but this other dog wasn't.
And then Belle's old, Minnie's old. And you think, this
is how it goes. But God, it hurts.

Speaker 1 (36:33):
It does. Helen has joined us.

Speaker 9 (36:35):
Hi, Helen.

Speaker 3 (36:35):
Hi, Helen.

Speaker 6 (36:36):
Hi, Amanda and Jonesy. I'm sorry to hear about little
mini Amanda, but I'd like to share my story. It's
a little bit different. I'm from Dolan's Bay, Jonesy, and
I did meet you at the Sutherland Hospital the other
week with your mother whizzing in and getting a card
for her.

Speaker 12 (36:51):
So I hope she's doing well.

Speaker 1 (36:52):
No, she's all right.

Speaker 12 (36:54):
She's all right. Okay, Amanda.

Speaker 6 (36:57):
Yeah, I have a dog, Kelpie. Mudgee's five and a
half and Batty's 18 months. They're my kids' dogs and
I'm the main carer. Normal Sunday, last Sunday week, out
walking Bailey and Mudgee together. And Mudgee has cerebellar palsy,
which is a condition of the brain and to the legs.
So there's no coordination. We were walking, nothing unusual. She'd

(37:21):
been playing ball. Let's go for a walk, guys, girls.
And she just felt hard, really hard on the ground.
And her legs went stiff. And I thought, oh, she's
hurt a leg. And I looked at her and she
was just looking back at me. And this guy just
pulled up in a car because he could see. I
was like, oh, my God, someone help me, help me,
help me. And he got out of the car, and

(37:43):
I did CPR on Mudgee.

Speaker 1 (37:45):
Wow.

Speaker 12 (37:46):
Yeah, yeah. Dr.

Speaker 6 (37:48):
Chris Brown has a tutorial on it, and I've been
trying to contact him somehow. And because of him with this,
I knew what to do.

Speaker 13 (37:56):
I did CPR.

Speaker 3 (37:57):
Did you save your dog, Helen?

Speaker 6 (38:00):
No, Amanda.

Speaker 12 (38:01):
She had a blood clot.

Speaker 6 (38:03):
With this cerebellar, she has seizures and she slept with
me and she had quite severe more seizures of late.
Not that I've known it would have been a clot,
but this could have been the problem or the issue
why Margie just fell so quickly to the ground. The
blood clot went to her brain. And yeah, so I

(38:26):
started CPR and then she took a last breath looking
at me while I was doing CPR.

Speaker 1 (38:33):
Oh, Lord. Oh, Helen, that's terrible. Poor old Mudgee.

Speaker 3 (38:38):
Well, you know, in a way, Mudgee was looking at you.
Mudgee's lucky. We're the ones that have to live with
the pain. The dogs are loved until the moment they go.

Speaker 1 (38:47):
Jules is with us and has some great advice.

Speaker 3 (38:49):
Oh, Jules, what advice can I take from you?

Speaker 17 (38:52):
Well, I've had to make the horrible decision twice, but
I have to say you can make it nice. So
Each time I've had to put my dogs down, I
get the vet to come to me. For a few
days beforehand, or even last time, it was a couple
of weeks beforehand, we took Carlo away camping. He had
a big fan club. He was a really beautiful dog,

(39:15):
and the neighbor's kids loved him. Everybody loved him.

Speaker 13 (39:17):
Everyone got to say goodbye to him. We took him camping.
I took him to the beach. We did all these
special things that he loved doing. You know, he shouldn't
have been on certain foods towards the end of his life.
But those last few weeks, we didn't worry about that.
because that wasn't going to save him. And made sure
that we spoiled him. You know, he got T-bone steak.
He got ham. He got all the love in the world.

(39:40):
And then when we did put him down, we had
him put down at home and we put his bed
on our bed. And we had a really lovely vet
who was actually a friend of ours that came and
did it. And it was so peaceful. And I could
have let him, he probably could have lived a couple
more weeks, maybe a month or so, but it was
definitely his time. And I would much rather put him
to sleep and then be comfortable. Then at some point

(40:01):
he was going to fall or have a seizure and
it was going to be, you know, rushed to the vet.
Whereas this way we had the time to say goodbye
to him. We had the time to make it nice
for him. It was all planned. And yeah, And you
get a lot of relief from that on the other side.

