June 27, 2024 • 50 mins
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Craving the perfect beer and food pairing? We’ve got you covered with a lively discussion on everything from pairing lagers with KFC to enjoying stouts with bacon sandwiches. You’ll even hear our humorous debate on the merits of various combinations for those with dietary restrictions. Whether it's a Five Guys burger with a pale ale or a domino’s pizza with an amber ale, we share our personal favorites and some amusing experiences, ensuring there's a delicious option for everyone.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
I'm.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Henry VIII if.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
I am, I'm Henry VIII if I am.
I got married to the widow nextdoor.
She's been married seven timesbefore Everyone's got a memory
she wouldn't have a widow or ason.
No son, I'm Henry VIII if I am.
I'm Henry VIII if I am.
Is that an actual song?
That's an actual song.
I didn't.
(00:24):
I remembered it Well, I forgotI didn't.
I remembered it well, I forgotabout it, but then remembered it
.
My grandparents used to sing ita long time ago, when I was a
wee, a wee little kid.
I'm Henry VIII, they are to behonest, I did a quick google of
songs with a number 8 in it andthen I clicked play on a Henry
VIII and oh yeah, I rememberthis.
(00:44):
Wow, well, it was a beautifuland then I clicked play on Henry
VIII.
Oh yeah, I remember this.
Wow, well, it was a beautifulrendition.
It's basically about a chapthat married a woman next door
called I don't know what she'scalled, but she's a widow and
she only ever married peoplecalled Henry.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Well, there you go.
Everyone's got their preferenceSome like blondes, some like
brunettes, some like peoplecalled Henry.
Well, there you go.
Everyone's got their preferenceSome like blondes, some like
brunettes, some like peoplecalled Henry.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Henry was, yeah, not a Willie or a Sam is one of the
lines.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Not a Willie or a Sam .
Yeah, I mean you can't move inNorthern Ireland for Willies.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
To be honest, Lots of Willies and Billies and
Williams Willies and Billies,willies and Billies and Williams
, willies and billies, williesand billies and Williams.
Season two episode eight.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Hi everybody, grab your tackle, grab your tackle,
I'm grabbing it hard, william,grabbing it hard, grab it hard.
Is yours still a worm or a fly?
Speaker 1 (01:38):
It's a I don't know what tackle.
What type of tackle are there?
Can I have a maggot?
A maggot, a maggot fly worm?
What did I used to use as a kid?
I can't remember.
Probably a maggot, probably amaggot, grab your maggots grab
your maggots off to the fishpond of feedback.
So, like I said, we had afeedback of please do a euro
(02:05):
special, so I don't have tolisten to it.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Um, future tiredness is bollocks, and that was from
the wifey wife to the point, tothe point I like it.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Georgie other exciting news, mr hodgkiss oh
yes other, exciting yourself.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
So you're uh, you're the gnome in charge of building
the website it's coming on verywell I actually didn't look in
this week because it's beenalmost a year since I registered
the domains.
They're up for renewal.
I was like it's never been ayear since.
I Money well spent Money wellspent.
So I've rented a few domainsand none of them are currently
(02:48):
being used properly.
They asked me if I wanted emailadded and I was like we need a
simple splash page or somethingI will get around to it.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Or a redirecting event.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I actually do want to build a website.
I think it'd be a good place togo for some people to find the
episodes and learn more aboutwhat we do and actually make
proper suggestions and giveproper feedback, because nobody
uses email these days.
So I'd like to.
I'd like to do that, but wedon't really promote the show
either, do we?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
it's more for it's more for our benefit rather than
anybody else's we don't, butwe're out there public to listen
to everyone, from any countryor continent, apart from Africa.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
I was going to say no Africa.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
yet no, listeners no website no.
Africa, but exciting news,exciting news.
Obviously, you can listen to usin many places, but we are now
on YouTube.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
We're on YouTube.
Youtube podcast Don't panic.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
I'm not recording.
There's not videos of you if ofyour top off or anything like
that.
Good job um we're.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
We're actually on um youtube podcasts and that's
because of google, I'm guessing,counseling, and we've had about
three views um we've had threeviews on youtube already, but,
um, yeah, so, yeah, so it's not.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
It's not the platform of choice for listeners.
Um, it's a platform to watch,but, um, if you want to listen
to us on youtube, you can bysearching for first lip names.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
That's exciting do you think if we did a video
podcast like recording?
Speaker 1 (04:19):
ourselves special ones we could record, do you?
Speaker 2 (04:22):
think people have ever been interested in watching
us record this?
No, probably not.
Do you think that would do?
You think people have ever beinterested in watching us record
this?
No, probably not.
Do you think that would do?
You think I would also likeruin the mystery.
I remember seeing, I think ifwe had a special guest.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I think um oh yeah yes, then then yes, um, but I
think it might be a bit awkwardwith the um to know or known.
To be honest, I don't.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
I think it's a bit shy well, he can wear a mask or
something.
It's fine.
I remember, um, I remember Iused to, back in the day, I used
to listen to radio one a lot.
Well, I'm talking like whenchris malls was still on it and
I'd never seen chris malls andwhen I did see him for the first
time it was such a, it wasweird, because obviously you
paint a picture of what peoplelike yeah, a lot of radio
(05:02):
presenters well they're sayingface radio as well isn't there.
But yeah, and then you seethey're like oh okay, you're not
what I expected.
I think the same had the samekind of effect with um simon, um
scott, not simon, because yeah,scott mills, it was the same
thing as oh, you don't look likeI expected, but yeah, so maybe,
maybe we just stay behind themicrophone and never come in
(05:24):
front of the camera.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
We've got faces for podcasts we do have faces for
podcasts.
No, we don't.
Other exciting news you cancontact us on firstletnames at
outlookcom, or you can DM us onInstagram at firstletnames, or
if you click in the bottom ofthe description of the podcast
at Outlookcom, or you can DM uson Instagram at First Look Notes
(05:47):
, or if you click in the bottomof the description of the
podcast, you can now send us alittle text message.
So if you want to send us alittle text message, you can
send us a little text messagevia the description on the
episode.
That's good to know.
So to send whatever messageyou'd like, please, no profanity
and rudeness, no profanity orrud.
So to send whatever messageyou'd like please, no profanity
and rudeness, no profanity orrudeness, please.
(06:08):
New listeners.
None in Africa, still listening, none in Africa.
But we have new listeners inFort Worth, texas.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Fort Worth, texas.
Woo, everything's bigger inTexas.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Mould, flintshire, wales, oh hello, hello Wales.
Victorville, california.
Victorville, california, niceand uh, clunellie, clunellie.
Is that Clunellie, clunellie,clunellie, clunellie.
More people inellie, is thatClunellie, clunellie, clunellie?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Clunellie More people in Wales.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Yeah, so, yeah, so Wales and America.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Growing the Welsh audience.
Welcome, welcome, you are verywelcome.
Hmm, sweet, I was going to say,is there a thirsty thirst?
Speaker 1 (06:59):
but you're already halfway through a beer in Wales
I halfway through.
Well, I'm already on the beers,but shall we get stuck into my
first look, shall we?
Speaker 2 (07:05):
yeah, let's do it, wals cool.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
So my first look is a box of beers, a box of.
Oh, have you signed up to oneof these things?
No, no, I've not.
So on my doorstep yesterday, soit was my work anniversary.
So there's my 12, 12 year,which is silk, apparently.
So there's my 12 year, which issilk, apparently no way 12
years at my current employmentand I've got a box of beers for
(07:35):
my anniversary very good variousfirsty firsts.
I've already cracked on this one, which is a bitter and twisted
golden ale, which is a littlemouse of a little trident,
that's lovely artwork.
It was lovely artwork, actuallycrafted in scotland.
Zesty, aromatic and citrus.
(07:55):
That's a little thirsty firstthere.
So you've got a selection of aselection of beers.
Um, and I got a little beer matas well, because why not?
And on the beer mat.
So I've got a little beer maton the beer mat.
It gives me some beer and foodpairings, ooh.
(08:15):
So I thought I might test you,mr Hodgkiss, to see if you can
get a five out of five.
Yeah, so next time we meet upwe should do this.
We should go through the, thedifferent uh levels of uh beer
and um, complement it with theappropriate food.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
What that would be that sounds like a wonderful
idea.
However, I'm guessing none ofthese foods are really kidney
stone safe, are they?
Speaker 1 (08:41):
well, that's it.
You can let us know.
So this is an educationalpodcast, so we'll go through
perfect beer pairings and youcan supplement it with is it
kidney stone safe, Lovely.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
I hope you're going to put some music over overlay,
some lovely background musicover this about quizzes and beer
, Of course.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Always, always.
So we're starting our eveningwith a blonde beer or a lager.
Oh, and a lager, or and a lager.
What would you say goes with ablonde beer and or lager?
Wasabi peas wasabi peasincorrect so we would start off
with a bucket of KFC.
So a blonde beer or a lagergoes well with chicken salads,
(09:25):
salmon, seafood or hot dogs.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Now, that was not what I was expecting at all.
Like I assumed they meantadditional pub snacks.
Like my options are basicallywasabi peas, dried or soggy
peanuts either, or ash trayfodder, pork scratchings, big
D-nuts.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
No, we're going full on like proper meals here full
on proper meals.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Okay, alright, I've changed it, so we start our
evening.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
We've got our lager and we've got our bucket of KFC
okay, so chicken and what was it?
Speaker 2 (09:54):
chicken salads and stuff no, no.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
so your chicken?
There's not.
There's not a full meal, it's achicken, or salad, or salmon,
or seafood or hot dogs.
Okay, you can combine them allif you want to, I suppose, why
not?
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Seafood hot dog yeah, why not?
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Yeah, all right.
So that's what I recommend tohave with your blonde beer or
lager.
All right.
But for the kidney stone safepeople out there, yes, I would
be going for the seafood.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
I love the seafood.
Seafood's pretty, it's good.
Gallstone's safe, generally notlike kippers and mackerels, not
really oily fish, but likesalmon, whitefish, trout, all
good.
Good for your kidney stones aswell, as long as you don't add
loads of salt to it.
Prawns are a no-no for kidneystones too much salt, too much
salt, are they Pretty?
Much salt.
(10:43):
There you go.
I mean, if you soak them inwater first to try and draw the
salt out, maybe not so bad andnot every so often.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
But yeah, well, there you go, right, miss Hodgkins,
get to the bar for the secondround.
Let's get some IPAs in.
Oh, ipas, and what are we?
Speaker 2 (10:59):
So, if I'm going with an IPA.
It's got to be a burger.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
No, incorrect.
So with an IPA, we're gettingin a vindaloo.
So we're getting in a vindaloo.
No, so strong spicy food no,it's a classic with a curry or a
mild blue cheese.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Right?
No, I've got a problem withthat.
I have got a problem with that.
You do not drink.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
So IPAA?
Speaker 2 (11:25):
I would have said lager, lager 100% if you're
going to have a like an IPA.
I'm drinking IPA tonight.
I'm drinking.
