April 16, 2025 • 47 mins
We celebrate our 10th episode of Season 3 with an unexpected discovery of our international popularity, ranking as the #6 comedy podcast in Laos. The episode features beer tasting, wrestling adventures, Formula One predictions, and the return of the Gno-it-all Gnome.
• Thirsty First: Sampling "Naughty and Nice" Chocolate Stout from Vocation Breweries, scoring a solid 9/10
• Feedback reveals listeners in surprising locations including Valencia, Hanoi, Taipei, and Bratislava
• Craig shares taking his son to his first WWE live event, describing it as "pure pantomime" with great entertainment value
• Detailed Formula One 2025 season predictions, listing all 20 drivers with McLaren tipped for success
• The Gno-it-all Gnome answers a listener question about dealing with a partner who hoards possessions
• Discussion about potentially refreshing some podcast segments for future episodes....
- A Bonus First Book Look;
The Curator: The new must-read thriller from the winner of the CWA Best Crime Novel of 2019 (Washington Poe)
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Speaker 2 (00:00):
Welcome to First Look Gnomes your go-to podcast for
dads doing silly things.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Join us as we dive into the whimsical world of the
know-it-all gnome.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Share tips for dads explore thirsty firsts and, of
course, the dad jokes and thebad jokes.
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But, most importantly , we're here to share our first
looks.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
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Don't forget to send in your feedback to our fish
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Speaker 2 (00:36):
We're meant to pod together.
I'll be there.
The episode is near and that'sthe deal, archers, dear.
Lucky that my lips are onlymumble.
They spill kisses like amountain.
Lucky that my breasts are smalland humble, so you don't
confuse them with mountains.
Turn over, turn over.
We're meant to part together.
(00:58):
I'll be there, you'll be there.
Episode 10, by Dean Yay,episode 10 by Dean.
Oh dear me.
10 ever, 10 ever.
We'll be together.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Idiot.
Before we started recordingthat I tried to guess.
He told us in the last episodehow he gets to his songs and I
was like okay, so he Googles anumber, then he Googles songs,
et cetera.
And we're like what could it be?
What could it be?
No, in a million years, I wouldnever have come to the
(01:37):
conclusion that you were goingto mix Shakira with episode 10.
But you know what?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
The world is a better place that you did bravo, thank
you welcome back for anotherexciting episode, episode 10 of
season three season three.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
We're still going we're still going.
We're still going must bethings that there must be better
, things that you, me, ourlisteners could all be doing
with this time.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Must be, must be.
I know one thing that I shouldbe doing, and it won't go away,
misashkis, it won't go away,it's the firsty first.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Oh, the firsty first.
Now in the last episodelisteners, you'll remember
Cornish.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Dan could not open his beer.
I hope it's not a fizzy one.
I hope it's not a fizzy one.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
He's now knocking the beers over.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
I hope it's not a fizzy one, because that just
fell down.
I hope I don't need to stab itwith a with a pen.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Let's see what have we got.
What have we got?
Speaker 2 (02:43):
oh, vocation breweries, let's see what have
we got.
Oh, vocation breweries, I'vehad some vocation breweries
before.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
You should quite like this A chocolate stout.
See now, sweet temptation.
I'm going to cut through myself.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Naughty and nice Chocolate stout, 6.6% alcohol.
It's a nice brown can with someartwork of lips biting lips.
Um, that's good, bold andbeautiful beer for the many
smooth, caramel, sweetchocolatey I'm gonna contradict
(03:17):
myself.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Last in the last episode, I said I don't read
like sweetness and beer.
But when it comes to coffee andchocolate and vanilla and stout
and caramel and stout, thatdoes go well together I'm having
a start already, so it's notlike I'm I'm expecting big
things here.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I'm expecting this to be a good nine, yeah, I am,
it's a classic classic velvetychocolate stout meets luscious
caramel in a harmonious swirl ofsweetness.
Oh lovely, that oozes decadence.
A rich roasted malt baselayered with sweet sticky
(03:55):
caramel and silky chocolate asweet temptation that is
impossible to resist.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Well, get it open if you can, and enjoy it Please,
pour carefully.
Open carefully, Walliams, Goodsound Well it needs to be for a
while.
He's made it past the opening,which is better than last time.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Oh, that's.
It's thick like treacle, a lotthicker than the last one.
Black as tar.
That is Black as tar.
It makes you wonder if it'sgood to put in your body,
doesn't it really?
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Probably not.
Cheers, cheers, wals, cheers,enjoy.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
To episode 10.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I bet it smells delicious.
Oh, he likes that one.
I said I was expecting bigthings.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Lovely, oh, beautiful , beautiful.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Question, though, better than the marshmallow one,
ooh, yes.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
This is thicker.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
This is thicker than the marshmallow one.
The marshmallow one was like athinner, it was a stout, but it
was more watered down, whereasthis is more like treacle.
It's a nice thick stout.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Lovely, so answer me this.
The last one was 8.7 out of 10.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
This is 8.9.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
That's not that much better 9 it's got to be at least
a 9 it's a 9, very good 9 verygood.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Please refer to our website for a full list of our
first to first recommendationsyeah, so stop you there.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
The website is still not finished, I'm sorry.
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If you want to see a websitelisteners, please share.
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Yeah, just throw some cash at us, we'll build a
website we've got our beer, I'vegot my beer, you've got your
rum.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
I think we start to kiss well, I've gone off the rum
and I'm now on the guinnesszero.
I'm on the alcohol.
There we go yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
So let's uh, let's take our Guinness zero.
Let's take our naughty and nicechocolate stout.
Okay, to the fish pond offeedback Whilst I spit
everywhere.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Sorry, fish pond of feedback, the fish pond of
feedback, fish pond of feedbackwhen you had a beer saying fish
pond of feedback.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Fish pond of feedback when you had a beer saying fish
pond of feedback is quite a.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Well, it is for you, Hmm.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Miss Hodgekiss, we are going to need a bigger boat.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Oh dear.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
We're going to need a bigger boat.
The fish pond is massive.
I've got lots of feedback thisis massive this week, so keep
your rod away, I think.
I think we'll just check thebow out okay so, first off, our
friends, we've got our firstfirst look been sent in, um, so
(07:25):
probably best I'll share this toyou on your whatsapp, shall we,
let's?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
share.
Yeah, let me get my phone.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Let me get my phone so our friends at good friends
at mini mess makers have sent ina first look.
Um so, their first look.
I just sent you a picture, Ibelieve.
Have I?
I haven't.
Yes, I have.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
It's not come through yet.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
I've just sent you.
Oh here we go.
Yeah, so they've had a firstlook, and their first look is a
book.
Oh, and that's come through.
So it's a book called theCurator by MW Craven.
By M W Craven, and perhaps youcan read out a first page of the
(08:10):
book.
Perhaps it's Josh's.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
I don't have the book Walliams.
What do you mean?
You don't have the book thecurator?
How can I read the first pageof it?
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Oh, sorry, I've just sent you a page of it.
There you go.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Oh, here we go, there you go.
You've got to click, you've got, ladies and gentlemen, two old
men.
We sometimes forget to clicksend because we've drank too
much bloody vanilla custardstout.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Sorry, so Christmas Eve.
Christmas Eve Start at the top.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Okay, excuse me, excuse me.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
So just to reiterate this is the curator by mw craven
, shared with us by leanne frommini mess makers.
First, it knows, now do audiblebooks okay chapter one
christmas eve.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
It was the night before christmas and all wasn't
well.
It has started like it alwaysdid someone asking are we doing
Secret Santa this year andsomeone else replying I hope not
, both making a pact to avoidmentioning it To the office
manager, both secretly planningto mention it as soon as
possible.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
You've got a good voice for Audible, we should do
this.
Oh, there we go, then Carry on.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
And before anyone could protest, the decision had
been made and the office wasdoing it again, the 15th year in
a row.
Same rules as last year's Fivequid limit anonymous gifts,
nothing rude or offensive, giftsthat no one wanted.
A total waste of everyone'stime.
At least, that's what CraigHodgkiss thought Brilliant.
(09:47):
You're in a book.
What the heck.
You're in a book.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
That's unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
How amazing is that.
That is amazing.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
I have never met anybody.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
I've never read my surname.
Still get what's that surname?
What's that surname?
So to find not only my surnamebut also my actual first name
and I love Secret Santa.
So it's not.
It's definitely not me.
And that Craig Hodgkins thoughthe hated Secret Santa.
I love Secret Santa.
Well, that's.
That's trying to clarify thisis not you it's not really me,
(10:28):
it's just somebody who shares myname.
Um, that's awesome, though,leah what a find how amazing is
that?
Speaker 2 (10:37):
and he was he?
Speaker 1 (10:38):
was I thinking we were just being very cultured
and doing a book review?
Yeah it's a book review withthe name of one of our podcasts
Amazing.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
I asked her what was happening.
What is this?
And her description of the bookwas he got her sexy knickers
for Christmas, but she washappily married.
Her husband threatened him andhe wet himself.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Just to clarify.
I don't think I've ever boughtLeanne sexy knickers for
Christmas, and if her husbandwas to threaten me I would wet
myself.
So you know it's half true,it's half there.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Oh dear, but yeah, that brought me a lot of joy.
That did so, thank you.
Thank you, very right.
Another listener wrote in andsaid um, I can't remember which
episode this is referring to,but the spider chat had me
crying with laughter whilewalking down the road with a
sleeping baby.
That's referring to, uh, thelemon tree episode, I presume.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
Ah, yes.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
New listeners.
Shout out to some new listeners.
I'll go through them quicklybecause there's quite a few of
them actually.
