1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:04,280 Prime Big Deal days is coming October 8th and 9th, which can 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:08,680 lead to involuntary deal squeals like the infamous deal on a new 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:13,920 massager squeal. Save big on prime big deal days 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:25,200 October 8th and 9th. Zippers Welcome to the Tea With 5 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:30,360 Me podcast with me, your little cheeky mate Shady boy QQ the 6 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,400 Money Toad AKA she and Stuart Todd. 7 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,040 And not a lot of people know that my middle name is Stuart 8 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:41,200 and I like to keep it that way because as much as Stuart is 9 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,880 like some sort of family name of mine, it's spelt Stewart. 10 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:51,440 And when that was read out at my wedding, she and Stuart Todd, a 11 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,320 lot of friends of mine, so-called friends of mine, 12 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,040 laughed. And I don't know why, but Sturt 13 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:01,920 is just such an annoying name. Stuart isn't too bad. 14 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,000 You can sort of get away with it. 15 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,240 But Stew, hang your head in shame. 16 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:12,040 All the Stewarts out there. This cop's way too big. 17 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:14,920 The cop's way too big. And it didn't really have 18 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,040 anywhere to set it down. But look, things could be a lot 19 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:18,840 worse. Things could be a lot worse. 20 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:23,040 And Speaking of things, you know, I was going to say things 21 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:24,640 couldn't get worse. Things are actually getting 22 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,640 better because the the beers are open again, The paints are open 23 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:32,080 on the 3rd of July. The government, huh? 24 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,320 That's what they're calling themselves. 25 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:39,560 Why is it any time people talk about local politics, some guy 26 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,880 always arrives on the scene who talks He got there. 27 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,360 Ha ha. They're on a bunch of clowns up 28 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,160 there. Like anytime somebody posts a 29 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,760 nice picture of them up at Stormont, like taking the dog 30 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:54,200 for a walk and just write a lovely day for 12 people 31 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,880 underneath it, right? You'd be better go Janine, you 32 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,200 be Janine. You'd be better go up there and 33 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,200 run on the place. Would Janine be better at doing 34 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,360 it? Because Janine 17, you know, So 35 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,400 I don't know if she would, but then again, maybe she would. 36 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:16,400 But yeah, Michelle O'Neill and Arlene Foster have basically 37 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,840 said walk away at the beers from the 3rd of July. 38 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,680 And what annoyed me about that was everybody in the Internet. 39 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,120 When you know, the way everyone, the Internet is kind of like a 40 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,160 little bit stupid, probably. I include myself in that. 41 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,880 What about when everybody was like, Oh yeah, uh huh. 42 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:35,200 Oh, why already? Foster opening on the on the 3rd 43 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,760 of July on the day of her 50th birthday. 44 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,080 Well, also not convenient. And it turns out it's not the 45 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,000 date of her 50th birthday. And people should have looked 46 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,200 into that a bit more. I obviously know when her 47 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,120 birthday is because every year, every every year for Arlene 48 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:55,920 Foster's birthday, me and Arlene and a load of other just DUP 49 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,680 guys. What what do we do? 50 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,720 We go out bowling. So I know that that's in my 51 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,880 diary for like later next month. But it's just funny how like 52 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:10,360 everybody sees something said as fact. 53 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,000 You know what I mean? Like get it? 54 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:17,480 Like I don't want to sign Donald, but fake news. 55 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,520 China, you know, I, I don't know why people just straight away 56 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,680 when yes, somebody said it on the Internet. 57 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,320 So that is your birthday. I don't know. 58 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:31,960 It is it, I mean, whenever you hear that the bars are going to 59 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:36,320 be back open because we're going to have a baby. 60 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:42,240 I'm, I'm probably not going to be in the bars for 17 years, 18 61 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:47,440 years, but I do, I do like it. I do like the idea that 62 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,280 everyone's going to be back out on the on the drinks because I 63 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,480 like everything that goes with that, you know, pictures of 64 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:58,440 people in beer gardens. Some guy will, some guy will 65 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,760 post a picture of a can of tenants sitting on a wall in a 66 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,520 beer garden and he'll write, I've had worst Tuesdays, you 67 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,560 know, and I'll look at it and go, I haven't, I've never had a 68 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,120 worst Tuesday than having a can of tenants on a wall. 69 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,079 But I think it'll be good. I mean, I will get out at some 70 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:18,120 point, I hope. I mean it won't, but I like the 71 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,600 idea that it will. But it just I'll get as good, 72 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,240 you know what I mean? Like I feel like the day that 73 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,680 the bars open again, we should create like a tunnel of applause 74 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,800 for the lads venture and out for the first pints, you know, 75 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,120 because it's going to they're going to taste nicer. 76 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,680 Like I was out for I was out for a big run today because my mate 77 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,800 Tony is mental and he's going to run the whole length of Ireland 78 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,680 in June, which you never need to do. 79 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,520 You know what I mean? Like he's he's not be different 80 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,320 if he was being chased, but he is doing it because he wants to 81 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,720 do it. And I don't understand. 82 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,320 And he has blister on one of his foot and it looks like something 83 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,120 from a Second World War textbook when they go, this is what 84 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,080 happened to the soldiers in the trenches. 85 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,760 Look at their fate. I mean, to be fair, if I was in 86 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,640 the Second World War in the trenches, really bad blisters 87 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,840 would probably be OK. You know what I mean? 88 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:15,200 If that's the worst thing happening to you, you're quids 89 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,480 in. But them why'd I mention that? 90 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:23,440 Oh yeah, because we we. So he's running like, I don't 91 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,520 know, over 20 KA day. And today me and him did 16 K of 92 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,960 a really nice sort of run alongside a beach. 93 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:34,720 And then I, I, we went past the bar and had just just a wee 94 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,320 basic beer garden at the back and I shed a tear. 95 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,360 You know, I was like that. I take me back the one I used to 96 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,440 go out drinking once every three years. 97 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,080 It that it'll be great. Just those first. 98 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,240 I mean, either people are going to be really nice about it and 99 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,000 sort of, you know, ease their way back into it, or people are 100 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,920 just going to go absolutely bucked off. 101 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,120 You know, like people that normally go out for one or two 102 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,400 are going to go out for 10. And I think people will lose a 103 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,960 run on themselves and I'm going to enjoy hopefully like giving a 104 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,120 baby a wee bottle and just seeing pictures and Instagram 105 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,440 videos of like, you know, people going absolutely and seeing in 106 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,800 beer gardens. But it's good. 107 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,120 I'm actually more sorry. Well, I take a little sip of my 108 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,080 tea. As per the title of the podcast, 109 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,480 I'm, I'm actually more looking forward to restaurants being 110 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:26,600 back open because after our run today, there's a garden centre 111 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:32,560 near me called Blue Cedar. And they have like, you know, 112 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,040 one person at a time can go in and get a coffee and take it 113 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,160 out. And whenever me and my mate Tony 114 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:42,200 took the coffee out, we sat on a bench for about a minute and a 115 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,360 half and we're just chatting, having our coffee. 116 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,760 And I was like, oh, I missed this. 117 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,720 You know, I was like some sort of pensioner who gets out of 118 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:55,320 gaol after a life sentence. I can't believe I'm here, you 119 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,080 know, and it was, it was nice. That's what I'm looking forward 120 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,280 to most, just a big trip to Nandos. 121 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:05,040 I just want to I just want to go to Nandos with all my friends 122 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,480 and the and you know what the money toads going to pay for? 123 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,960 You know, that's what I want. I want the big table. 124 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,600 In fact, I want to take over the upstairs area of the Nandos in 125 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,160 Dublin Rd. And I just, I just want that. 126 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,280 I want everybody there. I want everyone to be wearing 127 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:27,240 white for some reason, you know, and I want everybody like one of 128 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,640 P daddy's pool parties to be wearing white. 