A Lot On Your Plate - S2 Ep8: Rum Punch, WhatsApp Wars & Just Zoe Food

Episode Date: March 28, 2023

This week on A Lot On Your Plate we hear all about Jess' trip to Barbados! Zoes first time cooking a roast dinner and the secrets to WhatsApp! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, everybody and happy Tuesday, the clocks have gone back. Summer is coming and it's time to thrive, sisters. How are we all? Are we good? How are you Zos? I'm just imagining people in the back and I'm like, yeah. They answer us. Do you know what I wanted to say right?

What I realised was listening back to last episode that my, brain must be a very peculiar, weird place to be. And we've just realised that. Yeah. I speak so much shit and it's like word vomit. Do you know what the thing is? I'm speaking about something that we've just chose to speak about and you're ready to move on.

Yeah. That is just my undiagnosed ADHD for you. So like, and then we move on and then you jump back. I can't help it. It really throws the structure that I like to have out the window. But that is why we love it. Let's include this and I'm like... I'd just like to just be very thorough with everything.

No, that's the opposite of that. Yeah, true. But in my brain I'm being thorough, but I'm not. I can't help it. I hope everyone doesn't mind. But, you know. Unsure. I just thought, yeah.

I just thought I would apologise for my erratic brain and word vomit. But I think that's why they love us, you know? I feel like there's no need to apologize. I just think, you know, sometimes maybe we can do better. Yeah, we're trying. anyway you're back I'm back you're back from your travels

yeah it was great you're not given tanned no you're given tanned you're just not given like I've just been on my holidays because you're quite wrapped up but I appreciate it's cold to you

because I was late for the podcast today because I fell asleep at 20 past 5 had to meet Zoe at 6 I didn't I'm jet lagged slightly feeling larger than a house I'm expanding as the days goes on

G light like to remind with that I haven't checked into the gym since the 28th of January. I have obviously go and see Chloe twice a week, but that's not really moving, like, cardio at all. Yeah, that's one specific area, really, isn't it? Yeah, and I feel like I've also explained in the previous episodes that I haven't left my sofa either, so I'm just getting larger than life,

but things need to change. Well, do you know what you're living your life? It's all about balance. Yeah, but the scales are tipping one end. drastically, you know, bring it back a wee bit. Yeah. So, Barbados was fantastic. Felt very great than lucky to go out there. Would you recommend it?

Oh my God, without doubt. Definitely the best Caribbean Island have been to so far. What other ones have you been to? Jamaica and Antigua. Better than Antigua. Tiga, yeah, but remember, Antigua was in the midst of COVID. And I lost my passport, so I was pretty tragic. I lost it on day one.

Yeah. But the people, the Bayesian people are the kindest, nicest people. you feel extremely safe. Well, we did anyway. And just feel like there's a lot more to do there than other Caribbean islands that I've been to. In the sense, like, it's safe enough to walk around so you don't have to stay in a hotel resort.

The hotels I was in were all-inclusive, but, you know, I'm like, I can't stay in them. I actually messaged the girl that I was with for Visit Barbados and just said, I appreciate I'm in an all-inclusive, but I need to leave. Like, I need to leave and go and explore this country for what it is because that's what I do. That's what I like to show people on my Instagram

and I need to stay true to myself. And she was like, yeah, go for it. Just know that obviously anything that you do out of the hotel you need to pay for, which is fair. And I was like, yes, I'm bothered. It's just, I want to see it. So honestly, I didn't sit on a lounge and once. I love that, though.

Not once. I feel like why would you go all over there and stay in a resort? Confused. I know, but I'll have to admit, though, by the end of the day six, me and Rebecca both said to each other, like, I do wish we did have one day chilling.

our itiner was packed what they planned as well they had planned some stuff for us like a catamaran and a food walking saw that was brilliant like around all the local spots in Bridgetown but I feel like yeah we just sort of maybe had a bit more resort time and yeah I was only there for six days so I think I would have done that if I was a bit there a bit longer I mean I mean you would have like chill time

but you're not going to go why would you go to a place like that and never leave the resort is what I mean yeah like you know well it's funny because a lot of people messaged me saying that They've been to Barbados and they love it. And you won't know because you've not been there, but there's like the west coast of the island and the south coast, which is mainly tourist.

So the west coast is like, have you ever heard of Sandy Lane? Where like Rihanna's houses. Yeah. Sandy Lane Hotel is where like Simon Cowell's house and the big hotel where most of the more wealthier people stay. Because the West Coast is prettier, a bit like Scotland. So it's just like better beaches, nicer than... Scotland's just like Barbados on you.