We've got new listeners fromLeeds, islington, valencia,
hanoi.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Vientiane.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Taipei, pleiku, gule Province, sydney, new South
Wales, chilliwack, britishColumbia, dawnburn Say that
again.
Sorry, dawnburn In Vornalburg,don't burn.
(12:27):
Say that again, sorry, don'tburn.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
In.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Warnalburg Battle Jaws.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Why.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
Paris, we Paris in the France.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Ah, oui, oui, Riga, riga, my goodness Riga.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Yeah, Ho Chi Minh City.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Ray.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Bratislava.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Ray.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
And Kofu.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Ray, that's a good list of new listeners.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
It blows my mind.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Mine too.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
I've got another email.
I've got an email through tothe Fishbowl feedback.
You got mail.
I've recently started walkingto work a couple of times a week
and you guys are keeping meentertained on the way.
Just wanted to point out thatnot only is thirsty first still
a feature of your podcast, itseems to be the longest section,
(13:22):
or certainly feels that way.
How one person can pour a beerand talk about it for so long, I
will never know.
It's a skill.
Positive feedback.
So that implies that the firstbit is negative feedback.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
I mean, we have contemplated a few of our
features and thought should wedrop them?
Thirsty, thirsts, first LookGnome, not First Look Gnome.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Wise Old Gnome, there's a few features Should be
decided.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Yes, you may need to replace them If the feedback
comes in that we want to get ridof the no or no and the thirsty
thirst season four may soundslightly different.
For the better, for the betterprobably anyways, uh, positive
feedback.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
The opening song I ate you right now was legendary,
and I trottered my way out ofmy front door.
Keep doing what you're doing,gents.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
It was excellent.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Big news Michalichkis .
Big news in the fish pond.
Hold on to the side of yourboat.
Hold on, the waves are going toget choppy.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Okay, someone's not liking what we do.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
This isn't an email.
This is Apple Podcaststhemselves.
Your podcast, First Look Gnomes, has good performance in Apple
Podcast rankings.
The last 30 days Position sixin the category comedy.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
30 days position six in the category comedy very good
number six in comedy podcastfact fact.
Oh sorry, sorry, sorry.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
I forgot some important information there,
sorry okay, sorry, in Leo, thepeople's democratic republic.
So, oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, Iforgot some important
information there.
Sorry, okay, sorry, in Laos,the People's Democratic Republic
.
So, and where's that then?
I thought my geography waspretty good, but it's also known
as I was, like I don't knowwhat that is.
It's also known as Laos, whichis a country between Vietnam,
(15:41):
cambodia you mean Laos andThailand.
Laos, which is a countrybetween Vietnam.
Cambodia, you mean Laos andThailand.
Laos, right?
Yes?
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Yeah, laos, laos.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Brilliant, sorry, I just offended our most popular
country, but yeah, we're numbersix in Laos, amazing.
In Laos People's DemocraticRepublic we're 124 in all
podcasts.
That's unbelievable.
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
But well, we said, didn't we?
We talked about this in episodeeight, when we said, uh, we're
gonna be like 911, notnecessarily massive in the
united kingdom, but in asia,that they might just be like.
This is a.
This is great content whenyou're into asia.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
That's quite a big area, um if you condense it to a
small period of time in lao,lao and we're also in vietnam.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Remember now yes so you know it's, it's just a
matter of time before we're in.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
We're not number six in Vietnam, though.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
Can you imagine if we break China?
I mean, that's a big market,Wes.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
That is a big market.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
That's a big market.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
But yeah, I don't think we'll do it.
So that's yeah.
That was a hefty fishpond offeedback, I think longer than
the 31st Tams, oh dear Tams.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
So, oh dear, very good, very good.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
First look, Mr Oshkiss.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Okay, I have one big one and then, if we have time, I
have a little one.
So again, if anyone wholistened to last week's podcast
episode 9, we realised that I amso rock and roll it hurts.
I mean some some of the stuff Iget up to these days and I've
(17:32):
done something else insanelycool and badass, uh, and I mean
it's no surprise well, I'mknowing the kind of mad I am but
this week we went to Are youready for this?
Speaker 2 (17:47):
I don't know if I am.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
I took Brayden to his first WWE live event.
What do you mean?
I took Brayden to see the WWEwrestling In America.
No, over here.
They came to Belfast, did they?
We had WWE live on the road towrestlemania tour so we saw such
superstars as cm punk and thering general gunther main event
(18:20):
jay usoso, cody Rhodes vs SoloSecoa in a steel cage match.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
I know that one, Cody Rhodes.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Finn Balor, sheamus Charlotte Flair and lots of
other ones.
So yes, last weekend we went tosee the WWE Road to
WrestleMania tour at the SSscarena in belfast 11 000 people
all cheering for men in pants umit was.
(18:52):
It was a lot of fun and womenin pants.
People and women there were,there were women in pants as
well, there were um, and it wasa lot of fun.
So I have been a wrestling fansince I was a weak kid and it
was good to take brain to see anevent.
So I've taken, I think.
I may have talked about this ona podcast before.
But I've taken brain to some ofthe local wrestling events here
(19:14):
, like there's a, there's acompany called Titanic wrestling
and this was the first timewe'd been to see the big boys,
the WWE, and he's not massivelyinto it.
So I was like, well, do youwant to go?
Because I've got a couple offriends who are going.
So I was like I could go withthe blokes and pretend to be 12.
But I was like, no, no, I wantto take Brain.
(19:34):
So I said I'll go with Brainand see what he thinks of it and
if he hates it, I'm not goingto be like can you wish lots of
wrestling?
But he loved it, he did.
He had a really good time and heenjoyed it and he got himself
some merch.
He was more excited about themerch than anything else.
He got himself a belt and hewas all happy.
He was very disappointedbecause John Cena wasn't there.
(19:54):
He wanted to see John Cena andJohn Cena was in Glasgow on a
Monday but he wasn't in Belfaston the Saturday.
So we were like, boom, was hemeant to be?
No, no, he wasn't scheduled.
They tell you who's scheduledto come.
So when they sell the ticketsthey say we guarantee you're
going to see these people.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
But sometimes you have a little surprise.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
And sometimes you have a little surprise.
We were hoping, because JohnCena was over in Glasgow on the
Monday, we thought would he comea generate a massive pop from
the fans, but he didn't.
But uh, cody roads wasfantastic and the whole show was
really good.
So I think in the last podcastI talked about going to see snow
patrol and I was a bitdisappointed because they only
played for like an hour and 10hour and 20 minutes.
(20:35):
The wrestling though they wereon for like three hours.
It was match after match aftermatch and it was just like a
really good then.
It felt like good value yeah.
It felt like a proper good nightout and a lot of people aren't
interested.
But again, it's pure pantomime,like Brayden has.
No doubt it's fake, like we say, no, no, this is yeah.
(20:56):
I've talked to Brayden a lotbecause he has Brayden.
We've talked about my son a bit.
He likes to bounce, he likes toswing, he likes to be thrown
around, so but he, because he'sa boy, he doesn't really want to
do gymnastics.
He's like oh yeah, I'm doinggymnastics, dad, it's for girls.
So I keep trying to say to himlook, the wrestlers are just
(21:16):
gymnasts.
Like they're in really goodshape, they're bouncing around,
they're doing some assaults.
I said they're just gymnastswho are also like acting and he
loves drama.
He loves, he loves to pretendto be someone else.
So like, imagine, if you dogymnastics and drama, you're
effectively just a wrestler.
And I think hopefully that canget him into that kind of
(21:37):
stereotype I don't want to doand we found a company in
belfast who do gymnastics, butthey do a boys only class as
well.
So I'm like I think he wouldreally enjoy doing that doing
the tumbling and, you know,springing around.
So, yeah, we went to see theWWE and I'm trying to use it as
a catalyst to try and get Brianto do some gymnastics.
(22:01):
So we will see what happens.
Good show, wwe.
Good show.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Who won?
Speaker 1 (22:09):
Yeah, cody Rhodes beat Salah Sikara in the Cade
match and Gunther versus CM Punkended up in a double countout.
So nobody won that one, and itwas just good fun.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Was the merchandise as expensive as the Disney
episode?
Speaker 1 (22:30):
Ridiculous, Absolutely ridiculous.
The merch was stupidly priced,but you know you can't take your
kid to the wrestling and notget him a belt, can you?
Speaker 4 (22:39):
No, nice.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Yeah, it's sitting proudly on his bedside table at
the minute.
Let's have a look at your firstlook, wes.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
So my first look is probably geekier than yours,
Miss Hodgkiss.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
That's going to be hard to beat when you talk about
wrestling.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Oh, I don't know about that, I don't know about
that.
So we've had a first look and Iknow it's not your favourite
topic, but I've grown into itover the last few years,
especially since I met the wifeywife, and I've got a first look
at the new Formula One season.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
Oh, hey.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Early days, it's possibly going to be the most
exciting.
See, there's not like a,there's not an outright winner.
So the last few years, maxVerstappen, then there was a bit
of a Max Verstappen and LewisHamilton, but before that it was
Lewis Hamilton just Lewis.
Hamilton, wasn't it, whereasthis year, arguably, it could be
between two, but I don't think.
(23:46):
I think it's between four orfive drivers this season.
Okay, um, I've done a little.
I've done a little predictionto bore everyone of where I
think everyone's gonna wellbefore you do that one.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
So like you were never like, how have you got
into formula one?
Speaker 4 (24:02):
because like no, I've kind of uh, I've kind of been
informed, so I used to enjoy itback in the day with um eddie
irvine irvine was born in 1965in newton arts, county down in
northern Northern Ireland, whocompeted under the British flag
(24:24):
in Formula One from 1993 to 2002.
Irvine was runner-up in theFormula One World Drivers'
Championship in 1999 withFerrari and won four Grand Prix
across ten seasons.