129 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:34,160 And we're and also part of me would like us to be wearing hats 130 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,000 made out of chicken, you know, and I know there'll be a lot of 131 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,360 animal rights people listen to me and like, that's a real ways 132 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,040 to check in. But don't worry, we that after 133 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:48,400 that's a really good cup of tea, a really good cup of tea before 134 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,960 we get into the pod. Thanks to all the the people on 135 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:55,840 Patreon that joined us for the live episode of Tea With Me on 136 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:57,920 Sunday night. That was a hell of a lot of fun. 137 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,640 And it actually technically went really smoothly because I was 138 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,600 not in charge of it and producer Dan was. 139 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,280 So we had Mickey Bartlett with Jamie Lee O'Donnell and we had 140 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,560 Ryan McMullen and Ryan McMullen played a song and I absolutely 141 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,400 loved it. But I was pissed off because 142 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,160 Dan, you did my microphone during it. 143 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,200 And Ryan asked basically he's like, what song do you want to 144 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:18,960 hear? Now that put a lot of pressure 145 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,720 on me because I like a lot of Ryan's songs, but I asked him to 146 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:26,080 play Oh, Susanna and I, I was like Ryan, I get really like, 147 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:31,320 see, boy, see boys that play guitars, they just, they just 148 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,559 take me to the fair. And then, like, when we had JC 149 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,159 Stewart on, it was the same, you know, just something about a guy 150 00:08:37,159 --> 00:08:42,840 that can play a song that really gets me feeling vaguely 151 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:48,080 bisexual, you know? And I really enjoyed Ryan 152 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,160 playing a tune and oh, yeah, he's like, I'll play anything 153 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:52,600 you want. And I said, can you play, oh, 154 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,480 Susanna? And I said, me and my wife. 155 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,120 Were at his gig and customise square. 156 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,760 I was like, we, we really like listen to this. 157 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,800 And he said, OK, I'll dedicate it to your wife. 158 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,880 And I said, hey man, don't dedicate it to me. 159 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,360 And he did. But producer Dan muted my 160 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,640 microphone during it, which was annoying because I feel like I 161 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,480 could have come in pretty strong in that. 162 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:20,840 Oh, Susanna, if ever the world drags you down, Call My Name and 163 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:22,760 I'll come right now. A. 164 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:24,560 Couple of things to think about there. 165 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:28,280 Number one is I hadn't rehearsed me singing just that bit. 166 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:31,040 And secondly, at the start of that, I actually tried to make 167 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,800 it sound kind of bad. And then halfway through it, I 168 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,880 was thinking, this isn't funny as such, but I'm absolutely 169 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,200 nailing this. So do I start to sing badly on 170 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,280 purpose or do I just keep rolling, singing well? 171 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,440 And I feel like I did the right thing by just singing that 172 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,280 beautifully. So that's what could have been 173 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,320 if it wasn't for fucking Producer Dan. 174 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,840 He'll be listening back to this in his editing cave. 175 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,800 Producer Dan likes to edit in the dark, which is just upside 176 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,440 down. I want to start loading weird 177 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,240 rumours about him. Basically, he. 178 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:05,240 Yeah, he likes to I mean, no, I was going to say something there 179 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:09,280 that, you know, might have made him reconsider ever, ever, ever 180 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:13,120 done the podcast again. So but yeah, cheers to everyone 181 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,920 who got involved with that. If you want to join up to the 182 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,880 Patreon, it's patreon.com/T with me podcast. 183 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:20,760 You get the bonus episode once a week. 184 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,640 I put my Todd father Waterfront Hall show the full video up on 185 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,480 it as well. And then and there's just loads 186 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:34,800 of special things for special people for for shippers before 187 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,760 we move on as well. Finally got merchandise sorted. 188 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,720 So the designs are done and we're going to roll those out 189 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,720 soon. We've got a zipper T-shirt, 190 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:44,760 which is really nice. By the way, these are just 191 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,560 really beauty T-shirts. You guys know, I was about to 192 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:49,880 say I'm begging them a fashion, but I also know that every 193 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,440 podcast I've done on lockdown, I've been wearing sports gear. 194 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:56,200 But you guys know, like I'm looking at my wardrobe here and 195 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,360 I can see, well, what's annoying me is the main thing I can see 196 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,320 is my cream denim jacket that I wore for the pilot on my TV show 197 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,480 that everyone absolutely roasted me for. 198 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,720 But apart from that, you know, you guys know I'm a well dressed 199 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,800 guy. So these T-shirts, you could 200 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,120 wear them in, you could wear them at the picky pull and 201 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,160 banger to play pitch and putt, or you could wear them to the 202 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:22,160 catwalks of Milan, Milan. So yeah, we've got a Money Toad 203 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,120 one. We've got a separate T-shirt and 204 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,000 not podcast related, but there is a Keith cruises summer soccer 205 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,960 school for the kids, even the wee girls T-shirt as well. 206 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:36,600 And we're doing a mug, so like a big T mug and then also get 207 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,440 ready for this like a fine China teen coaster. 208 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:41,520 That's a tea with me with she and Todd on it. 209 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,640 So we'll post up the link to those really soon. 210 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,720 And one thing we do on Patreon for people that are a certain 211 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,960 tier is like raffle off 1 bit of merch a month. 212 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,040 So we'll, we'll do that once we get those sorted. 213 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,520 There's quite a bit I want to talk about this week with loads 214 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,040 of listeners questions and I want to get through as many as 215 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,200 possible. But before we do, let's get into 216 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:08,240 it, let's do TripAdvisor. Why don't we do So last week? 217 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:10,640 I've got a couple options here because last week I felt 218 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:14,480 underprepared for TripAdvisor and and I want to really bring 219 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,200 you guys, you know, good reviews. 220 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:21,120 So I think we'll go with a hotel in Belfast. 221 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:24,120 But let's not go with one of the. 222 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:28,160 What would you say, more established ones that I would do 223 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,280 gigs in because you guys know the money toad is going to be 224 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,040 looking to. What would you say? 225 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,360 Like eat up all that cash as soon as lockdown's over? 226 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,480 So I can't blacklist myself from any hotels. 227 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:43,320 But yeah, definitely the Travelodge, Belfast Central, I'm 228 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,000 never going to do it. I'm never going to do a gig in 229 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,840 or stay in. I mean, the RE, I'm not being 230 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,640 sly, but the reason I wouldn't stay in it is because I also 231 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,280 live in Northern Ireland, right? So you never really need to stay 232 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,080 in a hotel anywhere else in Northern Ireland. 233 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:05,040 But if you do, if you do, if you do, ideally you're not staying 234 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:09,760 in Belfast Central Travelodge. I'm just saying because, you 235 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:13,240 know, there's other options essentially. 236 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,840 So I mean, I'll be honest, when I go to London, I'll stay in a 237 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:18,400 Travelodge, absolutely not a problem. 238 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,160 But on your doorstep, no. Thank you. 239 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:22,160 So I'd rather pay for the taxi home. 240 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:27,760 So we have many well over 1000 reviews for this I think, or 241 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,840 nearly 1000 reviews. But we're not interested in the 242 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,640 best reviews. Also really weird when people 243 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,120 give hotels really good reviews and TripAdvisor. 244 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:39,680 Let's philtre it by terrible. I should point out the stick up 245 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:42,960 for the Travelodge in Belfast. There is way more excellent and 246 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,160 very good reviews than poor and terrible. 247 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,640 So they are killing it. But look we all get bad reviews. 248 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:52,000 I've got bad review from my stand up before and yes I had 249 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:56,320 the person sacked but let's see what people are saying. 250 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:02,600 Hello everyone. People are so dramatic. 251 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,680 Steve from Chesterfield, right, prison cell. 252 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,160 This has got to be the worst hotel I've ever had the 253 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,760 misfortune to stay in. The room was like a prison cell, 254 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,360 the heat was unbearable with no window open and the air 255 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,680 conditioning kept you awake with its squeaking noises. 