Athletico Mince - Boiled Parsnips 50: General Purpose Powder

Episode Date: October 3, 2025

Safety tips with Mickey, ground poppadoms, a zoo visit, a BMLC function, a quiz, and an allergies song. (Originally recorded for Club Parsnips on 16/2/25 https://www.patreon.com/c/athleticomince) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello there, Bob. All right, Andrew, you don't tell us about your T-shirt. It seems to be Jockey Wilson. Perhaps it is Jockey Wilson, yeah. It is Jockey Wilson. I wore it solely to impress you. Yeah, I mean, did you watch the Darts documentary? You're not the new one, the one about the legends

that does Jockey, Bristol and... Yeah, yeah, and Phil Taylor. It's really good. That's what I was going to say, I was going to recommend it, but there you've got in there first. Dart Kings, it's called on Sky Documentaries. worth a watch. Dark King.

I did meet, I don't know whether it comes over in the documentary, I did work with Derek Bristow once. He was difficult, difficult fellow. I mean, really. I can imagine he will have been.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Probably best just let that lie, I reckon, because he's no longer with us. He's not able to defend himself. I'll put it this way. Often these geniuses are difficult, aren't they? Tortured.

Tortured geniuses. Well, Andrew, sorry to interrupt this banter as excellent as it is. And he is excellent. Do you use Sensorine, by the way, or do you, you're not bothered what toothpress you use? I use Coggette, I always have. Can you see me at All, Andy? I can see you. See you, look, can you see me with bottom teeth?

Yeah. Brand new. What do you reckon? They're brand new? Brand new teeth, yeah. Shows your top ones. Oh, right. so...

I'm like a human again. You'd had the top ones done a while ago. Yeah. Is that right? And the bottom ones were yelling up. Been serving me pennies. The bottom ones. I mean, I never wanted to see it, but there was a contrast

between the top and the bottom. But that looks great. You look like an American. Thank you. I'm very glad. You're still doing that now. Right. So Andy, Mickey Nixon. You know Mickey Nixon? The borough lad was fucking obsessed with

safety and that. I mean, I like I like Mickey and he sent me one of his safety vlogs, you know. I think it's a vlog audio. Is that not a, no, it's not a vlog, is it? Anyway, so, oh, I know, that's a video in it. So, um, I don't ask him to send them and I don't know why he does it

and the, um, I mean, I do, maybe he's not got long to live. Sometimes when you're knocking on a bit, you get a bit obsessed, you know, you want to get your messages out there. I hope that's not the case because does talk a bit of sense, really. So here it goes, I'll play it for you.

All right, Mickey Nixon here, Bob. Got some safety observations regarding this horrendous freezing wet weather. You know, we've been experiencing recently. Black ice, snow, you slush, your howling winds, you know. Been blown a hoolly on it. You know what I'm talking about, don't you? It's nasty out there on the streets. the Middlesbrough at the moment.

So, pop out the house, let's take a ganja round. Ah, well, the first thing I noticed is the trees straining in the wind. That beach over there, it's got ivy growing up its trunk, you know, which increases its weight, and therefore its chances of falling down, get it flicked off, you know what I mean? It comes off quite neat, nicely, your ivy. Also, there's a bit of evidence of fungal attack at the base,

of that beach means it really should be felt and it's sad I know but it should be I've told the council but they're too busy printing fucking leaflets about the French food market you know that's coming up in Albert Park it's got features and appearance

by that plastic bertrand you know I hope they've got tight security set up for plastic B because a lot of angry boomers in town who's still upset with him about that song late you know, I'm predicting quite a lot of shite and rubble will be lobbed at him like, you know,

and a lot will miss because he's a right twitchy, French fella, you know, little bastard. Ah, look at that manhole cover. Outside the agent, you know, the agent who sells the news. Ah, it's a bastard in this weather, you know, a man all like that.