I am drinking Maggie's Leap,formidable IPA.
Listen to other episodes.
I talk about Maggie's Leap andWhitewater Brewing Company a lot
.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
It is a fantastic have you tried a mild blue
cheese a bit.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
No, because this is such a heavy-tasting beer anyway
.
There is so much rich flavourin an IPA you do not want to mix
a vindaloo with it.
A vindaloo goes well with anice-cold something like a rock
shore like a lighter lager or akingfish.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
I've not tried that.
I think I've not tried it.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
So no, I'm calling BS on that one, sorry well, you
can, we can have a little break.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
You just had a KFC bucket, so that's yeah and it's
all subjective, I guess it's allsubjective, it is right.
So I'm going to get a pale ale.
So I've got some pale ales.
What are we eating with ourpale ales?
Oh, pale ale.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Fish and chips.
I'd have gone with fish andchips with pale ale.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
No, the Five Guys burger, so the Five Guys burger.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Yes, you know what?
Yeah, I was going to.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Meat pie, british cheese, smoky barbecue the best
paired with a burger.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Yeah, no, I could go with that.
Yeah, you know what?
That's fine.
Yes, I'm not going to arguewith that one too much.
You're happy with that, right?
I wouldn't say I'm happy withit, but you know.
I mean, have you seen the priceof Five Guys burgers, for a
start?
Well, that's true I mean do youlove this beer?
Speaker 1 (12:58):
McDonald's Quarter Pounder anyway, get to the bar
massage.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Get us a amber or a brown ale please okay, by this
stage I'm getting starting toget pissed anyway.
So again amber or brown, ale.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
So that see, that's quite heavy as well so I've just
phoned in our order you phonedin our order yeah, it's going to
be delivered shortly okay, sowe've got a couple of brown
amber ales.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
What are we eating with that Ding dong See, ding
dong See in that?
Speaker 1 (13:29):
kind of situation.
Just open the door.
Oh lovely, thank you.
Two Domino's pizzas have justarrived.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Domino's pizzas.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
I wouldn't have gone for Domino's pizzas, yeah pizza
Pizza, I'd have gone for chicken, ke pizza, steak, pork, seafood
again, or spicy food for anamber or a brown ale nah chicken
kebab and chips, garlic mayo,extra vinegar oh, dear right,
(13:56):
you're a bit piddled, but I'llget one for us, one for the road
, one for the road.
It's my round isn't it?
Speaker 2 (14:01):
yeah sure, why not I?
Speaker 1 (14:02):
think it's my round.
I't it.
Yeah, sure, why not?
I think it's my round yeah,lovely.
Thank you, mate.
Can you get us a stout and or aporter?
We do like a porter a stout anda porter?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
we do.
We are both guinness drinkers.
We are.
Have you tried the new brew,dog guinness take um maybe
terrible beer.
What's good I can't evenremember, even though I said
it's great marketing.
It's like.
I think I have oh, click, mateit's like it's not, yeah, anyway
.
I won't go into it um, what arewe drinking with that?
(14:35):
we are drinking we are drinkingwith a after a see, now I'd say
pizza.
Yeah, I want pizza with myGuinness.
Well, no, we just had that.
Okay, so actually with Guinness, because Guinness is quite
heavy actually.
So maybe just a pack of porkscratchings.
Forget a meal.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
We've just eaten quite a bit.
Let's get a bar of Cadbury'schocolate.
So it goes chocolate, chocolate, salty foods, bacon, a bacon
sandwich, red meat or charredfish alright, no, okay, fair
enough, so I reckon yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Guinness with chocolate or bacon or kidney
stone sufferers.
No, no yeah, none of that issafe food.
To be honest, apart from theseafood, there's not much safe
there.
The curry, potentially,depending on how oily it is,
charred fish charred fish yeah,charredfish would be good.
Yeah, yeah, there you go.
(15:28):
We said we're going to open arestaurant called Stoned or
Stoned, where it's all justkidney and gallstones safe food.
That's a niche market.
It is a niche market.
But you know, again, northernIreland, there's a lot of people
stuff with gallstones andkidney stones in this country.
Yeah, be nice.
Healthy food made healthy way,let's do it, let's do it.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Yeah.
I need to find someone to fundthis thing.
And what do us Brits lovebetter to pair with our beers?
Oh pie.
As well as a packet of porkscratchings oh we love nuts.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
We love crisps, nuts, crisps, scratchings, crunch
yeah, wasabi peas.
What else do we like?
Chips?
Speaker 1 (16:15):
The British love a British pub quiz.
Oh, we do.
Yes, we love a pub quiz with abeer, so also my little box of
beers, of beers.
I got a little pub quiz.
I'm not going to go through allthe questions, but I thought
I'd uh, select eight becauseit's episode eight of season two
.
Um, and test your, test yourknowledge.
Obviously listeners join in aswell.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Um, I will leave a gap before I answer, not because
I'm thick and don't know theanswer clearly, just to give you
all time to answer.
Yeah, of course.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Of course, prize.
What's your game for Eightquestions?
Speaker 2 (16:58):
What score do you get when you play at home?
Eight it depends on the rounds.
Wels, I'll go halfway.
I reckon if I get four out ofeight I'll be quite happy.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Okay, same for more than four out of eight.
Question number one.
Question number one Located inLeicester Square, Britain's
biggest candy store is dedicatedto which brand of sweets?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
I know this one M&M's Correct, correct.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Question number two.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Question number two.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
Who is the only non-European football manager to
win the Premier League?
Speaker 2 (17:40):
The only non-European football manager, the only
non-European football manager Towin the Premier League.
That is a tricky one Reallytricky Non-European football
manager.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Non-european football manager.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
I'm going to have to push you.
Yeah, I'm afraid I'm going tohave to pass.
I'm guessing it's either anAmerican or an Australian, don't
know the answer is ManuelPellegrini.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
I'm guessing Sanchez.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
I thought he was Italian.
Let's see what I know.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
One out of two.
Question number three.
Question number three Addingwhat to a croque monsieur
sandwich makes it a croquemadame.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Mayonnaise.
Incorrect, it's a fried egg.
Of course, it is One out ofthree.
Question number four One inquestion number four Sinophobia.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
C-Y-N-O-phobia Is a fear of what Domestic pet.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Um, there aren't that many domestic pets.
Really are there.
So I'm going to go for.
I'm going to go for the humbleBunny rabbit Incorrect it's dog.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
No, so I'm going to go for the humble bunny rabbit.
Incorrect, it's a dog.
No One out of four.
Question number five.
Number five there and BackAgain is the alternative title
for which children's fantasynovel.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Can you repeat the question there?
Speaker 1 (19:29):
and Back Again is the alternative title for which
children's fantasy novel.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
I'm going to guess Chronicles of Narnia or Land of
the Witches and the Wardrobe.
Incorrect the Hobbit oh.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
One out of five.
That's a children's book.
Really, you need to get thenext three right to get your
four.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
Well, I've got a feeling, Walliams, I'm going to
get a fat one out of eight here,but it's taking the part that
counts.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
It does.
It does Exactly.
Listeners, if you get more thanthis, please let us know.
Yes, please write and let usknow what you scored.
Question number what did I say?
Six, number six StanleyMatthews, Kermit, the Frog Red
(20:21):
Rum and Barbara Windsor have allswitched what on?
Speaker 2 (20:26):
The Christmas lights in London.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Close the Blackpool Illuminations.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
I've got a question for you, williams.
Based on that one though.
What's green and smells likeMiss Piggy?
Speaker 1 (20:45):
I don't know, craig, no, miss.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Finger.
Hey, one for the dads, one forthe dads, one for the dads.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Question number seven .
Question number seven To try toget some respect back now.
Where would you find theSerpent Sea, the Sea of find,
the serpent sea, the sea ofshowers and the lake of hope?
Speaker 2 (21:09):
oh, bloody hell, wally I'm so don't know when I'm
gonna.
I'm real thick on this, thoughI um italy the moon oh for
goodness sake, of course it ishere we go, final question.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Final question to get two out of eight.
The Nags Head Pub features, inwhich how do you call someone
else's?
Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay,yay yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay
, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay,yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay,
yay, yay, yay, yay.
Two out of eight.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Two out of eight Halfway to where I wanted to be,
you didn't win.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
But there you go.
That was my first look.
Hope you enjoyed that Veryenjoyable William.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Have you got another one lined up?
Speaker 1 (21:52):
I do.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Okay, so I have two, so we can either keep the mood
quite light or we can go to aplace of more reality.
Williams.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
We should do a Shakespeare, shall we?
Shakespeare was renowned for.
What was it called?
You have the highs then you gofor the tragedy and then you go
back up to the high again, andthen you finish with tragedy.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
We're going to do some tragedy, I'm afraid, and,
williams, this is going to benews to you, uh-oh.
So I think on the last episodewe talked about the fact that
this we were talking about thelisteners of this podcast and,
williams, you said to me most ofour listeners are mums and
(22:41):
people in America and our basicdescription of this podcast is
two dads doing silly things.
So we often talk about we'redads, we do silly things.
We are dads, but we are dads,you know, we are dads who do
silly things.
So sometimes dads have to dothings and make decisions and
stuff that are difficult.
(23:02):
So we had a first look this thisweek and it is genuinely I'm
not even taking the mickey here.
It is a bit this is a bit of asad subject, but I thought, as
we are, we're almost a publicservice, we talk about things
that dads do, um, so we had ourfirst look this week at saying
goodbye to a pet.
Oh, no, yes, we had to saygoodbye.
(23:26):
We had to say goodbye to ourbeloved companion Russell.
We had to say goodbye to him,but our beautiful little doggie
has been suffering with a thingcalled myopathy for the last
several months, which basicallymeans his little legs have not
been working as well, so itmeans he's with his spine in
(23:52):
between his discs.
He was leaking fluid, so he'sbeen going.
He's been getting less and lessstable on his legs.
Now it's not a fun thing towatch him go through because he
wasn't that old, he was only 10,coming 10.
He hadn't even reached his 10thbirthday, but it's quite a
(24:13):
common thing.
So our dog, russell, was theloveliest little dog you could
ever meet and he was proper,cute, proper character.
And, yes, we got the diagnosisof myopathy last September and
we knew the writing was on thewall then.
Really sad, because we're like,well, what can we do for him?
(24:35):
And when a dog gets, when pugmyopathy in particular, it can
be treated with an operation ifit's caught early enough and
they're young enough.
But our vet said to us becausebecause of his age, because of
the cost involved and because ofthe therapy that's needed
afterwards, um, which is likehydrotherapy, they said they
(24:57):
wouldn't really want to operateon him.
So we're like, okay, so what dowe do?
And the basic advice was to uswas to manage it as best we
could.
But it did get to the pointwhere, unfortunately, he wasn't
able really to move.
So he was, he was.
He struggled to get out of hisbed.
He couldn't even walk.
We tried to take him outsideand he couldn't really walk on
(25:19):
his back legs.