256 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,920 The night went by like I was slowly being tortured. 257 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,720 I'm going to presume Steve has never been waterboarded in 258 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,440 Guantanamo Bay, because this just sounds. 259 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:29,640 Mildly inconvenient. If Tony 10 had not been rumbled, 260 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,120 he surely would have handed himself in had he had to hide 261 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:33,440 out in this hotel. Who the? 262 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:41,120 Fuck is Tony 10? Tony 10 Tony 10 sounds like a 263 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:45,800 futuristic robot. Tony 10 was the online betting 264 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,280 username of Tony O'Reilly, the postman who became front page 265 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:53,640 news in 2011 after he saw 1.75 million from the Irish Postal 266 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:58,760 Service. I mean, boys will be boys, you 267 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:02,080 know what I mean? But yeah, Tony, a very specific, 268 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:10,200 very specific description there. This person writes never again. 269 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,040 First off, staff on reception very welcome and friendly and 270 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:17,080 try to help. OK, so I mean it's off. 271 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:20,000 To a good start. Doors being slammed left right 272 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,680 and centre, especially the corridor doors. 273 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:27,160 There were arguments at 4:00 AM. Also the walls are really thin 274 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,200 and I could hear next door's TV blast in the news. 275 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:31,840 I mean. Hopefully that's all they were 276 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:37,600 blasting also. The car park is very expensive. 277 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,120 I like it when the manager gets back. 278 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,800 To the review. As well, you know, the manager's 279 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,840 like, oh, let me just set, set you straight in all this. 280 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,000 People complaining about the pillow. 281 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,640 The pillow density. Hurting their neck. 282 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,200 Resort 143 right? Don't stay here if you want to 283 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,880 sleep. Well that's weird because who 284 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,560 books a hotel to somewhere where they don't want to sleep? 285 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,400 We had to walk 20 minutes with all our luggage only to find a 286 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:22,240 room was too hot to sleep in. The thermostat was broken. 287 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,120 We reported the issue but nothing was done. 288 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,000 We had opened the window which would normally which would only 289 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,400 open a couple of inches. The window did not let in much 290 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,600 air but it did let in all the noise in the city centre. 291 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,120 There was no sleep that night for my daughter or me. 292 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,560 I don't recommend this hotel. I mean that is a decent point 293 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,120 because any hotel you stay in like around the world, a city 294 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,200 centre's like it's bustling like it's New York. 295 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,760 You're hearing the taxi cabs, you're hearing people playing 296 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,680 music in Belfast City centre. To be fair, if you have a window 297 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,360 open you are going to hear people shouting things that 298 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:59,120 you've never heard before. She's kicked me out of the house 299 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,000 for a buck on the fucking poster. 300 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:11,839 You know you're going to hear your colleagues or scrappers, 301 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,280 you're going to hear Now we're getting till the reason things 302 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:21,720 that have never been said, the worst Travelodge that could be 303 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:23,240 out there. I mean, that sounds like a 304 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,119 challenge. It's old. 305 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,599 You don't even get a key card. You just get a key with a giant 306 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:30,040 key ring on it. I mean, yeah, why do hotels do 307 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:31,560 that? Because me and Colin get us 308 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:33,440 stayed in a place in County Mayo. 309 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:38,120 I mean, I say stayed. I got there and said Colin, I 310 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:40,800 shall be leaving after the show even though the accommodation 311 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,480 and it was 4 and half hour drive, but we got there and what 312 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,560 put me off was the key with 7 stone. 313 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:47,160 I was like, why does this need to be this big? 314 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,080 And then he said, because people lose hotel keys, and I thought, 315 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:57,800 that does make sense. A couple of items went missing 316 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:59,360 from my room. I never got them back. 317 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,280 Staff were dismissive when I brought it up. 318 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,280 The Wi-Fi kept going off, locked to the door was stuck and 319 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,280 several attempts to get it open. I still couldn't. 320 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:12,120 The hotel manager's called Gary Gaynor and Gary Gary must be 321 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:14,680 related to Gloria Gaynor because he can. 322 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:18,920 He just I Will Survive, is what Gary is preaching here because 323 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,160 he gets back to people straight away and lets him know what time 324 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,400 it is people are so. Bitchy in the in the heads, 325 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:28,240 right? Per the breakfast. 326 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:30,640 I mean, everyone's is pretty normal so far. 327 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:35,840 So let's let's give let's find something really weird. 328 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:38,880 People keep saying the rooms are too hot. 329 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,760 Guys, it's Belfast. Be enjoyable. 330 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,720 Be, you know, be. Amicable to the fact that it was 331 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:50,040 over 5°, Kevin Quinn writes. Shocking first night, was told 332 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,040 to turn the TV down. TV doesn't go above 30. 333 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,240 Our volume wasn't reaching anywhere near that. 334 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:58,520 Not happy to feel like a prisoner in my own room. 335 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,080 Where the slightest noise merits a complain, Kevin's acting like 336 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:03,960 he sneezed and the PSNI showed up. 337 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,240 We'll be speaking the front, we'll be speaking the front 338 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,880 desk, and certainly won't be returning if we can't relax 339 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:13,800 without being told to turn stuff down. 340 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:15,840 Would not recommend. If you actually. 341 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:17,640 Want to watch something and enjoy it? 342 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:22,800 Gary Gaynor straight back to him. 343 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:25,280 Dear Kevin, thanks for taking the time. 344 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,880 Leader of you during the night staff perform regular. 345 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,800 Floor cheques of the feelers, excessive noise. 346 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,360 They contact the room except. My apologies if you feel like 347 00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:34,880 this was unnecessary. What that translates as from 348 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:39,600 Gary Gaynor is Hey Kev, turn the fucking PV down dickhead. 349 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,120 And I like it. One star review from Paul 350 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:48,240 Sweetman from Reading. Great location for drinking but 351 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,520 he's given it one star stuffy. Outdated rooms. 352 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:53,520 Great for great. Victoria Street station, but 353 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,240 everything else suffers. Good stuff, but the hotel is not 354 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,680 nice. Needs refurbishment, very old. 355 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,360 That's there's no way that's a one star review. 356 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:06,400 No way. Bulb writes double bedroom 357 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,800 supplied instead of a twin bedroom even though it was 358 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,600 booked five months earlier. We would have used another hotel 359 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:15,640 if we had a known. No apology, not even sorry. 360 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,600 I am slightly disabled and this was very important. 361 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:25,120 I mean, I'm gonna say this is somebody who, who has a disabled 362 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:28,960 sister who has disabled people in my family referring to 363 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:34,120 yourself as slightly disabled. I mean, it's, it's like, it's 364 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:36,160 like me having, it's like me having croonsies. 365 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:40,360 Like I, I have Crohn's disease. So I, I therefore have Crohn's 366 00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:43,560 disease. So like, why are you trying to 367 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,640 be cool about being disabled and be like, look, I am like 368 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,640 slightly disabled. It's. 369 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,720 Just just just own it. Just own it, Bob. 370 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:53,520 Just be like, hey, my name is Bob. 371 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:55,640 I'm disabled. But you don't need to know that 372 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:57,760 about me. There's way more to me that you 373 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,480 don't know. Like 5 months in advance. 374 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:06,480 I will book a hotel room and I will and I will. 375 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,120 Ask for A2 embedded room and. If they give me a double bedroom 376 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:13,760 I'll leave a one star review. And Gary Gaynor of course, back 377 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,560 in. Boom slams him. 378 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:21,760 Even though Bob is slightly disabled, Gary Gaynor does not 379 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:26,880 discriminate if if you if you need to be served, he will do 380 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:31,640 that. People just say it's really hot, 381 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,000 which is, you know, I like the cold. 382 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,320 You know, like some sort of Game of Thrones character. 