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October 8th and 9th. Zippers, welcome to this episode
of the Tea With Me podcast. With me, she and Todd, I mean,
we've got a lot to discuss, a lot to go into.
Let's kick it off by talking about the hair situation.
Now, I had a bit of a dilemma before I recorded this podcast
because I am going for a run after this.
So I'm thinking, do I put product in my hair, wash my
hair, have it looking like prime for the pod, or do we have
enough? Actually, that is a little bit
Hitler. Or do we have enough of a
relationship now where I can kind of go not, you know,
unproducted in the hair? And to be honest, I'm sort of
caught between, I'm caught between both and I don't know
what to do through this on this top on the last minute because I
was wearing a sports top. And yeah, I mean, I, I don't
know. I feel like this is very brave
of me, you know, I feel like I should, I should be applauded
for, you know, it's brief. It's brief for me to to do this
without, without product in my hair.
Because if I put product in my hair, I'm going to get all
dirty, sweaty when I go running and then I'm going to do my hair
again. And everybody knows as a guy,
you can't do your hair twice in a day, you know, So fuck it, I'm
going without. And I didn't mean to swear that
because some people probably don't like the swearing to go.
You don't need to do that. But I've done it early in the
podcast and for some reason I'm also out of breath because I set
my tea down. But that's the way it is.
It's it's episode. I think it's about episode 32 or
something of the tea with me podcast.
I mean, unbelievable that we haven't taken a break and all
these have, you know, we've done every episode.
And also something that is pretty cool is I got new
trainers. So if you are watching the video
podcast on YouTube, just type into me podcast.
You can see my sweet new trainers that I got for my
birthday and was not allowed to wear until my actual birthday,
even though they arrive four days before my birthday.
So that's great that I'm 32. And that's the thing, you know,
they're in the house and I'm one of these guys.
Like even at this age, like if I, if I buy an item of clothing,
I ask the person serving me if I if I can put it on in the shop.
Remember whenever you were taking the buy shoes, you know,
your mom took you to Clark's or wherever to buy shoes and you
always say here, can I can I just wear these now?
And then you had to put your old shoes in a plastic bag.
But once they went in that bag, they never came out again, you
know, So it was a wee bit like that.
So they these have been under the stairs for for a couple of
days, but I'm getting to wear the night and I'm going to run
in them. And I think it's going to make
me run extremely fast. Like extremely like genuinely, I
think this can add 10 miles an hour under my running speed.
It's mental. I genuinely think that that's
very me. Like honestly, like I would read
something online like on some running thing, like 5 things to
do to make you run faster and in a forum which has just been
written by like some random guy, some guy.
All right, stop eating potatoes and you're running a lot faster.
I will never eat a potato again. I mean, that isn't one of the
things, but, you know, fad things like that I would
definitely fall into before we, we really get stuck into the
pod. Couple of things #1 producer Dan
has changed his Oh my God, he's changed his Twitter bio.
To put me in it. You know, producer Dan, I don't
know if you guys know this, but he produces other podcasts as
well. You know what I mean?
Like he likes to keep his he likes to keep his fingers in a
lot of pods. He used to do Russell Brown's
podcast. He now does Sue Perkins from Sue
Mel. He does her podcast.
And that makes me extremely jealous.
You know, like about half an hour ago I texted him and said
here, are you free for a call so we can talk about merch?
And he said just about to record Sue Perkins podcast and that
really like, you know, the phrase tree to mean to keep in
Kane. That's the antithesis of that.
Like I it really fucking bugs me whenever he does, whenever he
does other podcasts, No, it obviously doesn't.
But in his Twitter bio, he never, he didn't have us any
didn't have the zippers in it. And I checked his Twitter
recently. This Oh my God, I really sound
like a jealous boyfriend. I checked his Twitter recently
and then and we're in the bio. He says producer of the tea with
me podcast. So I feel like this is great
news for the zippers. I feel like this is great news.
I thought that was him texting me there being like I'm free for
a call now and I was going to text and say no Carl Sue, but
but no, he's he's he's 1000% pride to be producer on the team
with me podcast. So.
I've had I've actually had quite a busy a busy week just.
Doing like a lot of a lot of work things, a lot of writing.
Like today I'm going to shoot Keith Cruz video Keith Cruz
summer soccer school. I'm going to do like an odd
video for that. Now, Keith Cruz's summer soccer
school is not a real thing. And what's funny about this is
I'll put the video out and 12 people will DM me going all
right, mate, I'm not going to get the wee man on the the I'm
not going to get the wee man under this summer soccer school.
What? Where is it?
You know, bear in mind it's not a real thing.
You know, if you know, no parent should be willing to take their
kid. The summer scheme run by a man
who in the video is clearly wearing his wife's eyeliner as a
moustache or mascara. I don't know what it is, but
that is what the moustache is. So I'm going to shoot that.
And the, the worrying thing about going to shoot that is
it's sweet when I have a cameraman with me, but whenever
it's just made a football pitch and a camera, it looks like I'm
making my own skills video, which is definitely something I
will also do when I'm down there.
You know, people be like, oh, what do you do?
I'll just doing the case cruise that you hear.
Oh, you don't have the fake moustache on.
Oh, do not know, just me trying to do Maradona Sevens to send to
Italian football clubs. Just message them on Facebook
with the video. Bongiorno, Bongiorno.
I'm a aspiring football in Northern Ireland.
I'm a young, I'm a young 32 year old footballer in Northern
Ireland, really trying to make my path to the top.
Any chance you guys want to give me a trial?
What's what's enjoyable is I set up the Hollywood Football Club
Facebook page years ago because they were like, can someone do
that? And I said, yeah, I'll do it.
And there was a message came in like Adm from this guy in
Nigeria. And he goes 100% real.
He's like, hi, I want to play football in Europe.
Like would you guys like I'm very good and sent them a video
and this guy was absolutely brutal, like he was doing keep
UPS in his garden. He was terrible.
And he's like, would you guys be able to like give me a contract?
And I was like, man, I don't know if you know anything about
one save the amateur league in Northern Ireland, but but I
mean, never mind funding your lifestyle and playing ticket.
I don't know if we could fund a subway for you.
You know what I mean? There's not a lot of cash
floating about 1C. Well, I mean, you know something
maybe do I don't even know anything about that.
But but certainly at Hollywood, you know, it's not that, you
know, if you want to get paid to play football, that's not where
where you should go. You know, you literally pay
fiver a week and also training money to play.
I don't think he knew that. I think that's funny that
there's people in Nigeria being like need to get the 1C of the
amateur league in Northern Ireland, start making some
serious coin. That's good fun.
I am yeah. I used to really enjoy being
like admin of that page because you would get so many parents
trying to get their kids like a trial, you know what I mean?
They'd be like, my son wants to play, like, what does he have to
do? And it's like here, just just
show up and you get to be in the team, you know, for like junior
football and stuff. That's how it works.
Like I'm pretty sure, I'm pretty sure you don't.
You wouldn't bring your kid down to a club.
They'd play one game and the coach will go up to the parents
and go listen, don't bring the wee man down again.
He is completely shite. You know, whenever I play junior
football for Hollywood boys as the worst player in the team,
but I was just part of that team for like 3-4 years.