You know what? In Barbados, there's a place called Scotland District, to call St. Andrews, they love Scottish people. There was a lot of history. Lots of place. Yeah, anyway. So that side of the island was probably 20 minute taxi, but the hotels

there were expensive. So I stayed on the South Coast, which is near like a place called St. Norrance Gap, which anyone listening that's been will know. It's more like the fun, like the strip, if you like. Still a gorgeous beach. And somebody had messaged me and said when I've been before, I've only ever stayed in my

West Coast Hotel, all inclusive. Never left. And you'll kind of show me what there is to do. And I was like, I just couldn't imagine coming to Barbados, because that's what I did in Jamaica. And I thought, I could be sat anywhere in the world right now. To be fair, it wasn't safe to walk around the streets of Jamaica where I was. But the same as Mexico, and I went a few years back.

I could be anywhere in the world. You just plunk a few Mexican people in it and give me Mexican food. I could literally be anywhere. It's true. So do people actually mean they never leave the resort? No, so they never leave the resort. I've never done that in my life. Unless you probably did an excursion.

So you probably paid to go and do like a turtle tour or catamaran trip and you'd get a coach, pick you up from your hotel. Like you're on your school trip. Yes. Right. So when we went, did the catamaran, we got picked up by a coach and then we went on all the hotels, picked everybody up on the way. Long.

You want to be last pick-up first drop off. Quite entertaining though, getting on that bus on the way there to the camera and the one on the way back when everyone was pissed. Oh my God, it was funny. Full of oldies as well, they were wrecked. But yeah, it was a great trip. I really recommend it just like I say similar as how I feel about Glasgow

the people made it for me just so nice I mean I've been to the Caribbean so I just love like the dancing yes see like everyone just bounces about all the time and they can just dance so good dance so good

but they do that like humpy thing they're twirking the grinding they'll go up behind a girl and just bend it over and then basically shudder from behind I know I could never like see when I was there obviously that's when I did my volunteer in like saving the world thing and the guy who was like lead coach or whatever he actually had to like

pull guys off the back here because obviously we were like young compared to them and like it wasn't really you were there on like a worky thing so it was about inappropriate but they just they come up right behind you do you know what I'd love to experience a carnival yes that would be fun you can imagine all the bits yeah with all the outfits I would love that so yeah really recommend loved it my little bit jet lagged and I ate some great food and I've got some treats wow I wouldn't really say these were spit or swallow, though, because... Just swallow? Just swallow.

I get things like beige and fish cakes, which aren't like fish cakes, fish cakes. They are... I actually made them. I sent you a picture yesterday. So they're the same sort of fish cake base, but you don't bread them. You just fry them as the, like, wet batter and spoon it into hot oil. And then they sort of puff up into balls. And then you dip them in, like, yellow pepper sauce.

So the meat's like different. Yeah. So they were amazing. Yellow pepper, beige and sauce is good. Macaroni pie, but not like the Scottish kind. Look at you, your Barbados tote bag. Yeah. I'll have the hat.

I'll put it on in. There's ice. We've got Barbados mugs. Bloody hell. And we've got... Get on Punch. Wow. Wow.

And we've got some chocolates. These were amazing, by the way. We have like two chocolate companies out there in Barbada, where they make it themselves, like they grow the cocoa beans and all that. Cocoa beans, is that right? I don't know, but I'm feeling you've put really a lot of effort into this. I have.

And Caribbean rum cake. I got the original flavour, she told me to get that. There's a cap for you. And we've got some straws. By the way, what a turn of events. We're having a party. So, yeah, they have these two chocolate. company's right and basically one of them I visited on the walking tour but the other one was

only available on yeah she is repid I need to tighten it slightly the other one you could get at the airport so if anyone goes to the airport find a shop there called the green monkey chocolatier probably the most the best chocolate shop I've ever been in into my life right the coolest stuff ever but fucking extortionate for some chocolate also that's one more thing I noticed from last episode, I swear a lot. Gee, don't I. To da. You don't, Zoe?

I do know. I feel like I was being sensible for the first few episodes and now... But that's how we know we've got relaxed with our lovely pod friends. My mum will be absolutely having a Harry Canary when she's listening. Harry Kenneth. That's one thing I feel like my parents don't care about

because they know what I'm like. I think I'm a fucking riot. Right. Cutters. Right, get that poured then? Very special rum punch crafted in Barbados. 22% Oh, guess what?