383 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:43,520 Dropping the bits, no heating up. 384 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,600 Fuck. I mean, I feel like what Gary 385 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:48,920 Gaynor could do. Just a suggestion. 386 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,880 Is maybe like leave the radiators off for a night. 387 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,600 Somebody from Taunton in England writes wouldn't voluntarily stay 388 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,840 here. Again, what's the alternative to 389 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,120 that? Why are you ever going to stay 390 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:07,680 there in a non voluntary way? Like something's going to come 391 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:09,040 to your house in the middle of the night and go. 392 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,280 That's and you're coming on me. Where are you taking me? 393 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:17,280 I failed to shoot me, no. The Belfast Central Travelodge. 394 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:22,080 No, shoot me. Stay at a Premier Inn instead. 395 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,120 Oh, Gary will not like that. Here's Gary. 396 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:27,960 Please be assured we always aimed off at the best value in 397 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:29,560 the city. Our prices are always available 398 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,880 on our website. Nah Gary's not losing another 399 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:40,160 person. The staff were super unfriendly 400 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,680 and they will question you while you comment them on the low 401 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:46,200 rating on Expedia. I am shocked that they know who 402 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,720 made the comment. Before I checked out and they 403 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,640 tease me because I don't give the hotel a positive review. 404 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,960 So terrible. Gary's basically like, yeah, 405 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,640 that didn't admit. OK, we'll do one or two more 406 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:06,560 here. So we ruined the hotel from hell 407 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,360 and then their problem was just the breakfast was over whenever 408 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:16,240 they went on. This is definitely enough for 409 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,840 kids. OK this comes from Greece from 410 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:24,840 it just says the UK. Avoid one star review. 411 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,840 I stayed in a few travel lodges and not had any problems. 412 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,320 The staff have been lovely and the facilities have always been 413 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,160 perfect. I feel like there's a bot coming 414 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,920 here. We were woken by a banging 415 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,720 noise. Cheeky. 416 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,080 And when I asked the man on the front desk, he told me this was 417 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,200 due to 4. Building sites being an 418 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,720 operation, I mean, that's not ideal when you're staying in a 419 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,200 hotel here. We've got a building work 420 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:49,880 happening here. Oh, is that right, mate? 421 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:54,760 Yeah. 4 building sites too many. I asked him what time they 422 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:56,280 usually start at. He told me nine. 423 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:00,680 However, banging started. At half five, look, half five in 424 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,920 the morning, look whenever you are in at Belfast hotel room at 425 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,120 half five in the morning. If they're banging, it might not 426 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:09,360 be the builders, it might not be. 427 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,760 I think this information should be handed over before booking or 428 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,240 an e-mail sent after booking. If I'd have known this a 429 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,680 wouldn't stay there. Also the room was dirty. 430 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,640 Looked on booking.com and there's better deals elsewhere. 431 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,520 And hotel manager Gary Gainer is straight in. 432 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,600 Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. 433 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,600 He starts with that. You know he's being cheeky when 434 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,960 he says that. I'm surprised it was 435 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,360 construction of five. 30 However, I'll raise this during 436 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:36,680 my next meeting with the site foreman, Gary Gaynor. 437 00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:39,520 Spoiler Gary has never met the site foreman. 438 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,760 That's Gary's version of banter. He's like, Oh. 439 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:46,320 Bring this up on my next big meeting with the Foreman, The 440 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,440 daily Gary Gaynor Foreman meeting. 441 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,040 It doesn't happen. It doesn't happen. 442 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,240 Does Gary Gaynor have time to do anything in the hotel or does he 443 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,320 just shot people down on TripAdvisor? 444 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,800 The wall. This comes from Leighton from 445 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,480 Manchester. The walls are paper. 446 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,280 Thin and you can hear all the noise from above. 447 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,040 We were woken up several times in the night until we couldn't 448 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:16,320 stand it. You could hear people talking as 449 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:20,440 the walls are so thin. True story. 450 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:26,160 I I went to the card fronting fight in Manchester. 451 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,360 As part of my honeymoon, because that's what my wife wanted, you 452 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:33,680 know, she wanted to go to the Emmy and Arena in Manchester to 453 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:35,600 watch a boxing match. No, she didn't, but this was my 454 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,800 part of the honeymoon. And then we got in the elevator. 455 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,880 We stayed in the Mercure Hotel. Now we'd stayed in one of those 456 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,640 in Dubai Flex and it was really nice. 457 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,080 So I thought I'll book the one in Manchester, be sweet, get 458 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,000 into the left and the left is really far in a distance and a 459 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,880 guy's holding the door for it and I shouldn't let it go or 460 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,440 should we jog to get it And we jogged to get it and it was the 461 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:01,080 worst mistake ever. 2 fellas like in their 50s inside. 462 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:06,240 I get in, me and her talking to each other and he goes the 463 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:10,080 fella, one of the fella, big fellas, like even bigger than me 464 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,200 if you can imagine that. He goes, where are you from? 465 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,760 You know, he's like from Manchester somewhere. 466 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:20,600 And I said Ireland and he goes, I knew there was some, you could 467 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:22,640 smell booze off him. I was like, Oh no, I don't want 468 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,800 to have to kick this shit out of two 7 foot guys in front of my 469 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,840 wife, you know. And the guy goes, Oh yeah, what 470 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:34,320 side? And I said Man United, you know, 471 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:35,840 I was trying to trick him or whatever. 472 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,160 I knew that's not what he was saying. 473 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,200 He goes, are you, are you orange or green? 474 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,400 And I said no, neither, to be honest with you, mate, my wife 475 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,320 was like, Oh no, we're not, we're not ended up. 476 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,320 And he goes, are you? What did he say? 477 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,840 He said like he said like fucking lion or something. 478 00:26:56,120 --> 00:27:00,440 Anyway, we were getting off at the same floor and it was way 479 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:01,680 up. So what were the chances? 480 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,600 And we're like walking ahead and they're behind us. 481 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:09,240 And the guy says something, I can't remember what he said to 482 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,360 me, like about, about like he'd see me later. 483 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:16,000 And then we get into our room. They end up in the room beside 484 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,960 us. And the walls are so thin, we 485 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:20,480 heard. Have you ever tried to relax in 486 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,840 a hotel room after a flight? But you can't because on the 487 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,080 other side of the wall, you can hear two guys talking about the 488 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,280 fact that if they see you later, they're going to kick your head 489 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,240 in. It's not relaxing. 490 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,400 I phoned the front desk. I was like, guys, get the money 491 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:38,480 towed out of here. And his wife preferably, But you 492 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:42,080 know, and, and the front desk are like, that's fine, what's 493 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,840 happened? And I genuinely said I have had 494 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:50,120 a threat of my life. You know, I basically said like 495 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:53,720 I've had a death threat and they and they moved us, but whenever 496 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,720 we walked out of the room, I was like, we need to go out really 497 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,080 quietly because if they see us leaving with their suitcases, 498 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,600 they're going to know. I phoned and said something bad 499 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,760 about them. So in the end I just fuck, I 500 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,160 kicked their door in and there was about 8 of them and there 501 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:11,960 were big guys like big like Manchester guys and and 502 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,080 basically I just like hey, I bought it all them. 503 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,880 And I said my wife just wants to enjoy her honeymoon. 504 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,120 We're here for the boxing. And then just like couple 505 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:23,040 uppercuts and knock them out. And then they had some sweets 506 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:24,880 and I said I'll take these and all. 507 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:28,720 And just for your information, I'm Jewish. 508 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,200 And then I walked out. I said that's what side I'm on. 509 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,520 I'm half Jewish, half Muslim, just for your information. 