No, like nobody told me what they should have probably done
was tell me to go to like a different team who weren't as
good because I was playing for a really good team.
And everyone in that team basically went on either play
like professional football or semi pro.
And I was just always on the sidelines being like yeah, keep
it up guys, let's do it. Alright coach, I'm ready.
Tag me in. He's like no, no one touches
Ham. Tag him in.
Went to the Blackpool tournament with Hollywood boys whenever I
was younger, whenever I was about 10 and loads of players.
And not just play like professional football for
Premier League teams. No, I got to go to Blackpool and
I don't know if I played football.
I think I I think they were playing matches and I was just
on the Big Dipper in the Pleasure Beach.
I'm not as a ride in the amusement park.
It's not a guy or whatever. But then.
But yeah, it was it was my birthday couple of days ago.
That's the big that's a big news in the, in the Super verse.
That's not called the Super verse.
That's not going to catch on. But also, by the way, we're
going to do TripAdvisor in a second.
And I think I've picked one that's going to be really
enjoyable. But yeah, it was my birthday,
the Big 32. You know, I, we did obviously.
I hope you saw the birthday episode of Tea with Me where
Dave Elliott hosted Dave and producer Dan and we just brought
loads of guests in. That was that was a lot of fun
because I genuinely didn't have a clue about any of the guests.
Even though I had asked him to do a special surprise birthday
episode for me, I still didn't know the guests and it was
enjoyable. And the best surprise because it
didn't happen at the time, was they've got this American
comedian called Christa Stefano to do like a bit at the end
where it looked like I just missed him in the Zoom.
Like I left the Zoom too soon. And that, that was really fun
because Christa Stefano does a podcast called History Hyenas
and this guy called Giannis Pappas.
So if you, if, if you are looking for other podcast
recommendations, history hanging is, is absolutely brilliant.
So, yeah, they've got, they'd like a zoom with him, which is
great. And I'm going to try and get
Chris De Stefano on on tea with me to do an episode because he's
very, very funny. I think I, when it last time I
was in New York, I asked him to do an episode of I was like,
could I do a podcast using tea with me just started.
And then he's like, yeah, no worries.
And then I just could never get a location for it, you know,
because it was in New York and I didn't know.
I didn't know anybody with an office.
It's not like Northern Ireland, like you can get in anywhere to
do anything. And, and I was like, I don't
know. I don't want to say to him,
like, here made you want to come to my hotel to do it just in
case he thought I was going to murder or, or try and bomb him
or whatever. And that's a phrase that hasn't
been said in a while to bomb someone, you know, But it was
definitely used a lot whenever I was in primary school.
Not like I wasn't like saying it as an offer, but it was
definitely always like, you're going to bomb him, you know,
funny. Like definitely funny because
you weren't actually. That makes it sound like there's
two guys. But the but, and I don't know if
that is something that people do, but I don't think it was.
People have been I I asked by listeners questions and we'll
get to them mostly at the end of the poll.
But people have been asking me about like Little Britain being
taken off BBC iPlayer and The Inbetweeners might be being
taken off 4oD because of, you know, people doing what is
referred to as blackface and, and saying like what, what's my
opinion on that? And I know comedians have been
chatting about it as well. And the, and in some cases, like
the idea of the idea of doing blackface has always been kind
of like kind of weird to me because I don't know, I think I
remember like going back, someone getting in trouble for
it. But it always feels like it
feels kind of wrong to it feels wrong to just do it for the sake
of doing it. Obviously, you know, that kind
of thing. But but then I think in some
cases whenever like, you know, white actors play like a black
character or whatever, obviously if you're if you're, if you're
doing it in like an offensive and a stereotypical way, that's
not, that shouldn't just be considered wrong.
I like that. That is always wrong.
But so like, basically we're going to do an episode, I think
next week where we're going to look at this in a bit more
detail because I, I'm, I've always subscribed to the opinion
that, and it is probably a bad opinion of, oh, in Northern
Ireland, like there's basically no racism at all.
Like, no, you know, I've said to people like I spoke to in
America or, or in other places, like when they ask like what,
what's it like over there? And I would, I would say no, no,
God, no, like very, very, very tolerant society.
But the, the more you, the more you read it, the minute from
from people here, the more you realise that like, well, of
course I would not, I would not be aware as much certainly about
the level of like racism here. So we're going to do an episode
where we sort of look at that a wee bit more.
And and I'm going into it like maybe gonna like have
conversations where I might say like the wrong thing or, or
whatever. But that's kind of people are so
quick to jump on not being, you know, it's kind of hard to
describe. What I'm saying is I want to
like learn more about this. I want to learn like what
actually is the reality of especially here in in Northern
Ireland, where I live, where, you know, I'm going to, we're
going to bring a child up and all that kind of thing.
What, what is the extent of, of racism here?
What's is there big problems? How can you help in some way
with that? But I think to do that, you need
to have not uncomfortable conversations, but you
definitely need to have conversations where where you're
approaching it from. Like, listen, I don't have a
clue here. And I might ask a question that
somebody goes like, I can't believe you asked that or
whatever, but you need to have those sort of conversations to
learn, you know, so, so we're going to do an episode like I'm
going to do an episode where where I'm, I'm going to speak to
probably other comedians. I'm going to speak to people
with different like backgrounds that live in Northern or, or
from here or whatever and just try and get a handle on it.
And yeah, and it's, I think it'd be cool to do an episode like
that thing would be important to do an episode like from a
personal point of view to, to find out more about the
situation. Because sometimes like I have, I
have a quick opinion on things, you know, and then, and then I
just leave it. I don't really look into it like
Jimmy was it Jimmy Fallon, right?
Jimmy Fallon. I'm going to Google Jimmy Fallon
blackface. I think he and he's the late
night talk show host in in America.
And he he did a sketch for Saturday Night Live years ago
where he like painted his face black and did an impression of
Chris Rock. This was in 2000 and they
started trained in a hashtag Jimmy Fallon is over party and
and tried to like get him, you know, get him cancelled.
And I think loads of people from all backgrounds came out and
busy said like, no, Jimmy Fallon's great.
Like, you know, he's not really he's not done anything wrong
here, but he you know, he did the big apology and I think it
was Jamie Fox wrote on Instagram.
He's like, you didn't do anything wrong, you know, so so
I would look at that and go, well, he wasn't like he was, he
was just being Chris, Chris Rock.
And obviously he's white, so he's going to have to use makeup
to do that. So in that situation, I'm like,
I don't think you should apologise for that.
But obviously there is times when people like, you know,
black up and you go, ah, very bad taste, like extremely bad
taste. So, so this very long when the
way of saying people have been asking me about this and saying
like talk about in the podcast, I will.
But let me get like a bit more background on a first and a bit
more knowledge because, you know, there is some level of
ignorance there where I, I, I, I don't understand the problems
people kind of go through with that kind of thing because, you
know, absolutely white. So I mean, I, I want to find
out. So we'll, we'll do that.
I've been chatting with some guests and we'll make that
happen. But then I'm going to do
TripAdvisor. I'm going to do listeners
questions. I'm just, I just, I just feel
good in these shoes, you know what I mean?