Speaker 3 (40:17):
I'm sure that's true.

Speaker 13 (40:18):
A lot of relief.

Speaker 3 (40:19):
And you have to weigh up whether you're wanting them
to stay alive for you or for them.

Speaker 1 (40:23):
Yeah. And that's the way. But that's the way I
guess we are.

Speaker 2 (40:27):
Thank you, everybody.

Speaker 3 (40:28):
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (40:29):
You're never going to outlive your pet.

Speaker 2 (40:31):
No.

Speaker 3 (40:31):
And when we come off air, I race home to
pat her again.

Speaker 12 (40:35):
Good.

Speaker 1 (40:36):
Well, go home and pat me.

Speaker 12 (40:37):
I will.

Speaker 1 (40:38):
Go and do that. And if you need me to
do anything, I can help you. I'm there.

Speaker 3 (40:41):
I know you are. You missed a fix it, but
no one can fix this.

Speaker 1 (40:46):
Thank you for all your calls. Coming up, Instagram is
on the way as a change of note. If you'd
like to win $ 2, 000, jonesyandamanda.com to lay you on gold.

Speaker 4 (40:53):
You're listening to the Jonesy and Amanda podcast.

Speaker 7 (40:56):
We had so many requests for them to do it again.

Speaker 4 (41:00):
Jonesy and Amanda.

Speaker 2 (41:01):
Amanda, she just cracks me up.

Speaker 3 (41:03):
Maybe you should lay off the moonshine.

Speaker 6 (41:04):
Jonesy's always knocking Amanda.

Speaker 1 (41:06):
It's so weak.

Speaker 15 (41:07):
Amanda's always knocking Jonesy.

Speaker 12 (41:09):
I'm done.

Speaker 1 (41:09):
Take it in the guts, man. It's just tough. That's
what I've learnt this hour. It's just tough.

Speaker 3 (41:15):
I often talk about, as you know, I bang on
about the word sonder. The gradual realisation we are all
living a complex life. Everyone is. So it doesn't take
away your own pain, but somehow sharing this stuff reminds
you that everyone is going through something.

Speaker 1 (41:30):
Exactly. And like you say, it's hard having a pet.
Because you will outlive the pet.

Speaker 3 (41:35):
Yeah, but that's the contract you buy into. And yet
I find myself stunned that here I am. She's 14.

Speaker 1 (41:41):
Unless you're with Miss September.

Speaker 3 (41:43):
Then your wife isn't happy.

Speaker 1 (41:45):
And that's a whole different kettle of fish. You know
what will cheer you up?

Speaker 3 (41:49):
Tell me.

Speaker 1 (41:50):
Infrastructure. Oh, no.

Speaker 10 (41:52):
And there's a piece of infrastructure in our country that
is celebrating the It's 50th birthday today.

Speaker 3 (41:58):
That's not a monorail or something, is it?

Speaker 10 (42:00):
Oh, please, don't waste my time for monorails. You know
I have no time for monorails. They're as useless as
light rail. Actually, light rail is infinitely better than monorail.

Speaker 3 (42:11):
Okay, sorry I asked. And no, it's not cheering me up.

Speaker 1 (42:15):
Are you sure?

Speaker 3 (42:16):
I'm sure.

Speaker 10 (42:16):
Because when I tell you next about the infrastructure that's
celebrating its 50th birthday.

Speaker 1 (42:21):
What a hook, Brendan.

Speaker 3 (42:22):
You've hooked me through.

Speaker 1 (42:23):
You will be filled with joy.

Speaker 3 (42:25):
Will I?

Speaker 2 (42:26):
Okay.

Speaker 10 (42:26):
Instagram's coming up as well. If you'd like to play, jonesyandamanda.com.au.

Speaker 1 (42:32):
Gold. Hello there. It's Jonesy and Amanda driving you home.

Speaker 3 (42:35):
You promised that you'd be cheering me up.

Speaker 17 (42:37):
Sure.

Speaker 3 (42:38):
With an interesting story about infrastructure.

Speaker 1 (42:39):
I love infrastructure. You know I love infrastructure. Yeah, but
I don't. I am a demon for infrastructure. What have
you got? Do you want to talk about infrastructure?

Speaker 12 (42:48):
Sure.