Ollie Merz was on my flight as well. They'll tell you that. Yeah, I did tell you that. I actually think he's quite attractive. Quite short. I couldn't. I could see that for him short. And he was with three other guys

and I thought, oh, what are they going there for? And, oh, it was just so awkward because I bumped into him in one of the airport shops. Why has that got black bits in it? I don't know, but it makes me feel weird. No, my one has,

yours hasn't. It's weird. Yeah, and then, you know, when you get eye contact with someone, but you think you know and you just sort of reach out and go like, oh, hello. It's you saying that as if it's your granny

for doing the street and it's Oli Mars. I know, and then I was like, okay, fuck, no, that's actually Oli Meres. Then he was on the same flight as I was and I thought, okay, so good. Then as we were waiting for the baggage, my flipping suitcase took ages to come out and I pulled it off the baggage thing

and as I was wheeling it away, I was saying to Rebecca, good job, I didn't pull that suitcase away, same as mine, and then they looked up and it was here and I thought, fuck sake, he's going to think I fancy this fucking guy. Then we went to the... Probably did.

Barber Light Show and then he was sat fricking right next to words and I thought God's sake. Did he look like he was having a good time? Did he look like he had a bit of chat about him? Yeah, he was absolutely loving the dancers and then that woman I sent you the video was twerking on him and he was loving it. Long, he had a cap on. Cheers. Blondish long cap on. Anyway, he was there to, he was there for the naming ceremony of the largest P&O Cruises ship in the world.

It was, I sent you a video of that as well. It was the biggest thing I've ever seen in my life. I can't comprehend the size of these cruise ships. It docked there for about a week and they did like, Nicole Scherzinger came Sarah Cox and Trevor Nelson and they sort of did like an opening ceremony thing on the boat. I think 500 people want a ticket to do it

go over there to be on it and it was massive. This is the strongest smelling thing I've ever smelled in the whole entire life. Oh my God. It's like them cats up we drank that time. You sure you know I'm into a hole. Okay, we encourage you to enjoy this award-winning blah blah blah Shaken over ice, shaking over ice,

topped with a scatter of fresh nutmeg and shared with your friends One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak. It's quite nice. Passes of a chocolate then. Are you allowed to eat these? Look, I can't even eat the amount of calories I'm meant to eat, so yes, I can't. So he's on a health cake. I've actually started to train with this PT called

Adam Donnelly Fitness, or maybe it's Adonnelly PT. G's fuming right now. Yeah, G's annoyed at me, but you know what? We're not all cross-fit wankers, so. We all have our own... We all have our own path in life. We all have our own path in life, okay? Can we let you talk of chocolate then?

God's sake. There's no rum in them as though? Whoa, why? Because I'm off the alcohol. No, Graham. God's sake, you wanker. Well, you can't even have bumming a bit of chocolate. I can't break a five-year streak.

Oh, shut up. I bet you, Jenna's made you some spagged a bowl with red wine in it before, and you've never known. The alcohol burns out of it anyway. Get a grip. Born and all to fart. We're not alcohol shaming. Shaming.

Yeah, so I'm going to open the rum cake now. Oh, that's a rum cake. Yeah, you can't have this one. And also the Bayesian accent. Sorry, the Bayesian dialect. So they speak English, if anyone that doesn't know that. I know people probably do, but they speak English, but the dialect is so strong that you're like, whoa.

Are you speaking English here? It's amazing. I've flipping loved it I just think the caribbean's like fun just the best man like the people and like the culture and like

the things they do and all that but also anyone listening I do have I don't know what it is off the top of my head but I'll post it on my Instagram and save it to a highlight but they've given me a discount code for the two hotels I stayed at

giving my honest opinion I would definitely stay at the O2 as opposed to the sea breeze because I just feel like our listeners are more my vibe and that was more my vibe than the other. The other one was more like my mum and Paul in the nicer way possible there was like my mum's age there

and they were all making mates. You know when the couples make friends with others I don't know if it was a time of year it's not school holidays but I got that vibe but O2 is more modern bigger and I think that yeah I don't know what the discount is but yeah I'll post it

and I definitely recommend it You can share it on the stories Yeah but cheaper than say in a West Coast hotel anyway So yeah boring So that's your Barbados roundup then is it? Yeah just what? want to say when I was on the plane, you know what I ate and what we need to discuss? You know those pretzels that they give out? They're like little bags of crack.

Yep. The sour cream ones. Why are they just so good? They are unbelievable. And you only get them on long haul flights. You only get them on long haul or BA. There's also something else that they give out. There's like two things and both are unbelievable. Is it chocolate? It might be. Is it like a wee bag of some chocolate and then there's the, is it the sour cream and chide pretzel things? They are unbelievable. I know you get them in big bags there but why do we like

we sneak on them when we're in the shops we just go for the things but they are elite but it's not the same in the shops it's just a wee bag you get on the plane yeah it's like a little taste that unbelievable yeah so I just thought I need to remember to speak about these because these are amazing

I mean I've not really been up too much whilst you've been gallivanting just being a fitness queen I've seen on Instagram I've just been a fitness queen with my PT program and I did make a Sunday roast for Mother's Day Saw this looked so good

A full Sunday roast I'm going to tell you it's start to finish So I peeled my own carrots Parsnips and potatoes full bag Of everything How many people were you Cooking for? Well it was me Jason, my mum

My little brother, my nan and papa So what's that, six people? About him? No, he was busy Missed out Anyway so Did that I cut the parsnips and carrots into strips nearly took my hand off 45 times.