510 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,480 I mean not all that's true, but up until the point where we left 511 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,160 the room that is true. And if those guys are listening 512 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,880 or watching you didn't get me, I shouldn't say that. 513 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,120 That's good. And then they will come and get 514 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,000 me at some point. But anyway, we're going to do 515 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,640 listeners questions. I've got to just plug the 516 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:52,640 Patreon one more time. patreon.com/tea with me podcast 517 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,800 if you want to get involved. Not that we pretty sweet. 518 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,400 We have a big sponsor from a think next week or the week 519 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,920 after. 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We're going to get through as 530 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:33,080 many of them as possible and and just shout out everybody who's 531 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:36,360 listening, Connor Diver says. When do you think you'll crack 532 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,800 the 20 minute, the sub 20 minute 5K? 533 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,800 Are the new shoes helping? Connor, before we get into that, 534 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,200 you're you're a Patreon, You're a big sipper. 535 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:49,400 And and you were on the live episode of the Patreon and then 536 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,400 you messaged into the chat. They say just before the end you 537 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,240 were like, sorry, mate, I've got a head on here. 538 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:55,280 See you later. Take it easy. 539 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:56,800 Bye. And I've got to say, that's some 540 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,840 of the best manners I've ever seen in my life to virtually 541 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,400 leave a meeting and just give everyone a heads up and be like, 542 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:03,880 that's me folks. All the best. 543 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,840 I enjoyed that a lot. So thank you and thanks for 544 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,120 being on the Patreon. So yeah, I bought new. 545 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:14,040 I got new shoes for my birthday, George Mental. 546 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:15,960 They're here. And I didn't even mean for that 547 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:17,880 to be a Mizuno. We're not sponsoring this 548 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,720 podcast. So this isn't like a Brandon 549 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,520 thing. But yeah, I got these what the 550 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:26,200 what are they called? Mizuno weave? 551 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:30,400 And I got these for my birthday and I think I said on the 552 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,960 podcast was not allowed to put them on until my birthday, which 553 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,920 is so sly, but I think they are helping. 554 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,560 They're nice and bouncy. And this week I went out my 555 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:45,120 friend Josh and I'm I'm on 20 minutes, but like 20 minutes 40. 556 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:48,640 And that was actually a bit slower this week. 557 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,160 I think I may be running too much. 558 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,440 I mean, how dickhead is that to say that's like a guy in The 559 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,840 Apprentice and they go, So what weaknesses do you have? 560 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,680 And he goes probably work too hard, you know. 561 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:00,800 You know, the guy goes on The Apprentice. 562 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,080 And so is there anything weighing you down? 563 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:07,120 You know, and he's like, yeah, just my big cock, you know, like 564 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:08,920 they try and make themselves sound really good. 565 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,720 But I probably. Am running too much and I'm not 566 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:16,000 used to it and I'm not having enough of a break so I really 567 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,720 hope to do that this week or next week. 568 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,880 I'm going I'm going for the sub I'm going for the sub 20 and 569 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,440 I'll be really happy if I do it but I'm enjoying it like I 570 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:28,040 really, really am enjoying running. 571 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,400 I don't think I've ever been this fit before, which is which 572 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:35,800 is pretty great. I'm enjoying running, but I 573 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,320 don't know is it a thing that a lot of like people say if you 574 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:41,520 keep road running, it's very bad for your knees long term. 575 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:47,400 So my plan is to so I'm 32 now. Despite being, despite looking 576 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:51,440 like a really sexy Victorian child model. 577 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:55,720 I not that I'm not saying Victorian child models were 578 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,600 sexy. I'm saying if I was a Victorian 579 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,920 child model, I could be described as sexy. 580 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:04,400 It's just a rain all of a sudden, which is pretty sweet 581 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:05,960 because I won't have to host the garden later. 582 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:07,560 Respect. That's how old I am. 583 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,640 Because at 32 when you see this starts to rain, you go boom. 584 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:11,960 Don't need to host the garden later. 585 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,320 Yeah, I'm enjoying running. But I think what I'll do is keep 586 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,040 running, do a couple of years of it and then I'm just going to 587 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:20,880 get in the yoga. So. 588 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:25,040 So no, it's going well. Just the Nathan Burke's. 589 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:27,360 Well, I don't think that's a podcast question. 590 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:31,680 That is a little inquiry and I'll get back to you on Belfast 591 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:35,640 Guy in China. Big big Belfast guy China. 592 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,680 OK, he says. Would you ever set up your own 593 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,840 weekly comedy night, use the host for up and coming comedians 594 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,240 with some well known guests taking spots each week? 595 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,000 Think it could be a great way to constantly promote yourself as a 596 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,680 brand, get a nice money toad worthy slice of ticket revenue 597 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,880 and inspire the next generation of local talent all at once? 598 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:57,360 Yeah, what I mainly focus on there is that money toad worthy 599 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,280 slice of ticket revenue because, you know, the money toad likes 600 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:03,320 to stay in his Lily pot and only come off when whenever serious 601 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:07,600 money's offered for something. So I wouldn't like this. 602 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,240 I like the idea definitely of setting up my own weekly comedy 603 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:12,960 club. I think that'll be great. 604 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,400 And I've always kind of had that idea. 605 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:20,560 But but it's it's kind of the admin of it, to be honest, is a 606 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,120 bit of a melt. Like I think it'll be great if 607 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,720 loads of people are coming, but you're going to have months and 608 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,040 weeks where it's pretty slow and it takes time to build up. 609 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:32,440 Like I think Colin running laveries, it's taken it took him 610 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:36,720 like 4 years before that got to a point where it was like, you 611 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,600 know, walking and going is are there going to be people here? 612 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:41,920 Because some weeks you would do love reason it would be packed 613 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,160 out and then some weeks you'd be like, shit, I don't know if 614 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,920 anyone's coming. But him and Maureen have put so 615 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:50,640 much work into it that it's like I'd say about two years ago, 616 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:53,360 maybe it got to the point where it's like, no, you know what's 617 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:57,960 going to be a good night. So I don't know, I I would like 618 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:01,200 to maybe I could do a short run of shows and whenever lockdown 619 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:05,720 is eased and we can do social distance gigs, I probably will 620 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,440 put on like a series of nights most likely in the limelight. 621 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:12,679 So, so yeah. And to be able to help up and 622 00:34:12,679 --> 00:34:16,000 coming comedians and give them a platform, yeah, that'll be 623 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,400 great. That that's kind of what you 624 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,800 want, that a comedy club night locally. 625 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:23,440 You want acts that are kind of established and good and maybe 626 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,639 people trying on new material and then you want in and amongst 627 00:34:26,639 --> 00:34:29,000 that, like a new act or somebody trying new stuff. 628 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:34,080 But it's good to put around them experienced acts, you know, 629 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,199 because it's a better night for them and they'll probably get 630 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:40,480 more out of it. So so yeah, I would like to do 631 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:41,840 that, but I wouldn't run my own night. 632 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,679 I'm happy to just show up, hit the fun, split and run. 633 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:47,560 You know, that's what I'm happy to do. 634 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:49,679 But thanks for your question, as always. 635 00:34:49,679 --> 00:34:54,239 Belfast guy in China. Jamie says, in fact, Belfast guy 636 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:55,880 in China. I might just interview you for 637 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,680 the pods some week for a short interview because I'm very keen 638 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:02,320 to know what it's like to live in China, to be a Belfast guy in 639 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:03,640 China. I have a lot of questions. 640 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,720 Jeez, Is this from John Joo? No Jamie Jamieson. 641 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:11,560 Jamie Jamieson. Great name. 642 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:15,360 Jamie Jamieson. Sounds like a very, very cheeky 643 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,320 boy. Jamie Jamieson. 