August 14, 2026 • 6 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Gold it's Jonesie Demander driving you home.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Studies have shown the more information gets passed through water
cooler gossip than through official men.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Wow, so does it, Coli?
Speaker 4 (00:11):
I'd say water gather around, colleagues.
Speaker 5 (00:18):
Gather around to the nineteen eighties where we stood around
a water cool It.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Could be the nineteen twelves when we stood around the
furfy water cart.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
The old nineteen twelves.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Bring them back, these tastes. They're all standing around of
Frank green water again.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
In their own homes, pretending to do And maybe that's.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
A problem with the young generation. They've got nothing to
stand around.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
Well, let's discuss today's would you rather dilemma? Sphincter tightening conundrum?
That's a title for another segment. Okay, here's what we're asking.
Would you rather laugh at a joke that you didn't
quite hear and then you're asked to explain it to
a group or introduce someone that you've worked with for
six months and you never learned their name. Option A
(00:59):
for me or way Ryan thought it would take Option B.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
I don't know.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
There's different techniques you can use, or you go, oh,
what's your Instagram handle?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
No?
Speaker 5 (01:08):
No, If I say, Ryan, introduce everyone. Yeah, got no
time to do any of that.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
Okay, so hang on, let's just roll play. Yeah, so
you have forgoten Amanda's name?
Speaker 5 (01:18):
Yeah, yeah, Hi, Hi, Hi, Brendan saying quickly introduced me
to the room.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Who's this young lady?
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Just before we do that, can I just get your
Instagram handle? Got number fifty eight?
Speaker 1 (01:31):
This is my friend Panops, I don't know. And also,
as I am of a certain age, I can't go
around asking young ladies for their Instagram handle because then
it'll be at hr we'll all be gathered.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Well, let's see which of these options people.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
We have a study in the world. Ryan sab has
joined us on water cooler Chat sab Hi.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
Guy, So laughing at a joke you didn't hear and
then having to explain it or introducing someone whose name
you should know but don't.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
So this has actually happened to me, And I'll go
with option B. And the technique that I have is
I've worked with this person for about six months and
then when those two people who are being introduced start
talking to each other, nine times out of ten they
go Hi, I'm blah blah blah. Oh I'm nice for me,
I'm this, and then I'm like cool, that's her name,
(02:22):
and that's how I've gotten out of it.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Yeah, it does it always sometimes that can work.
Speaker 5 (02:27):
Sometimes, you know, you can smell that technique a mile away.
The one stands it looks at you go really sad.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Really, I've revealed my seed.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Thank you, Thank you.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Brad has joined a cool.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Are you choosing option A? Are option B?
Speaker 6 (02:42):
I'm choosing the not to forget someone's name. I do
all the time.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
I call mate old mate, you know, So I'd prefer
to look stupid than try and be deceptive yep, and
try and lue your way out of a joker wasn't
talking about.
Speaker 6 (02:55):
So Yeah, definitely be for me and Amanda. My whole
family voted for you, So Amanda.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Brad, that's wonderful news.
Speaker 5 (03:02):
Let me just say though, it's an easy option for
men to go his mate. He's what if you' introducing
a woman?
Speaker 7 (03:07):
Oh well, I.
Speaker 6 (03:08):
Say, I'll probably say Darlad. Then I'd probably get sacked
for that.
Speaker 5 (03:11):
Yeah, that's an interesting I think that's when you duck
and roll and look for cover and pretend you're on fire.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
I was on a corporate trip one time on the
Gold Coaster.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
My wife was with me and there was a group
of these people that I knew all the names except
for one guy.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I was sure his name was Simon, but it wasn't
one hundred percent of So I said to Helen, We're
going to go into the circle of dudes. I know
everyone in this group. I want you to introduce yourself
to that guy.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
When I'm talking to the other guy, tell me that
was fail safe, because that sounds perfect.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Helen nods ahead and goes, yes. We go into the group.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
She introduces herself to every person that I knew, not
the guy. Then it looked even worse, and he has
and one of my chop level and I went, oh, yeah,
and this is why did.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
She do that?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
I don't know.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
She misunderstood the misunderstood the and the guy and you,
and it was just it was terrible.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Let's see what Sloan has to think.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Sloan explaining a joke that you haven't quite heard and
pretended to hear, or introducing someone who's whose name you
should know.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Listen, I have been in the predicament of both, and
I can tell you the first one is just terribly
mortifying joke.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
One have you had to do that?