Speaker 1 (42:48):
Okay. Trams. You like trams? Light rails?

Speaker 2 (42:51):
Mm-hmm.

Speaker 1 (42:52):
Metros. What about the U-Bahn? The O-Bahn. It's the one,
you know, in Adelaide. Germany. No, they've got it in Germany.
They nicked it off the Germans.

Speaker 3 (43:02):
The Autobahn.

Speaker 1 (43:03):
No, the U-Bahn.

Speaker 3 (43:03):
You just drive as fast as you like.

Speaker 1 (43:04):
Yeah, the bus goes on the concrete tracks by itself.

Speaker 2 (43:07):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (43:07):
Yeah. What about the Maglev train?

Speaker 3 (43:11):
Are we going to just rate?

Speaker 1 (43:11):
We never saw that, did we?

Speaker 3 (43:13):
Are we just going to rate and rank infrastructure?

Speaker 10 (43:16):
How do you feel about pedestrian malls? Because there was
a time the pedestrian mall was the kiss of death,
according to people, because you couldn't get your car there.
into the city anymore.

Speaker 3 (43:25):
You know, it's interesting. I was in China a couple
of months ago with my sons. The pedestrian malls, the
shopping malls, I can't get over the magnitude of them.
They are gigantic, these giant malls. We don't have the
like of it in Australia.

Speaker 8 (43:44):
We don't have the like of it in Australia.

Speaker 3 (43:46):
Oh, we don't.

Speaker 1 (43:47):
Have a look at yourself.

Speaker 3 (43:48):
Well, you name a mall that's as wide as like
seven roads.

Speaker 1 (43:53):
Queen Street Mall, Brisbane? That's not.

Speaker 3 (43:55):
I've been to Queen Street Mall.

Speaker 1 (43:56):
It's not as wide as Seven Malls.

Speaker 3 (43:58):
No, King Street.

Speaker 1 (43:58):
But it's got City Extra in the middle. You can
get hot chips at three in the morning.

Speaker 3 (44:03):
Excellent. I love a mall.

Speaker 1 (44:05):
You know, anything you say about malls, you say to me.

Speaker 3 (44:07):
All I'm saying is they're not as big as they
are overseas. It's lovely, but it's not massive.

Speaker 1 (44:15):
What about today, celebrating his 50th birthday?

Speaker 3 (44:17):
Oh, I know where you're going with this now. Only
so you can play this stupid jingle.

Speaker 10 (44:21):
It's Rundle Mall.

Speaker 3 (44:23):
Rundle Mall. You're obsessed with Rundle Mall and the balls.

Speaker 1 (44:26):
Rundle Mall. What are you, ruining my whole thing? Rundle Mall,
happy 50th birthday.

Speaker 16 (44:34):
Champagne flowed through the Victorian-era fountain when the SA Premier
opened the new pedestrian-only Rundle Mall.

Speaker 5 (44:41):
It wasn't just going to be a shopping place, but
where people could come and stroll, meet one another, enjoy
an open-air activity, and at the same time, of course,
go and purchase what they wanted to.

Speaker 6 (44:55):
Yes!

Speaker 1 (44:56):
Wow, how futuristic. Don Dunstan there.

Speaker 3 (44:59):
Don Dunstan.

Speaker 13 (45:00):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (45:01):
There were some issues, though, with Rundle Mall. There was controversy.

Speaker 11 (45:04):
We still don't know what to call our new thoroughfare,
despite some rather heavy hints from the official dais. The
Rundle part, there's no argument about. It's that little word
that follows. And it seems there's little so likely to
divide the fair citizens of Adelaide as this one vexed question.

Speaker 8 (45:21):
Is it male or female?

Speaker 11 (45:23):
Or is it maul?

Speaker 4 (45:24):
I call it maul.

Speaker 5 (45:25):
Other people can call it maul.

Speaker 1 (45:27):
Call it what you like.

Speaker 8 (45:30):
It's here and it's good.

Speaker 1 (45:31):
It's here and it's good.

Speaker 3 (45:32):
He's a wordsmith.

Speaker 1 (45:33):
Actually, he was a wordsmith. Because in the southern states,
we say maul.

Speaker 3 (45:37):
No, we don't.