644 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:21,920 Jamie says, how do we know it really is tea in your mug? 645 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,480 Maybe this is an elaborate scam to make the unsuspecting public 646 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,000 drink tea. Yeah. 647 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,200 And look, I've held my hands up a couple of times where I have 648 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,800 had coffee before on the podcast, but it was only once or 649 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,440 twice. Genuinely, it is tea this week. 650 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,600 And. And how do you know? 651 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,400 Well, you don't. And you're never going to get 652 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,320 into the money toads, Lilypad. So. 653 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,840 So you've no way of knowing, but you just have to take my word 654 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:50,320 for it. Stevie says Stevie's my best 655 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,040 mate and used. I said that I was going to cry. 656 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:58,560 I just miss him, you know. But he says, and I've asked 657 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:02,040 Stevie to do an episode of the pod like we used to and I think 658 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,560 you will at some point. But he says, what are you most 659 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:07,240 looking forward to? I'm most afraid of when the baby 660 00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:13,040 is born. I'm most looking forward to do 661 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,360 what I do. You know what I'm, I'm really 662 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,640 looking forward to blowing raspberries on the baby, you 663 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,240 know, just blowing raspberries on the baby. 664 00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:23,240 I think that is a lot of fun. You know, just whenever like, 665 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,640 you know, because I, I like the thought that babies have, we 666 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,320 fought arms. I like going babies are a wee 667 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,920 tiny bit chubby and then, you know, they're just a wee bit 668 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:31,840 fat. And then like, I remember when 669 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,120 brother and sister were babies and you just blow wee 670 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:38,840 raspberries on their skin like this and they like that and they 671 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,480 laugh and then you laugh as well. 672 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,000 I like that. I think that's cute. 673 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:46,560 I'm looking forward to outfits, you know, to put the baby in 674 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,720 like in different way outfits, matching outfits with me. 675 00:36:49,720 --> 00:36:53,280 I like that. And I don't know, I'm, I'm, I'm 676 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:54,920 pretty much looking forward to all of it. 677 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:58,320 And even the things that I'm scared about, I am looking 678 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:00,720 forward to because I'm like, I'll learn, you know what I 679 00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:02,960 mean? And sometimes it is nice to be 680 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,480 out of your comfort zone. And I think the feeling of 681 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,360 achievement is, is probably class. 682 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:12,360 Like I'm sure Stevie won't mind me saying this, but but he, he 683 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:17,360 had a baby. And and you can tell that it 684 00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,240 doesn't take that like there's always going to be stuff 685 00:37:19,240 --> 00:37:22,280 probably that you're unsure of or cross that bridge when you 686 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,520 come to anything. But you can just tell that very 687 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:26,000 quickly. People are like, oh, yeah, you 688 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,400 just do this like this. Whereas if you said that to him 689 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,400 before, I'm sure he'd been like, oh, I wouldn't know how to do 690 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:31,760 that. Whereas when you see him with 691 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:35,040 the baby, he's like, Oh yeah, you just do this, but and that's 692 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:36,400 it. Like putting this, putting their 693 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,640 carrier on. I mean, to me, that seems to me 694 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,880 it feels easier to just get like a big hoodie with a big pocket 695 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,080 and just put the baby in that. So I don't know. 696 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:50,880 What am I most terrified of? I'm most terrified probably of 697 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:55,040 the baby getting big when it's older and beating me up. 698 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,600 You know, I would hate that. I would really hate that. 699 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:02,040 Like if it's if it's a boy and he gets the about 16 and he says 700 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:06,840 like, shut up, dad, you know, he says, shut up dad, you look like 701 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:10,400 a young girl. I would, I would, you know, and 702 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:11,920 he says, come on into the garden. 703 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,360 And I would hate it if I got into the garden. 704 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,360 And then he just like completely slammed me down on the on the 705 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,000 paving and started kicking my head. 706 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,360 And I would hate that. And also being honest. 707 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:24,120 And I'm not being sexist. It'd be tougher to take if it 708 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:27,320 was a girl and that happened. You know, if your girl's like I 709 00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:30,320 hit you dad and then drag me outside and just gave me a stone 710 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,400 cold stunner in front of the neighbours, I would hate that. 711 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,960 So a lot to look forward to and quite a lot to be scared of as 712 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:40,840 well. Ben McGoldrick says what are the 713 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:42,720 what are the greatest movies of all time? 714 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:45,840 I'm going to be a real twat and point you to the Patreon because 715 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,520 if you really want to hear my opinion on that, we did 2 716 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:52,600 episodes of that on Patreon. So for the Sep, the Patreon 717 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:54,760 seppers, I'm not going through it again because they'll be 718 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:58,040 like, listen, This is why we pay a fiver a month because we get 719 00:38:58,040 --> 00:38:59,840 the bonus podcast and we know the answers to this. 720 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:04,200 And also probably my favourite film ever would be the usual 721 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:08,240 suspects. I think it's class and anyone 722 00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:10,120 who hasn't seen it, it was Kevin Spacey. 723 00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:17,320 So there you go, there you go. Jordan Hutchinson says I'll be 724 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,720 seriously disappointed if you don't talk about the girl on 725 00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:25,360 Tech Talk from Londonderry. OK Jordan, not sitting on the 726 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:30,280 fence there who currently has 37,927 tadpoles growing in her 727 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,280 back garden. This is the link to your 728 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:33,800 profile. You're welcome in advance. 729 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:41,200 So I don't know what this means. Oh so it's a profile and I know 730 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:44,080 Jesus. It appears to be a girl who is 731 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:49,440 genuinely growing. She's growing actual tadpoles. 732 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,640 The freakiest thing I've ever seen in the history of my life. 733 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:55,760 In a paddling pool, in a garden. Derry. 734 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:03,000 Yeah, frogs freak me out. Mainly because. 735 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:08,040 I am the I am a toad, you know, so toads and frogs don't really 736 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:09,440 get on. And that, by the way, isn't a 737 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:11,800 metaphor for Protestants and Catholics before people start 738 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:13,400 kicking off and throwing things over walls. 739 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:17,520 So. So I automatically get like 740 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:19,960 recoil a wee bit because I am a toad. 741 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:25,080 But what is the situation here? How did this start? 742 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:31,680 Can we interview tadpole lady? OK, she has a puddle and pool in 743 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:36,800 her garden, which I assume is in Derry, and there's thousands and 744 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:40,520 thousands of tadpoles. I mean, number one question is 745 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:42,960 like, why? Why are you doing it? 746 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:44,720 Maybe she does have a good reason. 747 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,640 Let's have a look at some of the comments in this video. 748 00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,400 Oh, no, I liked it by mistake. Oh, Jesus Christ. 749 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,480 And then I unliked it, which is even worse. 750 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,960 So yeah, people are absolutely loving it. 751 00:40:57,920 --> 00:40:59,640 People are like, don't breed Willow. 752 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:08,560 Oh, is that a rabbit? Someone says, do you have a 753 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,880 video where you explain how you got all these tadpoles in the 754 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,200 1st place? If yes, can you tag me in it or 755 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,480 post a link? Just go back and don't be lazy. 756 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,240 Yeah, I, I, I don't know. That's nearly too much for me to 757 00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:23,160 take in. All I know is that whenever I 758 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,120 cut my own grass, and yeah, I cut my own grass, despite being 759 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:32,440 a massive celebrity, I get really scared whenever we frogs 760 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:36,920 jump out of the sides of the grass and then I just leave the 761 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:40,080 lawnmower where it is and return seven days later and hope that 762 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,440 the frog has gone away. Dervla says. 763 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,520 Thoughts. And Cafe Oh, having no handles 764 00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,000 on their mugs. Weird flex, but OK, Derval, a 765 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,680 fantastic question because you're talking about tea related 766 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:53,760 drinks and, and I'm a big fan of that and a lot of people are 767 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,800 going man, I thought you would never talk about this 768 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:59,680 controversial subject of Cafe Oh, not having handles on their 769 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:04,400 cups. I'll say this, I'm a big fan of 770 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,800 Cafe Oh, if you might have seen me in there on occasion. 