Speaker 2 (04:30):
It's mortifying. I don't ever want to be in that
predicament predicament again. So I'm I'm more at ease with
option B.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
And if the joke is imagine if it's like an
incredibly racist messon.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
And you've laughed along having no idea what the actually said.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
To right mate, and they go excuse me, explain well
and then.
Speaker 5 (04:50):
Terrible thank you, Sla say it's one of Sloane's jokes.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
We'll wrap this up with Glenn gle.
Speaker 7 (04:58):
Look, you know what I could go with.
Speaker 6 (05:00):
I'm going to go with.
Speaker 7 (05:00):
Option B because you've always got a strategy.
Speaker 6 (05:05):
Around introducing somebody and you can kind of control that,
so you know.
Speaker 7 (05:10):
Oh, Bob here you know these guys knew, I know
you're going to work together. You're really going to enjoy
working together. How about you tell you know, just tell
them about yourself. There's always what is always.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Let me just say this, Glen.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
What if you're what if you're hosting some kind of seminar,
Everyone in the room is seated, and you have you're
the one person who has to introduce that person.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
What do you do?
Speaker 5 (05:34):
Then?
Speaker 6 (05:35):
Oh, well, you know then it's a bit of a
dance around it, but there'll be something to say. And
you all know him, you've seen him before and we've
been waiting for him. Come on out and just skip over.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Skip over the name. You mean no help.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
I just like when a man who introduces himself to
someone that's been.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Working here for forty longer than I. I bet I
built this company. Thank you for all you coles, Thank
you for being put off. Come on, Water Food Chain.
Now's time the Water Food cham
Gold it's Jonesie Demander driving you home.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Studies have shown the more information gets passed through water
cooler gossip than through official men.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Wow, so does it, Coli?
Speaker 4 (00:11):
I'd say water gather around, colleagues.
Speaker 5 (00:18):
Gather around to the nineteen eighties where we stood around
a water cool It.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Could be the nineteen twelves when we stood around the
furfy water cart.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
The old nineteen twelves.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Bring them back, these tastes. They're all standing around of
Frank green water again.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
In their own homes, pretending to do And maybe that's.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
A problem with the young generation. They've got nothing to
stand around.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
Well, let's discuss today's would you rather dilemma? Sphincter tightening conundrum?
That's a title for another segment. Okay, here's what we're asking.
Would you rather laugh at a joke that you didn't
quite hear and then you're asked to explain it to
a group or introduce someone that you've worked with for
six months and you never learned their name. Option A
(00:59):
for me or way Ryan thought it would take Option B.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
I don't know.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
There's different techniques you can use, or you go, oh,
what's your Instagram handle?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
No?
Speaker 5 (01:08):
No, If I say, Ryan, introduce everyone. Yeah, got no
time to do any of that.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
Okay, so hang on, let's just roll play. Yeah, so
you have forgoten Amanda's name?
Speaker 5 (01:18):
Yeah, yeah, Hi, Hi, Hi, Brendan saying quickly introduced me
to the room.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Who's this young lady?
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Just before we do that, can I just get your
Instagram handle? Got number fifty eight?
Speaker 1 (01:31):
This is my friend Panops, I don't know. And also,
as I am of a certain age, I can't go
around asking young ladies for their Instagram handle because then
it'll be at hr we'll all be gathered.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Well, let's see which of these options people.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
We have a study in the world. Ryan sab has
joined us on water cooler Chat sab Hi.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
Guy, So laughing at a joke you didn't hear and
then having to explain it or introducing someone whose name
you should know but don't.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
So this has actually happened to me, And I'll go
with option B. And the technique that I have is
I've worked with this person for about six months and
then when those two people who are being introduced start
talking to each other, nine times out of ten they
go Hi, I'm blah blah blah. Oh I'm nice for me,
I'm this, and then I'm like cool, that's her name,
(02:22):
and that's how I've gotten out of it.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Yeah, it does it always sometimes that can work.