His most successful season wasin 1999, when he took four
victories and finished second inthe World Championship, two
(24:44):
points behind driver MikaHekkinen.
He moved to Jaguar Racing in2000, scoring the team's first
podium in 2001 and his finalpodium in 2002.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
Bit of a maverick sort of mystical British Jaguar.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
Racing group like myself very similar.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
My, like yourself, british Jaguar racing group.
Like myself, very similar.
My team, apart from Jaguar, wasWilliams, hey, williams Racing.
Oh, that's my name, damon Hill,damon Hill.
So you know, family business,that's my racing team.
But then, yeah, I kind of lostit because you know, shumaka,
(25:27):
shumaka, shumaka one, shumakaone yeah yeah, and then met the
but the lovely wife.
Wife, she enjoyed formula one,um, so sort of started watching
it again and, um, but actuallystarted watching, not just the
person in front, so actuallylearning more about the, the
(25:49):
battles in the midfield, and,yeah, williams were falling back
and actually for a period theywere way back.
Um, you'd have you, you'd haveyour sort of, you know, your Red
Bull, ferrari, mclaren.
And then, 20 seconds later, oh,Williams they got quite bad,
(26:12):
but yeah.
So I started watching thebattles in the midfield and it
gets a lot more exciting whenyou're actually watching the
separate little battles ratherthan watching who's in the lead
oh Schumacher still in front, ohhamilton's still in front, oh
verstappen is still in front andactually watching the battles,
yeah, um.
And luckily I got back into itin a way just before the netflix
(26:37):
series kicked off, becausethere's very much oh, you're a
netflix supporter, because a lotof people got into it since
netflix, um, but I was, I'm kindof before netflix, um, but
that's sort of kicked it off.
Um, and then also um, good old,uh, you know football, your
(26:58):
fantasy fantasy teams set up alittle Formula 1 fantasy team
with sort of the wife and thestepdad and that makes it quite
exciting, sort of cheering onyour particular drivers.
So, yeah, new season.
Would you like to hear mylittle predictions for the?
(27:20):
year, absolutely, I mean therewon't be any more predictions.
Speaker 4 (27:25):
What's your?
Speaker 1 (27:25):
predictions speed, speed.
I predict speed and victories Ipredict lots and lots of
victories for, for the peoplewho drive the cars.
Very Walliams.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
Very good, very good.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
Tell me if I'm wrong.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
So my predictions, my predictions so you've got 20
drivers.
So my prediction is in 21stplace is going to be Gabrielle
Bortoletto.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
You're not going to go all the way from 21 to 1, are
you?
Speaker 2 (28:03):
Yes, I am.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Oh, Walliams, this will be longer than the firsty
firsts.
You're not really going to do21 to 1.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
I am 20, jack Duhon, 19,.
Isaac Hajar 18 is going to beFranco Colapinto, who's not
actually driving yet, but he'sgoing to be joining the season.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Hang on.
Before you continue, I'm goingto ask the listeners how many
laps of the Monaco Grand Prix doyou think could be completed by
the time Walliams gets from 21to number one?
Speaker 3 (28:34):
Driving around the Monaco Grand Prix circuit in an
F1 car typically takes just overa minute.
During a race, lap times varydepending on the driver, car and
track conditions.
The three simple positions inMonaco have seen lap times
around 1 minute 10 seconds to 1minute 12 seconds during
qualifying.
The track is famously narrowand winding, making it one of
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the most challenging circuits inFormula 1.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Challenging circuits in Formula 1.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
I'm going to say four 17, Pierre Gasly 16, Lance
Stroll 15, Liam Lawson 14,.
Fernando Alonso.
What a legend Fernando Alonsois.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
He's older than us, fernando Alonso.
He's still going, he's got tobe like 60, hasn't?
Speaker 2 (29:18):
he 44, something like that.
Bloody hell fair play, but he'sstill going.
He just doesn't have the car.
Nico Hulkenberg, esteban Ocon,oli Behrmann, carlos Sainz has
joined Williams.
He's going to be up there.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
I've got his hat.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
Have you?
What do you mean?
You've got his hat.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
I went to Barcelona.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
What do you mean?
You've got his hat.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
I bought like a cap with his name on it.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Oh right, I haven't actually got his hat.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Not his actual hat.
No.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
Right, I was going to say it was too hot.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
I needed a cap and I was like that's the cheapest one
.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
I'll buy that one.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
I love cars mate.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
Ninth, alex Albon.
Ninth, alex albon, williams.
So for williams, this is reallygood.
So for williams racing, oh sowilliams is still there.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Yeah, I thought like williams were like damon hillier
, like in the 90s, mid 90s.
They're back williams racingare back.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
So they've just signed carla signs.
He came from ferrari um, whichis a big surprise, because carla
signs is, you know, he's adecent driver yeah, but he's,
he's back um yuki sunoda.
So he's quite famous for justshouting and swearing.
He just, yeah, just shouts athis uh engineers and things on
(30:37):
the team's radio.
Yuki sunoda um japanese guy.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
He's uh controversial but he's uh, he's gonna be up
there, charles it could be oneof our podcast listeners, so be
careful, he could be let's gethim in.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
Let's get him in, let's try um, kimi antonetti,
he's a new kid, 18 year old,just on mercedes.
Uh, one of the future he is.
Uh, george russell lewishamilton.
He's gonna be up there.
Um, I was one of the future isGeorge Russell Lewis Hamilton.
He's gonna be up there.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
I was one of the rows me he is Ferrari now.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
I'm quite a fickle supporter Formula One.
I was one of the.
So when everyone was goingcheering on Lewis Hamilton for
the eighth championship, I wascheering on Max Verstappen okay,
because I prefer an underdog,um.
But now max is the champion forthree seasons, four seasons, um
(31:31):
.
I'm now not that lewishamilton's an underdog, but I
like a story and I like, uh,someone that's over the age of
40 actually gonna win something.
So, lewis hamilton, fern Alonso, they're my favourites at the
moment Because they're the 40plus squad.
Landon Norris, I reckon, isgoing to be number two and I
(31:53):
actually think Oscar Piastri,the young Australian, I reckon
he's going to win it.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Where do you put Max Verstappen?
Third, Third gotcha.
What happened the other day?
Didn't somebody get droppedafter like two races?
They did so Red.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
Bull, which they won the championship Not last season
but a few seasons before that,and Max Verstappen's obviously
Red Bull and won basically everydriver's season Since how much
he used to win it.
Their team, they're has had awhat they call a cursed second
(32:30):
driver seat, um, so basicallyanyone that drives with max
verstappen.
They don't look that good, sothey get sacked.
Um.
But lawson, uh, bless him.
He's only had two.
Two races didn't do very welland they've just gone cut, no,
no, cut throat, but they've gota junior Cutthroat no cutthroat,
(32:52):
but they've got a junior team,so they're racing balls, okay.
And they've promoted YukiTsunoda, shut up To the Red Bull
team and hopefully he shouldhave been in the Red Bull team
before Lawson, but because he'sa bit controversial and swears a
(33:14):
lot and he's a bit, they've notput him in that team.
But yeah, watch, watch thisspace so constructors.
If anyone's not switched off yetfor the constructors
championship, my prediction isalpine last kick salvo.
(33:35):
After that has has has have youbounce it, then racing balls,
then aston martin, then williamsin fifth, which is really
really good, um, because usuallylast.
Then Red Bull, then Mercedes,then Ferrari and then McLaren
are going to win the double.
(33:57):
You heard it here first.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
Heard it here first.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (34:02):
Good insight, williams, and then a little
prediction for 2026.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
I reckon Lewis Hamilton's going to win it and
then he's going to retire witheight championships.
Speaker 1 (34:10):
Okay, I mean fair play to him.
He's been doing for a long timeto like because it I, I don't
again, I don't like formula one,I do, um, but for those, for
the job they have to do, liketraveling around the world and
stuff, and the the amount ofpressure they have on them
(34:30):
driving those cars at that speedweek in, week out, like fair
play to them.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
I forgot.
Sorry, I just remembered beforewe move on to the next section,
because I know we've got aspecial guest joining us.
Yeah, we have got, you can now.
So lots of our listeners theylove the Nero name, do they?
They do know or know him.
Speaker 1 (34:52):
Do they?
Speaker 2 (34:53):
They do, they'd love him, they can now contact him
directly.
Whenever they want, they cancontact him.
So, mr Hodgkiss, if you go toyour Instagram, if you can, Down
the bottom of the garden.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
Okay, hang on, it's let me in.
I think.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
Okay okay, hang on it's let me in.
I think, okay, wow, here I amso, listeners, you know,
obviously, please write intofirst names and, you know, ask
us questions.
But if you want to talk to himdirectly, I've provided his
direct, um, his direct number,and so if you want to speak to
the no or name, you just go toinstagram and then at the top of
(35:34):
the profile, um, you should see, I think, a couple little stars
with no or no at the bottom ofthe profile it's.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
It's taking me to a thing.
Uh, no or no.
Smarter than google, almostfaster there you go.
Speaker 2 (35:48):
This is, yeah, so backtrack.
So if you go to instagram, um,either click on the links
there's a second link there orthere should be a section that
says no one.
I mean you can now message andask the no one I'm directly any
questions that you like.
Wow, isn't that nice.
Speaker 1 (36:03):
And he's sat there on his phone waiting to talk to
you oh, but so if I so, here'swhere I can send him a message.
Right, are you coming up tojoin the podcast?
Speaker 2 (36:17):
Bless him, he's a bit lonely these days.
Speaker 3 (36:20):
He's just sat on his phone.
Speaker 2 (36:21):
But he's sat there, so if you want to chat to him,
send him a message.
Speaker 1 (36:26):
Okay.