Like I just feel like I'm ready to, I'm ready to take to the
roads. I'm ready to run.
I'm trying to run 5K in under 20 minutes.
And at the weekend they're the 20 minutes, 40 seconds.
So we're getting there, you know, I mean, we're absolutely
getting there. And Oh yeah, also that article
brings me onto the article. People say like all The
Inbetweeners is going to get taken off and stuff.
I don't know, I reckon you should again, this is totally
like outside in point of view, but I reckon you should not
remove stuff that has already been on.
But if there is a problem with that stuff or whatever, use it
as a way to show people and be like this is this is this way of
doing it. Like is the way it was done and
here's the way it should be done now.
So I don't know. I I don't think you, I don't
think it's, unless something is like just out note, like
completely offensive, don't like don't promote it or whatever.
But but you probably should keep stuff up like like comedy TV
stuff as a reminder of like we don't do that now.
You know, if that's what, if that's what's decided.
I know it's a difficult, it's a difficult argument, but it's one
that's rightfully being talked about a lot at the minute.
So, so we'll, we'll, we'll do, we'll do an episode of that
maybe midweek next week and, and look at it a wee bit more.
My TripAdvisor this week is the Giants Causeway, right?
I'm going to look at people that have left reviews of the Giants
Causeway. If you don't, if you're one of
our international zippers and you don't know what the Giants
Causeway is, it's an ancient rock formation in the North
Coast of Northern Ireland. And when I say an ancient rock
formation, it's like we ovals. It's like ovals.
There's a really bad way to describe it, but like it's we
like cylinders of This is why I didn't get the job at the
tourist board. It's like.
We. Rock, Oval cylinders, and
there's loads of them all over the place and you can just stand
on them and like walk around it and yeah, it's basically some
rocks. And there is a legend that there
was a guy called Finn Mccool back in the day.
And I actually don't know a lot about Finn Mccool considering
them from here. I mean.
I don't know if I believe the story of Thin Mccool.
You know what I mean? Like I think there is some holes
in the in the story, like Thin Mccool number one was a giant,
right? But I guess there are tall
people, right? It is a.
UNESCO World Heritage Site, and
I don't know if that's UNESCO. Or UNESCO.
UNESCO World Heritage site so. Yeah, it's basalt rock columns,
essentially, and people go up seeing nuts for it and come from
all around the world to see it. So Finn Mccool was a.
Mythical hunter, warrior of Irish mythology.
He was associated, he was associated with the Fenian
cycle. No, that I don't know.
I don't know what the Fenian cycle is.
I mean it's. Fenian Cycle, I've said that too
many times, is a body of prose centred on the exploit of the
methodic, the mythical hero Fen Mccool.
So you know. You've got you've got the Fenian
cycle on the Hondriathlon. Let's balance it out.
I think in general he's not considered to be a giant, but in
the case of the Causeway Legends is almost always made out to be
a giant or of extraordinary height.
I guarantee that's him talking to the people that were writing
this in the stories going here. Fucking had a few feet on there.
Make me sound like a giant, will you?
And they're like, yeah, they're all, but they've mugged them off
because they've written he wasn't really a giant.
Yeah. The Causeway is sometimes told
to be a collection of stepping stones, allowing giants to
travel at will between Northern Ireland, Scotland, without
getting their feet wet. Well, that doesn't make him
sound like a famous warrior. If he's worried about getting
his feet wet. I will kill you.
Oh. Oh my God, these are soaking.
A second version of the story claims Finn Mccool was in love
with a giant woman, Excuse me, living on Staffa on the Causeway
was built as an attempt to bring her back to Ireland.
The most popular story, however. Revolves around the local
rivalry and an excellent piece of deception, a giant named
Benna Donner. Benna Donner.
Is there a rapper called Benna Donner?
Otherwise known as the Redman shit nickname.
Like one of the shittest nicknames I've ever heard.
The Redman. Also Redman.
That Redman actually is a rapper is a rapper called.
Belladonna and also a rapper called Redman.
Is Redman in a Wu Tang clan? So Benedonner essentially was a
giant over in Scotland, Finn Mccullen, the Redman did not see
eye to eye and Finn challenged the Scottish nemesis to a fight
where they all where they shouted and threatened each
other from across the water. Oh, use your heart handbags like
they're giants and they're shouting, oy, stop that.
Don't be at it. You you eat deck build on the
Causeway so he could reach his biggest enemy.
Finn move rocks from Antrim into the sea and completes his his
new pathway only to find that Bennett Donner is his biggest
enemy in more way than one. Bennett Donner was in fact much
larger than him. Now Finn Makura has absolutely
mugged himself off there and he deserves everything he gets.
What he's done is picked a fight with a fella, you know, I mean
like in a bar, he's like see you outside decade and all, and he's
pushed part, he's built the pathways, pushed past everyone
on the bar to get there. And then he's realised the guy
does martial arts, you know. I mean like the guy stood up and
he's way taller and this is happened to all of us than he
thought he was going to be. And he's like, do you know what
I mean? I apologise.
Ben O'Donnell was much larger than him.
Instantly regretting his trash talk.
Fanmaker ran back to Ireland and.
When they go unnoticed by the Scottish giant, Bitch move. 100%
of bitch move when you're a giant and you run back to
Ireland. Unfortunately for Finn Mccool,
it isn't long before he spotted and Bennett Donner gives chase
to the Irish heroes home in County Calder.
As Finn Mccool runs fast as he can back to his homeland, he
loses a boot and unfortunately there's no Cinderella story in
this case as the boot was to remain exactly where it is where
it was and is still visible of the Causeway today.
I mean there isn't. Just like a giant Doc Martin
sitting in the Causeway with the Scottish giant approaching, his
stature is even more amplified as Finn can feel him approaching
the house from as far away as Kilcock.
Funny, funny that Kilcock is definitely funny.
Hard place to grow up in and was forced to put Moss in his ears
to definitely the signs of the giant approaching footsteps as
he got closer. Put more awesome or.
Finn, the girl's a bitch. Hey, Finn the girl, you're a
bitch. Have him find himself in a
tussle he wasn't sure if he could get out of.
Finn turned to his wife. Una, I mean, and fucking sort me
out here. I've made a real deck out of
myself. Who thankfully swoops in the sea
of the day. Una's like I'll sort this.
Wrapping her husband in a sheet and telling him to settle
himself into the bathtub. He's supposed to be a mystical
warrior. He's supposed to be a legend and
he's been settled into a bathtub by his wife.
She welcomes Benadonner to her door, apologising.
The Finn is currently hunting deer in County Kerry.
Taking the giant round her home, she points out various pieces of
fighting paraphernalia that she claims are Finns but in reality
would be too large and heavy for a smaller giant to carry.
Telling Benadonner she will make him Finn's favourite meal while
he waits, Una instead cooks a cake of griddle baked bread with
the iron griddle pressed on the inside of it, on which the red
man breaks 3 front teeth and follows it with a strip of hard
nailed. A strip of hard nailed.
Fat to a block of red timber on which the giant loses 2 more
teeth. I mean, not an ideal meal, you
know what I mean? Like bad TripAdvisor review
would be dealt out here, with Bennett Donner beginning to feel
he's bitten off more than he can chew.