Why is it so hard to cut into long bits? Because it's round and it rolls. I did say this to you. You need a good knife. I know, but even if I've had a good knife cutting it when it's round and you're cutting it long ways into strips, it rolls around when you're trying to balance the knife on it.

It wouldn't, but yeah. Okay, well, do you know what baby steps? Anyway, I cut them up, cut the potatoes. So I did roast potatoes, mashed potato, honey, glazed, carrots and parsnips. Yes. And I did them in the air fryer.

Wow. How was that? Wonderful. Put in salt and pepper and then just... Oh wait, wait a minute, you've got an air fry now? Oh yeah, announcement. I've got an air fryer. Woo!

The ninja to a drawer. The dual air fryer? She's big, a big lassie. Are you using it every night? Every night I use it. Do you love it? Love it. So I did my carrots and parsnoups in there, honey on them, air fry, crispy.

I also did my roast potatoes in there. Part boiled, then put them in the air friar. How is that? Really good as well. Let me just try that. And then I had a chicken. So I did all the chicken, roast, mash, carrots, parsnips, Yorkshire puddings. Did you make them yourself? Were they frozen?

No, don't be silly. They weren't frozen, they were fresh, but I didn't make them myself. Sorry. We'll do everything in steps here. And then the cauliflower cheese, I also didn't make myself. Because to be honest, I've never handled a cauliflower before, so I just saw it. I wasn't going to do that, but then I saw it. Right. And I just thought, fuck it, I'll put it in the microwave. So anyway, that's what I did.

I bet that it was delicious. Gravy. Gravy. I just made a gravy. You made a gravy? Yeah, just like gravy and water and... And Bisto? Yeah, like a... Fuck off, Zoe. Get off this podcast!

With a stock cube thing in it. What? I'm not cutting all the vegetables just to make a gravy. Yeah, but... Look, this was... Look. You're cooking it anyway? Right. I have never cooked a roast before. Okay, yeah. I need to cook you some slack here.

I don't even cook full stop that often. So I think I done well. You did. No, you did. Someone actually messaged me saying Did Jess drop this off to you? All the way from Barbados. So I think that's a good sign. I do.

And I'm not traumatised. I would do it again. But what I will say is I couldn't have done it without the air friar because then there's too much going on in the oven too much going on in that department whereas the air friar really broke it down made it easier.

Yeah, exactly, because I feel like that's a problem with, like, over the space, but it's because of Christmas time. Yeah. It's like timing everything right. And you can just put things in there and kind of leave it. And even when they're done, you can leave me because they'll stay hot for a while. So I cooked my first row, so that was great.

I'm not traumatised, we'll do it again. Maybe not for a wee while, but I would do it again. And the air fry I'm loving. I've done my salmon in it. Yeah, the best in there. Potatoes chips. I don't know what else I've done yet. Fahitas, we put the wraps in, crisp the wraps up.

It's honestly magic. It's all happening at Flat 1-1. We need to get a fucking ninja sponsorship. Yeah, no ninja if you're listening. I was on the fucking. Why are you not messaging me or what? You were, you were actually big time at one point. But yeah, apart from that, I've not really been doing much.

To be honest, just being out and about, only in Wonderbar. I've spoke about it before. I'll say it once, and I'll say it 500 times. It's the best place ever. It really is. I was there until 3.30 a.m. Jesus, that was. Half past 3 in the morning.

That's good for you. Or maybe I get in at half past 3, but late. Did you have Mackey's on the way home? No, and I was absolutely... I can't have a McDonald's. I'm on a health kick. Oh, yes. The drinking was my sheet. Probably worse.

So the next day, I was so hung over, was in my bed until about two, but then I got up and I made heck sausages. I feel like that was growth, not ordering food. Do you know what? Speaking of sausages, right? I made an omelette this morning with sausages. You know when you go away and you're saying like an all-inclusive

and there's always that person that's making the omelets? Yep. When you go to like the buffet style, why are they so good? So good. Just like a little tiny pan, two eggs and they just have a little metal spoon and they're popping in every single little mix.

on the side and it's just 10 out of 10. And they do it so quick and easy, no stress. I had to remake one this morning. It was not even as good as hers. I've not done normal in edges, but you know what I had this morning, which kind is make me feel weird. Have you ever had the egg things from Starbucks? Zoe, I'm obsessed with them. They are so good. They have having cheese ones.