So it says are you coming up tojoin the podcast?
It's your bit soon.
It says indeed, I am MissHodgekiss.
Just signal me from under thebin where I reside while I was
that jokes have warmed up theaudience nicely.
My wisdom segment is next.
Is it listeners letters today?
Speaker 2 (36:39):
yes, it is well, that's amazing so yes, you can
talk to no one home directly hesays delightful, I should
dispense wisdom upon thetroubles of.
Speaker 1 (36:50):
He says delightful, I shall dispense wisdom upon the
troubles of Leanne fromWeybridge, whose letter Mr
Hodgkin's just read aloud.
Shall I start with her dilemmaimmediately or introduce myself
first.
Just get up here.
Just get up here.
There we go.
Speaker 4 (37:04):
Hilarious, oh dear.
Speaker 1 (37:07):
Very good, Walliams Very good.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
So yeah, so you can can now talk to the one at home
directly.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Well, he's coming up, walliams, so if he's, coming up
.
Speaker 2 (37:19):
do you want me to bugger off so he can take my
seat?
Sure, I mean, he's only little,but if he's really got one seat
, I suppose.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
Well, it gives me an excuse to go and get another
Guinness Zero, doesn't it?
Speaker 2 (37:26):
Sure.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Okay, okay.
Well, I'll be back in a bit.
He's coming now.
He said he's coming up, so Okay, okay, hello.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
Hey, it's the no Hall Gnome.
Speaker 1 (37:40):
Hello Daniel.
Speaker 2 (37:42):
Hello, how are you doing?
We were just telling theaudience in a long-winded way
that they can now contact youdirectly.
Speaker 1 (37:50):
Yes, the wonders of technology.
It's great that they can reachout and talk to me at any time,
and it helps me with myloneliness.
Speaker 2 (38:00):
Yes, how are you?
Speaker 1 (38:03):
I'm okay.
I'm better now that I've gotrandom people able to contact me
.
The amount of people lookingfor my wisdom is quite
phenomenal.
I thought we had a smallaudience, but apparently we have
listeners out in Laos and we'requite popular there In Laos?
Speaker 2 (38:18):
yes, In.
Speaker 1 (38:19):
Laos.
It's not called Laos, daniel,it's called Laos.
I'm still not entirely surewhere it is, but you should use
your internet technology and doa Google map search.
Maybe you'll learn something.
Speaker 2 (38:34):
I will.
I will so.
Have you had any letters or anyemails we have?
We have.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
So I'll jump straight in then, daniel.
This week we've had a letterfrom Janet.
Janet.
Speaker 2 (38:51):
Janet, I think she wrote you last time.
Speaker 1 (38:56):
It could well be the same lady.
Speaker 2 (38:58):
I'm not quite sure.
Speaker 1 (39:01):
Well, janet has written in and she's rather
stressed out with her partner,matthew.
Janet says we are now intospring and I've been watching
Stacey Dooley source your lifeout.
It has got me inspired todeclutter our home and spring
clean.
However and this is where shegets a bit rude my partner is a
bit of a pig and a terriblehoarder who won't throw anything
(39:24):
out.
He won't throw anything out.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
Literally know it or know hoarder.
Speaker 1 (39:29):
Hoarder.
Sorry, hoarder, literally knowit or no?
Hoarder?
Speaker 2 (39:31):
Hoarder Sorry.
Speaker 1 (39:32):
Hoarder, literally know it or no.
We've got mini discs, boxes ofcables, books that have never
been read and all kinds of oldclobber that just needs thrown
out.
She says she's at her wits endand she asks know it or no?
What would you do in thissituation?
What would you do in thissituation?
What would you do in this?
Speaker 2 (39:49):
situation.
Speaker 1 (39:51):
Well, janet, I see you've got yourself a good
old-fashioned domestic standoffClutter versus cleanliness,
hoarding versus harmony and,from the sound of it, matthew's
collection would give a charityshop a run for its money.
I had a similar situation inthe early 90s.
As a young gnome.
I'd amassed quite the magazinecollection.
Speaker 2 (40:13):
A young gnome in the early 90s.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
I thought you would have been still quite old.
Yes, I was near.
I was at my peak and I'damassed quite the magazine
collection, over 350 copies ofBetween the Toadstools featuring
lots of lovely lady gnomes invarious stances of undress.
Mrs Gnome said they had to go,but I found it very, very hard
(40:38):
to throw them out.
But I knew it had to be donefor the purposes of domestic
bliss.
I tried all kinds of argumentsabout how they'd be worth good
money in the future, but to noavail, and the mags had to go.
So here's what I would do if Iwas you, janet.
Firstly, remind him reasonablythat you have to share the home
(41:00):
If he is taking up much more ofa story.
Speaker 2 (41:04):
Sorry.
Speaker 1 (41:09):
Did the first.
You thirst, come up to sayhello, ned, if he's taking up
much more of the storage at thehome than you, then it's time
for him to ship some out beforeanything else comes in.
If reason won't work, then youcan try stealth, collect up the
things you know he won't missand put them in a box.
(41:30):
Put the box in the loft or thegarage and date it.
If it gets out of the way, itgets it out of the way.
But also if in three years'time the box has been left
untouched, you can discard itwithout much worry.
If that still doesn't work, youmay need to write to the BBC
and beg Stacey to come round fora proper intervention.
(41:50):
From what I've seen of that show, it's a lot easier to shame
someone into throwing out an oldminidisc when they know the
whole nation is watching themand harshly judging them.
Ah, the joys of TV, the greatequaliser.
I wish you good luck in yourquest, janet.
And yes, dear listeners, Ican't confirm what you're all
thinking.
I did sneakily keep one of theBetween the Toadstool magazines,
(42:12):
purely for nostalgic reasons.
Speaker 2 (42:18):
And that's all I have .
What was the?
What edition of the magazinesdid you have?
Speaker 1 (42:27):
It was just vintage, vintage.
Speaker 2 (42:30):
Vintage.
Speaker 1 (42:32):
I had a good collection.
There was Plano between thetoad stalls, razzle, oh dear.
But Mrs.
Speaker 2 (42:44):
Gnome did not approve no, no, no, the wife wife and I
, well, the wife wife herself,she, she likes a bit of Stacey
Sullivan and actually we watchedit together the other night,
actually I wondered what youwere going to say there, daniel.
Do you like Between?
Speaker 1 (43:03):
the Toadstools Daniel .
Speaker 2 (43:04):
It's interesting actually how much I actually do
the donate option as opposed tothe sell option.
Speaker 1 (43:15):
You never answered my question, Daniel.
Speaker 2 (43:18):
I don't know what the toast still means.
Speaker 1 (43:25):
You can probably work it out oh no, you're a smart
man.
Speaker 2 (43:28):
No, is it?
Is that putting something wherethere's not mushroom?
Oh dear, oh no, oh.
Is it Putting something wherethere's not mushroom?
Speaker 1 (43:36):
Oh dear, no no, oh dear Please, I did warn you.
I said it's maybe a bit closeto the knuckle for a podcast,
but you can clean it up, can'tyou?
Speaker 2 (43:45):
Is this Mr Todrick's back?
Speaker 1 (43:47):
Sorry, yes, yes, this is Mr Todrick's back.
Speaker 2 (43:51):
Where did he go?
Has he just run off?
Let him know, or no?
Speaker 1 (43:55):
He's run off with his dirty magazines.
Speaker 2 (43:58):
He's getting worse and worse, isn't he?
I think so he's gone back tohis phone to message back, so if
you've got any questions, Ifyou've got any questions.
Message him or email him tofirsts names outlook dot com.
Oh dear oh dear he's gone.
(44:18):
He's actually gone, so I've nothe's away.
He's gone, he's run away, so no, no follow-up questions there I
do lots of follow-up questions.
No, okay, probably for the bestuh, apart from yeah, please
write in to us at names atoutlookcom.
Do we um?
(44:39):
Do we keep the?
Do we keep the no or no?
Do we keep the firsty firsts um?
Do we keep the episodes?
Speaker 1 (44:47):
do we keep going what it was?
Do we just end it now?
Do we just end it now foreveryone?
Speaker 2 (44:52):
out of their misery.
Please write in if you're stilllistening.
Shall we finish on a bad joke.
Have you got anything more?
Have you got another first look?
Have you got?
Speaker 1 (45:04):
No, I think.
Judging by the length of therecording here, I think we can
end it there on a bad joke.
That would be good.
Speaker 2 (45:12):
We'll end it on a bad joke.
That would be good.
We'll end it on a bad joke.
A little update, Miss Nogicus.
We're redoing our bathroom.
Oh very nice, let's go for acertain theme.
We've just bought an ABBAtoilet.
What a loo Abba Toilet.
Speaker 1 (45:35):
Waterloo.
As soon as you said that, I waslike I know what's coming here.
Speaker 2 (45:44):
See you next time.
Listeners for episode 11.
Speaker 1 (45:48):
But will they Of season 3?
No, they'll hear us we may well, yes, but we may also be
cancelled.
We may be cancelled by then aswell.
Speaker 2 (45:56):
We may be cancelled.
We may need a end of seasonreview at some point.
Yes to to refresh and we mayneed to change some of the
features.
Yes, although you never know,we may hate them, other people
might love them are we having agood time?
We're having a nice time.
Speaker 1 (46:17):
I'm starting to consider oh yeah, I'm having a
good time with you.
The note, or gnome, sometimesmakes my toes curl a little bit.
Speaker 2 (46:30):
The note or gnome might need to be out to pasture.
Speaker 1 (46:32):
I think he might.
I think he's just lost his waya little bit.
Speaker 2 (46:35):
Write in to save the no or no.