Speaker 1 (45:38):
Yes, we do. In the southern states. Oh, okay. We
say maul. In the northern states, we say maul.

Speaker 3 (45:44):
But how come in the jingle, and I'm loathe to
mention it because I know you're going to play it,
he says maul.

Speaker 10 (45:49):
Sit on your treasures, friend. We've got to get through
the spheres. There was controversy with the spheres in Rundle Mall.

Speaker 3 (45:57):
The balls.

Speaker 1 (45:58):
Hey!

Speaker 16 (45:59):
The spheres were quickly dubbed the mall's balls by locals,
becoming an Adelaide icon.

Speaker 10 (46:04):
You want to get on the gram, you get a
picture in front of the balls in Rundle Mall.

Speaker 3 (46:09):
You said mall.

Speaker 1 (46:10):
Yeah, because I'm from the northern part.

Speaker 3 (46:13):
But do the Adelaide people call it Mall or Mall?

Speaker 1 (46:15):
Oh, no, actually, no. No, I've spent some time there.
They all say mall.

Speaker 3 (46:18):
Yes, they do.

Speaker 1 (46:19):
It's like Victorians will say Castle, Maine. Not Castle, Maine. Anyway,
all that's all by the by. Because let's get to
the destination, Brendan.

Speaker 10 (46:26):
The main act when this little guy was going through
some lean times, I would imagine, and Glenn Wheatley said, mate.

Speaker 1 (46:32):
I've got a gig for you.

Speaker 4 (46:33):
And he went, what's that, Wheat?

Speaker 1 (46:34):
And he goes, you're going to have to sing for
Rundle Mall.

Speaker 7 (46:37):
Rundle Mall starts to come alive Before the morning sun
has reached the sky While you're still at.

Speaker 10 (46:45):
Home in your cozy bed We're busy getting ready for
the day Go, Johnny!

Speaker 2 (46:51):
Yeah!

Speaker 12 (46:52):
Look at him.

Speaker 1 (46:53):
He's everywhere.

Speaker 9 (46:54):
He sings the S out of this.

Speaker 1 (47:01):
And that guy looks like Stan Lee.

Speaker 2 (47:02):
Look.

Speaker 1 (47:03):
Oh, guy perving at a girl. Good to see.

Speaker 13 (47:08):
That back there.

Speaker 3 (47:09):
Are we playing at all? Hang on.

Speaker 1 (47:12):
Come on. And then the refrain.

Speaker 10 (47:24):
I wish you would.

Speaker 1 (47:27):
Happy birthday.

Speaker 3 (47:29):
It's a shame you couldn't work the lyrics in, that
you can stop there, have an outdoor activity and buy something.
That's a ringing endorsement if ever I've heard one.

Speaker 1 (47:38):
Paramount Awards, having a birthday next week.

Speaker 4 (47:45):
Infrastructure see a whole lot more of jonesy and amanda
on our socials jonesy and amanda.

Speaker 10 (47:50):
Follow us on instagram and facebook gold hello there it's
jonesy and amanda driving you home.

Speaker 14 (47:56):
Please.

Speaker 1 (47:57):
Come on.

Speaker 10 (47:58):
Nice piece of infrastructure celebrating its 50th birthday today.

Speaker 3 (48:03):
And now we can let it go.

Speaker 1 (48:04):
Then Don Dunstan Premier had this to say.

Speaker 5 (48:07):
Where people could come and stroll, meet one another, enjoy
an open air activity and at the same time, of course,
go and purchase what they wanted to.

Speaker 1 (48:19):
See, up until that point, I wasn't sure what to
do in a mall.

Speaker 3 (48:22):
What happens in a mall?

Speaker 1 (48:23):
I walk into a mall.

Speaker 3 (48:23):
Do I have to own a sheep and walk through potatoes?

Speaker 8 (48:26):
What do I do?

Speaker 1 (48:26):
What do I do? Thank you, champ.

Speaker 3 (48:29):
It's funny you say champ. I've been looking at this
list of Australian insults. Every country has its own list
of insults. But I've seen this great list of insults.
Anyone from another country would look at these and you think,
how can that possibly be insulting? But it's the tone
with which you deliver it. Every Australian will relate to this.

Speaker 1 (48:47):
You look at Mr. Inbetween. You say, thanks, champ. You
get a jail yard beating.