Well, I have the pepper and spinach ones try and be a bit healthier, but I always say this to Chloe after a PTA. I'm like, you know what you need that quick protein kick? That's exactly why I got them because I didn't have breakfast this morning. And they give you a little sashy of saratia. sauce? Do you don't get that? Oh what?

Ask for it because they give you that. Well, I will because that would have been perfect. But they were amazing. They called egg the souffle or something. Yeah, it's a word that I would not know how to know. Yeah, so anyone listen, go to Starbucks. I hope they keep it on the menu, but there's like ham and cheese ones. There come two little like egg muffins.

Yeah, as egg muffins. So, like, so good. And do you know what was good about it? They weren't like, see when I opened them when I got back into the office, they weren't pure eggy. Eggie, yeah. Because sometimes I do take, like, boiled eggs into the office and I like mash them off. stink and they do stink and everyone's like somebody get eggs it's the same when you bring salmon and somebody get fish you're like a girl's just trying to get a protein in something told me in the gym

another day you can do a boiled egg in the air fryer you can't I've never tried that but listen I did it and it popped so like I did it I followed somebody on Instagram what they said and it exploded it was still fine but just boil it's the same thing I feel like that's not that hard like you don't need you put in the air friar for that surely the problem is for me getting the air fire out It's more of a ball ate than just boiling the kettle and putting it in a sauce pan. I mean, air fryer, she's just going to need you sit out because she's large.

But I mean, I'm not feeling the microwaves necessary, but we'll see, we'll assess the process. Yeah, assess the process. So I just want to just quickly discuss, going back to last week's episode, a couple of messages that both of us have received about squatty potties. I've actually still not purchased one that night.

Honestly. Is this cake nice? Yeah. Got walnuts throw it. Stunning. Yeah, you know. So we've had quite, to be fair, we've had a lot of messages, but I've just screenshoted two in particular.

And a friend of mine called Will messaged me, hey Will Skinner, he loves us Zaz. He lives in Japan and he said, come and try the B-Day toilets in Japan sometimes. They are life-changed, heated toilet seats, a noise machine of running water so no one can hear your Maltese is dropping. Hashtag Poo Chats. When I moved to Japan, I tried the toilets on the place. for the first time. Japan Airlines try it. And I knew then and there I made the right decision move into this country. Wow. I love it. And then somebody else's messages and said, hey, I've just

listened to this week's podcast about using a wee stall while on the toilet pan. My sister lives in Germany and apparently this is a pure thing over there. It's called the Squatty Potty. P.S. I tried this technique and it bloody works. It does. And people message me saying they thought they were the only ones that put every time they'd be it. You're not alone. You know, so I really wanted to cut that out at the podcast, but me and she had to persuade her to keep it in. I just felt I took it one step too far, do you know what I mean?

Never. And I just thought every time someone sees me, go to the toilet, they're going to think she's doing a shite again. And I don't do it every time. It's just more than it should be. You know what I mean? Because obviously the podcast comes out at 7am. He was sat at a desk and she was like, I'm Jess, I'm stressing. Like, I'm sitting in the office and I just don't know when everyone that's coming in to

work and listen to it and they're going to know that I've had a shit every time I go to the toilet. That is awkward to be fair but So what? Everyone poos at the end of the day Also I need to share what my random thought was recently Yeah let's do it That I noted down And I know there's going to be an answer to this

And gee, don't even say it if you know it right But it's something that will Like baffle me from my whole entire life How in the world is all the roads connected I don't understand it How did they even build them? I also don't understand how they can take the weight of all their cars and all their people

Yes And like where do they start and end Well G used to work in construction So he'll know this I don't know exactly how a road's built Come on then No no No

No after my This needs to be an educational podcast As well as dumb shit It's not how they're physically It's not like what they're built of It's just like See if you're looking at like Building a new road

How do you know where to start and finish Like how do you know It's all going to connect And take you to the places It needs to take you After my exciting key chat last week I'm not going to tell away the details But