It icees up, gets as slippy as a pawn mag on a bag of better marbles. Even worse than that, It's the amount of shit it attracts, you know, from the pit bulls. Tethered to the bin, you'll go ass over tit on that. You'll be wearing dog dirt gloves for the rest of your journey. Cover needs salting up. As to all the slip hazards in this area, lack of salt.

Lack of planning, you know. Oh, hey, up, there's on chin. Walking like he's just shit a wellie. Probably on his way to B&M, you know, buy some multi-packs of quills. for his wife and the other adult male that lives with them. Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, Bob. He's wearing leather-souled shoes now.

If that isn't asking for a fall, then I'll tell you, I'm Dianne Fublin's Barber, which I'm not, by the way. He uses Ronnie Dazzle in droid, which... He used to use hairweight of heaven, but, you know, they went bust. When the boss got neck deep into May's futures. Anyway, if he does keel over,

I won't be able to help him, not with my dodgy knees, you know. Born on bastard, born at the moment. I won't get up if I bend down, like, before you ask, I am wearing a knee brace, you know, to help support, but I hate the bulgey creating my skinny jeans, you know. I should know better. It should take safety first. But Ron, Ron, you don't realise those shows completely inappropriate

you up for these conditions. Not your fucking business, mate. No, it never fucking is, is it? You don't realize that if you fall, I can't help because I'm born-on-born situation here with my knees. And I can't phone for help because the wife's not have my phone off me because I spent last month's disability on tickets for that lottery for the posh house, you know. Hey, what's in your plaggy bagger on?

Damp proof, like with some cardboard that I'm drying out. Alright there Where you off to? Buying them Gonna buy a super shaker For the other adult male That lives in the house

I will make sure This other male Adult doesn't fill the super Soca with dirty water Fire at your face That could lead to an eye infection Which could lead to a delirium You'll start thinking

There's a cloud living under your fucking sink Um I've lost a bit It says stillborn on fucking born anyway so that must he's got a you know like

it's jumped his things jumped he must have asked he must have asked Ron I was I was I was shoulder was and he says still born I'm fucking born

doctor says I should just keep still but there's no future in that when you've got another adult male to care for alright you're not wrong see you Mickey see you Ron oh look over there

Don Goff stood on the step ladder removing the leaves from the front gutter of his bungalow no one holding the fucking ladder no gloves to avoid bacteria and no eye protection look if a bit of poxy bacteria gets under his nails and onto his food

there's a good chance of parasite will get into his brain and interfere with his reasoning that's not going to help when he's choosing his lottery ticked cards as it Don! Don! Don! Come on! Shouldn't you be wearing gloves? Shouldn't you be mind?

your own business, you know, the bastard. Oh, so yourself. I heard you and your wife went to the community farm to see if you could hear any of the pigs. Oink was a nice day out, was it? Very nice, thank you. Do you want me to talk about the experience? No, not really, Don.

Been too much talk about Oynx recently. Hi, how's your knees, Mickey? Born on, born. Anyway, be safe, Don. All right. Karen, hey, Karen, the wheel on your kids' buggies. I haven't got enough grip for these conditions. Could lose control, end up in the gutter.

Could get run over by an e-bike or an e-scooter. Any vehicle, really. Fuck off, Mickie. I will do, Karen. Have a nice day and keep it safe. That's the end, so... Is that it? Nice and good.

I mean, my observation is from that, the people who he tries to help don't seem to want his help. People, yeah, people don't these days. We live very insular, don't we? You know, leave me alone, man. They'll regret that. I think if something does go wrong

and they have an accident, but there you go, you can't. Also, that millionaire house raffle thing, any thoughts on that? Well, I've always thought to myself, I presume it's some sort of con. That's just the way I am. It's a lot of bullocks. Yeah, it's a lot of bollocks.

But when I was filming one of the fishing shows down somewhere, south-west, somewhere anyway, by the coast, the bloke who was picked us up in the boat, pointed to a house and said that house was won by a bloke on that lottery draw thing. So maybe it's real. I mean... I thought there were bullocks until they got the lass who used to be Doctor Who. Yeah. Recently, she was on one of the adverts for it. I thought, ah, it's got to be legit then. Because the lass are used to be Doctor Who, I don't think would put her name to something that's dodgy.