Anyone who's had a pet andanyone who's been through this
I'm sure will understand howhorrendous it is to see a pet of
yours not very well, but at thesame time he was like it was
very difficult.
I want to talk about it becauseit's quite it's.
It's one of those things you'vegot to do as a dad of the house
.
You've got to make those kindof big decisions and you're kind
(25:43):
of conflicted.
So during the grief processI've been going through all the
stages like guilt and sadness,obviously, and almost the
feeling of betrayal.
So I thought it's worth talkingabout because it's not a nice
thing to do, and I was actuallyglad of the wise old nun's words
on resilience, because we'relike.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
what is resilience?
The middle of the known?
Speaker 2 (26:04):
The middle of the known because we've got,
obviously you know it's.
I have had pets before and beenthrough this, but this is the
first pet that I've beenresponsible for in the past.
My parents have all made thedecision, so this is the first
one I've had to kind of say look, I think it's time.
So it's not fun because in hishead he was still a little puppy
(26:29):
, like yeah, we talked aboutthis.
We're like all dogs are theynever grow up.
They never grow up that's whyyou get so attached, because,
like with a child, you see themgrow and develop and then mature
.
With a dog like Russell, stillthe same as he was when he was
you know, he still wants to play, but he, just his little body
like as much as his mind wantedto.
His little body couldn't, so wehad to make the call.
He still wants to play, but he,just his little body like as
much as his mind wanted to.
So we had to make the call.
(26:50):
So um spoke to the vet and youknow we went through it all, um,
and we decided it was it wasthe right thing to do.
And then we had to make anappointment for him last weekend
, um, and uh, yeah, take him,and we wanted to be with him and
stuff.
So it was one of the worstthings.
(27:10):
Like it's not that we've everhad to do it, but it was one of
the worst things we've ever hadto do, like it literally broke
our hearts and we stayed withhim while it all went through
and everything.
But then obviously, as a dad,then we have to tell that story.
So then you've got to.
So we, we and I thought thiswould be useful because I was
like, well, think about this,like we got through it as I know
(27:32):
what, how have we managed toget through it?
And I've written down a fewthings.
Like friends, like I've had,you know, there was obviously my
work colleagues.
Mostly I didn't kind of it'snot, it's not something.
You kind of go and telleverybody, oh, we've had to do
this, we've had to do this,because then it just goes down.
But we have been very luckythat, you know, with work and
(27:52):
things, people understood whatwe're doing and have been very
helpful and obviously familyaround and the vets as well.
We're very lucky we're havinggood vets.
So we've had lots of support.
And then with brayden, we knewit was coming so we'd arranged
(28:13):
with grandparents from to go andstay over, uh, the night before
, um, so that we could kind ofdo our morning a little bit or
kind of, yeah, so that was hellbrayden, then you know we wanted
to be kind of breathing, yeah,we wanted to let him be upset,
rather than him thinking, oh,flip me.
Yeah, you know parents upset andtelling the child that you know
russell know Russell's beenhere longer than Brayden.
Russell came first, so tellinghim about it was quite difficult
(28:35):
, but you know he got upset asyou expect, but he was a trooper
, so it's just.
Yeah, it's one of those thingswe kind of said to Brain.
Look, the only reason we're sadis because it was so lovely to
have him for so long be part ofthis family.
Yeah, so you know, and it'sincredible how much people love
(28:57):
their pets and how much theylove their animals, and it's
just one of them things you haveto do as a family.
If you choose to bring a petinto your family some of them,
some eventually you might leaveonly russell before the wife,
your wife.
Yeah, well, that's it.
You know he's proper littledude.
Um, and for us it was a.
It was a big step gettingrussell as well.
(29:17):
It was a big kind of familymoment.
Yeah, it was one of those likewe want.
I'd always love pugs, alwayslove pugs.
All the best character traitswere there for everyone to see
as well.
He was so lovely.
Yeah, I would.
I would always love pugs,always love pugs.
All the best character traitswere there for everyone to see
as well.
He was so lovely.
I would.
I would always say to peoplepugs are incredible, dogs, all
dogs are incredible.
And, um, you know, just whileyou have dogs or cats or fish or
(29:40):
bunny rabbits or whatever petyou have, love them and look
after them.
And if you do, unfortunatelyget to the point where it's time
to say goodbye everyone does.
There are again like the like,the no one.
I'm said that speak to friends,speak to family.
Don't be afraid to feelemotional, because it's quite a,
it's very sad.
(30:01):
You're only sad because itmeant so much.
So, yeah, bit of a sad one thisweek, gosh.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
Tone officially lowered.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Well, I thought it was a good subject to talk about
.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
It is a proper first look.
It's a proper first look.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
I've never gone through this before as a dad.
You can probably hear mechoking up what I'm talking
about.
I'm trying very hard not to,but it's so emotional, it's
really, really.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
You know you, you were effectively it must be
strange doing that, because, um,imagine as, when you were a kid
, your parents told you aboutone of the pets yeah, for the
first time I remember suddenlyyou're now, that's you well it
was when your parents make thedecision.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
You have no responsibility when you choose
to take your dog to be put tosleep which is what we did and
you stay with him as you put himto sleep.
It's that.
It's that kind of like we are.
You have so much guilt.
You have terrible guilt becauseyou're like well, why are we
doing this?
Speaker 1 (31:05):
but you know you're doing the best even though
you're doing the best thing,it's still going to be yeah,
because you're the one makingthat decision still is exactly.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
You can't ask the dog how do you feel about this
choice?
There's no, there's no kind ofum, there's no kind of like well
, are you ready?
It's just, we've decided you'reready.
We've decided you can't carryon.
We're going to do it, um, andyou know.
But it's done out of kindness,because I think, like russie
would have just carried on likehe was, he was unhappy and he
(31:37):
was sore, but because he,because he was instinctively
behaving the way that dogs doyeah, he like, when we're coming
from, say we've been at workand we've come home.
Even though we couldn'tphysically do it, he like, when
we're coming from, let's say,we've been at work and we've
come home, even though wecouldn't physically do it, he'd
still try his absolute best todrag himself and see.
Yeah, there was a couple oftimes that we noticed that we
took him out and like he'd kindof he'd go off his legs and he'd
(32:00):
pull himself to hide like undera tree or something.
We're like that's obviously aninstinctive thing, kind of I am
vulnerable here, I need to getunder thing and we're like he.
You know he's.
He's stressing out about this.
We're gonna help him out.
So it's a very sad first lovebut I'm gonna end it in a
positive.
Like anyone's got pets, you'reonly.
(32:21):
You're only sad because howamazing they are.
Pets is the absolute best.
They are awesome thingsets arejust the absolute best.
They are awesome things to own,awesome blessings to have as
part of your family.
So here is to all.
Here's a first, a big cheers toall of the pets out there.
Yeah, to all the pets.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
To Russell, to Russell, oh bless him.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
So what's your next first look, mr walliams?
Speaker 1 (32:52):
bring us back up where on earth do I go from
there?
Speaker 2 (32:58):
just to warn you listen.
Before the show.
I said to walliams I've got onethat may or may or may not go
down very well, but I thought Iwanted to talk about poor russie
, so yeah, no, it's a good one.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
Well, actually, no, it's our new segment, so it's uh
, it's tips for dads tips fordads tips for dads get your tips
out for the dance.
And someone wrote in said don'tfeel like doing anything, then
don't just lie on the floor andthe kid or kids will have good
(33:32):
fun for a good 30 minutes justclimbing away over you.
That's very true tips for dads.
Speaker 2 (33:39):
Tips for dads tips for dads so, as we're moving
house now, we've got fully intothe home and this is the first
look at all the home improvementshows.
Oh, all the home improvementshows where we are now, if we
have a free half an hour.
It's which home improvement.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
She's watching um.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
Uh like stacy solomon , were they well, so this is the
one I want to talk about StaceySolomon Yay.
That's exactly the one I want totalk about.
So Stacey Solomon for those whoknow I was never a fan.
I was like she's like what,stacey Solomon?
She's just like famous forbeing a fan.
I like Stacey.
And then we started watchingStacey Solomon's Renovation
(34:26):
Rescue and I'm now actually Inlove with her.
She's so nice and she's soHands on and it's actually as
someone who's looking forinspiration.
It's actually really good,because a lot of these
renovations that we're watchingAre a bit like oh, come on,
there's a load of crap, but theStacey Solomon Renovation Rescue
is one of the good ones.
So I'm going to give you somenames of other ones.
(34:49):
So if you are looking at homesfor inspiration or decoration
ideas or different areas, theseare the ones that we've watched
that I'm actually like I don'tactually mind these ones too
much.
First one Stacey SolomonRenovation Rescue.
I've actually been quiteimpressed.
It seems genuine.
It's a nice show Love it orlist it with Kirsty and Phil
(35:10):
Love.
That show Always enjoyed love itor list it Well worth a watch
on Channel 4OD, your HomemadePerfect, which is a BBC One One.
You can access that on Prime.
I think it is at the minutewith I'm trying to think of a
name.
Oh, flipping heck Irish lady,something scan, scan.
(35:31):
Just search for your homemade.
Perfect, it's very good.
I mean it's a bit long andthere's a lot of, but it's it's
alright.
If you fast forward the rubbishbits just to see the finished
product, it's pretty good andthen love your garden.
People do with our podcast likepeople do with our podcast and
love your garden, which is atitch marsh one about gardens,
but we've been watching all ofthe home improvement shows and
(35:52):
stacy soderman, you haveimpressed me.
I like your show.
I like how hands-on she is andhow how much man skill she has.
Speaker 1 (36:00):
It's scary, isn't it from the stories?
Um, I mean, georgie watches allthe episodes.
I've watched dog bits, but it'sscary the the stories and it's
crazy.
There's people out there, thesecowboy builders that sort of
come in heartbreak half the joband do half the job badly and
then just disappear and justleave them with nothing an
(36:21):
absolute mess and you're talkinglike, like it's.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
It's so poor.
Like you can understand whypeople are so skeptical and
cynical about hiring people todo work coming in like oh yeah,
it's five thousand pounds.
Like, is it yeah is it really?
It's a bit like there's certainthings isn't there.
You want to find a goodmechanic who you trust, a good
builder who you trust, a gooddentist who doesn't rip you off.
(36:46):
You just want to.
Speaker 1 (36:47):
Get plumbing sorted.
Yeah, you need to find.
Speaker 2 (36:51):
Everyone needs plumbing Wiles.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (36:53):
You need to find a good plumbing, you need to find
a good plumber.
We have found a good plumberhere, actually Plumber.
We found a good plumber.
We found a good electrician, wefound a good mechanic, oh good,
so we're almost there in ourkind of supplier list.
But yeah, go and watchrenovation programs.
Anyone who's moving house orhas a wife, you know like.
(37:14):
Do you remember the song?
The Farmer has a Wife, thefarmer wants a wife, the farmer
wants a wife, the farmer wants awife.
You know, ideally, the farmerwants a wife, the wife wants a
child.
And it goes through.
No, you don't remember that one?
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Yes, no, I do, but only because you're telling me
your trip's home with your dad,or something.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
Oh no, that was a different one Was it.