Speaker 3 (48:52):
Well, this is the first one on the list is okay, champ. Okay, champ. Righto, chief.

Speaker 7 (48:58):
Oh, yeah.

Speaker 3 (49:00):
Settle down, turbo.

Speaker 1 (49:03):
That's a great one.

Speaker 3 (49:04):
Calm your farm.

Speaker 7 (49:05):
Mm-hmm.

Speaker 3 (49:06):
I haven't heard this one before, Slow Down Seabiscuit.

Speaker 1 (49:08):
Yeah, I have because it's after the horsey.

Speaker 3 (49:11):
I understand.

Speaker 12 (49:12):
Oh, sorry.

Speaker 3 (49:12):
What about All Right Muscles?

Speaker 17 (49:14):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (49:16):
With a hero. Whenever there's a hero outside a pub
carrying on you, yeah, good on you. Okay, muscles.

Speaker 3 (49:21):
I haven't heard this one. Ease up their knacker bags.
Have you heard of knacker bags?

Speaker 1 (49:26):
I love knacker bags.

Speaker 3 (49:28):
Settle pedal.

Speaker 13 (49:29):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (49:29):
Yeah, okay, mate.

Speaker 11 (49:30):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (49:30):
There's a whole lot with mate on them.

Speaker 1 (49:31):
Yeah, okay, mate.

Speaker 3 (49:32):
Okay, mate. Oh, yeah, right-o, hero.

Speaker 13 (49:35):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (49:35):
Calling someone a hero.

Speaker 1 (49:36):
Whenever you see a hero.

Speaker 10 (49:37):
And you could see a hero doing heroic work, rescuing
a family from a burning building.

Speaker 1 (49:42):
But you'll say, hey, good on you, hero.

Speaker 3 (49:43):
What about this one? I bet you say, pump the
brakes there, mate.

Speaker 9 (49:46):
No.

Speaker 3 (49:47):
What does that even mean?

Speaker 1 (49:48):
Just slow down. Oh, okay. Calm your farm.

Speaker 3 (49:51):
Stay in your lane.

Speaker 1 (49:52):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (49:52):
Ease up, princess.

Speaker 9 (49:54):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (49:54):
A bit sexist.

Speaker 3 (49:55):
Toughing up buttercup.

Speaker 1 (49:56):
I don't like that one. That's American.

Speaker 3 (49:58):
What about you saying it's sexist?

Speaker 4 (49:59):
It's sexist.

Speaker 3 (49:59):
When have you ever not cared? Who died and made
you king?

Speaker 1 (50:02):
Oh, I love that.

Speaker 3 (50:04):
Ease up, tiger. Nice one, sport. Someone has contributed this
at the end. I've seen better heads flop out of undies.
But the classic is another one is your mate, your mate.

Speaker 1 (50:17):
Your mate.

Speaker 3 (50:17):
And that's so nuanced, isn't it? It's when someone's being
an idiot and you go, yeah, your mate.

Speaker 10 (50:22):
Largely you see like, you know, someone's been on the
glass barbecue walking down the street yelling out at strangers
and I'll say to my brother, you say, your mate.

Speaker 7 (50:31):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (50:31):
He says, actually, it is. Yeah, it's good on you. Yeah, yes.
Isn't that you?

Speaker 3 (50:35):
Hey, knacker bags. What's a knacker bag? Is that undies?

Speaker 1 (50:40):
What's a knacker bag?

Speaker 3 (50:41):
Is it underpants? You don't know.

Speaker 1 (50:43):
No, it's a knacker bag.

Speaker 3 (50:45):
It's your underpants.

Speaker 1 (50:46):
I need to draw it for you. I'll draw it
for you.

Speaker 3 (50:48):
Is it your under?

Speaker 1 (50:48):
No, it's not your under. Is it scrotum? Obviously, I
was trying to get around it. Little kids are in
the car.

Speaker 8 (50:53):
Mom, what's a knacker bag?

Speaker 3 (50:54):
I use the medical term.

Speaker 1 (50:56):
Knacker bag.

Speaker 10 (50:57):
That should be a character selling discount groceries in Rundle Mall.

Speaker 1 (51:03):
Get under here in the knacker bag. He's up there
in knacker bags. What would John Dunstan say?