You'd like to think. I'd start entering now. I mean, I think with the lottery, isn't it? I mean, you've got something like a one in 18 million chance or something. Something ridiculous. It's about one in 14 million, I think. Yeah. I would imagine at this moment in time there's less people applying for the house.

So it might be a better, in back, could be a better. I think it's a good punt. Well, I had that. Yeah, since Doctor Who started advertising, I'm in. I'm ploughed my money into entries for it. So, yeah. Gambling-wise at the moment, I'm concentrating on to be fouled or too foul, 10-part Ackers on a football.

I enjoy them very much. Is that coming in for you regularly or just spices things up? Well, that's the thing. I only bet like 20 pence, 25 pence. Yeah. And I find that the foul one enhances them, is well worth 25P just to enhance watching the match looking out for fouls.

So I'm enjoying that. And when the fun stops, obviously you stop. You just stop, yeah. You just stay still for a week. What have you got for me, Andy? What's been on your mind? I was just wondering if there's a couple of names I had for you that you might want to consider. Go on then.

Well, we've got the human quarry. Right. He's got a hinge door on the front of his stomach. Right. You open it up and inside's a little miniature sandstone quarry. Anyone is free to chip away with a metal toothpick or similar. Right. Quarry a little bit of sandstone from him, take it away with you.

It's a souvenir, I guess. Okay, what's his actual name again? What's the name? He's just called the human quarry. Okay, yeah. That's what he goes around as. You can be the human quarry. You can be the Jackson Five.

So, again, it's a fella. He's had five different body parts, cosmetically adjusted to resemble five famous Jackson's, Peter Jackson, Samuel L, Jackson, Glenda Jackson, Chelsea's Nicholas Jackson, and Jackson Brown. Various parts of his body resemble those five people. Vigly resemble, if you'd squint from a distance, from behind a locked door movies. So you'd be the Jackson Five, you can be the human quarry, or you can be honky-tong. I'm going to be honky-tonk, Andy.

Sorry, you know. But thank you very much. for the offers. Would you rather, I was talking to my son last night, would you rather, like, have to live in foil clothing for the rest of your life or, um, sanitised, bleached, chicken skin, you know, clothing. Clothing made from chicken skin or your own skin is, is the consistency of chicken skin. Yeah, I'll tell you what, let's say, yeah, I'll make it that. Yeah.

Foil, please. Foyle, fair enough. Yeah. Should we have a look at some of the questions from the parsnabers that have come in? Have I forgot here? Sarah Hardwick says, What will people be nostalgic for in 50 years?

I reckon, championship football, that'll have gone. Yeah. Damp problems. I think we'll probably eradicate dampness. I think it's getting on top of that, you think. I think it's getting worse like the minute. So many documentaries on BBC one daytime about damp.

Rogue landlords and all that. Damp and basically being conned on the internet. It's rife. But I think fidget spinners would probably be the thing the most nostalgic for. They'll think, oh, they were wonderful. That was a wonderful time with the fidget spinners, not realising that, of course, it was just silly.

It was just, um, were Bavril, maybe. I hope will still be going in 50 years, I don't know Do you think shops will still be around? Mightn't have gone, mightn't have gone, mightn't walk in shops? No, everything will get delivered by drones. I reckon? From portable, from units on the edge of town. So there you go, they'll get very nostalgic about walking into shops.

They already do if you go on the Sunderland Facebook group. The Sunderland First Group. Sunland History, they'll post a picture of High Street West from like 1970s, something, with shops and that. and then you just get people laying into the Labour Council and other invested interests that have emerged over the years

Well I mean it is a shame I spent my child and I'm sure you're the same wandering around Middlesbride Town Centre going in the Buckees going in the toy shops You know Going to Dorit Smith Knicking stuff All that business yeah

Hi Bob, hi Andy says Craig Ward Why am I having to sit down to put my socks on Now I'm over 50 Is there any other pleasures I can look forward to. Sadly, there are no other pleasures you can look forward to. It's pretty much downhill.