Graham There's people who's people who's full-time job is road planning. Road planners, yeah. But I know... That's like people at work in construction, though, or look at, like, map. Like, building, for example, like, Dubai,

that would have had to have been, like, a huge project and they would have seen it from, like, a bird's eye view and they would have planned it all... But I suppose, I mean, building as a whole, right? I even think we're sitting in this room and we're on, like, what, the third floor. Yeah, but there's, like, steel. I know, but how come anything could be in this room

and the ground would never collapse? Well, it probably could. but you'd need have like 45 million elephants or something in it, right? Yeah. But you could jump up and down, throw like weights and everything off the ground and the ground would never have, like, do you know what I mean? Rebecca, who I just went Barbados with, we'll be loving this chap because she works in construction and she does all this, like, the safety side of it

and she has to hand the project over once it's finished. I was like, I was quizzing her about this as well. Like, how do you, like, how does it even work? Like, obviously I know, like, it's not something that doesn't have an answer. I know there is an answer, but see, even if I'm driving, it can, into my mind all the time. Do you know what makes me laugh? Bridges as well. Bridges, yeah. But when, back in the day, you definitely would have been old enough for this, but when your mum used to open up a map rather than a sat-nav, and my mum would say to me

in the passenger seat, like get that map out of the glove compartment for me and I'd have to use the map to get somewhere. That was like us on the slopes. Going to like Liverpool or she'd be like, right, we're going up north, let's go in. And you would just trust the road signs. Yeah. Do you ever play a game yourself and you're going somewhere and you kind of I know where to go, but you kind of don't, and you usually would put the sat-knob on. You're like, fuck it, I'm just going to use the road signs. Do you know, one thing I will say that I'm really good at, Zoe.

Really good. And you, I don't know if it's just something to do with my brain, but I have amazing sense of direction. And I think it's because I have such a photographic memory. I don't take in people words, but I'm taking, my eyes are taking pictures every second. And Rebecca said to me in Barbados, she's like, I am blown away by how you know where you are.

I'm in a different country. I knew where I was. I was like, when we tell on this corner, you'll see so and so, and she was like, no way. I was like, and every time I was right, it's a skill that I've got. I hate when people, like, I don't know that I'm not good or that I'm good, I think I'm just, like,

depends where I'm going, how often I've been, but I hate people who can never remember. Like, you've dropped me at my house 40 times, how do you still not know how to get there? Yeah. Like, they just have no memory of directions. Yeah. Or places.

But they're probably excelling other things. I know everyone's got different skills, but I'm just these, annoyed you know that but anyway that was my random thought blows my mind wow wow um i don't have a random thought for you but it's something that i keep meaning to speak about on the podcast and you know that i am obsessed with this but you hate the fact that i'm obsessed with this so WhatsApp as we've discussed i hate it only i find it overwhelming but recently they have now come you can turn off your last scene everyone knows that but you'll always see when someone's still

online you can now turn off when you're online and it is i feel like a ninja fucking love it So if anyone that has WhatsApp is the same as me and they don't like going online, turn it off. Do you know what the problem is, Jess? Here we go. You're a stalker, that's the problem. That is the problem.

No, I don't sit in your messages and see if you come online. No, you're just sitting on maps watching me my every move. Yeah, do that. But, no, what's the problem is when I message you and it's like something that maybe needs

a reason to you. A reasonably urgent response. I have no right to even say anything in this chat. No, but I had actually messaged you, I think it was yesterday. Yeah, but listen, I'll explain why I didn't reply. Because my boyfriend came back, I hadn't seen him for 10 days, who just had a major operation, and I decided to have a little bit of time with him, you know? But you were reading the group chat.

I was, yeah, but I wasn't responding. Well, I'd ask you a very important question. What was it? What we're talking about in the podcast tomorrow? Oh, yeah. Shit. So, do you know what? You don't need to reply to me when you're having precious time. Yeah.

I'm all for it. I wish I was better at it. actually wish I was more like that because I'm so available on my phone and it's actually second. Yeah, that's what I mean. I think this is maybe a tip for you. No, I think it is but I just like, when it's an important question. I just turned it off right now. Graham, it is the best thing ever. I know you could do the not seen when you read it, but I didn't know you could turn off it on. And you can turn off your read receipts. I've not done that. I haven't done that. So I've kept my blue tics on, but you can't basically see

when I'm online. I don't have my last scene or I never have. No, I've not. Because that's, for anyone listening, that's in like some sort of like toxic relationship or friendship. No, I do think that's hell. Yeah. Hell, hell, hell. To be fair, I only joke, you actually don't like mind if people aren't replying

if it's like a conversation. Like you'll get back to me and you get back to me. But I feel like... So I do think people really look into it in WhatsApp. Like, and I keep seeing they're coming online and they're not replying. But like maybe they're in an important conversation. That's what I mean.