Oh, that was okay.
So that was.
She'll be coming around and onto Monty Pond, they're singing
songs, but then other versionsof those songs.
So, oh, she's got a lovelybottom set of teeth.
She's got a lovely bottom setof teeth.
Oh, she's got a lovely bottom,got a lovely bottom, got a
(37:55):
lovely bottom set of teeth.
And then followed by oh, she'sgot a lovely country house in
Kent.
Oh, she's got a lovely countryhouse in Kent, and so on and so
on and so on.
The innocence of youth.
That's exactly the kind ofthing I'm going to get Brian to
(38:16):
do, anyway.
So, yes, but no, the farmer hasa wife we are currently in.
The wife wants a kitchen mode.
Never mind, the wife wants achild, the wife wants a kitchen.
Hence why we're watching all ofthese things for inspiration,
that the good wife can find akitchen and buy a kitchen and
make a kitchen, and she hatesevery kitchen we've ever had.
(38:37):
They have never been right.
There's always been a cupboard.
That's a waste of space or youknow something.
That's just.
Why have they put that there,or what's that cupboard doing?
so this next place that's gonnabe your forever home, then it's
uh that's exactly it, I've saidtoo I said you can have what you
want, but we take our time topick it.
We're not just going out on asaturday and that'll do.
I'm like, no, I'm not, I'm notdoing all this work and then
(38:59):
having you moan about it's notwhat you want.
You want a kitchen, you'regonna a kitchen, but when you've
got the kitchen, make sure it'sa kitchen you want.
Then don't moan about it.
Speaker 1 (39:08):
That's what you want the next 30 years.
Speaker 2 (39:10):
Yeah, make sure it's one you like.
So, yes, so all of therenovation shows and, yeah, the
wife wants a kitchen.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
The wife wants a kitchen.
My first life, I suppose, isn'tit?
Speaker 2 (39:26):
That's as well as I've been in done, I think.
Speaker 1 (39:33):
So last Bank Holiday, monday, big occasions.
Obviously, we've got the Euroscoming up, the Olympics coming
up, we've got Wimbledon.
Oh yes, we've got Wimbledoncoming up.
But last weekend was the firstlook at my local town's annual
duck race.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
Wham Quack quack.
Speaker 1 (39:53):
So I went to that organised by my dad and his
colleagues at the Rotary Club.
And yeah, just a local river atCornwall gold.
It's a very, a very cornishdays.
It's a place where there usedto be a tin mine and a tin uh
(40:15):
tin mining sort of um area andum, yeah river.
About a thousand ducks werechucked down a river you could
buy a duck or buy a quack packof ducks and raise lots of money
Unbelievable.
And our son he's like Imentioned before in the podcast.
His first word is duck and he'sabsolutely fascinated by ducks
(40:38):
at the moment.
Any particular thing if itlooks like a duck, duck.
So ducks are a big, a big thingin our, in our world, at the
moment.
Speaker 2 (40:50):
Is that why your dad set up?
Speaker 1 (40:50):
this duck race because of logan no, no, no,
just coincidence, and um, but uh, actually we went around there
the the day before and um, hewas.
He had the box of ducks out,and so logan was how, as one
year olds, do they pick upsomething?
So in this case a duck.
They move it from one room tothe other room, tunnel back to
(41:11):
the room, pick up a duck, tunnelback to their room and there's
about 1,000 ducks and he wasgetting quite frustrated.
He's like stressed and busydoing what he was doing.
I don't know what is in hishead, but he's moving the duck
from one room to another roomand then taking it back again.
(41:32):
He's practically a race, Tryingto achieve whatever he was doing
, but he was probably justtrying to work out which duck
was the winning duck.
But yes, that was a big eventin our town, the Red Juve annual
duck race.
So I've got so event in ourtown, the Red Truth annual duck
race.
Speaker 2 (41:48):
So and I've got so I mean so many questions.
Speaker 1 (41:50):
Oh really, I didn't know.
We had so many questions.
Speaker 2 (41:53):
So a thousand ducks.
Speaker 1 (41:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (41:56):
Not real ducks.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
You have basically buckets of ducks.
Speaker 2 (42:00):
So explain this.
Speaker 1 (42:02):
Each duck has a marker pen number on it.
Speaker 2 (42:05):
Are these real live ducks?
No, plastic ducks, plasticducks.
You didn't make that very clear.
Speaker 1 (42:12):
Rubber ducks, rubber ducks.
What do you think?
Everyone would presume a rubberduck, not a live duck.
No, why would you assume you?
Speaker 2 (42:17):
mean an actual mammoth, like a proper duck, a
thousand ducks.
It was when you said Logan waspicking them up and moving.
I was like he doesn't mean realducky, does he?
They must be made of somethingelse rubber ducks rubber ducks.
Like you put your bathtub, theold rubber ducks, so the other
ones, a thousand rubber ducksyeah, a thousand rubber ducks in
(42:40):
boxes chucked onto the riverand is there like a finishing
line to collect all these.
So each one.
Speaker 1 (42:46):
Yeah, so there was a.
Sorry, I'm just going into thethirsty fridge for another beer.
It's a Double Dragon ale.
I'm fairly nice.
So you've got ducks withnumbers on them.
Okay, you chuck them over abridge into a river.
At the end there's some otherum volunteers that have
(43:10):
basically put a um, a makeshiftbarrier to stop the ducks going
out to sea.
Basically good, um, becauseotherwise I have problems with
chucking out plastic to see.
But yeah, yeah, so each one.
So it's um a very humbling sortof day where you've got um, I
mean, the Rotary Club.
Speaker 2 (43:29):
The average age is probably 70, odd um, basically,
whatever got to the end firstwon the race and I'm assuming
there was copious amounts ofinsurance in place for these 70
year old men wading through thewater picking up ducks.
Speaker 1 (43:46):
I don't know if I should have this publicly spoken
about.
Speaker 2 (43:51):
The reason was just we need to raise some money for
charity.
What can we possibly do?
We'll do a duck race.
Speaker 1 (43:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (43:59):
Amazing.
Well, liam, I would say, onlyin Cornwall.
It's probably all over the UK,but for our American listeners,
this is the kind of crap thatlocal small towns get up to.
We're like what should we dothis weekend?
You know what sounds like agood idea?
We'll do a duck race, it soundslike, and you know what?
I bet it was amazing and and.
Speaker 1 (44:16):
Going back to logan, obviously, like I said, he's
fascinated by ducks.
Yeah, and his first bird wasduck, but his little face when
he saw all these ducks goingdown the river.
He was like no, no, no, no.
His face was amazing.
Speaker 2 (44:32):
That's class.
What a great first look.
That sounds like a brilliantday.
Speaker 1 (44:37):
I've got a little joke for you.
I haven't had no jokes yettoday.
Speaker 2 (44:42):
I'm going to try and confirm it's finger one.
Speaker 1 (44:44):
A duck walks into a bar and asks Ouch.
A duck walks into a bar andasks Got any bread?
The barman says no.
The duck says Got any bread?
The barman says no.
Duck says Got any bread.
(45:07):
Barman says no, we haven't anybread.
The duck says got any bread?
Farmer says no, we haven't gotany bread.
The duck says got any bread.
Farmer says no.
Are you deaf?
We haven't got any bread and ifyou ask me again I'll nail your
(45:30):
dang beak to the bar, youirritating dang duck.
Duck says got any nails.
Farmer says no.
Duck says got any bread oh dear, have you seen?
Speaker 2 (45:47):
that you must have seen the song about um the
little duck.
Uh says, um the lemonade stand.
The little duck and thelemonade stand no okay, so this
is another first look, so lookfor now.
Logan will love this and it'lldo your tits in, but look for
the little duck and the lemonadestand song um any world is a
(46:08):
look for the little duck and thelemonade stand song um any
world is away.
Well, the little duck and thelemonade stand yeah, just go on
youtube where you can find ourpodcast.
Search for it.
You'll know it when you see.
It's terrible animation.
But brain love that song, um,and I imagine if logan is with
ducks he will also it.
I will send it to you afterthis and we will add it to the
(46:28):
description of the podcast.
Speaker 1 (46:30):
Yes, very good.
What do you call a duck ondrugs?
Speaker 2 (46:36):
I don't know what do you call a duck on drugs?
A quackhead, a quackhead, ohdear.
Speaker 1 (46:43):
That was my first look at ducks.
Very good Question for the noteor name.
Speaker 2 (46:49):
oh, you know what that's funny.
He's about.
He's about, he's about.
He's been.
He's very upset.
He's been lying over there.
He's been listening to thispodcast being recorded.
Speaker 1 (46:59):
He's over there.
Speaker 2 (47:00):
Yeah, say hello hello , he's a bit sad because England
lost he's been watching thefootball he's questioning
everything he knows right now.
Do you want to come over?
Do you want to come over andspeak?
Do you want to come and speakto Dan?
Hang on, he's coming.
Hang on, let me give him hischair hello.
Speaker 1 (47:23):
Hello now, orno.
Just a quick question.
One of the listeners wrote in.
He said um, I'm curious as tothe shade of your hat and
whether you wear trousers in thegarden oh well, that's a very
personal question, but uh, I'm,I'm an open book and I'm happy
to share that.
Speaker 2 (47:43):
My hat is a lovely shade of burgundy, burg Burgundy
.
It's a lovely burgundy hat,burgundy hat.
And as to the question abouttrousers, it really depends on
the weather.
Some days I like to be free andlet it all hang out.
On a nice warm day above 17degrees, I will not wear
(48:05):
trousers.
I cannot be constrained.
And you will find me shaking mytail feather down the end of
the garden at the passers bywhilst I look on in amazement.
Under 16 degrees or 16 degreesbelow, you will generally find
(48:26):
me, yes, wearing trousers,because, no matter how wise you
are, cold weather no bottomsdoes nothing for you a double
dragon hair was quite nice, bythe way, just to let you know
sorry.
Speaker 1 (48:45):
It was quite nice, by the way, just to let you know
Sorry.
Anyways, thank you, net, or no.
Goodbye, that was it Muchappreciated.
Speaker 2 (48:58):
Have a lovely evening he's not himself.
Today he's not himself.
Speaker 1 (49:03):
That's the end of the podcast, I believe so.
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Send usa DM message.
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(49:26):
yeah, yeah, if you're fromAfrica, let us know.
Speaker 2 (49:34):
I do have a few friends from South Africa.
They live here now.
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Speaker 1 (49:39):
Tell them when they go back on holiday.
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Speaker 2 (49:43):
Just to give us an application that we've had
someone from Africa listen.
Yes, yes, yes, okay, all right,well, I'm going to do a piddle.
What I'm going to go and do?
A piddle.
Oh, I have a lovely piddle.
Yes, I'm down with a beer.
For those who listened twoepisodes ago, I'm talking about
an actual piddle.
Speaker 1 (50:02):
On that note, thank you everyone.
See you next time.
Bye, bye, thank you everyone.