Speaker 1 (46:38):
I think some of his was yeah, we'll do a poll, we'll
do a straw poll.
Speaker 2 (46:42):
We'll do a poll.
Speaker 1 (46:43):
Keep or do we put him in a home?
Speaker 2 (46:45):
We will do a poll.
Speaker 1 (46:47):
Do a poll.
Speaker 2 (46:52):
Find out in a couple weeks.
Speaker 1 (46:53):
Listeners well, he's not on the next episode which is
good no, he's not scheduled tobe on the next episode, so he's
got.
He's got a couple of weeks he'sgot to edit a while to get some
poll answers in lovely and well, ems edit out the naughty bit
so it's not too toouncomfortable for listeners,
would you?
Speaker 2 (47:11):
or yourself, or myself.
See you too uncomfortable forlisteners would you, or yourself
or myself, See you or hear youor listen to you in two weeks?
Speaker 1 (47:20):
Bye everybody, Bye everybody, Bye.
Speaker 2 (47:32):
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Speaker 2 (00:36):
We're meant to pod together.
I'll be there.
The episode is near and that'sthe deal, archers, dear.
Lucky that my lips are onlymumble.
They spill kisses like amountain.
Lucky that my breasts are smalland humble, so you don't
confuse them with mountains.
Turn over, turn over.
We're meant to part together.
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I'll be there, you'll be there.
Episode 10, by Dean Yay,episode 10 by Dean.
Oh dear me.
10 ever, 10 ever.
We'll be together.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Idiot.
Before we started recordingthat I tried to guess.
He told us in the last episodehow he gets to his songs and I
was like okay, so he Googles anumber, then he Googles songs,
et cetera.
And we're like what could it be?
What could it be?
No, in a million years, I wouldnever have come to the
(01:37):
conclusion that you were goingto mix Shakira with episode 10.
But you know what?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
The world is a better place that you did bravo, thank
you welcome back for anotherexciting episode, episode 10 of
season three season three.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
We're still going we're still going.
We're still going must bethings that there must be better
, things that you, me, ourlisteners could all be doing
with this time.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Must be, must be.
I know one thing that I shouldbe doing, and it won't go away,
misashkis, it won't go away,it's the firsty first.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Oh, the firsty first.
Now in the last episodelisteners, you'll remember
Cornish.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Dan could not open his beer.
I hope it's not a fizzy one.
I hope it's not a fizzy one.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
He's now knocking the beers over.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
I hope it's not a fizzy one, because that just
fell down.
I hope I don't need to stab itwith a with a pen.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Let's see what have we got.
What have we got?
Speaker 2 (02:43):
oh, vocation breweries, let's see what have
we got.
Oh, vocation breweries, I'vehad some vocation breweries
before.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
You should quite like this A chocolate stout.
See now, sweet temptation.
I'm going to cut through myself.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Naughty and nice Chocolate stout, 6.6% alcohol.
It's a nice brown can with someartwork of lips biting lips.
Um, that's good, bold andbeautiful beer for the many
smooth, caramel, sweetchocolatey I'm gonna contradict
(03:17):
myself.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Last in the last episode, I said I don't read
like sweetness and beer.
But when it comes to coffee andchocolate and vanilla and stout
and caramel and stout, thatdoes go well together I'm having
a start already, so it's notlike I'm I'm expecting big
things here.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I'm expecting this to be a good nine, yeah, I am,
it's a classic classic velvetychocolate stout meets luscious
caramel in a harmonious swirl ofsweetness.
Oh lovely, that oozes decadence.
A rich roasted malt baselayered with sweet sticky
(03:55):
caramel and silky chocolate asweet temptation that is
impossible to resist.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Well, get it open if you can, and enjoy it Please,
pour carefully.
Open carefully, Walliams, Goodsound Well it needs to be for a
while.
He's made it past the opening,which is better than last time.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Oh, that's.
It's thick like treacle, a lotthicker than the last one.
Black as tar.
That is Black as tar.
It makes you wonder if it'sgood to put in your body,
doesn't it really?
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To episode 10.
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I bet it smells delicious.
Oh, he likes that one.
I said I was expecting bigthings.
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Lovely, oh, beautiful , beautiful.
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Question, though, better than the marshmallow one,
ooh, yes.
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This is thicker than the marshmallow one.
The marshmallow one was like athinner, it was a stout, but it
was more watered down, whereasthis is more like treacle.
It's a nice thick stout.
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Lovely, so answer me this.
The last one was 8.7 out of 10.
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I'm on the alcohol.
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Speaker 2 (06:22):
So let's uh, let's take our Guinness zero.
Let's take our naughty and nicechocolate stout.
Okay, to the fish pond offeedback Whilst I spit
everywhere.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Sorry, fish pond of feedback, the fish pond of
feedback, fish pond of feedbackwhen you had a beer saying fish
pond of feedback.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Fish pond of feedback when you had a beer saying fish
pond of feedback is quite a.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Well, it is for you, Hmm.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Miss Hodgekiss, we are going to need a bigger boat.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Oh dear.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
We're going to need a bigger boat.
The fish pond is massive.
I've got lots of feedback thisis massive this week, so keep
your rod away, I think.
I think we'll just check thebow out okay so, first off, our
friends, we've got our firstfirst look been sent in, um, so
(07:25):
probably best I'll share this toyou on your whatsapp, shall we,
let's?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
share.
Yeah, let me get my phone.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Let me get my phone so our friends at good friends
at mini mess makers have sent ina first look.
Um so, their first look.
I just sent you a picture, Ibelieve.
Have I?
I haven't.
Yes, I have.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
It's not come through yet.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
I've just sent you.
Oh here we go.
Yeah, so they've had a firstlook, and their first look is a
book.
Oh, and that's come through.
So it's a book called theCurator by MW Craven.
By M W Craven, and perhaps youcan read out a first page of the
(08:10):
book.
Perhaps it's Josh's.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
I don't have the book Walliams.
What do you mean?
You don't have the book thecurator?
How can I read the first pageof it?
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Oh, sorry, I've just sent you a page of it.
There you go.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Oh, here we go, there you go.
You've got to click, you've got, ladies and gentlemen, two old
men.
We sometimes forget to clicksend because we've drank too
much bloody vanilla custardstout.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Sorry, so Christmas Eve.
Christmas Eve Start at the top.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Okay, excuse me, excuse me.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
So just to reiterate this is the curator by mw craven
, shared with us by leanne frommini mess makers.
First, it knows, now do audiblebooks okay chapter one
christmas eve.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
It was the night before christmas and all wasn't
well.
It has started like it alwaysdid someone asking are we doing
Secret Santa this year andsomeone else replying I hope not
, both making a pact to avoidmentioning it To the office
manager, both secretly planningto mention it as soon as
possible.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
You've got a good voice for Audible, we should do
this.
Oh, there we go, then Carry on.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
And before anyone could protest, the decision had
been made and the office wasdoing it again, the 15th year in
a row.
Same rules as last year's Fivequid limit anonymous gifts,
nothing rude or offensive, giftsthat no one wanted.
A total waste of everyone'stime.
At least, that's what CraigHodgkiss thought Brilliant.
(09:47):
You're in a book.
What the heck.
You're in a book.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
That's unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
How amazing is that.
That is amazing.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
I have never met anybody.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
I've never read my surname.
Still get what's that surname?
What's that surname?
So to find not only my surnamebut also my actual first name
and I love Secret Santa.
So it's not.
It's definitely not me.
And that Craig Hodgkins thoughthe hated Secret Santa.
I love Secret Santa.
Well, that's.
That's trying to clarify thisis not you it's not really me,
(10:28):
it's just somebody who shares myname.
Um, that's awesome, though,leah what a find how amazing is
that?
Speaker 2 (10:37):
and he was he?
Speaker 1 (10:38):
was I thinking we were just being very cultured
and doing a book review?
Yeah it's a book review withthe name of one of our podcasts
Amazing.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
I asked her what was happening.
What is this?
And her description of the bookwas he got her sexy knickers
for Christmas, but she washappily married.
Her husband threatened him andhe wet himself.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Just to clarify.
I don't think I've ever boughtLeanne sexy knickers for
Christmas, and if her husbandwas to threaten me I would wet
myself.
So you know it's half true,it's half there.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Oh dear, but yeah, that brought me a lot of joy.
That did so, thank you.
Thank you, very right.
Another listener wrote in andsaid um, I can't remember which
episode this is referring to,but the spider chat had me
crying with laughter whilewalking down the road with a
sleeping baby.
That's referring to, uh, thelemon tree episode, I presume.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
Ah, yes.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
New listeners.
Shout out to some new listeners.
I'll go through them quicklybecause there's quite a few of
them actually.
We've got new listeners fromLeeds, islington, valencia,
hanoi.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Vientiane.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Taipei, pleiku, gule Province, sydney, new South
Wales, chilliwack, britishColumbia, dawnburn Say that
again.
Sorry, dawnburn In Vornalburg,don't burn.
(12:27):
Say that again, sorry, don'tburn.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
In.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Warnalburg Battle Jaws.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Why.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
Paris, we Paris in the France.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Ah, oui, oui, Riga, riga, my goodness Riga.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Yeah, Ho Chi Minh City.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Ray.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Bratislava.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Ray.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
And Kofu.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Ray, that's a good list of new listeners.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
It blows my mind.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Mine too.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
I've got another email.
I've got an email through tothe Fishbowl feedback.
You got mail.
I've recently started walkingto work a couple of times a week
and you guys are keeping meentertained on the way.
Just wanted to point out thatnot only is thirsty first still
a feature of your podcast, itseems to be the longest section,
(13:22):
or certainly feels that way.
How one person can pour a beerand talk about it for so long, I
will never know.
It's a skill.
Positive feedback.