And that's the only one they've got time to deal with just now. Yeah. So I just feel like we should all be a little bit, ease off a bit on WhatsApp and let people. just reply when they want to reply. And I said this to my mum because she says sometimes I'm rude, I'm like, you know back in the day

when it was text messages, you wouldn't have never have known if I'd read that, not wet, and if I replied, I replied when I was ready. See, when it was text messages, you actually used to think, have they actually got that message? Remember you would be like,

I wonder if it's actually sent? And you know what's so weird? My dad's like a pure Samsung loyal, but I know WhatsApp and because of mind I was out in them on the podcast like in season one saying that sometimes it's text sometimes there's WhatsApp so now I'm not allowed to text them

because I said that out of them. Anyway, but Jason doesn't really use WhatsApp so he wished him a happy birthday via text message but my dad was on holiday at the time. Oh, and he wouldn't have gone through. He never ever got it, but Jason was like, your dad's not applying to me and I thought he would never do that.

And eventually weeks later, I remembered and checked and he never got the text. Weird. But how weird in... You can't trust text anymore? Can't touch text. Speaking of phones as well, really random but Richard just said to me earlier

I was on in his bed dying all day to day watching every flipping You're saying that as if he was out patting to 40 am he just at an operation No yeah no he was Fucking ill At the strepard

Can I just say I think we've mentioned this Richard had his third operation right And the nerve was tangled in the mesh That's why I was feeling so much pain How awful is that He had mesh put in a previous surgeon Poor sod honestly

He's had it been cut open Three times in three months Yeah it's a per soul but he's going to come through thick and fast. He'll be in this gym tomorrow. He's in here now. He's in here now. Not training, he's working.

But yeah. But anyway, he was on YouTube and an advert came up for a Blackberry documentary or film called Blackberry. How old is that? Have you seen that, Jay? I've seen the trailer for it. I've not seen the actual thing.

Is it a documentary or a film? It's like a movie, yeah? How about the story of Blackberry? Oh, right, okay. Not that interesting then. I thought it was something a bit more. Also, whilst we're talking about this, I know you're saying WhatsApp

because it's so invasive, but also it's really stepped its game up. See these polls. Yes, cool, isn't it? I love that. I just want to say, though, I don't find what's up in the sense of annoying. I just think because it's got all, like, work stuff on it for me as well as, I'm in a lot of group chats, a lot of group chats, and, like, it's whether it's someone's birthday or, I just think, I find it overwhelming.

We do create a new chat for every birthday. Birthday, and I'm not understanding why we don't. go back to the one from the previous year. Yeah, we should. But I said that one time and I was like, I do always leave them though because they apparently train your battery if you keep the chats open.

I know because then I went back to one and noticed people had left. So then I was like, right, it makes sense. But I'm just thinking maybe we don't leave the birthday ones. And we can leave ones that were for occasions like a trip. Right.

That we won't need anymore. Yeah. I just feel like I'm just at that age now where I feel like I prefer being with my mates in the flesh, catching up with them that way. I'll talk to you all the time in group chats. but because there's always like banter in that.

But when it's like, I don't know, I'd rather just arrange to see someone. I feel like we don't even really catch up in our group chat. We just talk shit all day, every day. If you have not been on your phone for two hours, you've got 400 messages in that group chat. Absolutely. And I've got one person to blame him one person only. Molly Lees. Molly Lees.

Is keeps that chat popping. She does. And she's so close yet so far. And we've booked to go in down to London to seat for her 30th birthday. We mentioned Molly on the podcast quite a lot, but she's our friend who, who is from Plymouth, but she came up to Scotland because her boyfriend, Craig, played football for Richards, for Motherwell.

And we both lived in the same block and ended up getting her a job, or she got herself the job, at Quiz when we both worked there. And we just became all best friends, and then she had to move back down south. And she now has an amazing job, and she does so good.

So, yeah. Yeah, but there's no one like Molly Lee's. There is nobody like Molly Lee's. She's just the best. But we're going down for her 30th birthday, and we're going to go for like a, we're going for a brunch, aren't we? A big boozy brunch.

Well, that worked out great the last time for me and Molly, fucking hell. Oh my God, best night of our life for Lewis Capaldi. So yeah, yeah, Molly was the one that was with us for Lewis Capaldi. So, yeah, we're really excited and she loves the pod, so she'll be buzzing about the little shout-out. A little shout-out for you and Molly. About time, we were speaking about flipping gilly enough.

You just give the other girls in the chat some air time. So, yeah, anything else you want to tell me? Sorry, I have one more little tip for everyone. I'm here with all the tips and things today. Speaking of phones, so when you go abroad, my friend Holly told me about this, but when I was away, the girl that was organised in the Barbados trip

also told me to download me and Rebecca this app. It's called EROLA, A-I-R-O-L-A. Unfortunately, it only works if your phone is SIM-only. So I have a contract, so it wouldn't work for me or Rebecca. But if you have a SIM-only phone, for example, my phone never worked in the Maldives, data, only Wi-Fi. and it didn't work in Barbados either.