Speaker 2 (50:06):
See you next time, bye, bye.
Oh she's got a lovely bottomset of teeth.
Oh she's got a lovely bottomset of teeth.
Oh she's got a lovely bottom.
Got a lovely bottom.
Got a lovely bottom set ofteeth.
Oh, she's got a lovely countryhouse in Kent.
Oh she's got a lovely countryhouse in Kent.
I'm.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Henry VIII if.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
I am, I'm Henry VIII if I am.
I got married to the widow nextdoor.
She's been married seven timesbefore Everyone's got a memory
she wouldn't have a widow or ason.
No son, I'm Henry VIII if I am.
I'm Henry VIII if I am.
Is that an actual song?
That's an actual song.
I didn't.
(00:24):
I remembered it Well, I forgotI didn't.
I remembered it well, I forgotabout it, but then remembered it
.
My grandparents used to sing ita long time ago, when I was a
wee, a wee little kid.
I'm Henry VIII, they are to behonest, I did a quick google of
songs with a number 8 in it andthen I clicked play on a Henry
VIII and oh yeah, I rememberthis.
(00:44):
Wow, well, it was a beautifuland then I clicked play on Henry
VIII.
Oh yeah, I remember this.
Wow, well, it was a beautifulrendition.
It's basically about a chapthat married a woman next door
called I don't know what she'scalled, but she's a widow and
she only ever married peoplecalled Henry.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Well, there you go.
Everyone's got their preferenceSome like blondes, some like
brunettes, some like peoplecalled Henry.
Well, there you go.
Everyone's got their preferenceSome like blondes, some like
brunettes, some like peoplecalled Henry.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Henry was, yeah, not a Willie or a Sam is one of the
lines.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Not a Willie or a Sam .
Yeah, I mean you can't move inNorthern Ireland for Willies.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
To be honest, Lots of Willies and Billies and
Williams Willies and Billies,willies and Billies and Williams
, willies and billies, williesand billies and Williams.
Season two episode eight.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Hi everybody, grab your tackle, grab your tackle,
I'm grabbing it hard, william,grabbing it hard, grab it hard.
Is yours still a worm or a fly?
Speaker 1 (01:38):
It's a I don't know what tackle.
What type of tackle are there?
Can I have a maggot?
A maggot, a maggot fly worm?
What did I used to use as a kid?
I can't remember.
Probably a maggot, probably amaggot, grab your maggots grab
your maggots off to the fishpond of feedback.
So, like I said, we had afeedback of please do a euro
(02:05):
special, so I don't have tolisten to it.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Um, future tiredness is bollocks, and that was from
the wifey wife to the point, tothe point I like it.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Georgie other exciting news, mr hodgkiss oh
yes other, exciting yourself.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
So you're uh, you're the gnome in charge of building
the website it's coming on verywell I actually didn't look in
this week because it's beenalmost a year since I registered
the domains.
They're up for renewal.
I was like it's never been ayear since.
I Money well spent Money wellspent.
So I've rented a few domainsand none of them are currently
(02:48):
being used properly.
They asked me if I wanted emailadded and I was like we need a
simple splash page or somethingI will get around to it.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Or a redirecting event.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I actually do want to build a website.
I think it'd be a good place togo for some people to find the
episodes and learn more aboutwhat we do and actually make
proper suggestions and giveproper feedback, because nobody
uses email these days.
So I'd like to.
I'd like to do that, but wedon't really promote the show
either, do we?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
it's more for it's more for our benefit rather than
anybody else's we don't, butwe're out there public to listen
to everyone, from any countryor continent, apart from Africa.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
I was going to say no Africa.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
yet no, listeners no website no.
Africa, but exciting news,exciting news.
Obviously, you can listen to usin many places, but we are now
on YouTube.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
We're on YouTube.
Youtube podcast Don't panic.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
I'm not recording.
There's not videos of you if ofyour top off or anything like
that.
Good job um we're.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
We're actually on um youtube podcasts and that's
because of google, I'm guessing,counseling, and we've had about
three views um we've had threeviews on youtube already, but,
um, yeah, so, yeah, so it's not.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
It's not the platform of choice for listeners.
Um, it's a platform to watch,but, um, if you want to listen
to us on youtube, you can bysearching for first lip names.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
That's exciting do you think if we did a video
podcast like recording?
Speaker 1 (04:19):
ourselves special ones we could record, do you?
Speaker 2 (04:22):
think people have ever been interested in watching
us record this?
No, probably not.
Do you think that would do?
You think people have ever beinterested in watching us record
this?
No, probably not.
Do you think that would do?
You think I would also likeruin the mystery.
I remember seeing, I think ifwe had a special guest.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I think um oh yeah yes, then then yes, um, but I
think it might be a bit awkwardwith the um to know or known.
To be honest, I don't.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
I think it's a bit shy well, he can wear a mask or
something.
It's fine.
I remember, um, I remember Iused to, back in the day, I used
to listen to radio one a lot.
Well, I'm talking like whenchris malls was still on it and
I'd never seen chris malls andwhen I did see him for the first
time it was such a, it wasweird, because obviously you
paint a picture of what peoplelike yeah, a lot of radio
(05:02):
presenters well they're sayingface radio as well isn't there.
But yeah, and then you seethey're like oh okay, you're not
what I expected.
I think the same had the samekind of effect with um simon, um
scott, not simon, because yeah,scott mills, it was the same
thing as oh, you don't look likeI expected, but yeah, so maybe,
maybe we just stay behind themicrophone and never come in
(05:24):
front of the camera.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
We've got faces for podcasts we do have faces for
podcasts.
No, we don't.
Other exciting news you cancontact us on firstletnames at
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So if you want to send us alittle text message, you can
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(06:08):
New listeners.
None in Africa, still listening, none in Africa.
But we have new listeners inFort Worth, texas.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Fort Worth, texas.
Woo, everything's bigger inTexas.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Mould, flintshire, wales, oh hello, hello Wales.
Victorville, california.
Victorville, california, niceand uh, clunellie, clunellie.
Is that Clunellie, clunellie,clunellie, clunellie.
More people inellie, is thatClunellie, clunellie, clunellie?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Clunellie More people in Wales.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Yeah, so, yeah, so Wales and America.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Growing the Welsh audience.
Welcome, welcome, you are verywelcome.
Hmm, sweet, I was going to say,is there a thirsty thirst?
Speaker 1 (06:59):
but you're already halfway through a beer in Wales
I halfway through.
Well, I'm already on the beers,but shall we get stuck into my
first look, shall we?
Speaker 2 (07:05):
yeah, let's do it, wals cool.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
So my first look is a box of beers, a box of.
Oh, have you signed up to oneof these things?
No, no, I've not.
So on my doorstep yesterday, soit was my work anniversary.
So there's my 12, 12 year,which is silk, apparently.
So there's my 12 year, which issilk, apparently no way 12
years at my current employmentand I've got a box of beers for
(07:35):
my anniversary very good variousfirsty firsts.
I've already cracked on this one, which is a bitter and twisted
golden ale, which is a littlemouse of a little trident,
that's lovely artwork.
It was lovely artwork, actuallycrafted in scotland.
Zesty, aromatic and citrus.
(07:55):
That's a little thirsty firstthere.
So you've got a selection of aselection of beers.
Um, and I got a little beer matas well, because why not?
And on the beer mat.
So I've got a little beer maton the beer mat.
It gives me some beer and foodpairings, ooh.
(08:15):
So I thought I might test you,mr Hodgkiss, to see if you can
get a five out of five.
Yeah, so next time we meet upwe should do this.
We should go through the, thedifferent uh levels of uh beer
and um, complement it with theappropriate food.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
What that would be that sounds like a wonderful
idea.
However, I'm guessing none ofthese foods are really kidney
stone safe, are they?
Speaker 1 (08:41):
well, that's it.
You can let us know.
So this is an educationalpodcast, so we'll go through
perfect beer pairings and youcan supplement it with is it
kidney stone safe, Lovely.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
I hope you're going to put some music over overlay,
some lovely background musicover this about quizzes and beer
, Of course.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Always, always.
So we're starting our eveningwith a blonde beer or a lager.
Oh, and a lager, or and a lager.
What would you say goes with ablonde beer and or lager?
Wasabi peas wasabi peasincorrect so we would start off
with a bucket of KFC.
So a blonde beer or a lagergoes well with chicken salads,
(09:25):
salmon, seafood or hot dogs.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Now, that was not what I was expecting at all.
Like I assumed they meantadditional pub snacks.
Like my options are basicallywasabi peas, dried or soggy
peanuts either, or ash trayfodder, pork scratchings, big
D-nuts.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
No, we're going full on like proper meals here full
on proper meals.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Okay, alright, I've changed it, so we start our
evening.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
We've got our lager and we've got our bucket of KFC
okay, so chicken and what was it?
Speaker 2 (09:54):
chicken salads and stuff no, no.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
so your chicken?
There's not.
There's not a full meal, it's achicken, or salad, or salmon,
or seafood or hot dogs.
Okay, you can combine them allif you want to, I suppose, why
not?
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Seafood hot dog yeah, why not?
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Yeah, all right.
So that's what I recommend tohave with your blonde beer or
lager.
All right.
But for the kidney stone safepeople out there, yes, I would
be going for the seafood.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
I love the seafood.
Seafood's pretty, it's good.
Gallstone's safe, generally notlike kippers and mackerels, not
really oily fish, but likesalmon, whitefish, trout, all
good.
Good for your kidney stones aswell, as long as you don't add
loads of salt to it.
Prawns are a no-no for kidneystones too much salt, too much
salt, are they Pretty?
Much salt.
(10:43):
There you go.
I mean, if you soak them inwater first to try and draw the
salt out, maybe not so bad andnot every so often.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
But yeah, well, there you go, right, miss Hodgkins,
get to the bar for the secondround.
Let's get some IPAs in.
Oh, ipas, and what are we?
Speaker 2 (10:59):
So, if I'm going with an IPA.
It's got to be a burger.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
No, incorrect.
So with an IPA, we're gettingin a vindaloo.
So we're getting in a vindaloo.
No, so strong spicy food no,it's a classic with a curry or a
mild blue cheese.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Right?
No, I've got a problem withthat.
I have got a problem with that.
You do not drink.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
So IPAA?
Speaker 2 (11:25):
I would have said lager, lager 100% if you're
going to have a like an IPA.
I'm drinking IPA tonight.
I'm drinking.
I am drinking Maggie's Leap,formidable IPA.
Listen to other episodes.
I talk about Maggie's Leap andWhitewater Brewing Company a lot
.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
It is a fantastic have you tried a mild blue
cheese a bit.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
No, because this is such a heavy-tasting beer anyway
.
There is so much rich flavourin an IPA you do not want to mix
a vindaloo with it.
A vindaloo goes well with anice-cold something like a rock
shore like a lighter lager or akingfish.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
I've not tried that.
I think I've not tried it.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
So no, I'm calling BS on that one, sorry well, you
can, we can have a little break.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
You just had a KFC bucket, so that's yeah and it's
all subjective, I guess it's allsubjective, it is right.
