September 10, 2026 • 4 mins
On Today's Lil Bitta Pod... one of us granted a non-existent honour!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
From the ZM Podcast Network, it's Fletchborn and Hayley's Little
Bit of Pod.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Welcome to A Little Bit of Pod. An honour hath
been bestowed on me. Bestowed.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
It's a new word where they pass a bestowal on
to you. I was in Melbourne over the weekend just
gone and have you ever been to, in Melbourne, Chapel
Street Bazaar? No.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It's been around since the 70s. Is it the market? No,
it's a huge store in the shape of a U. Oh, no.
A ginormous antique store.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
And I've been going there for, like, decades.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
And not decades. When you were 14?
Speaker 1 (00:41):
I was going to say, how old are you?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Did you go when you were 14? I remember when
we were deployed for World War II.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Oh, shut it. No, the first time I went, I
was 19, and I'm 37 now-ish.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Two decades. Coming up two decades.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Anyway, so I went there, and I had a look,
and I bought a few things, some really great stuff.
But the one thing that I saw and I was like,
I must have it.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
And I wish I had it to show you, but
I'll send you a video. It's a timber box.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Yeah. And there's a little bird on the end, like
a wooden bird, right?
Speaker 2 (01:15):
It's all wood. Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
And the box that sits on top, you slide it open.
And to that, you place cigarettes. And you close it.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
And then the bird has a beak like this, like
open like that.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
And it has a little nozzle, knobble.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Nozzle?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
No, like a stick. Knob. Okay. Little knob. Yeah. And
you pull the knob and the.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Bird bends down and the draw comes out as the.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Bird picks up a cig. That's outrageous. It's incredible. You
mean this thing? I just Googled Chapel Street Bazaar and
it's got a Facebook page. And you're on it. What?
The Chapel Street, the famous Chapel Street Bazaar, the biggest store.
It's so incredible.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
I say to the guy, cause it's all in cabinets
and it's all like run by different stall holders.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
It's, it's that big.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
So you've gone to the front counter and you take
notes while you're in there and you say, um, cat ceramic,
which by the way, You'll love that. Cat ceramic stall 53.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Are you running out of space in your house at
this point?
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
I've got a plan. Oh, okay. I'm going to start
a shop. Anyway. You're going to start your own Chapel
Street Bazaar. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Elliott Street Bazaar.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
So you go up and you say, okay, I need
the keys for cabinet 53, cabinet 79, cabinet.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
12, whatever.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
And they come and they go into this huge board
and they get it. And then, so I get my
little bits and bobs and then I go and I
get this wooden bird cigarette picker-upperer. And the guy says,
I have been waiting for someone to procure this item.
And I said, oh, it's going into a house full
of oddities and antiquities.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
And he said, well then, would you like to be
customer of the day? There it is. Oh my God. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
So if you go to Chapel Street Bazaar on their
Facebook page, dear listener, and just scroll back.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
September 5th. Yeah, you'll see Hayley pride in place. Because
they do post quite a bit. They've got heaps of
their stuff. And they do a customer of the day.
And he was like, do you want to be the
customer of the day? And I was like, it would
be my honor. It would be my honor. To have
this bestowed upon me. To have this bestowed upon me.
And I did.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
I got my little Siggy box and he takes a
photo and I'm on the Instagram. What?
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Oh, yeah, I saw it.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Do you know, I saw it was a sign that said,
Love Day for Guinness, and there was another Guinness sign,
and I said, I'm going to do.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Something really nice, and I'm going to buy that for more.
They're not cheap. No, it wasn't cheap. It was sold
as well.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Oh, bugger.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I love those old Guinness posters. Yeah, I know. But
they're never cheap.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Well, listen, if you ever go to Melbourne, Chapel Street
in South Yarra, the Chapel Street Bazaar, and you too
may be the customer of the day.
From the ZM Podcast Network, it's Fletchborn and Hayley's Little
Bit of Pod.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Welcome to A Little Bit of Pod. An honour hath
been bestowed on me. Bestowed.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
It's a new word where they pass a bestowal on
to you. I was in Melbourne over the weekend just
gone and have you ever been to, in Melbourne, Chapel
Street Bazaar? No.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It's been around since the 70s. Is it the market? No,
it's a huge store in the shape of a U. Oh, no.
A ginormous antique store.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
And I've been going there for, like, decades.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
And not decades. When you were 14?
Speaker 1 (00:41):
I was going to say, how old are you?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Did you go when you were 14? I remember when
we were deployed for World War II.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Oh, shut it. No, the first time I went, I
was 19, and I'm 37 now-ish.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Two decades. Coming up two decades.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Anyway, so I went there, and I had a look,
and I bought a few things, some really great stuff.
But the one thing that I saw and I was like,
I must have it.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
And I wish I had it to show you, but
I'll send you a video. It's a timber box.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Yeah. And there's a little bird on the end, like
a wooden bird, right?
Speaker 2 (01:15):
It's all wood. Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
And the box that sits on top, you slide it open.
And to that, you place cigarettes. And you close it.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
And then the bird has a beak like this, like
open like that.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
And it has a little nozzle, knobble.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Nozzle?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
No, like a stick. Knob. Okay. Little knob. Yeah. And
you pull the knob and the.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Bird bends down and the draw comes out as the.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Bird picks up a cig. That's outrageous. It's incredible. You
mean this thing? I just Googled Chapel Street Bazaar and
it's got a Facebook page. And you're on it. What?
The Chapel Street, the famous Chapel Street Bazaar, the biggest store.
It's so incredible.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
I say to the guy, cause it's all in cabinets
and it's all like run by different stall holders.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
It's, it's that big.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
So you've gone to the front counter and you take
notes while you're in there and you say, um, cat ceramic,
which by the way, You'll love that. Cat ceramic stall 53.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Are you running out of space in your house at
this point?
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
I've got a plan. Oh, okay. I'm going to start
a shop. Anyway. You're going to start your own Chapel
Street Bazaar. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Elliott Street Bazaar.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
So you go up and you say, okay, I need
the keys for cabinet 53, cabinet 79, cabinet.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
12, whatever.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
And they come and they go into this huge board
and they get it. And then, so I get my
little bits and bobs and then I go and I
get this wooden bird cigarette picker-upperer. And the guy says,
I have been waiting for someone to procure this item.
And I said, oh, it's going into a house full
of oddities and antiquities.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
And he said, well then, would you like to be
customer of the day? There it is. Oh my God. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
So if you go to Chapel Street Bazaar on their
Facebook page, dear listener, and just scroll back.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
September 5th. Yeah, you'll see Hayley pride in place. Because
they do post quite a bit. They've got heaps of
their stuff. And they do a customer of the day.
And he was like, do you want to be the
customer of the day? And I was like, it would
be my honor. It would be my honor. To have
this bestowed upon me. To have this bestowed upon me.
And I did.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
I got my little Siggy box and he takes a
photo and I'm on the Instagram. What?
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Oh, yeah, I saw it.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Do you know, I saw it was a sign that said,
Love Day for Guinness, and there was another Guinness sign,
and I said, I'm going to do.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Something really nice, and I'm going to buy that for more.
They're not cheap. No, it wasn't cheap. It was sold
as well.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Oh, bugger.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I love those old Guinness posters. Yeah, I know. But
they're never cheap.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Well, listen, if you ever go to Melbourne, Chapel Street
in South Yarra, the Chapel Street Bazaar, and you too
may be the customer of the day.
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