Pretty much downhill. After 50. I mean, the one that gets me at the moment is the exit in a bath becomes very scary. Is that hard now for you? Yeah. And it's a lot of hard shit in a bathroom,

you know, that you could fall on. There's so much, yeah. Are you, like, thinking about getting one of them baths that's got the little door on? I've been thinking about that since I was I don't know how the work you've got to sit in the bath and wait for a drain away before you can open your little door I presume so because you can't climb out can you

so you've got to sit there and wait yeah so is it like to get into the bath you've got going through the little door and then sit down and then start to fill the bath and just sit there maybe yeah we're now on waiting for it to fill up that fuck that yeah fuck that um The other one is, I don't know, it seems to be with my contemporaries, you do start waking up at 5 o'clock every morning, which is a bit of a pain. But if you prepare yourself for that, you know. Do you find yourself want to go to the toilet in the middle of the night? Yeah, every night. Is that another one?

I haven't had that yet. But it's coming down the line, man. It's coming. It's coming. Fuck. Sick. Matthew Bailey says, a table of six at an Indian restaurant. How many Popadoms is acceptable to order with the pickle tray? My mate insists two each seems excessive.

thank you for your assistance. I agree with his mate, to be honest. I think two each is about right. And any left over, you could crush them up. And couldn't you? Crush them up, use them as a powder. And do what with them? General purpose powder.

If you spill lager on the carpet, put some of that GP powder, general purpose popadon powder on the spillage, yeah. Ground Popadon. Maybe. Okay. The shame is, when you think about it, though, is I think I'm right saying,

is even if you order, whether you order two popadoms or 12 popadoms, you'll still get the same amount of pickle. That's true. So, you will. You've got to... I don't have six friends who I could go to an Indian restaurant with.

I probably have. It's all hypothetical. Yeah. We've got... Matt Birkin says, do bats have tails? I would have to Google that, I don't actually know. Matt Burr.

I did choose that one because I was in a bat house. Yeah. Last week. I went to Northumberland Zoo, which is just off the year one. Yeah. In, as the name suggests, Northumberland. Northumberland Zoo. Really good. Great day out.

Half a deer. Two-thirds of a day. Well, they've got mainly rodents, like bats and rats and... Whippets? Owls? There's all sorts. That's really good. insects, tiny frogs

but I was in the bat house because the bat house is great, it's massive it's got all these fruit bats hanging from the ceiling and that seriously endangered breed they're called Livingston's fruit bats I think and this is one of the few places

in the world that's breeding them so that's a nice place to breed bats isn't it? That is a nice place to do that, yeah so it's really dark really hot in there and I was just watching them hanging from the ceiling

and some of them were fighting having a little play fight that was weird and I was reading the sign about the breeding program that they're doing and this voice appeared in me here just says, seeing you. Oh, okay.

Jeremy Corby. Jeremy Corbyn. Jeremy Corbyn. I says, hello, hello Jeremy. She's look at you there, thinking you're Chris Packham watching the bats, wondering how they have it off. That's what you were wondering, isn't it? I mean, I was.

I was wondering that, to be quite honest. He says, they do it at night once we've turned all the lights off, so I don't think you'll get to see any of it. Fair enough, I wasn't, I wasn't bothered anyway. It's probably, it's probably on YouTube if I want to watch that kind of thing. You know, bats having it off. He says, ah, anyway, what's your best darkness? Oh, Jesus.

Best darkness. I mean, I don't know. I don't know what that means. Is that length of time spent in the dark? I don't know. Is it the darkness of the darkness itself? I don't know what he's on about. So I just, I thought, I'll try and go big for once.

because I usually just fucking see anything. I went big. I went 176. Nice. He says, fuck off. Liar. Prove it. I says, well, I've got a certificate yet, but it's in the car.