Good pun. Una then asks if he would like
to meet the baby and the Scott is astounded and terrified when
he meets their son, who is in fact just Finn Mccool wrapped up
in a sheet. I mean, that is a great move
from Una. That's essentially your mind
just sorting it all out, assuming Finn is enormous.
If this is just his child. The Red man makes excuses to Una
and flees back across the Causeway, destroying it in his
wake. As the Red man left, Finn Mccool
is believed to have plucked a chunk of earth from Antrim and
flung it after him to completely scare him off from venturing
back to Ireland again. See, Finn Mccool 100% like can
play pussy like waits until the Redman's running away and then
he throws something like get out of here and all you know, like
the Redman should have gone back and absolutely crushed him.
The chunk of earth missed but still remains in between the two
countries of the Isle of Man, the area where Finn had taken
from the earth had taken the earth and filled with water and
they said they'd become locked there.
The largest lake in Ireland. Ah, here we go.
As with much folklore, this version of events is not always
told the same way, with some storytellers saying that Finn
was asleep in bed wanting heard this, heard the Scottish giant
coming and took it upon herself to hide him.
I mean, it also didn't happen, so I don't know why they're
saying like, no, this story, I mean, let's be honest here.
He might have been in the bed or he might not zippers.
Something happened with my camera there.
I had to rerecord. I had to sort the audio out on
the laptop. And to cut a Long story short,
whenever I checked the memory card, I looked back and I saw my
own hair on my laptop whenever I opened up what had filmed so
far. And it was a terrible decision
not to put product in it. And that's the main takeaway
here. I always need to wear a product
or a hat because I look, I look like a very cute Tommy Hilfiger
model that's been taken hostage and hasn't had access to
amenities for 14 days. That's 100% what I look like.
Still, still cute, still shiny boy cute, cute.
But at the same time, you know, absolutely I need product in my
hair. I mean, that is kind of like
that's my thing, you know, I mean like having like sweet
hair, having nice hair, nice colour, like very healthy volume
to it. Like that's the number one thing
I have going for me and I've taken it away from myself there.
So yeah, I mean, in summary, I think the whole story of Finn
Mccool is complete BS. I think it didn't happen.
And I I apologise that I laughed at the the place named had cock
in it. I thought Finian cycle is is
funny. I said home triathlon a lot to
apologise for here. But then, but what we're going
to do is we're going to do listeners questions and
TripAdvisor. But first of all, I want to plug
the Patreon, which is patreon.com/tea With Me podcast.
Patreon is somewhere we can get access to extra bonus sexy
things. For example, this Saturday I'm
putting my whole waterfront show from last year up in the
Patreon, My Todd Father show in full.
It will be on YouTube at some point, but it'll be like after
the summer. We're talking months and months
of just Patreon eyes only. So that'll go up there.
Also this Sunday, this really important we're doing.
I mean, it's not important in the grand scheme of things at
all. I mean, it's some people might
describe it as irrelevant, but it's important to the zippers
universe. We're doing a live tea with me
this Sunday over Zoom. It's for Patreons only.
So if you're a Patreon, you'll get a code and you can join the
Zoom. So where we've got Mickey
Bartlett's coming on Ryan McMullen, who is absolutely for,
not like everybody knows Mickey. You know what I mean?
Your Uncle Mick is coming on. Mickey is possibly the funniest
guy in Ireland stand up wise. He's coming on.
Ryan McMullen is coming on and he's going to play a tune for
us, which is the greatest thing. Because I was like, should I ask
him to play a tune? I don't know.
I'd really like him to play a tune.
But then again, I don't want to like, I don't want to say.
And then we're chatting about it and he's like, yeah, I can do
that. I've got a set up sorted for
that. And I was like, that's unreal
because I like a lot of his songs and he's a great guy.
And me and Ryan, once I've been chatting on Twitter and I saw
him in Nandos and I was like, that makes me like me more.
Because we both like Nandos and. Sometimes we talk and the main
thing we talk about is Nandos and I've got Jimmy Lee O'Donnell
on as well. Jimmy Lee did an episode of this
like a month ago or maybe just over a month ago and it was
absolutely great. You know, Jimmy Lee from Derry
girls from loads of different stuff and, and that's class.
She agreed to come on this. So it's going to be like we like
a wee tea party. We're going to have guests
coming in and out about a chat in between.
I might throw it open for the zippers to ask questions.
But you know, I don't know how good an idea that will be
because you guys will be saying like in in podcast chat, you
know, you'll be saying like rabbit, like asking me about the
money toads tongue, you know, things like that.
And they don't know about that. So I don't know what's going to
happen, but it's going to be fun.
This Sunday, 8:00 PM is when we're going to do that.
So let's without further ado. I don't know whether it's a do
or a do, you know, but let's do the TripAdvisor.
And why would we not do TripAdvisor of the Giants
Causeway? It's the TripAdvisor Giants
Causeway special. I've been to the Giants Causeway
about three times and every time I go, I always go.
Why am I here? Because the Giants Causeway is
just rock formations and the only rock I'm interested in is
the guy that does the People's Elbow.
So I don't know why people travel for so far to come to the
Giants Causeway. And it's pretty cool that they
do. But at the same time it is just
different. Like Google and a picture of it
gives you as much as like going the whole way up there.
It's always windy. And then you just go, Oh yeah,
that's class. Like, Oh yeah, cool.
And then you get back on the bus.
So I don't know why people would review it as a thing.
I mean, it feels like why it does not, it's not a business,
you know? I mean, it doesn't have a chance
to defend itself. Just slagging rock formation
seems like a weird way to go. But let's look at the worst
TripAdvisor reviews for the Giants Causeway.
Here we go, Tommy Boy from Grantham writes one star.
His heading is access to Giants Causeway.
Denied because I refuse to pay. I mean, if it's somewhere that
you need to pay into and you're refusing to pay, then by default
you probably won't get into it. I travelled from Belfast to
visit the Giants Causeway with my two brothers.
I don't know. I don't know why I find that
funny. Just just a three Bros on the
way to the Giants Causeway. I like to think they were
wearing matching outfits too, like weed dungarees and stuff.
I like to think that they're four.
I don't know what age they are. On arrival of the site, we were
greeted by a rude park attendant.
Hello, I'm the rude. I'm the rude park attendant.
Yes, we're advertising here for a rude park attendant.
Fuck off, you've got the job. I informed him that the site was
free for local people. No, to be fair, you've just said
that you came from Belfast to get there, so you're not a local
person? He asked me.
For my post code which I gave him and he replied that it was a
Belfast code and we were not classed as local and would have
to pay and would not budget. Yeah, the thing about that is if
this. Is in Coleraine and you're from
Belfast. Then you're not local.
Yeah. Let me just stick this into my
calculator. Oh, yeah, You're not from that
place. If you're from a different
place. He doesn't understand.
He doesn't understand what local is.
We left feeling depressed and disgusted.
The three, the three brothers just having the worst time.
They were so excited for this trip, you could tell.
And then they left depressed and disgusted.
I mean, one is bad enough, but both?
We were disgusted with the way the National Trust misled and
lied just to get money. I find out later after
complaining to the Irish Tourist office that the Giant's Causeway
is free, so please not. You do have to pay.