So that implies that the firstbit is negative feedback.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
I mean, we have contemplated a few of our
features and thought should wedrop them?
Thirsty, thirsts, first LookGnome, not First Look Gnome.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Wise Old Gnome, there's a few features Should be
decided.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Yes, you may need to replace them If the feedback
comes in that we want to get ridof the no or no and the thirsty
thirst season four may soundslightly different.
For the better, for the betterprobably anyways, uh, positive
feedback.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
The opening song I ate you right now was legendary,
and I trottered my way out ofmy front door.
Keep doing what you're doing,gents.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
It was excellent.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Big news Michalichkis .
Big news in the fish pond.
Hold on to the side of yourboat.
Hold on, the waves are going toget choppy.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Okay, someone's not liking what we do.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
This isn't an email.
This is Apple Podcaststhemselves.
Your podcast, First Look Gnomes, has good performance in Apple
Podcast rankings.
The last 30 days Position sixin the category comedy.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
30 days position six in the category comedy very good
number six in comedy podcastfact fact.
Oh sorry, sorry, sorry.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
I forgot some important information there,
sorry okay, sorry, in Leo, thepeople's democratic republic.
So, oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, Iforgot some important
information there.
Sorry, okay, sorry, in Laos,the People's Democratic Republic
.
So, and where's that then?
I thought my geography waspretty good, but it's also known
as I was, like I don't knowwhat that is.
It's also known as Laos, whichis a country between Vietnam,
(15:41):
cambodia you mean Laos andThailand.
Laos, which is a countrybetween Vietnam.
Cambodia, you mean Laos andThailand.
Laos, right?
Yes?
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Yeah, laos, laos.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Brilliant, sorry, I just offended our most popular
country, but yeah, we're numbersix in Laos, amazing.
In Laos People's DemocraticRepublic we're 124 in all
podcasts.
That's unbelievable.
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
But well, we said, didn't we?
We talked about this in episodeeight, when we said, uh, we're
gonna be like 911, notnecessarily massive in the
united kingdom, but in asia,that they might just be like.
This is a.
This is great content whenyou're into asia.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
That's quite a big area, um if you condense it to a
small period of time in lao,lao and we're also in vietnam.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Remember now yes so you know it's, it's just a
matter of time before we're in.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
We're not number six in Vietnam, though.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
Can you imagine if we break China?
I mean, that's a big market,Wes.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
That is a big market.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
That's a big market.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
But yeah, I don't think we'll do it.
So that's yeah.
That was a hefty fishpond offeedback, I think longer than
the 31st Tams, oh dear Tams.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
So, oh dear, very good, very good.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
First look, Mr Oshkiss.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Okay, I have one big one and then, if we have time, I
have a little one.
So again, if anyone wholistened to last week's podcast
episode 9, we realised that I amso rock and roll it hurts.
I mean some some of the stuff Iget up to these days and I've
(17:32):
done something else insanelycool and badass, uh, and I mean
it's no surprise well, I'mknowing the kind of mad I am but
this week we went to Are youready for this?
Speaker 2 (17:47):
I don't know if I am.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
I took Brayden to his first WWE live event.
What do you mean?
I took Brayden to see the WWEwrestling In America.
No, over here.
They came to Belfast, did they?
We had WWE live on the road towrestlemania tour so we saw such
superstars as cm punk and thering general gunther main event
(18:20):
jay usoso, cody Rhodes vs SoloSecoa in a steel cage match.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
I know that one, Cody Rhodes.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Finn Balor, sheamus Charlotte Flair and lots of
other ones.
So yes, last weekend we went tosee the WWE Road to
WrestleMania tour at the SSscarena in belfast 11 000 people
all cheering for men in pants umit was.
(18:52):
It was a lot of fun and womenin pants.
People and women there were,there were women in pants as
well, there were um, and it wasa lot of fun.
So I have been a wrestling fansince I was a weak kid and it
was good to take brain to see anevent.
So I've taken, I think.
I may have talked about this ona podcast before.
But I've taken brain to some ofthe local wrestling events here
(19:14):
, like there's a, there's acompany called Titanic wrestling
and this was the first timewe'd been to see the big boys,
the WWE, and he's not massivelyinto it.
So I was like, well, do youwant to go?
Because I've got a couple offriends who are going.
So I was like I could go withthe blokes and pretend to be 12.
But I was like, no, no, I wantto take Brain.
(19:34):
So I said I'll go with Brainand see what he thinks of it and
if he hates it, I'm not goingto be like can you wish lots of
wrestling?
But he loved it, he did.
He had a really good time and heenjoyed it and he got himself
some merch.
He was more excited about themerch than anything else.
He got himself a belt and hewas all happy.
He was very disappointedbecause John Cena wasn't there.
(19:54):
He wanted to see John Cena andJohn Cena was in Glasgow on a
Monday but he wasn't in Belfaston the Saturday.
So we were like, boom, was hemeant to be?
No, no, he wasn't scheduled.
They tell you who's scheduledto come.
So when they sell the ticketsthey say we guarantee you're
going to see these people.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
But sometimes you have a little surprise.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
And sometimes you have a little surprise.
We were hoping, because JohnCena was over in Glasgow on the
Monday, we thought would he comea generate a massive pop from
the fans, but he didn't.
But uh, cody roads wasfantastic and the whole show was
really good.
So I think in the last podcastI talked about going to see snow
patrol and I was a bitdisappointed because they only
played for like an hour and 10hour and 20 minutes.
(20:35):
The wrestling though they wereon for like three hours.
It was match after match aftermatch and it was just like a
really good then.
It felt like good value yeah.
It felt like a proper good nightout and a lot of people aren't
interested.
But again, it's pure pantomime,like Brayden has.
No doubt it's fake, like we say, no, no, this is yeah.
(20:56):
I've talked to Brayden a lotbecause he has Brayden.
We've talked about my son a bit.
He likes to bounce, he likes toswing, he likes to be thrown
around, so but he, because he'sa boy, he doesn't really want to
do gymnastics.
He's like oh yeah, I'm doinggymnastics, dad, it's for girls.
So I keep trying to say to himlook, the wrestlers are just
(21:16):
gymnasts.
Like they're in really goodshape, they're bouncing around,
they're doing some assaults.
I said they're just gymnastswho are also like acting and he
loves drama.
He loves, he loves to pretendto be someone else.
So like, imagine, if you dogymnastics and drama, you're
effectively just a wrestler.
And I think hopefully that canget him into that kind of
(21:37):
stereotype I don't want to doand we found a company in
belfast who do gymnastics, butthey do a boys only class as
well.
So I'm like I think he wouldreally enjoy doing that doing
the tumbling and, you know,springing around.
So, yeah, we went to see theWWE and I'm trying to use it as
a catalyst to try and get Brianto do some gymnastics.
(22:01):
So we will see what happens.
Good show, wwe.
Good show.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Who won?
Speaker 1 (22:09):
Yeah, cody Rhodes beat Salah Sikara in the Cade
match and Gunther versus CM Punkended up in a double countout.
So nobody won that one, and itwas just good fun.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Was the merchandise as expensive as the Disney
episode?
Speaker 1 (22:30):
Ridiculous, Absolutely ridiculous.
The merch was stupidly priced,but you know you can't take your
kid to the wrestling and notget him a belt, can you?
Speaker 4 (22:39):
No, nice.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Yeah, it's sitting proudly on his bedside table at
the minute.
Let's have a look at your firstlook, wes.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
So my first look is probably geekier than yours,
Miss Hodgkiss.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
That's going to be hard to beat when you talk about
wrestling.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Oh, I don't know about that, I don't know about
that.
So we've had a first look and Iknow it's not your favourite
topic, but I've grown into itover the last few years,
especially since I met the wifeywife, and I've got a first look
at the new Formula One season.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
Oh, hey.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Early days, it's possibly going to be the most
exciting.
See, there's not like a,there's not an outright winner.
So the last few years, maxVerstappen, then there was a bit
of a Max Verstappen and LewisHamilton, but before that it was
Lewis Hamilton just Lewis.
Hamilton, wasn't it, whereasthis year, arguably, it could be
between two, but I don't think.
(23:46):
I think it's between four orfive drivers this season.
Okay, um, I've done a little.
I've done a little predictionto bore everyone of where I
think everyone's gonna wellbefore you do that one.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
So like you were never like, how have you got
into formula one?
Speaker 4 (24:02):
because like no, I've kind of uh, I've kind of been
informed, so I used to enjoy itback in the day with um eddie
irvine irvine was born in 1965in newton arts, county down in
northern Northern Ireland, whocompeted under the British flag
(24:24):
in Formula One from 1993 to 2002.
Irvine was runner-up in theFormula One World Drivers'
Championship in 1999 withFerrari and won four Grand Prix
across ten seasons.
His most successful season wasin 1999, when he took four
victories and finished second inthe World Championship, two
(24:44):
points behind driver MikaHekkinen.
He moved to Jaguar Racing in2000, scoring the team's first
podium in 2001 and his finalpodium in 2002.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
Bit of a maverick sort of mystical British Jaguar.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
Racing group like myself very similar.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
My, like yourself, british Jaguar racing group.
Like myself, very similar.
My team, apart from Jaguar, wasWilliams, hey, williams Racing.
Oh, that's my name, damon Hill,damon Hill.
So you know, family business,that's my racing team.
But then, yeah, I kind of lostit because you know, shumaka,
(25:27):
shumaka, shumaka one, shumakaone yeah yeah, and then met the
but the lovely wife.
Wife, she enjoyed formula one,um, so sort of started watching
it again and, um, but actuallystarted watching, not just the
person in front, so actuallylearning more about the, the
(25:49):
battles in the midfield, and,yeah, williams were falling back
and actually for a period theywere way back.