I can go on garret if you want. He says, I don't care. Ask me mine. Go on. Ask me my best darkness. I says, all right, what's your best darkness, Jeremy? 177 and a half. Oh, he's lying.

The fucker. Well, exactly. That says, I just a bit more than mine there. He says, one and a half more. That's quite a lot. Anyway, the Bat House door opens And in wonders he's mate, King Charles They're hanging out together again

And he says, uh... Alright, Jez! Who's this then? Chris fucking Packham! He says... No, it's just some squirt who's just looking at the bat sex! I thought, well, I'm not. I was curious. And he says, get this, Jez! I've been working on a brilliant idea for a TV show. This is this bloke, right?

Actually, he's a king, but at night he turns into a bat, and he goes out solving crimes. I call him Bat King. I'm pretty much running the BBC, though, so I'll get them to put it on. I says, sorry, hang on, hang on, your majesty. You've just described the Batman character that already exists and has done for a long time. He says, is he a king? I said, no, he's a billionaire, but... Oh, there you go, then totally different.

I said, you can't just go around Knicking Superhero, characters that are copyrighted and trademarked. She's had the fucking king now. I can do what the fuck I like! And I just thought you can't win against these people, Bob. Fair enough, yeah, I agree. You wasting your time. I wandered off to the Capabara talk that was starting.

Right. Ten minutes after. Do you appreciate the Capabaras? Is that the big, fucking massive rat? Fucking big guinea pig, basically. Yeah, guinea pig, yeah. Yeah. You've got an affinity with them, have you, Andy?

I have. I love him. Doesn't everyone? I mean Northumberland Zoo, which I don't know whether I believe in or not, but if it does exist, I think it might be a nice place to visit. It does exist,

but it's genuinely a lovely place to visit. Yeah, it's great. There you go. British Managers Lunch Club, Andrew. Can you imagine? Hours at Rules, restaurant in London, and Comet Garden just after Christmas with Matt Bury.

you know, the Toast of London. Oh, yeah. Just as we were leaving, I saw that the British managers club, BMC, was having its end of financial year meeting in one of the booths. So I gave Matt a big hug and said goodbye. I'll tell you how that. But it's a lovely hug, that is it?

I bet the Matt Berry hug is a lovely hug. It's honestly, that is a bear hug. So, and I'll tell you how that went the, that goodbye. I said, see you, Matt. and he said, see you, Bob. Went something like that. And I took a seat in the adjoining booth. And I borrowed Matt's beard, by the way,

so that they wouldn't recognise me, you know? Clever. He's clever, in it? So there was Big Sam, Steve Bruce, Mark Hughes, David Moyles. Steve McLaren was on Zoom, and Holloway's on Zoom from Dubai. Right.

And I won't tell you the other person who was there because it's very, you'll find out when he comes. I hope it's the one I'm hoping for. That's all I'll say. Well, I'll tell you. It's not going to be,

it's not going to be the one you're thinking. So Big Sam starts things off. Thank you for your attendance this afternoon. Can I just ask, have you all chosen your men's? And everyone nodded apart from Steve McLaren on his Zoom screen. McLaren pipes up.

I haven't. I haven't even seen the menu, you know, which is very upsetting. But you're not even here, Steve. What's the point of showing you a menu? But I feel like I'm being left out. Holloway chirps in.

Well, you should have made the effort to turn up, shouldn't you? You can talk, Holloway. You're in fucking Dubai eating the burgers with the gold leaf on. Oh, now I feel like I'm missing out on the gold leaf burgers. This really is upsetting. Like when Casper dropped a plop in the ambrosia cream rice. Tough, tough, just suck it up. I would have, but it tasted like monkey sick.

And they all laughed the joke by Steve there about Casper's Todd. Anyway, come up. First item on the agenda is the end of your financials, and I'm pleased to report a profit of nine a million quid. Thanks largely to the contribution of Mr David Moyes with his destroying exit at West Dam. Well done, David. So what's your plans at Everton, David?