You hear that? Those those words should
resonate with everyone, so please not.
You do not have to pay. Well said.
I would hope that the National Trust is kick off the site.
Me too. I also hope the National Trust
is kick off the site. He is not happy.
Patricia C is also not happy. Once the review absolute RIP off
we went as a family we realised we didn't have enough time to
walk the Causeway so we decided to grab a coffee and use the
toilet but couldn't do that without paying 12.50 per adult
and 8.50 a child. There were two kids and seven
adults in our party. Like the title says, absolute
RIP off money grabbers. I mean to be fair, if you just
want to use the toilet and you weren't even going to walk, £12
an adult, 850 a child, two kids, seven adults, that's going to
cost about a grand for a piss. So yeah, that actually is a RIP
off. Like that's not worth it at all.
However, if you walk around the hotel you can walk down to the
Causeway for free. Oh life hack, life hack.
The world's biggest RIP off for the world's most expensive car
park. Actually, both.
You're right on. Entrance to the Giant's Causeway
is free. That is not in question.
However, the entire site is set up to mislead and push you
through the visitor centre where they charge 12.50 an adult to
enter a free attraction. If you just walk or want to walk
the park, you're not allowed. You have to pay the entrance
fee. National Trust equals national
disgrace. That's a national 12 points 50.
That is a national disgrace. Well T rights don't bother.
There is so much else to see in Northern Ireland.
I mean is there? Is there?
He's given examples, Rathlin Island, Belfast, Titanic museum,
the murals, the peace walls, Stormont.
I really wouldn't bother with this.
It's been ruined by the National Trust plant that a massive
visitor centre there and running buses from the centre to the
stones. I mean what is this convenience
all about? What are they trying to be
helpful? Crawling with traffic wardens?
OK, here we go. Razvan from Bangor isn't going
to overreact here. This is a nature monument.
This was created by nature, not by the National Trust.
National Trust or worse than Nazis?
No, If we were to compare side by side, and I don't know if
it's been done before, I'm sure it has plenty of times.
But if we were to look at the National Trust and the Nazis, I
would say in my own opinion, and I am not a historian, I would
say that the National Trust charging people 12:50 to get in
the Giant's Causeway is not as bad.
And I'm sure some people would also agree with me as the Nazis
killing literally millions and millions of people.
But according to Razvan, the National Trust 12:50 I mean,
he's probably thinking £12 wouldn't be as bad, but 1250?
No. He also said worst, you know the
National Trust are worst than the Nazis.
These things should be free and maybe, perhaps only the boss
should be something people would throw a coin for.
Hey Raza, why are you from Victorian times?
Throw a coin for? Hey, that boss is really worth
throwing a coin for. I wouldn't go out there.
I wouldn't throw a coin for it. The National Trust are worse
than the Nazis. You know, also they're not, you
know, they're definitely, definitely not.
They're making it more inconvenient for people to get
to see rocks. The Nazis taking a dislike to an
entire entire religion. Richard M awful ruined by mass
tourism. They need to fence off the
Causeway and create a viewing area.
Just warm the tourists all intent and getting that selfie.
Go with the crack of dawn or avoid a real let down.
Yeah, it's weird people would want to take pictures of it,
isn't it? I love the way there's so many
people are are basically saying like, you know, you can go this
way and you don't have. To pay, Yeah, people hit the
visitor centre. I mean it is funny because
visitor centre sounds like such a welcome and cool thing.
No Ernst has the right idea here.
Giant tourist trap, just use Google Earth instead.
Giant tourist trap. Just use Google Earth instead.
Odd rocks. Unless you're a geologist, this
is nothing but a big hype. Well, joke's a new dickhead
because I am a geologist. Really nothing but a pile of odd
rocks. Lots of commercial bullshit in
the visitor centre. I'm just going to get, I'm just
going to get some commercial bullshit here for our Jonathan
He loveth Kenmore. You rock.
Of course pubs and restaurants in the area after mediocre food
offer mediocre food. Huge waste of money.
People like you don't have to pay to see the stones.
People are just so into these stones.
I'll find one more to finish. I mean, I feel like we're not
really going to top Razvan saying that the National Trust
are worse than the Nazis. Here we go.
Maybe one last one here. One or two, Yeah, Here we go.
This comes from Quiet Man 2010, the most unwelcoming place in
Ireland. OK, so we were.
Visiting at the height of the season on a good dry day in the
afternoon now, it sounds good. So far, I'm liking this.
I can feel, I can feel the sun on my back.
It sounds like it's going to be a good time.
But the experience has put me right off.
Firstly, there's limited parking at the site itself.
I mean that's funny that he just wants unlimited parking.
Like why is there not a space for every car that exists in the
world? So we tried the parking ride
which was signposted as free. It turns out it's £25.
I mean that is that is a mug off like to be like here it's free
and then go. Also, I know I just said that
but at the same time it is £25. You can't take the bus unless
you're going to pay into the visitor centre.
But that wasn't even the worst part.
Fuck. Having driven across most of the
province we were familiar with and used to, the loyalist flags
about the place really let me down.
But the end of the park and ride for one of the world's most
famous heritage sites, attracting visitors from across
the globe and to be greeted by two Confederate flags was
nauseating. Whatever about the UVF and UFF
flags, their local and hopeful and hopefully historical issue,
but the Confederate flag is a global symbol of racism and
white supremacism. What I enjoy about that is he's
like no, absolutely no to the Confederate flag, UVF and UFF
flag. Good to see, you know, he's
like, he's like, that's what I expect.
You know what I mean? He's like, it's your thing, it's
your local thing. More of that place, but the
confederate flag get out of town because I promote it, unlike
paramilitaries, which promote inclusiveness and and fun
essentially is what he's saying. I appreciate it was a private
residence overlooking the car park, but on top of everything
else it's it made the most under unwelcoming atmosphere.
Yeah, I mean. It's also weird that there would
be like, you know, the Giants Causeway division of certain
loyalist paramilitaries, you know, as if like the IRA are
coming to try and steal some of the rocks.
I don't know. I don't know if that's the
thing. Only got a one book.
Oh shit, someone's like only got a one star because it because
you don't do a zero. Everyone should send it to RIP
off, but I want something really.
OK OK, genuinely just by the head now this I know we need to
read it. This is from PvP QV X in
Belfast. Who says please read?
You need to know this Now I don't know what it is but
obviously I need to hear this. When I was a kid we parked at
the side of the road and walked to the fields of the Causeway.
How things have changed. It's gone corporate in the same
ghastly way as the rope bridge at Caraca.
Read. Unless you read the following
carefully, you risk being seriously ripped off.
Nowadays, we want to do anything.
We look for a website first. Don't do this.
The reason that doing this, the reason is doing this will suck
you in, will suck you smoothly in the a well oiled money
extraction machine, Right. The problem I have with this is
that such a sexy sentence will suck you smoothly in the a well
oiled money extraction machine. That just sounds like
something's going to wank you off.
There were four of us on a car. Charges for this were given a 46
points. But we had, if we were clever
guys, we could save a whole 6 points.
But booking online, I think he's been sarcastic there.
Access to the Causeway is free, you do not have to pay, he says.