Um, you'd have you, you'd haveyour sort of, you know, your Red
Bull, ferrari, mclaren.
And then, 20 seconds later, oh,Williams they got quite bad,
(26:12):
but yeah.
So I started watching thebattles in the midfield and it
gets a lot more exciting whenyou're actually watching the
separate little battles ratherthan watching who's in the lead
oh Schumacher still in front, ohhamilton's still in front, oh
verstappen is still in front andactually watching the battles,
yeah, um.
And luckily I got back into itin a way just before the netflix
(26:37):
series kicked off, becausethere's very much oh, you're a
netflix supporter, because a lotof people got into it since
netflix, um, but I was, I'm kindof before netflix, um, but
that's sort of kicked it off.
Um, and then also um, good old,uh, you know football, your
(26:58):
fantasy fantasy teams set up alittle Formula 1 fantasy team
with sort of the wife and thestepdad and that makes it quite
exciting, sort of cheering onyour particular drivers.
So, yeah, new season.
Would you like to hear mylittle predictions for the?
(27:20):
year, absolutely, I mean therewon't be any more predictions.
Speaker 4 (27:25):
What's your?
Speaker 1 (27:25):
predictions speed, speed.
I predict speed and victories Ipredict lots and lots of
victories for, for the peoplewho drive the cars.
Very Walliams.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
Very good, very good.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
Tell me if I'm wrong.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
So my predictions, my predictions so you've got 20
drivers.
So my prediction is in 21stplace is going to be Gabrielle
Bortoletto.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
You're not going to go all the way from 21 to 1, are
you?
Speaker 2 (28:03):
Yes, I am.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Oh, Walliams, this will be longer than the firsty
firsts.
You're not really going to do21 to 1.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
I am 20, jack Duhon, 19,.
Isaac Hajar 18 is going to beFranco Colapinto, who's not
actually driving yet, but he'sgoing to be joining the season.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Hang on.
Before you continue, I'm goingto ask the listeners how many
laps of the Monaco Grand Prix doyou think could be completed by
the time Walliams gets from 21to number one?
Speaker 3 (28:34):
Driving around the Monaco Grand Prix circuit in an
F1 car typically takes just overa minute.
During a race, lap times varydepending on the driver, car and
track conditions.
The three simple positions inMonaco have seen lap times
around 1 minute 10 seconds to 1minute 12 seconds during
qualifying.
The track is famously narrowand winding, making it one of
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the most challenging circuits inFormula 1.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Challenging circuits in Formula 1.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
I'm going to say four 17, Pierre Gasly 16, Lance
Stroll 15, Liam Lawson 14,.
Fernando Alonso.
What a legend Fernando Alonsois.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
He's older than us, fernando Alonso.
He's still going, he's got tobe like 60, hasn't?
Speaker 2 (29:18):
he 44, something like that.
Bloody hell fair play, but he'sstill going.
He just doesn't have the car.
Nico Hulkenberg, esteban Ocon,oli Behrmann, carlos Sainz has
joined Williams.
He's going to be up there.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
I've got his hat.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
Have you?
What do you mean?
You've got his hat.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
I went to Barcelona.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
What do you mean?
You've got his hat.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
I bought like a cap with his name on it.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Oh right, I haven't actually got his hat.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Not his actual hat.
No.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
Right, I was going to say it was too hot.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
I needed a cap and I was like that's the cheapest one
.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
I'll buy that one.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
I love cars mate.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
Ninth, alex Albon.
Ninth, alex albon, williams.
So for williams, this is reallygood.
So for williams racing, oh sowilliams is still there.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Yeah, I thought like williams were like damon hillier
, like in the 90s, mid 90s.
They're back williams racingare back.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
So they've just signed carla signs.
He came from ferrari um, whichis a big surprise, because carla
signs is, you know, he's adecent driver yeah, but he's,
he's back um yuki sunoda.
So he's quite famous for justshouting and swearing.
He just, yeah, just shouts athis uh engineers and things on
(30:37):
the team's radio.
Yuki sunoda um japanese guy.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
He's uh controversial but he's uh, he's gonna be up
there, charles it could be oneof our podcast listeners, so be
careful, he could be let's gethim in.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
Let's get him in, let's try um, kimi antonetti,
he's a new kid, 18 year old,just on mercedes.
Uh, one of the future he is.
Uh, george russell lewishamilton.
He's gonna be up there.
Um, I was one of the future isGeorge Russell Lewis Hamilton.
He's gonna be up there.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
I was one of the rows me he is Ferrari now.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
I'm quite a fickle supporter Formula One.
I was one of the.
So when everyone was goingcheering on Lewis Hamilton for
the eighth championship, I wascheering on Max Verstappen okay,
because I prefer an underdog,um.
But now max is the champion forthree seasons, four seasons, um
(31:31):
.
I'm now not that lewishamilton's an underdog, but I
like a story and I like, uh,someone that's over the age of
40 actually gonna win something.
So, lewis hamilton, fern Alonso, they're my favourites at the
moment Because they're the 40plus squad.
Landon Norris, I reckon, isgoing to be number two and I
(31:53):
actually think Oscar Piastri,the young Australian, I reckon
he's going to win it.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Where do you put Max Verstappen?
Third, Third gotcha.
What happened the other day?
Didn't somebody get droppedafter like two races?
They did so Red.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
Bull, which they won the championship Not last season
but a few seasons before that,and Max Verstappen's obviously
Red Bull and won basically everydriver's season Since how much
he used to win it.
Their team, they're has had awhat they call a cursed second
(32:30):
driver seat, um, so basicallyanyone that drives with max
verstappen.
They don't look that good, sothey get sacked.
Um.
But lawson, uh, bless him.
He's only had two.
Two races didn't do very welland they've just gone cut, no,
no, cut throat, but they've gota junior Cutthroat no cutthroat,
(32:52):
but they've got a junior team,so they're racing balls, okay.
And they've promoted YukiTsunoda, shut up To the Red Bull
team and hopefully he shouldhave been in the Red Bull team
before Lawson, but because he'sa bit controversial and swears a
(33:14):
lot and he's a bit, they've notput him in that team.
But yeah, watch, watch thisspace so constructors.
If anyone's not switched off yetfor the constructors
championship, my prediction isalpine last kick salvo.
(33:35):
After that has has has have youbounce it, then racing balls,
then aston martin, then williamsin fifth, which is really
really good, um, because usuallylast.
Then Red Bull, then Mercedes,then Ferrari and then McLaren
are going to win the double.
(33:57):
You heard it here first.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
Heard it here first.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (34:02):
Good insight, williams, and then a little
prediction for 2026.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
I reckon Lewis Hamilton's going to win it and
then he's going to retire witheight championships.
Speaker 1 (34:10):
Okay, I mean fair play to him.
He's been doing for a long timeto like because it I, I don't
again, I don't like formula one,I do, um, but for those, for
the job they have to do, liketraveling around the world and
stuff, and the the amount ofpressure they have on them
(34:30):
driving those cars at that speedweek in, week out, like fair
play to them.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
I forgot.
Sorry, I just remembered beforewe move on to the next section,
because I know we've got aspecial guest joining us.
Yeah, we have got, you can now.
So lots of our listeners theylove the Nero name, do they?
They do know or know him.
Speaker 1 (34:52):
Do they?
Speaker 2 (34:53):
They do, they'd love him, they can now contact him
directly.
Whenever they want, they cancontact him.
So, mr Hodgkiss, if you go toyour Instagram, if you can, Down
the bottom of the garden.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
Okay, hang on, it's let me in.
I think.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
Okay okay, hang on it's let me in.
I think, okay, wow, here I amso, listeners, you know,
obviously, please write intofirst names and, you know, ask
us questions.
But if you want to talk to himdirectly, I've provided his
direct, um, his direct number,and so if you want to speak to
the no or name, you just go toinstagram and then at the top of
(35:34):
the profile, um, you should see, I think, a couple little stars
with no or no at the bottom ofthe profile it's.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
It's taking me to a thing.
Uh, no or no.
Smarter than google, almostfaster there you go.
Speaker 2 (35:48):
This is, yeah, so backtrack.
So if you go to instagram, um,either click on the links
there's a second link there orthere should be a section that
says no one.
I mean you can now message andask the no one I'm directly any
questions that you like.
Wow, isn't that nice.
Speaker 1 (36:03):
And he's sat there on his phone waiting to talk to
you oh, but so if I so, here'swhere I can send him a message.
Right, are you coming up tojoin the podcast?
Speaker 2 (36:17):
Bless him, he's a bit lonely these days.
Speaker 3 (36:20):
He's just sat on his phone.
Speaker 2 (36:21):
But he's sat there, so if you want to chat to him,
send him a message.
Speaker 1 (36:26):
Okay.
So it says are you coming up tojoin the podcast?
It's your bit soon.
It says indeed, I am MissHodgekiss.
Just signal me from under thebin where I reside while I was
that jokes have warmed up theaudience nicely.
My wisdom segment is next.
Is it listeners letters today?
Speaker 2 (36:39):
yes, it is well, that's amazing so yes, you can
talk to no one home directly hesays delightful, I should
dispense wisdom upon thetroubles of.
Speaker 1 (36:50):
He says delightful, I shall dispense wisdom upon the
troubles of Leanne fromWeybridge, whose letter Mr
Hodgkin's just read aloud.
Shall I start with her dilemmaimmediately or introduce myself
first.
Just get up here.
Just get up here.
There we go.
Speaker 4 (37:04):
Hilarious, oh dear.
Speaker 1 (37:07):
Very good, Walliams Very good.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
So yeah, so you can can now talk to the one at home
directly.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Well, he's coming up, walliams, so if he's, coming up
.