So I think a lot of places now, because of Brexit, to be honest, on other situations. But can you pay for the data? Yeah, but it was 75 pounds, Zoe, for something like 60 megabytes. It wasn't a lot. And it's weird to do it like that. Mine's usually like £2 a day. Yeah, but that's certain like places in Europe.

Europe, yeah. But this was in America, I think it's quite sourcing it. But anyway, you download this app, a roller and then you pay $3.99 and it's like a week. pass in whatever country you're in, you press the country. It's a proper call app. And yeah, it's legit. So, yeah, it's a new thing that's coming out. Oh, newish. I don't know how it is.

But, yeah, this girl's hanging in my shoes is it everywhere she travels. She travels low. She was actually in San Diego at the time. That's a great tip. Yeah. So anyone that's travelling that doesn't get data, download Erola and it's $3.99. You've done. It didn't work for me, though.

Sim only. That's making me tempted to buy my phone out right now. Because my fucking phone bill will be extortionate. I'm surprised you've not, like, lost it and then just had to buy one. Zoe, I'm not that scatty, okay? I'm scatty with certain things in life, but not things like that. Although I have lost my Apple Watch. Fuming.

But where have you lost that? Says last scene in France. I reckon it's in a... I reckon it's vacuum-packed in a ski jacket in my loft. No. I know. But apparently I can claim on my insurance for this. Also, you're definitely not left in France because we would have seen it.

I thought that. I looked under the bed and everything. So I'm fuming. And I know it's ridiculous and G's not all about fitness. watches, you're going to slag it off. But I do feel like it keeps me accountable for my steps and I'm fuming. Yeah, it does for me too. I mean,

I do also, I would hate to do a workout and not of my watch on, I'll be honest. Why? Oh, here he comes. Then it's not... People are dilating everything. It's not like, on record for my own sanity. That's a problem. Oh, my God.

See me fair, actually, I did go through a period of time and not wearing it because you just go through little notions, you know. And when I was, exercising without it. I did feel quite refreshed. You should get to the end of the workout and then just have a little moment of reflection about that feel good, did I try hard

and they have that conversation yourself. You don't need to look to your watch for justification or No, I need to look at my watch. That's actually a very good point No, no. I need to look at my watch and say, will that make me a skinny legend? If you do, you'll do that and you'll look down and you're like, oh. Calories at all I did 130 calories, that must have been a shit session and really could have been a really good session. But if you base it on what that watch tells you then you'd meet yourself from that.

Oh, great speaking sense for once. No, look, I don't let it get me down. I just like it for my steps. I like to close my rings just to feel like I've achieved something and then I'm like, skinny legend is incoming. Closing your rings is a great feeling though, isn't it? And it buzzies and then you look and it's all rainbows and all that all over your screen. I've actually closed mine today.

Well done. Apple Watch needs to add a step ring though. We have said that before. Yeah, we can still see your steps. I need it there and then, visibly. What, you can't click on the button to roll down. No, it's too long. Right, okay, lazy.

Explains why I've not been to the gyms and show you do. I lost my watch around that date. Anyway, whatever. I won't be able to fit in this seat soon. So dramatic. Anyway. Right, well, that was just a lovely we catch up. That was lovely.

And next week, we're going to talk all about sex, porn, and all the filth. So his face. So... That's next week then, is it? Next week it is. And we want you. We're going to give you enough time now to send us... all the stories. But what we're going to do, actually, Zoe, what I was going to say was on the stories, you're able to do a question box where it's anonymous, where we won't even know who it is that's wrote it in. I can't remember what the app is called. So we're going to do that. You will write a little anonymous question box. Or if you want to trust us, we will never, ever say who you are, but you can, DM us it. But write in the question box, anything you want to tell us. And we'll probably give you some ideas, some questions that we're going to be asking each other.

Yeah, we can share, like, what the kind of topics are going to be. The points of the episodes. Yeah. I'm squirming in my seat already. Kid-in-on, I feel I've loosened up. Definitely, Ziles. I'm actually not even, what's the word of prude? Prude. At all.

Like, if I was sitting with you, I would talk about it all day, every day. I don't think you are. I just, I've got my barriers up. Yeah, because your dad listens. Hello, Jerry. I would dad, don't listen to next week, set. Yeah. No, but it's not about us. It's going to be about others.

No, it's not going to be about us. Yeah. But anyway, I guess we'll see you there. Yeah, we'll see you there. We can't wait. It's going to be fun. Goodbye. Goodbye, love you

See you next Tuesday