Speaker 5 (02:27):
Sometimes, you know, you can smell that technique a mile away.
The one stands it looks at you go really sad.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Really, I've revealed my seed.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Thank you, Thank you.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Brad has joined a cool.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Are you choosing option A? Are option B?
Speaker 6 (02:42):
I'm choosing the not to forget someone's name. I do
all the time.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
I call mate old mate, you know, So I'd prefer
to look stupid than try and be deceptive yep, and
try and lue your way out of a joker wasn't
talking about.
Speaker 6 (02:55):
So Yeah, definitely be for me and Amanda. My whole
family voted for you, So Amanda.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Brad, that's wonderful news.
Speaker 5 (03:02):
Let me just say though, it's an easy option for
men to go his mate. He's what if you' introducing
a woman?
Speaker 7 (03:07):
Oh well, I.
Speaker 6 (03:08):
Say, I'll probably say Darlad. Then I'd probably get sacked
for that.
Speaker 5 (03:11):
Yeah, that's an interesting I think that's when you duck
and roll and look for cover and pretend you're on fire.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
I was on a corporate trip one time on the
Gold Coaster.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
My wife was with me and there was a group
of these people that I knew all the names except
for one guy.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I was sure his name was Simon, but it wasn't
one hundred percent of So I said to Helen, We're
going to go into the circle of dudes. I know
everyone in this group. I want you to introduce yourself
to that guy.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
When I'm talking to the other guy, tell me that
was fail safe, because that sounds perfect.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Helen nods ahead and goes, yes. We go into the group.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
She introduces herself to every person that I knew, not
the guy. Then it looked even worse, and he has
and one of my chop level and I went, oh, yeah,
and this is why did.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
She do that?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
I don't know.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
She misunderstood the misunderstood the and the guy and you,
and it was just it was terrible.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Let's see what Sloan has to think.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Sloan explaining a joke that you haven't quite heard and
pretended to hear, or introducing someone who's whose name you
should know.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Listen, I have been in the predicament of both, and
I can tell you the first one is just terribly
mortifying joke.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
One have you had to do that?
Speaker 2 (04:30):
It's mortifying. I don't ever want to be in that
predicament predicament again. So I'm I'm more at ease with
option B.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
And if the joke is imagine if it's like an
incredibly racist messon.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
And you've laughed along having no idea what the actually said.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
To right mate, and they go excuse me, explain well
and then.
Speaker 5 (04:50):
Terrible thank you, Sla say it's one of Sloane's jokes.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
We'll wrap this up with Glenn gle.
Speaker 7 (04:58):
Look, you know what I could go with.
Speaker 6 (05:00):
I'm going to go with.
Speaker 7 (05:00):
Option B because you've always got a strategy.
Speaker 6 (05:05):
Around introducing somebody and you can kind of control that,
so you know.
Speaker 7 (05:10):
Oh, Bob here you know these guys knew, I know
you're going to work together. You're really going to enjoy
working together. How about you tell you know, just tell
them about yourself. There's always what is always.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Let me just say this, Glen.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
What if you're what if you're hosting some kind of seminar,
Everyone in the room is seated, and you have you're
the one person who has to introduce that person.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
What do you do?
Speaker 5 (05:34):
Then?
Speaker 6 (05:35):
Oh, well, you know then it's a bit of a
dance around it, but there'll be something to say. And
you all know him, you've seen him before and we've
been waiting for him. Come on out and just skip over.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Skip over the name. You mean no help.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
I just like when a man who introduces himself to
someone that's been.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Working here for forty longer than I. I bet I
built this company. Thank you for all you coles, Thank
you for being put off. Come on, Water Food Chain.
Now's time the Water Food cham
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