So I'm going to get a pale ale.
So I've got some pale ales.
What are we eating with ourpale ales?
Oh, pale ale.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Fish and chips.
I'd have gone with fish andchips with pale ale.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
No, the Five Guys burger, so the Five Guys burger.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Yes, you know what?
Yeah, I was going to.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Meat pie, british cheese, smoky barbecue the best
paired with a burger.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Yeah, no, I could go with that.
Yeah, you know what?
That's fine.
Yes, I'm not going to arguewith that one too much.
You're happy with that, right?
I wouldn't say I'm happy withit, but you know.
I mean, have you seen the priceof Five Guys burgers, for a
start?
Well, that's true I mean do youlove this beer?
Speaker 1 (12:58):
McDonald's Quarter Pounder anyway, get to the bar
massage.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Get us a amber or a brown ale please okay, by this
stage I'm getting starting toget pissed anyway.
So again amber or brown, ale.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
So that see, that's quite heavy as well so I've just
phoned in our order you phonedin our order yeah, it's going to
be delivered shortly okay, sowe've got a couple of brown
amber ales.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
What are we eating with that Ding dong See, ding
dong See in that?
Speaker 1 (13:29):
kind of situation.
Just open the door.
Oh lovely, thank you.
Two Domino's pizzas have justarrived.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Domino's pizzas.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
I wouldn't have gone for Domino's pizzas, yeah pizza
Pizza, I'd have gone for chicken, ke pizza, steak, pork, seafood
again, or spicy food for anamber or a brown ale nah chicken
kebab and chips, garlic mayo,extra vinegar oh, dear right,
(13:56):
you're a bit piddled, but I'llget one for us, one for the road
, one for the road.
It's my round isn't it?
Speaker 2 (14:01):
yeah sure, why not I?
Speaker 1 (14:02):
think it's my round.
I't it.
Yeah, sure, why not?
I think it's my round yeah,lovely.
Thank you, mate.
Can you get us a stout and or aporter?
We do like a porter a stout anda porter?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
we do.
We are both guinness drinkers.
We are.
Have you tried the new brew,dog guinness take um maybe
terrible beer.
What's good I can't evenremember, even though I said
it's great marketing.
It's like.
I think I have oh, click, mateit's like it's not, yeah, anyway
.
I won't go into it um, what arewe drinking with that?
(14:35):
we are drinking we are drinkingwith a after a see, now I'd say
pizza.
Yeah, I want pizza with myGuinness.
Well, no, we just had that.
Okay, so actually with Guinness, because Guinness is quite
heavy actually.
So maybe just a pack of porkscratchings.
Forget a meal.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
We've just eaten quite a bit.
Let's get a bar of Cadbury'schocolate.
So it goes chocolate, chocolate, salty foods, bacon, a bacon
sandwich, red meat or charredfish alright, no, okay, fair
enough, so I reckon yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Guinness with chocolate or bacon or kidney
stone sufferers.
No, no yeah, none of that issafe food.
To be honest, apart from theseafood, there's not much safe
there.
The curry, potentially,depending on how oily it is,
charred fish charred fish yeah,charredfish would be good.
Yeah, yeah, there you go.
(15:28):
We said we're going to open arestaurant called Stoned or
Stoned, where it's all justkidney and gallstones safe food.
That's a niche market.
It is a niche market.
But you know, again, northernIreland, there's a lot of people
stuff with gallstones andkidney stones in this country.
Yeah, be nice.
Healthy food made healthy way,let's do it, let's do it.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Yeah.
I need to find someone to fundthis thing.
And what do us Brits lovebetter to pair with our beers?
Oh pie.
As well as a packet of porkscratchings oh we love nuts.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
We love crisps, nuts, crisps, scratchings, crunch
yeah, wasabi peas.
What else do we like?
Chips?
Speaker 1 (16:15):
The British love a British pub quiz.
Oh, we do.
Yes, we love a pub quiz with abeer, so also my little box of
beers, of beers.
I got a little pub quiz.
I'm not going to go through allthe questions, but I thought
I'd uh, select eight becauseit's episode eight of season two
.
Um, and test your, test yourknowledge.
Obviously listeners join in aswell.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Um, I will leave a gap before I answer, not because
I'm thick and don't know theanswer clearly, just to give you
all time to answer.
Yeah, of course.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Of course, prize.
What's your game for Eightquestions?
Speaker 2 (16:58):
What score do you get when you play at home?
Eight it depends on the rounds.
Wels, I'll go halfway.
I reckon if I get four out ofeight I'll be quite happy.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Okay, same for more than four out of eight.
Question number one.
Question number one Located inLeicester Square, Britain's
biggest candy store is dedicatedto which brand of sweets?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
I know this one M&M's Correct, correct.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Question number two.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Question number two.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
Who is the only non-European football manager to
win the Premier League?
Speaker 2 (17:40):
The only non-European football manager, the only
non-European football manager Towin the Premier League.
That is a tricky one Reallytricky Non-European football
manager.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Non-european football manager.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
I'm going to have to push you.
Yeah, I'm afraid I'm going tohave to pass.
I'm guessing it's either anAmerican or an Australian, don't
know the answer is ManuelPellegrini.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
I'm guessing Sanchez.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
I thought he was Italian.
Let's see what I know.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
One out of two.
Question number three.
Question number three Addingwhat to a croque monsieur
sandwich makes it a croquemadame.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Mayonnaise.
Incorrect, it's a fried egg.
Of course, it is One out ofthree.
Question number four One inquestion number four Sinophobia.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
C-Y-N-O-phobia Is a fear of what Domestic pet.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Um, there aren't that many domestic pets.
Really are there.
So I'm going to go for.
I'm going to go for the humbleBunny rabbit Incorrect it's dog.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
No, so I'm going to go for the humble bunny rabbit.
Incorrect, it's a dog.
No One out of four.
Question number five.
Number five there and BackAgain is the alternative title
for which children's fantasynovel.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Can you repeat the question there?
Speaker 1 (19:29):
and Back Again is the alternative title for which
children's fantasy novel.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
I'm going to guess Chronicles of Narnia or Land of
the Witches and the Wardrobe.
Incorrect the Hobbit oh.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
One out of five.
That's a children's book.
Really, you need to get thenext three right to get your
four.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
Well, I've got a feeling, Walliams, I'm going to
get a fat one out of eight here,but it's taking the part that
counts.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
It does.
It does Exactly.
Listeners, if you get more thanthis, please let us know.
Yes, please write and let usknow what you scored.
Question number what did I say?
Six, number six StanleyMatthews, Kermit, the Frog Red
(20:21):
Rum and Barbara Windsor have allswitched what on?
Speaker 2 (20:26):
The Christmas lights in London.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Close the Blackpool Illuminations.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
I've got a question for you, williams.
Based on that one though.
What's green and smells likeMiss Piggy?
Speaker 1 (20:45):
I don't know, craig, no, miss.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Finger.
Hey, one for the dads, one forthe dads, one for the dads.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Question number seven .
Question number seven To try toget some respect back now.
Where would you find theSerpent Sea, the Sea of find,
the serpent sea, the sea ofshowers and the lake of hope?
Speaker 2 (21:09):
oh, bloody hell, wally I'm so don't know when I'm
gonna.
I'm real thick on this, thoughI um italy the moon oh for
goodness sake, of course it ishere we go, final question.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Final question to get two out of eight.
The Nags Head Pub features, inwhich how do you call someone
else's?
Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay,yay yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay
, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay,yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay,
yay, yay, yay, yay.
Two out of eight.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Two out of eight Halfway to where I wanted to be,
you didn't win.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
But there you go.
That was my first look.
Hope you enjoyed that Veryenjoyable William.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Have you got another one lined up?
Speaker 1 (21:52):
I do.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Okay, so I have two, so we can either keep the mood
quite light or we can go to aplace of more reality.
Williams.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
We should do a Shakespeare, shall we?
Shakespeare was renowned for.
What was it called?
You have the highs then you gofor the tragedy and then you go
back up to the high again, andthen you finish with tragedy.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
We're going to do some tragedy, I'm afraid, and,
williams, this is going to benews to you, uh-oh.
So I think on the last episodewe talked about the fact that
this we were talking about thelisteners of this podcast and,
williams, you said to me most ofour listeners are mums and
(22:41):
people in America and our basicdescription of this podcast is
two dads doing silly things.
So we often talk about we'redads, we do silly things.
We are dads, but we are dads,you know, we are dads who do
silly things.
So sometimes dads have to dothings and make decisions and
stuff that are difficult.
(23:02):
So we had a first look this thisweek and it is genuinely I'm
not even taking the mickey here.
It is a bit this is a bit of asad subject, but I thought, as
we are, we're almost a publicservice, we talk about things
that dads do, um, so we had ourfirst look this week at saying
goodbye to a pet.
Oh, no, yes, we had to saygoodbye.
(23:26):
We had to say goodbye to ourbeloved companion Russell.
We had to say goodbye to him,but our beautiful little doggie
has been suffering with a thingcalled myopathy for the last
several months, which basicallymeans his little legs have not
been working as well, so itmeans he's with his spine in
(23:52):
between his discs.
He was leaking fluid, so he'sbeen going.
He's been getting less and lessstable on his legs.
Now it's not a fun thing towatch him go through because he
wasn't that old, he was only 10,coming 10.
He hadn't even reached his 10thbirthday, but it's quite a
(24:13):
common thing.
So our dog, russell, was theloveliest little dog you could
ever meet and he was proper,cute, proper character.
And, yes, we got the diagnosisof myopathy last September and
we knew the writing was on thewall then.
Really sad, because we're like,well, what can we do for him?
(24:35):
And when a dog gets, when pugmyopathy in particular, it can
be treated with an operation ifit's caught early enough and
they're young enough.
But our vet said to us becausebecause of his age, because of
the cost involved and because ofthe therapy that's needed
afterwards, um, which is likehydrotherapy, they said they
(24:57):
wouldn't really want to operateon him.
So we're like, okay, so what dowe do?
And the basic advice was to uswas to manage it as best we
could.
But it did get to the pointwhere, unfortunately, he wasn't
able really to move.
So he was, he was.
He struggled to get out of hisbed.
He couldn't even walk.
We tried to take him outsideand he couldn't really walk on
(25:19):
his back legs.
Anyone who's had a pet andanyone who's been through this
I'm sure will understand howhorrendous it is to see a pet of
yours not very well, but at thesame time he was like it was
very difficult.
I want to talk about it becauseit's quite it's.
It's one of those things you'vegot to do as a dad of the house
.
You've got to make those kindof big decisions and you're kind
(25:43):
of conflicted.
So during the grief processI've been going through all the
stages like guilt and sadness,obviously, and almost the
feeling of betrayal.
So I thought it's worth talkingabout because it's not a nice
thing to do, and I was actuallyglad of the wise old nun's words
on resilience, because we'relike.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
what is resilience?
The middle of the known?
Speaker 2 (26:04):
The middle of the known because we've got,
obviously you know it's.