Speaker 5 (51:08):
Where people could come and stroll, meet one another, enjoy
an open-air activity, and at the same time, of course,
go and purchase what they wanted to.

Speaker 1 (51:19):
From knacker bags.

Speaker 3 (51:20):
He very famously wore a pair of pink micro shorts
into Parliament, so you could see his knacker bags. Jam Nation.

Speaker 1 (51:28):
Gold. Hello there.

Speaker 10 (51:29):
It's Jonesy and Amanda driving you home. You have 10 questions,
60 seconds on the clock. You could pass if you
don't know an answer. We'll come back to that question
if time permits. Get all the questions right. $ 1, 000.

Speaker 1 (51:44):
That song has set me off. Oh, no.

Speaker 3 (51:47):
You can make $ 2, 000. I'm going to pull myself out.
Are you going to be all right? Of course I am.

Speaker 1 (51:51):
Well, take a breath.

Speaker 3 (51:52):
No, we've got Anthony waiting to see if he can
win money.

Speaker 1 (51:54):
Anthony's.

Speaker 3 (51:55):
Let me just say this. You can win $ 2, 000. If
you answer a bonus question but it's double or nothing.

Speaker 1 (52:00):
Do you want me to talk about infrastructure again? Will
that help?

Speaker 3 (52:02):
Oh, would you pull my fingernails out? I prefer that.

Speaker 1 (52:05):
Are you sure we could talk about the spheres in
Rundle Mall?

Speaker 3 (52:07):
I'm ready to talk to Anthony.

Speaker 1 (52:08):
Anthony is in Pakenham.

Speaker 16 (52:09):
Hi, Anthony.

Speaker 2 (52:10):
Hello, Anthony.

Speaker 12 (52:11):
Good afternoon, good evening and good night.

Speaker 3 (52:15):
Well, let's see if we can give you some money here.
Ten questions, 60 seconds. If you're not sure, say pass.
We might have time to come back, okay?

Speaker 4 (52:21):
Okay.

Speaker 3 (52:22):
All right, Anthony, here we go. Here comes question number one.
What colour is white chocolate?

Speaker 13 (52:28):
Right.

Speaker 3 (52:28):
Question two. How many levels are there in a two-storied house?

Speaker 13 (52:33):
Two.

Speaker 3 (52:34):
Question three. Which bird is often associated with delivering babies?

Speaker 4 (52:37):
Stork.

Speaker 3 (52:39):
Question four. What family of instruments is the violin part of?

Speaker 12 (52:42):
Strings.

Speaker 3 (52:46):
Question five. In which decade was Madonna born?

Speaker 1 (52:51):
The 60s.

Speaker 9 (52:52):
Oh.

Speaker 3 (52:54):
She was a 58 baby.

Speaker 1 (52:56):
Yeah, 58. Yeah, I thought she was 60. I thought
she was born in 1960. No, 1958.

Speaker 3 (53:00):
She's still putting.

Speaker 1 (53:03):
Bums on seats.

Speaker 3 (53:05):
It's mostly her own.

Speaker 1 (53:06):
Anthony.

Speaker 3 (53:07):
Anthony, thank you for playing.

Speaker 2 (53:09):
No, thank you very much and sending my love to
Amanda for her little puppy.

Speaker 3 (53:14):
Oh, Anthony, thank you.

Speaker 1 (53:16):
You've just joined us. Amanda's going through a tough time.

Speaker 8 (53:18):
I am.

Speaker 3 (53:19):
My pooch is 14. So we've had a great meeting.
My rational brain knows all that, but she does have lymphoma.

Speaker 1 (53:25):
But you've still got it for the moment, if that's
any consolation.

Speaker 3 (53:28):
I do, but I don't know how long this moment
will be. Yeah, but anyway, I'm glad I shared today.

Speaker 1 (53:33):
Thank you. Very kind of you. And if you would
like to play Instagram, jonesyandamanda.com.au.

Speaker 3 (53:38):
And coming up next, I will dry my tears because
I want to talk to you about a moment in
history that we're not taught about in schools, but maybe
we should.

Speaker 1 (53:47):
That's coming up on Gold. Gold, good afternoon to you.
It's Jonesy and Amanda driving you home.