771 00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:11,040 I like the cut of their jib, and by that I mean the taste of 772 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:15,120 their tea and coffee and I think their food's pretty good too. 773 00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:18,600 So I like Cafe Oh, apart from, to be fair, I was in the Omer 774 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:22,640 Road one once and the one of the guys serving me was kind of 775 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,600 trying to be funny and it came off as a little bit cheeky and I 776 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:29,640 didn't like it. And I was actually very pipe and 777 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,320 sort of just laughed it off. And I was like, that's cool. 778 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:35,600 But he has to know that I could have made him cry, you know? 779 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:38,760 So. So yeah, I'm a big, I'm a big, 780 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:40,800 big fan. I think, oh shit, no, I need to 781 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:43,360 plug this laptop in because the battery's going to die. 782 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:47,080 Yeah, I'm a big fan of. Oh Jesus. 783 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,280 Oh. No, sorry, Mommy's got herself 784 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:50,360 into a. Pickle. 785 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:52,920 Oh no. Oh, because if this battery 786 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,960 dies, then I'll lose all the audio and. 787 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:56,880 And there it is. We're back. 788 00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:57,640 We're plugged in. Guys. 789 00:42:57,640 --> 00:42:58,840 Don't work. Don't even worry about it. 790 00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,560 Yeah. I'm a big fan of Cafe O They 791 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:06,760 don't have handles in there. Oh, yeah. 792 00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,400 Do you know what it was? I'm going to be honest, because 793 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:15,720 Honesty's best policy, I put. I think I put. 794 00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:17,360 Here's the thing. Me and Karen Bartlett like the 795 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,480 Meat and Cafe O, and we normally go to the Botanic one, but we 796 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:26,520 were in the Ormo Avenue 1 and Ormo and there's like a young 797 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:27,800 guy serving me. I say young. 798 00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,000 I don't know what age people are when they're younger than me. 799 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:35,440 No, he was either 18 or 3031. And then that also sounded like 800 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:37,800 I lie about my age because I said younger than me and I went 801 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:39,680 30 and it sounded like I was going to say something else and 802 00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:42,600 then it changed it to one. But 32 is my genuine age. 803 00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:47,920 And then I think I stuck a point in the tip thing because I'm a 804 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:50,680 great guy and obviously extremely rich that I can afford 805 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:55,000 to do that. And Nah, what would it have 806 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,400 been? I mean, post lockdown, nobody's 807 00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:01,480 getting tipped a pond. No, definitely not a spot in my 808 00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:04,280 lip there. And yeah, post lockdown, no, 809 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:05,880 people are getting a pond, but it's on a string. 810 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:07,440 Like I'll put it in and then when they're not looking, I'll 811 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,480 pull it back out because the money don't need to keep his 812 00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:15,240 pond for his tadpoles. And so I put here, I've spent 813 00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:18,440 too long talking with this. I think I put a pond in the tip 814 00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:24,240 cup at the counter and the guy made a joke about it not being a 815 00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:28,720 lot, but he he wasn't like nice at the same time, like he wasn't 816 00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:32,000 nice about it or he made some sort of awkward comment and it 817 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,400 was in front the loads of people. 818 00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:38,080 So I just went oh, Nah, took the pound back, went and took my 819 00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:41,200 seat. So that's just what happened. 820 00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,960 And I and I didn't like it and I didn't like it. 821 00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:45,400 And I hope he doesn't work there anymore. 822 00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:47,960 And if he still does, I hope they suck him. 823 00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:51,480 No, I wouldn't wish out on anyone during lockdown, but 824 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:53,880 maybe whenever things financially recover, get rid of 825 00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:57,640 him. So Reece Cox says, do you plan 826 00:44:57,640 --> 00:44:58,960 on cutting your hair anytime soon? 827 00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:03,280 Now, Reece, that comes across as very spiteful and a little bit 828 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,160 sassy. And I don't know what you're 829 00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:07,720 trying to imply. I think last week on the 830 00:45:07,720 --> 00:45:09,400 podcast, my hair didn't look great. 831 00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:12,600 I mean, I do want it to get a bit longer because even though 832 00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:16,240 it is like really long for me, it's at the, it's at the young 833 00:45:16,240 --> 00:45:18,880 Hitler stage. I'm not believe it or not, 834 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:20,720 that's not a look that I want to go for. 835 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:23,280 So I just wanted to grow out a bit past them. 836 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:27,000 But whenever I was running today, my hair was in curtains 837 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,440 and it looked classed just by chance it was in curtains and it 838 00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:34,240 looked brilliant. And so no, I don't. 839 00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:36,960 I've been basically in the house here. 840 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,040 We've been cutting running my ears. 841 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:43,840 Sometimes I do it, sometimes my wife does it and the back and 842 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:47,080 the IT actually looks all right to the point where I'm like, 843 00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:51,040 maybe I just always do this. Now I'm not, I'm not too sure, 844 00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:54,240 but I don't, I'm going to keep the length. 845 00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:56,760 I'm going to keep the length kind of where it is. 846 00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:59,400 I think some of the wee bit different for me, you know, it's 847 00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:02,760 a rebirth and I think the zippers are enjoying it, you 848 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,560 know, my fuller, my fuller sort of long hair. 849 00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:09,000 And I like that it can do a little bit of a flick, like a 850 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,600 hair flick, which is kind of sexy for the boys. 851 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:16,800 So by the way, Reece, if you said it like this, do you do you 852 00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:18,000 plan on cutting your hair anytime soon? 853 00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:20,520 That's fine. If you said it like this, do you 854 00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:22,200 plan on cutting your hair anytime soon? 855 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:28,240 Then F you write back Mr I don't know what way you meant it, but 856 00:46:28,240 --> 00:46:33,400 just watch yourself. DJ Parker says episode 9 was on 857 00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:36,200 conspiracy theory. So could you do a little bit 858 00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:38,520 about model and McCann and that German geezer? 859 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:44,440 Hey, man, also no. Could you do a wee bit about 860 00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:47,480 something horrific seeing your podcast, mate? 861 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:49,640 Would you talk about the child that was abducted? 862 00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:53,720 You know, also no. And I don't, I don't watch stuff 863 00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:57,040 like that, you know, like the apps, the Jeffrey Epstein thing, 864 00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:01,920 a huge news story. But I've said this before in a 865 00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:03,440 podcast. I feel like everything on 866 00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:08,120 Netflix that I saw for about a six month period was about that 867 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:11,400 kind of thing, Making a Murderer, all that kind of 868 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,520 stuff. And I just had to take a break. 869 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:16,280 And I'll be honest now I'm watching Selling Sunset, which 870 00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:19,480 is about really bitchy people that sell houses in LA and 871 00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:22,720 they're fabulous and they're funny and I absolutely love it. 872 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:25,560 And it's like a Made in Chelsea type show and I enjoy it. 873 00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:27,440 And I want to try and get some of the cast on this. 874 00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:31,720 So so I can't do a bit about modelling McCann, but if you 875 00:47:31,720 --> 00:47:33,880 want me to talk about the Oppenheimer brothers from 876 00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:36,400 Selling Sunset, I'm all yours, baby. 877 00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:40,400 Matthew Merlin says no, Gaelic shorts are the height of 878 00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:42,560 fashion. What other common sights of 879 00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:44,320 Belfast do the world need to see? 880 00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:50,280 Yeah, so that comes that's basically the guy from normal 881 00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:53,280 people who Paul Meskel. I mean, I don't even know his 882 00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,800 name running. It's not like a fancy him come 883 00:47:55,800 --> 00:48:01,280 on the podcast and then kiss me. But then but yeah, he he 884 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:04,960 basically walks about London where in and he gets popped 885 00:48:05,080 --> 00:48:06,920 wearing a wee tiny Gaelic shorts. 886 00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:10,160 We white Gaelic shorts, and that's funny because no, Gucci 887 00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:12,400 are apparently selling like 400 LB Gaelic shorts. 888 00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,440 I mean, they're not like, you know, they're copies of what 889 00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:20,040 he's wearing. And I'm going to say this. 890 00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,960 I don't want people to start calling me the originator, but I 891 00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:26,320 have a pair of we done Gaelic shorts and I've been wearing 892 00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:30,720 those for about 7 years. So fashion world. 893 00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:33,520 You're welcome Paul Meskel. You're welcome. 894 00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:37,480 Now here's the thing. I realised I'm getting too old 895 00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:42,320 to follow trends because he wore that chain on normal people and 896 00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:44,920 I thought I actually might suit a wee chain. 897 00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:47,760 I got my look pretty sweet and I was going to go on Amazon to 898 00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:50,880 look for a little chain. And then I thought I can't do 899 00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:53,200 that because that's creepy because I'm 32. 