I have had pets before and beenthrough this, but this is the
first pet that I've beenresponsible for in the past.
My parents have all made thedecision, so this is the first
one I've had to kind of say look, I think it's time.
So it's not fun because in hishead he was still a little puppy
(26:29):
, like yeah, we talked aboutthis.
We're like all dogs are theynever grow up.
They never grow up that's whyyou get so attached, because,
like with a child, you see themgrow and develop and then mature
.
With a dog like Russell, stillthe same as he was when he was
you know, he still wants to play, but he, just his little body
like as much as his mind wantedto.
His little body couldn't, so wehad to make the call.
He still wants to play, but he,just his little body like as
much as his mind wanted to.
So we had to make the call.
(26:50):
So um spoke to the vet and youknow we went through it all, um,
and we decided it was it wasthe right thing to do.
And then we had to make anappointment for him last weekend
, um, and uh, yeah, take him,and we wanted to be with him and
stuff.
So it was one of the worstthings.
(27:10):
Like it's not that we've everhad to do it, but it was one of
the worst things we've ever hadto do, like it literally broke
our hearts and we stayed withhim while it all went through
and everything.
But then obviously, as a dad,then we have to tell that story.
So then you've got to.
So we, we and I thought thiswould be useful because I was
like, well, think about this,like we got through it as I know
(27:32):
what, how have we managed toget through it?
And I've written down a fewthings.
Like friends, like I've had,you know, there was obviously my
work colleagues.
Mostly I didn't kind of it'snot, it's not something.
You kind of go and telleverybody, oh, we've had to do
this, we've had to do this,because then it just goes down.
But we have been very luckythat, you know, with work and
(27:52):
things, people understood whatwe're doing and have been very
helpful and obviously familyaround and the vets as well.
We're very lucky we're havinggood vets.
So we've had lots of support.
And then with brayden, we knewit was coming so we'd arranged
(28:13):
with grandparents from to go andstay over, uh, the night before
, um, so that we could kind ofdo our morning a little bit or
kind of, yeah, so that was hellbrayden, then you know we wanted
to be kind of breathing, yeah,we wanted to let him be upset,
rather than him thinking, oh,flip me.
Yeah, you know parents upset andtelling the child that you know
russell know Russell's beenhere longer than Brayden.
Russell came first, so tellinghim about it was quite difficult
(28:35):
, but you know he got upset asyou expect, but he was a trooper
, so it's just.
Yeah, it's one of those thingswe kind of said to Brain.
Look, the only reason we're sadis because it was so lovely to
have him for so long be part ofthis family.
Yeah, so you know, and it'sincredible how much people love
(28:57):
their pets and how much theylove their animals, and it's
just one of them things you haveto do as a family.
If you choose to bring a petinto your family some of them,
some eventually you might leaveonly russell before the wife,
your wife.
Yeah, well, that's it.
You know he's proper littledude.
Um, and for us it was a.
It was a big step gettingrussell as well.
(29:17):
It was a big kind of familymoment.
Yeah, it was one of those likewe want.
I'd always love pugs, alwayslove pugs.
All the best character traitswere there for everyone to see
as well.
He was so lovely.
Yeah, I would.
I would always love pugs,always love pugs.
All the best character traitswere there for everyone to see
as well.
He was so lovely.
I would.
I would always say to peoplepugs are incredible, dogs, all
dogs are incredible.
And, um, you know, just whileyou have dogs or cats or fish or
(29:40):
bunny rabbits or whatever petyou have, love them and look
after them.
And if you do, unfortunatelyget to the point where it's time
to say goodbye everyone does.
There are again like the like,the no one.
I'm said that speak to friends,speak to family.
Don't be afraid to feelemotional, because it's quite a,
it's very sad.
(30:01):
You're only sad because itmeant so much.
So, yeah, bit of a sad one thisweek, gosh.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
Tone officially lowered.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Well, I thought it was a good subject to talk about
.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
It is a proper first look.
It's a proper first look.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
I've never gone through this before as a dad.
You can probably hear mechoking up what I'm talking
about.
I'm trying very hard not to,but it's so emotional, it's
really, really.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
You know you, you were effectively it must be
strange doing that, because, um,imagine as, when you were a kid
, your parents told you aboutone of the pets yeah, for the
first time I remember suddenlyyou're now, that's you well it
was when your parents make thedecision.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
You have no responsibility when you choose
to take your dog to be put tosleep which is what we did and
you stay with him as you put himto sleep.
It's that.
It's that kind of like we are.
You have so much guilt.
You have terrible guilt becauseyou're like well, why are we
doing this?
Speaker 1 (31:05):
but you know you're doing the best even though
you're doing the best thing,it's still going to be yeah,
because you're the one makingthat decision still is exactly.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
You can't ask the dog how do you feel about this
choice?
There's no, there's no kind ofum, there's no kind of like well
, are you ready?
It's just, we've decided you'reready.
We've decided you can't carryon.
We're going to do it, um, andyou know.
But it's done out of kindness,because I think, like russie
would have just carried on likehe was, he was unhappy and he
(31:37):
was sore, but because he,because he was instinctively
behaving the way that dogs doyeah, he like, when we're coming
from, say we've been at workand we've come home.
Even though we couldn'tphysically do it, he like, when
we're coming from, let's say,we've been at work and we've
come home, even though wecouldn't physically do it, he'd
still try his absolute best todrag himself and see.
Yeah, there was a couple oftimes that we noticed that we
took him out and like he'd kindof he'd go off his legs and he'd
(32:00):
pull himself to hide like undera tree or something.
We're like that's obviously aninstinctive thing, kind of I am
vulnerable here, I need to getunder thing and we're like he.
You know he's.
He's stressing out about this.
We're gonna help him out.
So it's a very sad first lovebut I'm gonna end it in a
positive.
Like anyone's got pets, you'reonly.
(32:21):
You're only sad because howamazing they are.
Pets is the absolute best.
They are awesome thingsets arejust the absolute best.
They are awesome things to own,awesome blessings to have as
part of your family.
So here is to all.
Here's a first, a big cheers toall of the pets out there.
Yeah, to all the pets.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
To Russell, to Russell, oh bless him.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
So what's your next first look, mr walliams?
Speaker 1 (32:52):
bring us back up where on earth do I go from
there?
Speaker 2 (32:58):
just to warn you listen.
Before the show.
I said to walliams I've got onethat may or may or may not go
down very well, but I thought Iwanted to talk about poor russie
, so yeah, no, it's a good one.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
Well, actually, no, it's our new segment, so it's uh
, it's tips for dads tips fordads tips for dads get your tips
out for the dance.
And someone wrote in said don'tfeel like doing anything, then
don't just lie on the floor andthe kid or kids will have good
(33:32):
fun for a good 30 minutes justclimbing away over you.
That's very true tips for dads.
Speaker 2 (33:39):
Tips for dads tips for dads so, as we're moving
house now, we've got fully intothe home and this is the first
look at all the home improvementshows.
Oh, all the home improvementshows where we are now, if we
have a free half an hour.
It's which home improvement.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
She's watching um.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
Uh like stacy solomon , were they well, so this is the
one I want to talk about StaceySolomon Yay.
That's exactly the one I want totalk about.
So Stacey Solomon for those whoknow I was never a fan.
I was like she's like what,stacey Solomon?
She's just like famous forbeing a fan.
I like Stacey.
And then we started watchingStacey Solomon's Renovation
(34:26):
Rescue and I'm now actually Inlove with her.
She's so nice and she's soHands on and it's actually as
someone who's looking forinspiration.
It's actually really good,because a lot of these
renovations that we're watchingAre a bit like oh, come on,
there's a load of crap, but theStacey Solomon Renovation Rescue
is one of the good ones.
So I'm going to give you somenames of other ones.
(34:49):
So if you are looking at homesfor inspiration or decoration
ideas or different areas, theseare the ones that we've watched
that I'm actually like I don'tactually mind these ones too
much.
First one Stacey SolomonRenovation Rescue.
I've actually been quiteimpressed.
It seems genuine.
It's a nice show Love it orlist it with Kirsty and Phil
(35:10):
Love.
That show Always enjoyed love itor list it Well worth a watch
on Channel 4OD, your HomemadePerfect, which is a BBC One One.
You can access that on Prime.
I think it is at the minutewith I'm trying to think of a
name.
Oh, flipping heck Irish lady,something scan, scan.
(35:31):
Just search for your homemade.
Perfect, it's very good.
I mean it's a bit long andthere's a lot of, but it's it's
alright.
If you fast forward the rubbishbits just to see the finished
product, it's pretty good andthen love your garden.
People do with our podcast likepeople do with our podcast and
love your garden, which is atitch marsh one about gardens,
but we've been watching all ofthe home improvement shows and
(35:52):
stacy soderman, you haveimpressed me.
I like your show.
I like how hands-on she is andhow how much man skill she has.
Speaker 1 (36:00):
It's scary, isn't it from the stories?
Um, I mean, georgie watches allthe episodes.
I've watched dog bits, but it'sscary the the stories and it's
crazy.
There's people out there, thesecowboy builders that sort of
come in heartbreak half the joband do half the job badly and
then just disappear and justleave them with nothing an
(36:21):
absolute mess and you're talkinglike, like it's.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
It's so poor.
Like you can understand whypeople are so skeptical and
cynical about hiring people todo work coming in like oh yeah,
it's five thousand pounds.
Like, is it yeah is it really?
It's a bit like there's certainthings isn't there.
You want to find a goodmechanic who you trust, a good
builder who you trust, a gooddentist who doesn't rip you off.
(36:46):
You just want to.
Speaker 1 (36:47):
Get plumbing sorted.
Yeah, you need to find.
Speaker 2 (36:51):
Everyone needs plumbing Wiles.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (36:53):
You need to find a good plumbing, you need to find
a good plumber.
We have found a good plumberhere, actually Plumber.
We found a good plumber.
We found a good electrician, wefound a good mechanic, oh good,
so we're almost there in ourkind of supplier list.
But yeah, go and watchrenovation programs.
Anyone who's moving house orhas a wife, you know like.
(37:14):
Do you remember the song?
The Farmer has a Wife, thefarmer wants a wife, the farmer
wants a wife, the farmer wants awife.
You know, ideally, the farmerwants a wife, the wife wants a
child.
And it goes through.
No, you don't remember that one?
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Yes, no, I do, but only because you're telling me
your trip's home with your dad,or something.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
Oh no, that was a different one Was it.
Oh, that was okay.
So that was.
She'll be coming around and onto Monty Pond, they're singing
songs, but then other versionsof those songs.
So, oh, she's got a lovelybottom set of teeth.
She's got a lovely bottom setof teeth.
Oh, she's got a lovely bottom,got a lovely bottom, got a
(37:55):
lovely bottom set of teeth.
And then followed by oh, she'sgot a lovely country house in
Kent.
Oh, she's got a lovely countryhouse in Kent, and so on and so
on and so on.
The innocence of youth.
That's exactly the kind ofthing I'm going to get Brian to
(38:16):
do, anyway.