Do you want me to repeat that? Access to the Causeway is free.
You do not have to pay if you walk a few feet to the rocks,
Jobsworths and high vez vest start blowing ridiculous
whistles at you and furiously waving.
It would seem that they want you to.
All they want you to do is pay £40, another few pounds for the
bus, then stand admiring the Causeway from a distance.
Better still, why not just stay in the marvellous visitor centre
and watch one of the big TV's? Even better, don't go at all.
Yeah, that sounds like people are really pissed off with that.
But what I'm wondering is because the TV With Me podcast
is probably the number one podcast that deals with tea in
in Northern Ireland, I wonder could we get some sort of like
zippers discount? You know what I mean?
Like, would the zippers be able to take the flasks and go for
free to the Giants Causeway? It's what we it's what we all
want to know. But yeah, I mean, I like that.
I like that. I like it from all sides.
I like the giants cause where like here it's free in and then
they stop you at the last minute and go OJ give me £46.
I enjoy that and I also enjoy the people who are like here,
follow. Me and then they take.
You to like a different path and at the end of the day, the
National Trust hurt one of my friends because big Papa bear
himself Dave Elliott, my boy town podcast Co host, started
calling himself the National Trust ambassador just for a joke
because every Sunday he was like going out for a walk in a
National Trust property and he's a member and he said that he's
their ambassador and he tagged him in an Instagram post and he
was an ambassador and the National Trust DM David on
Instagram and went here. Don't be saying that, you know,
so fuck no, I was going to say fucking that.
Don't fuck the National Trust because I could be cutting
myself off for some some future corporate work down the line.
And that is also the bad thing about TripAdvisor doing this.
You know anyone we do here, I won't get booked to potentially
play their Christmas parties, which is bad news for me because
you know there is there is no money anymore and would do any
gig. Anywhere after all this is over.
So, you know, I'm Jennifer the zippers.
Just know that Speaking of the zippers, we've got a lot of
questions here. We've got a lot of questions
here, that is. Not quite.
That's maybe a bit of work. That's good because I have been
eating cardboard instead of food for the last couple of weeks.
So we got questions. Absolutely, we got questions,
Connor says. Do you play golf?
I mean, phenomenal question. The answer to that is yes, but
very badly, Very badly. Did I say in the podcast about
about playing Donald Trump's course?
In in Miami. A load of years ago.
If I didn't and I'll go back and check, I'll tell that next week
because there's a pretty funny story.
Behind that and I, I really mugged myself off and, and we'll
maybe do that. Oh, I got really flustered there
for absolutely no reason. Belfast guy in China.
Big friend of the pod big Zipper says for a new character would
you rather be an unemployed 40 year old goth?
The gangs around City Hall of the 18 year olds, a small town
called Chief Field pop star who now basically.
Begs for any celebrity style work like opening a deli counter
or a car with four decks. In all seriousness, I think you,
Colin Geddis and others should start.
Any other 10 cat style show would be class.
Yes. Out of all that, I think I would
like to be the the car with four decks.
I think that would just be enjoyable.
And I'd find the guy from the rap battle a couple of weeks ago
and I'd go here. What do you think of that?
But yeah, you know, it's a shame that there isn't a thing that we
we can all do. The sort of people that you
like, They're like me. Colin and and everyone else, I
think. If, if this was 10-15 years ago,
I think it would have been easier to have something like a
panel show or, or something like that on TV.
It's I think it's harder now because there's less local stuff
on TV and and comedy isn't as big on TV as it was.
In saying that, I'm in the middle now of making a comedy TV
series for BBC of the previously show, which is tricky in
lockdown to try and do an entire series of a show.
But we're figuring it out. And it's going to be fun.
And I think you will enjoy it when it's on, even though it's
going to be so much different to the pilot because we can't have
a crowd. But we're we're making it work.
But then I would love to do something with Colin and Mickey
and Dave and everybody else, all those guys.
It is tough though to know what that thing would be and what
sort of format it is and, and that kind of thing.
But look, yeah, we we could be making more stuff collectively.
But I think you also, you get into a way of just sort of doing
your own thing. And it's not that you don't want
to do stuff because anything we all do together, whether it's a
short series of videos or something with Aaron or or a
sketch with Dave, like the Spanish singers or, or a sketch
or column, you know that they are unbelievable crack to like
make. And, you know, you get to hang
out with friends as well as making something and that
nothing would make me happier than to do some sort of TV
project or, or something like that with, with my friends,
basically. But, but yeah, I mean, there's
no simple answer of why it it couldn't or or wouldn't happen.
But I think we have the resources where an, an
experience probably where we can make something like that
ourselves. And you know, it'd probably be
one of those things where you, you maybe, maybe offer like to
TV and say like, look, we've got this thing, would you be
interested? Or we're just going to put it
online and regardless, but, but I don't know, I don't know.
I had a chat with Colin recently about them.
What we're sort of reminiscing about Hack Job, which was a
sketch show that we made with everyone, like an ensemble cast
kind of thing. And we would shoot like 6
sketches or something and then put out episodes every week and
have one of those sketches a week.
And, and it was, it was great for, for its time.
And I think something like that would be really, really popular
now because, you know, everybody, we, we all have a bit
of a following and, and we're probably better performers and
writers knowing stuff. So I don't know.
I would, I would, I would love to, and a panel show would work.
I, I, I put a panel show together about 12 years ago in
Belfast that booked the we studio and I had really good
local comedians on it. And we did it to an audience of
about 40 people, just like friends and stuff.
And I brought a couple of producers down and they were
like relatively interested in it, but nothing happened like
BBC guys. So I think a panel show would be
would be great, but you know, it's kind of like a small market
here in terms of panel shows, like 8 or 10 cats.
Use that as a as a reference. You like, you probably have the
blame game and I don't know if you would have two panel shows
and and like the blame game does unbelievable business and has
done for God, I don't know how many years.
So so that's kind of the panel show, but there's there's no
reason why you couldn't do another one and maybe it would
live somewhere else. I'm not sure.
But yeah, cheers for the
question. I have a question from from
James Dempster, the man himself who says just First off podcast
this class absolutely addicted to these now and the sound of
your soft but masculine voice is getting me through lockdown.
That's a great way to describe it.
Soft but masculine question, would you and by the way, keep
it soft? All right, question.
Would you rather not do stand up for the rest of your life or not
drink tea for the rest of your life?
Oh, you're talking about two of my big loves here.
I would definitely not drink tea again.
Jesus, perish the thought. What would I do if?
What would I do if, like, I was up the high dough because a cup
of tea is going to sort you out and make you all right?
God, I'd have to drink other types of tea and it just
wouldn't, wouldn't be the same. Reluctantly, I would.
I would not drink tea again. But it would be very, very sad
because I've seen the reality of not doing stand up for a while
and. It makes me very sad.
So I need to get back to doing stand up.
But yeah, I wouldn't miss Teed. I don't know why you're playing
with my heart like that, This James.
But But yeah, they both be difficult.
Fiona says in your podcast episode with Baldy Bunter
disrespectful, but EE is bald and he is Bunter Castles.
You talked about writing a piece set in the 90s.
What is your writing? Process how long?