900 00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:56,480 So you can't start wearing what like young guys are wearing 901 00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:58,720 because you're not a young guy, you're old. 902 00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:03,000 So so I couldn't do that even though I would love to look, I 903 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:05,640 would love to wear a chain and I would look very sexy in the 904 00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:09,000 chain. So, so I can't. 905 00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:12,040 But what other trends would I like to see? 906 00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:20,160 I'd like to see what are the things to what is 907 00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:25,680 quintessentially Belfast. I would like to see like 908 00:49:26,240 --> 00:49:31,520 celebrities in American people calling each are Bror, you know, 909 00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:35,120 no, that's obviously a shortened version of brother, which is 910 00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:38,280 very popular in Belfast. Bror, BROR. 911 00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:40,480 All right, Brar. What do you mean? 912 00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:45,160 No, you know, I I would like that to be used as a slang. 913 00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:51,680 I would like like who? Like, I would like to see Harry 914 00:49:51,680 --> 00:49:57,720 Styles perform at Glastonbury and come out and be like, all 915 00:49:57,720 --> 00:49:59,320 right, Glastonbury. What's happening? 916 00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:03,000 Brar Big fan of that. I would like Morgan Freeman to 917 00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:08,080 do another nature documentary and be like, you know, here we 918 00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:09,840 are back with much of the Penguins. 919 00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:15,360 What's happening, Brar I'd like that, but I don't know if that 920 00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:17,080 will catch on, but I'm a big fan of it. 921 00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:20,240 Jenny says. What would your karaoke song be? 922 00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:28,240 1000% Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn and let me just say this 923 00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:32,400 and this is a big, big claim. This is a big claim and I'm 924 00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:35,400 saying it on the podcast. I don't edit the podcast really. 925 00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,400 I put it out as is. We don't retake stuff. 926 00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:47,640 I'll say this right now, if we get before the end of August, if 927 00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:56,680 we get 100 Patreons, I, I will film a music video of me doing a 928 00:50:56,680 --> 00:51:00,760 cover of Walking in Memphis. Now that will be funny because 929 00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:04,920 that's so weird to do. And secondly, I'm going to let 930 00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:06,680 you guys know I'm going to sing it well. 931 00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:09,560 And that's going to make it even weirder because there's a guy 932 00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:11,640 actually trying to sing. And it's weird when people that 933 00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:13,040 aren't singers actually try and sing. 934 00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:15,800 And we'll put it on, we'll put it on the Patreon for the 935 00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:19,080 Patreons. If we get 100 Patreons by let's 936 00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:21,600 say the what date is it? Now I'm going to give this two 937 00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:24,320 months. It's the 16th of June. 938 00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:29,080 By the 16th of August, if we get 100 followers on Patreon, you 939 00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:31,600 will get a music video of me walking around and saying 940 00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:33,480 walking in Memphis. There you go. 941 00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:35,320 It's done, it's out there, it's happening. 942 00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:39,680 I sing that well and I sing Daniel Merryweather Red really 943 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:41,920 well, which is kind of niche because that song has been 944 00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:47,760 popular for a long time, Beverly says. 945 00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:52,480 When do you think life will go back to normal in 2021 or 2022? 946 00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:56,240 And are you nervous bringing a baby into the world right now? 947 00:51:58,320 --> 00:52:00,280 I like it. Will it'll be a doc, like a 948 00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:02,720 doctor or midwife doing it for sure. 949 00:52:02,720 --> 00:52:06,200 You know, I did say like, you know, I could take care of that, 950 00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:13,240 but I've just been told no, that's very weird. 951 00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:19,200 I might no, because like any time ever would would be like a 952 00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:22,320 weird, like there's always something weird going on and 953 00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:25,320 there is like obviously craziness going on at the 954 00:52:25,320 --> 00:52:28,520 minute. There is a lot of terrifying 955 00:52:28,520 --> 00:52:32,760 things happening. But no, no, you just have to 956 00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:37,360 kind of make it work, you know? So, oh, sorry, I have a couple 957 00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:39,960 on of a couple on Twitter. Let me just get to those. 958 00:52:40,240 --> 00:52:44,280 Let me just do that for you. I tried to get Daniel Donnell on 959 00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:47,440 the podcast, but his manager said no. 960 00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:50,240 So I just want you guys to know that that we tried for Daniel. 961 00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:52,120 OK? I couldn't have done any more. 962 00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:55,800 I sent an e-mail. No volcano, Jenkins says. 963 00:52:55,960 --> 00:52:59,440 Is this the answer to all the world's problems or just one for 964 00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:03,000 the fence setters? Introducing cascara, the coffee 965 00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:05,840 and tea hybrid. You can take the cascara, the 966 00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:09,160 coffee and tea hybrid, and you can get the fuck out of my face. 967 00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:11,760 Well, Keno Jenkins, if that is your real name, thanks for 968 00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:14,560 bringing this to my attention. But we need that hashtag cancel. 969 00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:20,520 Cascara, have tea or coffee. Do what I do in the mornings. 970 00:53:20,520 --> 00:53:23,680 Have one of each at the same time with a hot, you know, like 971 00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:26,680 the hot with two beer cans on. I have a hot with a mug of tea 972 00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:30,520 and a mug of coffee and I sip it up and I call it toffee, even 973 00:53:30,520 --> 00:53:32,120 though there is something that exists called toffee. 974 00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:33,640 So that makes it way more confusing. 975 00:53:35,080 --> 00:53:36,280 Noah Ballard. Says. 976 00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:39,560 Seen as you've already got one tattoo that that you say means a 977 00:53:39,560 --> 00:53:41,720 lot to you, you're saying that like you don't blame me. 978 00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:44,520 When will you be getting one dedicated to the seppers and 979 00:53:44,520 --> 00:53:49,880 what will it be? 250 no more? 980 00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:55,840 When we get to 1000 Patreons I will get some sort of tattoo. 981 00:53:56,720 --> 00:54:00,080 Fuck, I can't say this. My wife doesn't listen to my 982 00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:02,000 podcast right? So I will get in trouble for 983 00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:06,480 this but my family like mom and dad and everyone will be really 984 00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:08,280 annoyed. But I will get some. 985 00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:12,760 If we get to 1000 Patreons, I will get some sort of seppers 986 00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:15,800 tea with me podcast or money to tattoo. 987 00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:20,840 So we've set up by Olga by the 16th of August. 988 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:27,000 If we get 100 Patreons, I will shoot, fund, cut a music video 989 00:54:27,080 --> 00:54:30,680 and probably record me to walking to Memphis on the 990 00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:33,560 Patreon. And if we get to 1000, I will 991 00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:37,760 get tea with me inspired tattoo. There you go. 992 00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:39,520 That seems like a good point to end it on. 993 00:54:39,720 --> 00:54:42,360 I mean it, there's no taken aback and I'm sorry to everyone 994 00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:43,520 that's going to be upset with that. 995 00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:47,360 But sometimes in life you just have to, you just have to make 996 00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:49,320 the separate happy. You just have to put yourself 997 00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:50,960 out there and that's what we've done. 998 00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:54,840 I want to thank everybody who's watched and listened to the pod 999 00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:58,680 this week, thanks everyone that watched the live show during the 1000 00:54:58,680 --> 00:55:00,680 week and everyone who's checked out my stand up show. 1001 00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:04,600 Final thing, the plug is my stand up tour is now fully 1002 00:55:04,600 --> 00:55:07,400 rescheduled and we're announcing all the dates this week. 1003 00:55:07,720 --> 00:55:10,760 But the only date that's out there first is the Waterfront 1004 00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:14,360 Hall in Belfast on the 6th of February for my brand new tour 1005 00:55:14,360 --> 00:55:17,160 show, somebody told me. And then we're releasing all the 1006 00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:19,480 tour dates. I'm going to be honest, I don't 1007 00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:24,880 think I'm going to add any extra nights on because I feel good 1008 00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:28,360 about not just this standard show but another R after this. 1009 00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:32,120 I'm working on that as well as this still like fine tuning this 1010 00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:34,480 R. So what I'm saying is we're 1011 00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:35,920 going to do the Somebody Told Me tour. 1012 00:55:36,160 --> 00:55:39,200 And then there may be, I've heard rumours there may be 1013 00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:42,680 another tour at the end of next year, but I can't say any more 1014 00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:45,320 about that. So all I'll say is the dates 1015 00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:48,280 that go up will be the only dates this year will not be 1016 00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:51,080 putting on extra shows. So I'm looking forward to 1017 00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:53,880 getting all those dates out there and coming to pretty much 1018 00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:57,320 all the same places as last year and a few new ones as well. 1019 00:55:57,520 --> 00:56:01,240 And I cannot begin to tell you how much I'm buzzing to get back 1020 00:56:01,240 --> 00:56:05,000 in the stand up. Oh my God, Even in the live 1021 00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:07,600 podcast, just because there was people watching, zippers 1022 00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:11,240 watching, I felt really nervous doing it, but in a good way. 1023 00:56:11,240 --> 00:56:14,600 So I don't know how it's going to feel getting back into stand 1024 00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:16,680 up. But I can't wait. 1025 00:56:17,320 --> 00:56:20,960 I've got some really good guests coming up again. 1026 00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:23,440 I put out a we call for guests, people got back. 1027 00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:25,200 We tried to get everyone that he asked for. 1028 00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:27,240 And some will be possible and some won't. 1029 00:56:27,880 --> 00:56:31,640 Daniel O'Donnell So check those out and thanks very much for 1030 00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:33,080 watching. Listen and check out the boy 1031 00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:35,800 Town podcast that it was Dave Elliott that is on Apple 1032 00:56:35,800 --> 00:56:37,560 podcast, SoundCloud, all that kind of thing. 1033 00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:40,440 Zippers keep stepping. See you later.