Speaker 3 (53:54):
I'd like to have a segment called Great Moments in
History that you probably don't know about. This is about...
A series of riots. Here's some audio from one of
the riots.

Speaker 1 (54:08):
Is that here or in America?

Speaker 3 (54:10):
This one's in America. But do you know what the
riots might have been?

Speaker 1 (54:13):
Civil riots, NRA, BLM, WLM, whatever America.

Speaker 11 (54:20):
WTF.

Speaker 3 (54:21):
They were the 1983 Cabbage Patch Rites.

Speaker 1 (54:26):
The doll.

Speaker 3 (54:27):
The doll. Rites broke out in stores. Dolls were being flung.
There were long lines. Parents were driving hundreds of miles
to get their hands on this new toy for their kids.
So the Cabbage Patch Dolls, as we know, people still
have them, I think.

Speaker 1 (54:45):
Yeah, I think they're around. They're a thing.

Speaker 3 (54:46):
You'd get a little birth certificate, a backstory with the thing,
et cetera. So the dolls sold out instantly in 1983,
igniting a supply and demand crunch that sent shoppers into
a full-on frenzy.

Speaker 7 (55:00):
The customers were standing in front of this store at
7 o'clock this morning. The store didn't open until 9,
and only a few Cabbage Patch dolls were going on sale.
Once the coupons were given out to those few parents
who would be allowed to buy a doll... The word
was given out that the dolls would be given out
behind the store, out back at the freight entrance. And

(55:21):
then the race was on. Otherwise dignified, calm, mannerly parents broke.

Speaker 1 (55:26):
Into a sprint.

Speaker 10 (55:28):
Well, I had to take what they gave me, and
they gave me a boy, and I wanted a girl.

Speaker 2 (55:31):
This is my second trip around.

Speaker 1 (55:32):
My husband works here, and I can't even get what
I want. I miss work. I'm late for work to
get this for my little girl. I'm not going to
tell my boss. I'm trying to get there now.

Speaker 7 (55:41):
Things have reached such a point that this store in Clifton,
New Jersey, has set up a cabbage patch trading post.
They decided it doesn't matter much that the doll retails
for $ 21 if you can't buy one. So they'll pay
you $ 40 for any Cabbage Patch doll you bring in,
and then they'll turn around and sell it for $ 50.

Speaker 1 (55:58):
Ooh, gouging. Wow, wow.

Speaker 3 (56:00):
So these riots were all over the place.

Speaker 9 (56:03):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (56:03):
Parents went crazy. In one store, there was trampling. Five
people landed in hospital. One had three cracked ribs. Another
had a broken leg.

Speaker 1 (56:16):
Did they have one in Rundle Ball? Because if they did, they.

Speaker 6 (56:19):
Could have had one.

Speaker 3 (56:19):
John Dunstan would have called for calm.

Speaker 5 (56:21):
Where people could come and stroll, meet one another, enjoy
an open-air activity, and at the same time, of course,
go and purchase what they wanted to.

Speaker 3 (56:33):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (56:33):
Or be in a cabbage patch doll.

Speaker 3 (56:35):
Maybe it is.

Speaker 1 (56:36):
Righto, UT.

Speaker 11 (56:37):
That's enough.

Speaker 3 (56:38):
This is on our show tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (56:40):
Who?

Speaker 3 (56:40):
Mickey Dolan's. Mickey Dolenz from the Monkees is joining us
on our show tomorrow.

Speaker 1 (56:47):
Wow. Wow.

Speaker 3 (56:49):
What about that?

Speaker 1 (56:50):
I didn't know that.

Speaker 3 (56:50):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (56:51):
I look forward to catching up with Mickey Dolenz.

Speaker 3 (56:53):
If you'd like to hear any more from today's show,
head to jonesyandamanda.com.au.

Speaker 1 (56:57):
Please do.

Speaker 3 (56:57):
We'll see you tomorrow.

Speaker 1 (56:58):
Have a good night, friend.

Speaker 3 (56:59):
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (57:00):
Good day to you. Well, thank God that's over.

Speaker 4 (57:03):
Catch up on the Jonesy and Amanda podcast. Download the
free iHeart app now.

Speaker 3 (57:08):
See you next time.

Speaker 1 (57:09):
Let's get the hell out of here.

Speaker 4 (57:13):
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