Does it take you to finish a piece like that and are you
aiming to get it to production companies or is it just a bit of
crack? It's kind of all those things
feeling it's a bit of crack. And I'm talking to production
companies at the minute about it, writing something I probably
want to do a bit more of. I'm always writing stand up, but
with like film scripts or TV stuff.
I've always like dabbled in it, but because I prefer performing.
But now I'm kind of better at juggling both, I think.
And that script is something I've been chipping away at for
about four years. But it changes all the time.
Like it's always been set in a summer in like 199596IN Belfast.
And then it might change also though being about this or that.
So it changes all the time. But my process, I'm probably not
enough of a writer to even have a process.
It probably changes all the time, but I like working on my
laptop. I still use Word because I'm
just representing it for all my pensioner homies, you know, I'm
still using Microsoft Word even though you should use all these
other programmes apparently. But then but I use.
Word. And I like to write funny.
Scenes first. There's probably the wrong order
to do it. And if anyone is like an
aspiring writer, don't take what I'm saying for granted because I
don't even really consider myself a writer, but I write
funny scenes at first all this could happen.
This could happen. Then I work on the characters,
then I work on like a outline of it and then I might start
writing episodes. But I'm still very, very new to
it and still learning and writing.
Not like I can write like I can spell and stuff, but I mean
writing scripts and it is a bit of crack too, because I think
for me to want to like see a project through and develop it
and it would have to be, I would have to see myself having good
crack doing it. So it is kind of all those
things. But that that project is with a
production company at the minute.
They're kind of having a look at it and we'll see what happens.
You, you never know, you might have the best idea in the world.
I'm not saying this is but written down and someone might
just see it a different way or or not, you know, enjoy it as
much as as much as you'd think it could be good.
So I don't know, I'm chipping away at it, but there's, I hear
about a million different processes for writing and I
think everybody just just has a different.
One, you know, Matthew Myrnan, the the original Judas guy says,
says. Talk about this and he sent me a
side by side screenshot of the new Linfield away.
Kit and a UVF flag flying up on a lamppost.
I don't really know. What also also Cameron Brown
just wrote to me at 4:40 in the morning, Wayne Todd, Wayne Tood
actually from the podcast last week, which is disrespectful.
I mean, what, what am I going to offer on on this debate?
And Matthew, when you sent that, you probably thought he's not
going to talk about it. Yes, I think it's fair to say
that when they're side by side they look very, very similar in
terms of the colour scheme and the way the stripe is.
But I have no idea if that's if if that was meant to be like
that or not. As a football shirt.
I've got to say what's funny is somebody also they were talking,
obviously this has sparked a big debate and people are talking
about the Linfield shirt and then someone said what's the
best shirt ever? And they had this ombro home one
a couple of years ago that definitely was the best one ever
out of all theirs. Yeah, yes, the colours.
All right, sorry, I'm wrong. I thought the UVF flag had,
believe it or not, I can't just off the top of my head, think of
the UVF flag. I thought it had the diagonal
stripe on it, but it actually doesn't.
But yeah, the colours are very similar.
I, I don't, I don't fucking know.
I don't know. It's one of those things where
like if it's coincidence, OK, or if they were like, and again, I
have no idea if they were like, Oh well, let's just make, make
these colours the same. Apparently they're selling loads
of them. So I, I don't know, I don't
know. I do know that I did the
Linfield Christmas do about five years ago and it was absolutely
class. So.
I'm not going to throw them under a bus and say that is
directly inspired by that. They would have to answer that
for themselves. But one thing I do know,
Matthew, is you drive a hairdresser's car.
So what I want to say is. That's not a podcast question.
Somebody wants me to give a shout out about something that's
happening. And then I was like, they told
me to do a video for it or whatever.
Do you have a budget? And they were like, no, I just
tell people about it. And I was like, no, it's not
really high. That's not really high.
Things work. Not really high.
It goes OK. I have a questions on on Twitter
as well. I'm just making sure we're
recording and we are recording. I'm producer Dan tried to phone
me there and I just totally, yeah, totally ignored his call
and he just recall when suits. Well done.
I would, but I'm doing the podcast and you'll be listening
to this later this afternoon when you listen back to the
podcast before you edit it or do some magic stuff that you do to
it. I don't know what you do.
It's some Harry Potter Hogwarts type stuff that you do lotions
and potions. But I'm just going to say you
can't go and do Sue Perkins podcast and then just phone me
when I'm halfway through tea with me.
OK, Because bit respects herself more than that.
OK, sweetheart. Text me off this and be like,
oh, man, I was just ringing out a real personal question.
Sorry, man, I was phoning. Just just ask how you are.
You didn't need to be sly to me. Yeah, I have questions on
Twitter. And what's great is I've said
that nine times. So.
So that's great. Yeah, me.
Thoughts on Linfield's new way kit?
I mean, what I do enjoy is the responses that it triggers the
comments, you know what I mean? Like people getting.
People are getting really fucking on both sides in
relation to an Irish league football shirt.
I mean, I, I just, I feel like like a lot of people, I just sit
back and watch that and and definitely enjoy it.
And also, you know, listen, it's brave all I mean, I've been very
brave today. But like you guys know, I played
for the legend team. I played once and I missed.
Like a complete. Sitter And then I should have
passed this guy and it didn't. He got really annoyed even
though it's like charity match and they haven't asked me to
play a game since. But who knows.
But but I don't know. Dino Kafola says what comedy TVI
mean Look, yes, it is the same colours.
That's that's what I know about it.
What I know about it is you show me two things of the same
colours. That's what I know.
I don't know anymore or any less than that.
Dino Kafola. Says what TV com what TV show
would you recommission and why Seinfeld.
I think you're trying to influence me there a little bit,
Dino, but. Dino Fuller, also a man who
permanently wears shorts, which is something that, you know, I
admire because I am wearing shorts right now and I've worn
shorts every day. I lock down and I'm going to
keep wearing shorts. And it's not because I want to
be like Dino, It's just because I enjoy it and I have very very
very nice legs. But but Dino says what TV shows
you recommission? I actually haven't seen much of
Seinfeld at all, even though I love Kerb and I like Jerry
Seinfeld as a guy. But but maybe I should watch
more of that, What would I? Recommission.
I mean, I was going to say. Father Ted, but you know, I
don't mean this to Rhyme or B Sly, but Ted is dead.
So something that got cancelled that theoretically could come
back. I remember watching this thing
on Trouble, which was a brilliant TV network back in the
day of like American comedies for kids.
And there was a show called City Guys.
And the premise of the show is it's just two friends, 2 inner
city friends, one guy's black, one guy's white.
And there really wasn't a lot more to it than that.
But what I liked about it is the theme tune went like this.
This is called City Guys and theme to Went CITY.
You can see why these guys. Then the guys go in streetwise.
I like that. And also I like Hang Time, which
is about a university basketball team for the same reason.
Hang Time, hanging together, we're tough, we're in the zone,
positive, never alone hang time. And I like that.
There was a guy in it called Theodore Produce, which I
thought was a great name. No, fuck it, let's bring back
Keenan and Kel. 100% Keenan and Kel.
Ah, here it goes. Yeah, Keenan and Kel.