Speaker 2 (37:19):
do you want me to bugger off so he can take my
seat?
Sure, I mean, he's only little,but if he's really got one seat
, I suppose.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
Well, it gives me an excuse to go and get another
Guinness Zero, doesn't it?
Speaker 2 (37:26):
Sure.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Okay, okay.
Well, I'll be back in a bit.
He's coming now.
He said he's coming up, so Okay, okay, hello.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
Hey, it's the no Hall Gnome.
Speaker 1 (37:40):
Hello Daniel.
Speaker 2 (37:42):
Hello, how are you doing?
We were just telling theaudience in a long-winded way
that they can now contact youdirectly.
Speaker 1 (37:50):
Yes, the wonders of technology.
It's great that they can reachout and talk to me at any time,
and it helps me with myloneliness.
Speaker 2 (38:00):
Yes, how are you?
Speaker 1 (38:03):
I'm okay.
I'm better now that I've gotrandom people able to contact me
.
The amount of people lookingfor my wisdom is quite
phenomenal.
I thought we had a smallaudience, but apparently we have
listeners out in Laos and we'requite popular there In Laos?
Speaker 2 (38:18):
yes, In.
Speaker 1 (38:19):
Laos.
It's not called Laos, daniel,it's called Laos.
I'm still not entirely surewhere it is, but you should use
your internet technology and doa Google map search.
Maybe you'll learn something.
Speaker 2 (38:34):
I will.
I will so.
Have you had any letters or anyemails we have?
We have.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
So I'll jump straight in then, daniel.
This week we've had a letterfrom Janet.
Janet.
Speaker 2 (38:51):
Janet, I think she wrote you last time.
Speaker 1 (38:56):
It could well be the same lady.
Speaker 2 (38:58):
I'm not quite sure.
Speaker 1 (39:01):
Well, janet has written in and she's rather
stressed out with her partner,matthew.
Janet says we are now intospring and I've been watching
Stacey Dooley source your lifeout.
It has got me inspired todeclutter our home and spring
clean.
However and this is where shegets a bit rude my partner is a
bit of a pig and a terriblehoarder who won't throw anything
(39:24):
out.
He won't throw anything out.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
Literally know it or know hoarder.
Speaker 1 (39:29):
Hoarder.
Sorry, hoarder, literally knowit or no?
Hoarder?
Speaker 2 (39:31):
Hoarder Sorry.
Speaker 1 (39:32):
Hoarder, literally know it or no.
We've got mini discs, boxes ofcables, books that have never
been read and all kinds of oldclobber that just needs thrown
out.
She says she's at her wits endand she asks know it or no?
What would you do in thissituation?
What would you do in thissituation?
What would you do in this?
Speaker 2 (39:49):
situation.
Speaker 1 (39:51):
Well, janet, I see you've got yourself a good
old-fashioned domestic standoffClutter versus cleanliness,
hoarding versus harmony and,from the sound of it, matthew's
collection would give a charityshop a run for its money.
I had a similar situation inthe early 90s.
As a young gnome.
I'd amassed quite the magazinecollection.
Speaker 2 (40:13):
A young gnome in the early 90s.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
I thought you would have been still quite old.
Yes, I was near.
I was at my peak and I'damassed quite the magazine
collection, over 350 copies ofBetween the Toadstools featuring
lots of lovely lady gnomes invarious stances of undress.
Mrs Gnome said they had to go,but I found it very, very hard
(40:38):
to throw them out.
But I knew it had to be donefor the purposes of domestic
bliss.
I tried all kinds of argumentsabout how they'd be worth good
money in the future, but to noavail, and the mags had to go.
So here's what I would do if Iwas you, janet.
Firstly, remind him reasonablythat you have to share the home
(41:00):
If he is taking up much more ofa story.
Speaker 2 (41:04):
Sorry.
Speaker 1 (41:09):
Did the first.
You thirst, come up to sayhello, ned, if he's taking up
much more of the storage at thehome than you, then it's time
for him to ship some out beforeanything else comes in.
If reason won't work, then youcan try stealth, collect up the
things you know he won't missand put them in a box.
(41:30):
Put the box in the loft or thegarage and date it.
If it gets out of the way, itgets it out of the way.
But also if in three years'time the box has been left
untouched, you can discard itwithout much worry.
If that still doesn't work, youmay need to write to the BBC
and beg Stacey to come round fora proper intervention.
(41:50):
From what I've seen of that show, it's a lot easier to shame
someone into throwing out an oldminidisc when they know the
whole nation is watching themand harshly judging them.
Ah, the joys of TV, the greatequaliser.
I wish you good luck in yourquest, janet.
And yes, dear listeners, Ican't confirm what you're all
thinking.
I did sneakily keep one of theBetween the Toadstool magazines,
(42:12):
purely for nostalgic reasons.
Speaker 2 (42:18):
And that's all I have .
What was the?
What edition of the magazinesdid you have?
Speaker 1 (42:27):
It was just vintage, vintage.
Speaker 2 (42:30):
Vintage.
Speaker 1 (42:32):
I had a good collection.
There was Plano between thetoad stalls, razzle, oh dear.
But Mrs.
Speaker 2 (42:44):
Gnome did not approve no, no, no, the wife wife and I
, well, the wife wife herself,she, she likes a bit of Stacey
Sullivan and actually we watchedit together the other night,
actually I wondered what youwere going to say there, daniel.
Do you like Between?
Speaker 1 (43:03):
the Toadstools Daniel .
Speaker 2 (43:04):
It's interesting actually how much I actually do
the donate option as opposed tothe sell option.
Speaker 1 (43:15):
You never answered my question, Daniel.
Speaker 2 (43:18):
I don't know what the toast still means.
Speaker 1 (43:25):
You can probably work it out oh no, you're a smart
man.
Speaker 2 (43:28):
No, is it?
Is that putting something wherethere's not mushroom?
Oh dear, oh no, oh.
Is it Putting something wherethere's not mushroom?
Speaker 1 (43:36):
Oh dear, no no, oh dear Please, I did warn you.
I said it's maybe a bit closeto the knuckle for a podcast,
but you can clean it up, can'tyou?
Speaker 2 (43:45):
Is this Mr Todrick's back?
Speaker 1 (43:47):
Sorry, yes, yes, this is Mr Todrick's back.
Speaker 2 (43:51):
Where did he go?
Has he just run off?
Let him know, or no?
Speaker 1 (43:55):
He's run off with his dirty magazines.
Speaker 2 (43:58):
He's getting worse and worse, isn't he?
I think so he's gone back tohis phone to message back, so if
you've got any questions, Ifyou've got any questions.
Message him or email him tofirsts names outlook dot com.
Oh dear oh dear he's gone.
(44:18):
He's actually gone, so I've nothe's away.
He's gone, he's run away, so no, no follow-up questions there I
do lots of follow-up questions.
No, okay, probably for the bestuh, apart from yeah, please
write in to us at names atoutlookcom.
Do we um?
(44:39):
Do we keep the?
Do we keep the no or no?
Do we keep the firsty firsts um?
Do we keep the episodes?
Speaker 1 (44:47):
do we keep going what it was?
Do we just end it now?
Do we just end it now foreveryone?
Speaker 2 (44:52):
out of their misery.
Please write in if you're stilllistening.
Shall we finish on a bad joke.
Have you got anything more?
Have you got another first look?
Have you got?
Speaker 1 (45:04):
No, I think.
Judging by the length of therecording here, I think we can
end it there on a bad joke.
That would be good.
Speaker 2 (45:12):
We'll end it on a bad joke.
That would be good.
We'll end it on a bad joke.
A little update, Miss Nogicus.
We're redoing our bathroom.
Oh very nice, let's go for acertain theme.
We've just bought an ABBAtoilet.
What a loo Abba Toilet.
Speaker 1 (45:35):
Waterloo.
As soon as you said that, I waslike I know what's coming here.
Speaker 2 (45:44):
See you next time.
Listeners for episode 11.
Speaker 1 (45:48):
But will they Of season 3?
No, they'll hear us we may well, yes, but we may also be
cancelled.
We may be cancelled by then aswell.
Speaker 2 (45:56):
We may be cancelled.
We may need a end of seasonreview at some point.
Yes to to refresh and we mayneed to change some of the
features.
Yes, although you never know,we may hate them, other people
might love them are we having agood time?
We're having a nice time.
Speaker 1 (46:17):
I'm starting to consider oh yeah, I'm having a
good time with you.
The note, or gnome, sometimesmakes my toes curl a little bit.
Speaker 2 (46:30):
The note or gnome might need to be out to pasture.
Speaker 1 (46:32):
I think he might.
I think he's just lost his waya little bit.
Speaker 2 (46:35):
Write in to save the no or no.
Speaker 1 (46:38):
I think some of his was yeah, we'll do a poll, we'll
do a straw poll.
Speaker 2 (46:42):
We'll do a poll.
Speaker 1 (46:43):
Keep or do we put him in a home?
Speaker 2 (46:45):
We will do a poll.
Speaker 1 (46:47):
Do a poll.
Speaker 2 (46:52):
Find out in a couple weeks.
Speaker 1 (46:53):
Listeners well, he's not on the next episode which is
good no, he's not scheduled tobe on the next episode, so he's
got.
He's got a couple of weeks he'sgot to edit a while to get some
poll answers in lovely and well, ems edit out the naughty bit
so it's not too toouncomfortable for listeners,
would you?
Speaker 2 (47:11):
or yourself, or myself.
See you too uncomfortable forlisteners would you, or yourself
or myself, See you or hear youor listen to you in two weeks?
Speaker 1 (47:20):
Bye everybody, Bye everybody, Bye.
Speaker 2 (47:32):
Mmm, lovely, oh, beautiful, Beautiful.
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