So, yes, but no, the farmer hasa wife we are currently in.
The wife wants a kitchen mode.
Never mind, the wife wants achild, the wife wants a kitchen.
Hence why we're watching all ofthese things for inspiration,
that the good wife can find akitchen and buy a kitchen and
make a kitchen, and she hatesevery kitchen we've ever had.
(38:37):
They have never been right.
There's always been a cupboard.
That's a waste of space or youknow something.
That's just.
Why have they put that there,or what's that cupboard doing?
so this next place that's gonnabe your forever home, then it's
uh that's exactly it, I've saidtoo I said you can have what you
want, but we take our time topick it.
We're not just going out on asaturday and that'll do.
I'm like, no, I'm not, I'm notdoing all this work and then
(38:59):
having you moan about it's notwhat you want.
You want a kitchen, you'regonna a kitchen, but when you've
got the kitchen, make sure it'sa kitchen you want.
Then don't moan about it.
Speaker 1 (39:08):
That's what you want the next 30 years.
Speaker 2 (39:10):
Yeah, make sure it's one you like.
So, yes, so all of therenovation shows and, yeah, the
wife wants a kitchen.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
The wife wants a kitchen.
My first life, I suppose, isn'tit?
Speaker 2 (39:26):
That's as well as I've been in done, I think.
Speaker 1 (39:33):
So last Bank Holiday, monday, big occasions.
Obviously, we've got the Euroscoming up, the Olympics coming
up, we've got Wimbledon.
Oh yes, we've got Wimbledoncoming up.
But last weekend was the firstlook at my local town's annual
duck race.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
Wham Quack quack.
Speaker 1 (39:53):
So I went to that organised by my dad and his
colleagues at the Rotary Club.
And yeah, just a local river atCornwall gold.
It's a very, a very cornishdays.
It's a place where there usedto be a tin mine and a tin uh
(40:15):
tin mining sort of um area andum, yeah river.
About a thousand ducks werechucked down a river you could
buy a duck or buy a quack packof ducks and raise lots of money
Unbelievable.
And our son he's like Imentioned before in the podcast.
His first word is duck and he'sabsolutely fascinated by ducks
(40:38):
at the moment.
Any particular thing if itlooks like a duck, duck.
So ducks are a big, a big thingin our, in our world, at the
moment.
Speaker 2 (40:50):
Is that why your dad set up?
Speaker 1 (40:50):
this duck race because of logan no, no, no,
just coincidence, and um, but uh, actually we went around there
the the day before and um, hewas.
He had the box of ducks out,and so logan was how, as one
year olds, do they pick upsomething?
So in this case a duck.
They move it from one room tothe other room, tunnel back to
(41:11):
the room, pick up a duck, tunnelback to their room and there's
about 1,000 ducks and he wasgetting quite frustrated.
He's like stressed and busydoing what he was doing.
I don't know what is in hishead, but he's moving the duck
from one room to another roomand then taking it back again.
(41:32):
He's practically a race, Tryingto achieve whatever he was doing
, but he was probably justtrying to work out which duck
was the winning duck.
But yes, that was a big eventin our town, the Red Juve annual
duck race.
So I've got so event in ourtown, the Red Truth annual duck
race.
Speaker 2 (41:48):
So and I've got so I mean so many questions.
Speaker 1 (41:50):
Oh really, I didn't know.
We had so many questions.
Speaker 2 (41:53):
So a thousand ducks.
Speaker 1 (41:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (41:56):
Not real ducks.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
You have basically buckets of ducks.
Speaker 2 (42:00):
So explain this.
Speaker 1 (42:02):
Each duck has a marker pen number on it.
Speaker 2 (42:05):
Are these real live ducks?
No, plastic ducks, plasticducks.
You didn't make that very clear.
Speaker 1 (42:12):
Rubber ducks, rubber ducks.
What do you think?
Everyone would presume a rubberduck, not a live duck.
No, why would you assume you?
Speaker 2 (42:17):
mean an actual mammoth, like a proper duck, a
thousand ducks.
It was when you said Logan waspicking them up and moving.
I was like he doesn't mean realducky, does he?
They must be made of somethingelse rubber ducks rubber ducks.
Like you put your bathtub, theold rubber ducks, so the other
ones, a thousand rubber ducksyeah, a thousand rubber ducks in
(42:40):
boxes chucked onto the riverand is there like a finishing
line to collect all these.
So each one.
Speaker 1 (42:46):
Yeah, so there was a.
Sorry, I'm just going into thethirsty fridge for another beer.
It's a Double Dragon ale.
I'm fairly nice.
So you've got ducks withnumbers on them.
Okay, you chuck them over abridge into a river.
At the end there's some otherum volunteers that have
(43:10):
basically put a um, a makeshiftbarrier to stop the ducks going
out to sea.
Basically good, um, becauseotherwise I have problems with
chucking out plastic to see.
But yeah, yeah, so each one.
So it's um a very humbling sortof day where you've got um, I
mean, the Rotary Club.
Speaker 2 (43:29):
The average age is probably 70, odd um, basically,
whatever got to the end firstwon the race and I'm assuming
there was copious amounts ofinsurance in place for these 70
year old men wading through thewater picking up ducks.
Speaker 1 (43:46):
I don't know if I should have this publicly spoken
about.
Speaker 2 (43:51):
The reason was just we need to raise some money for
charity.
What can we possibly do?
We'll do a duck race.
Speaker 1 (43:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (43:59):
Amazing.
Well, liam, I would say, onlyin Cornwall.
It's probably all over the UK,but for our American listeners,
this is the kind of crap thatlocal small towns get up to.
We're like what should we dothis weekend?
You know what sounds like agood idea?
We'll do a duck race, it soundslike, and you know what?
I bet it was amazing and and.
Speaker 1 (44:16):
Going back to logan, obviously, like I said, he's
fascinated by ducks.
Yeah, and his first bird wasduck, but his little face when
he saw all these ducks goingdown the river.
He was like no, no, no, no.
His face was amazing.
Speaker 2 (44:32):
That's class.
What a great first look.
That sounds like a brilliantday.
Speaker 1 (44:37):
I've got a little joke for you.
I haven't had no jokes yettoday.
Speaker 2 (44:42):
I'm going to try and confirm it's finger one.
Speaker 1 (44:44):
A duck walks into a bar and asks Ouch.
A duck walks into a bar andasks Got any bread?
The barman says no.
The duck says Got any bread?
The barman says no.
Duck says Got any bread.
(45:07):
Barman says no, we haven't anybread.
The duck says got any bread?
Farmer says no, we haven't gotany bread.
The duck says got any bread.
Farmer says no.
Are you deaf?
We haven't got any bread and ifyou ask me again I'll nail your
(45:30):
dang beak to the bar, youirritating dang duck.
Duck says got any nails.
Farmer says no.
Duck says got any bread oh dear, have you seen?
Speaker 2 (45:47):
that you must have seen the song about um the
little duck.
Uh says, um the lemonade stand.
The little duck and thelemonade stand no okay, so this
is another first look, so lookfor now.
Logan will love this and it'lldo your tits in, but look for
the little duck and the lemonadestand song um any world is a
(46:08):
look for the little duck and thelemonade stand song um any
world is away.
Well, the little duck and thelemonade stand yeah, just go on
youtube where you can find ourpodcast.
Search for it.
You'll know it when you see.
It's terrible animation.
But brain love that song, um,and I imagine if logan is with
ducks he will also it.
I will send it to you afterthis and we will add it to the
(46:28):
description of the podcast.
Speaker 1 (46:30):
Yes, very good.
What do you call a duck ondrugs?
Speaker 2 (46:36):
I don't know what do you call a duck on drugs?
A quackhead, a quackhead, ohdear.
Speaker 1 (46:43):
That was my first look at ducks.
Very good Question for the noteor name.
Speaker 2 (46:49):
oh, you know what that's funny.
He's about.
He's about, he's about.
He's been.
He's very upset.
He's been lying over there.
He's been listening to thispodcast being recorded.
Speaker 1 (46:59):
He's over there.
Speaker 2 (47:00):
Yeah, say hello hello , he's a bit sad because England
lost he's been watching thefootball he's questioning
everything he knows right now.
Do you want to come over?
Do you want to come over andspeak?
Do you want to come and speakto Dan?
Hang on, he's coming.
Hang on, let me give him hischair hello.
Speaker 1 (47:23):
Hello now, orno.
Just a quick question.
One of the listeners wrote in.
He said um, I'm curious as tothe shade of your hat and
whether you wear trousers in thegarden oh well, that's a very
personal question, but uh, I'm,I'm an open book and I'm happy
to share that.
Speaker 2 (47:43):
My hat is a lovely shade of burgundy, burg Burgundy
.
It's a lovely burgundy hat,burgundy hat.
And as to the question abouttrousers, it really depends on
the weather.
Some days I like to be free andlet it all hang out.
On a nice warm day above 17degrees, I will not wear
(48:05):
trousers.
I cannot be constrained.
And you will find me shaking mytail feather down the end of
the garden at the passers bywhilst I look on in amazement.
Under 16 degrees or 16 degreesbelow, you will generally find
(48:26):
me, yes, wearing trousers,because, no matter how wise you
are, cold weather no bottomsdoes nothing for you a double
dragon hair was quite nice, bythe way, just to let you know
sorry.
Speaker 1 (48:45):
It was quite nice, by the way, just to let you know
Sorry.
Anyways, thank you, net, or no.
Goodbye, that was it Muchappreciated.
Speaker 2 (48:58):
Have a lovely evening he's not himself.
Today he's not himself.
Speaker 1 (49:03):
That's the end of the podcast, I believe so.
Email in to firstsuitnames atoutlookcom.
Send usa DM message.
Send us a little text.
Someone send us a little textplease on the description listen
to our podcast on YouTube.
If that's what you listen to,podcasts, I doubt you do, but
send us a little voicemail it'salways nice to hear from people
(49:26):
yeah, yeah, if you're fromAfrica, let us know.
Speaker 2 (49:34):
I do have a few friends from South Africa.
They live here now.
Oh, do you?
Speaker 1 (49:39):
Tell them when they go back on holiday.
Download my podcast.
Speaker 2 (49:43):
Just to give us an application that we've had
someone from Africa listen.
Yes, yes, yes, okay, all right,well, I'm going to do a piddle.
What I'm going to go and do?
A piddle.
Oh, I have a lovely piddle.
Yes, I'm down with a beer.
For those who listened twoepisodes ago, I'm talking about
an actual piddle.
Speaker 1 (50:02):
On that note, thank you everyone.
See you next time.
Bye, bye, thank you everyone.
Speaker 2 (50:06):
See you next time, bye, bye.
Oh she's got a lovely bottomset of teeth.
Oh she's got a lovely bottomset of teeth.
Oh she's got a lovely bottom.
Got a lovely bottom.
Got a lovely bottom set ofteeth.
Oh, she's got a lovely countryhouse in Kent.
Oh she's got a lovely countryhouse in Kent.
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