I like that they were always getting into weird things.
I like the wee monologue thing they did at the start in front
of a live audience. I thought that was great.
Was a Keenan's dad. No, Kel's dad was always really
funny character and I like it that one day one of them was
sick and they made this concoction that the other one
was like this cure sickness and it was like blended chicken and
some other really stinking things and then the dad drank it
and he was sick or something. Ken and Gal for me was a great
show. Reba says hi shiny boy, cute,
cute. I like, oh, it says I like you.
I'm not a fan of large crowds. I thought it said hi shiny boy,
cute, cute. I like you.
I'm not a fan of large crowds and big social gatherings.
I mean, that makes me sound like I have that thing where you
don't like going outside. I don't mind large crowds but
it's like big social gatherings. I do like them, but I just mean
sometimes out of choice. I don't.
I love nothing more than snuggling up near the fire
reading a good book about Norse cults.
Fair. So my question is, when are you
most comfortable? When are you most?
That's us now, if you will, Rebus.
I am most. Comfortable on on a Saturday
morning at about half 9. Because I get Saturday is the
day I get up. I get up late.
I get up at about 9 half 89, which is very like late for me
and because I'm just one of these cool guys that gets up
really I get up at like 2:00 AM and then and I like to take my
porridge into the living room and watch Sky Sports News and I
lie down. I lie down living room sofa,
which I don't do a lot and a lot of time in my wife's pregnancy
pillow, which is great and I will continue to use that after
we've had the baby and I've got the hiccups, which has never
happened to me in a podcast before.
But let me hold my breath and see if they go away.
This give podcast content. I think they've gone away.
I like to do that on a hot kill. That was so quick getting rid of
hiccups. But yeah, Saturday mornings
relaxing, maybe catching up on a bit of TV just wearing like my
football shorts. Are we training T-shirt and like
my still having we bed head and all that that is 100% me.
That's when I'm most comfortable.
Better football on No real plans for the next couple of hours.
Better porridge that's. That's my, that's my jam.
And ironically, I don't have jam porridge, Danny Mills said.
Not the ex. Let me just check.
No, not the former Man City in England.
Left back Danny Mills says this is well worth 3 minutes 18
seconds of your time and it's speed of love.
Written by Howie from the Backstreet Boys.
What is this like a music video? If this if this really tickles
me, we'll break it down next week.
So is this a? Is this a boy?
No. Is this is?
This real? Is this a boy band from Belfast?
Right. Here's the thing.
You've sent me a. Video of a what I presume is a
Belfast boy band and they're done in the Titanic order by the
docks and they're in a full dance routine and they're
singing and dancing and. And what we'll do is a bit like
the rap battle, we will break that down on next week's pod
100%. Let's track these guys down.
I'm interested. And we'll probably get into it
and that is exactly what we're all about in this pod.
Content like that. So fantastic.
Thank you for bringing this into my life.
Danny Mills. Let me just see if this so that
I remember to do it. Speed of love.
Oh, that's enjoyable. Glenn Kelly.
The biggest question is why is the lead singer of Hard 51 of
the band members? Oh no, he's not, is he?
Fuck, I don't know. I need more time to go through
that next week. Jamie Blobby says.
Is Dave Elliott hosting this week again?
Fuck off. Jordan O'Brien of all the top
tier Northern Ireland celebrities, Neeson, Blakely,
Shazi Shankill. I don't know who that is.
Lawson Nesbitt. Violumpet guy from Castlecourt,
which ones would you build statues for?
Yeah, and Joe Turner writes, Should all statues be afraid?
It's a it's a difficult. One, I think if we're going for
one big one. I think it's.
Tough. It would be tough not to have
Julian Simmons. You know, if you don't know
Julian Simmons, he's a continuity announcer on UTV.
So before our big soaps are on, Julian gives you a bit of a
preview of the soap and some people could potentially
describe him as camp. And he unites everybody, like on
all sides of the fence. People go, Julian is a, is a, is
a legend. So I'd be a.
Forgiven at the Simmons, like definitely, I think that'd be
enjoyable and I don't I don't think anybody would have a
problem with it. Mel Makaki says when are you
legally changing your name to Wayne Tude?
You've also sent me a link to the deed poll.
Can we get a GoFundMe page for the 18 point needed to do that?
Mel, that's disrespectful. Fuck off, Con, Gribbon says Put.
Everything you have in your person on the ground, No, I
don't care. Anyone.
Everything. Yeah, that's a policeman saying
to someone in Belfast to think put everything you have on the
ground and someone just going I've just eaten a.
Hamburger. I mean, weird that you would
call it hamburger. Most people just say burger.
Weird. In that situation, when the
police are involved, you remember to put ham in front of
a given giving it its full title.
Yeah. We'll go through the boy band
video next week and then and we'll have things a bit more, a
bit more prepared. This was a bit rambly this week.
I've got to acknowledge that of the bat.
You know what it takes. It takes a it takes a brave guy
to do that, to acknowledge that. This week's pod was a bit
rambly, but sometimes that's just going to happen.
Guys, it's been my birthday. I've lost a run on myself
basically. But but we're all good.
So we are doing the live episode on Sunday night, the TV Me
podcast on Zoom with Jamie Lee O'Donnell, Mickey Bartlett and
Ram Mullen. That is for Patreons only.
And then my stand up show goes on to Patreon as well on
Saturday night. The I mean, what a weekend that
is for the sip sip, sip. You're drinking of greatness.
OK, my friends. But as always, I appreciate the
Patreon support and absolutely everybody who watches or listens
to the podcast. And especially whenever you tell
a friend, you know, that's always good to sort of spread
the word of mouth about tea with me.
Now I need to very quickly do a run through of of the Patreons.
Want to give a quick shout out to everybody who's on there
supporting the pod. Oh God.
Oh no. I should have had this done
before. I want to give a big shout out
to all of these people. Aaron, Adam, Andrew and are my
apples. Tommy, Ashley, Turner.
Be awesome. Don't know what's a real name.
Brian, Ross, Carol, Karis, Chloe, Christina, Connor,
Cormac, Daniel, Dave, Donna, Emma, Gary, Gemma, James,
Jillian, Joan, Johnny, Julie. So many J's Katrina, Kiran
Leanne, Lisa, Mark Martin, Matthew.
Mcnile, Nikki. Noel, Orla, Owen, Patrick.
Paul, Peggy, Peter. Rebus, Reece, Ruth.
Of course there's 2 pages. Ryan, Sarah, Shane, Terry,
Victoria Vincey and Warren Ball. Now Vincey is a new a new
Patreon. And Vincey sounds like the sort
of guy in The Sopranos that everybody knows, and he doesn't
say a lot, but he's so effective at being hit man in the Mafia.
Speak to Vincey. No one speaks like that in The
Sopranos, but it's all good guys.
It's been another episode of the Tea With Me podcast.
It has been rambly. I'll be back next week on these
episodes. Bring in the heat.
I'm going to run really far in my brand new trainers.
I'll see you at the weekend if if you are there for the live
Tea with Me episode and if not, I'll see you soon.
We're going to have merch shorted soon and open sand that,
but we really have hopefully got it sorted soon.
See you later. Sep Sep Love you.