Simple rinse and repeat? I reckon, straightforward bounce and sink, you know, get the hopes up saying a new five euro and then shit in the sinks. She'd be an easy 10 mill. Money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money. Money, money, money, money, money. They all sing and lick the front of their BMC club badges. Thank you. Thank you, David.

Now, the second item is the application by Mr. Daniel Farker to join our ranks. And yes, before you start, stay. in the obvious he's not British all. Boo! Bo, Charlie Landy. Boo! All right, all right.

Calm down, calm down. So, why are you here, Daniel? How to put it simply? I would very much like in on money, let me get this right, I would very much like in on the money side of things. You see, I think perhaps

I have an opportunity at leads to do how you say a pump and dump could be very lucrative. Oh, tell us more foreign man. Well, I'm confident I can get them promoted this year and at the very least demand a three year.

I will be very much out of my depth in the Premier League so expect to be leathered and sethered well before Christmas. Could be a sweet five mill so I don't know what you think maybe this could be good for us all.

Sean Deish comes at, chirps in. I'm not sure. What does Sean, Sean? I'm not sure. I'm not sure. He's just a lot like Sam Halliday, I think. All right, well, I'll do it a bit higher. Screedin.

I'm not sure we need you for an involvement. This is a British club for British managers. How are we even meant to trust you? You know, what with the war and all that? To be honest, Sam, I'm just waiting on the call from Chef United. And that club is about as rinsible as they come. If they don't go up, I'll get them up and hit them for a five-year-a. Get them up and destroy an exit by a January window.

We really don't need to destroy the club bloodline. Mark Hughes comes in. Can I ask Daniel something? Yes, go ahead, Mark. I was just wondering, Daniel, do either you are... Your wife were expensive laundry, you know, the sexy stuff. It's often red and lacy. I used to as a player, but not anymore. Is that important?

It is to me. I won't know. All right. What about you, Steve Bruce? I just don't know. I mean, Daniel, you seem like a nice chap, but the thought of sharing the potty with a foreign just doesn't sit right with me, you know? the thought of it been spent on a sauce, garlic, sausage, sourcrow, umph, bath, bath music seems wrong to me, you know. I'd much rather the Dosh went on caravan in Lake, you know, Toby Carveries. So for that reason, I'm afraid I'm out.

All right, what about you, McLaren, Steve? Well, we've had a look online, and Casper would like to have the dirty fries. I'll have the fish fingers and beans from the kiddies' menu. All right, Steve, consider it order, but what about Daniel? Is it a yay or a nay? Oh, no offence, Daniel, but you do look very foreign. And if you don't mind me saying a bit grubby-wobby,

if you'd been wearing like a short sleeve shirt, slim fit, light blue, and a gold button blazer, then that might have swung it. I'm sorry, Daniel, and the very best have looked here with all your future. fucking endeavours. Oh, well, it's a no from me as well, I'm afraid, due to the war. But also because my latest BMW 7 series has turned out to be a right turkey. Oh, well, it was worth a try. Thank you for hearing me out.

Oh, by the way, I would like the gravel burst and hoffin sausage casserole. Oh, I think we've made the right choice, lads. Can you just leave please, Daniel? And remember, says Sean Dyes. British food is best. Best eaten in a vest. Pie and peas and gravy and a pepperami for the baby. See you, Daniel.

Okay, Tuddlepip. Tuddley pip, Pip, Daniel. Love you to bits and back. And at that moment, the food arrived. Sam, well, if there's no other business, let's tuck into these rosemary-infused pork bellies, why you lot help me choose a new mow. I'm thinking of a murk.

Oh, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money. And they lick their badges and farted into their tankards. Ah, wonderful. So that's what, that's actually what happened, Andy. I've got no reason to disbelieve that, yeah, that's very good. I mean, Daniel Farker, I think it's got previous in getting nouridge up, and then it all going to shit. So he's just the man for the job, I think. I think it's the way, I think.

I think ultimately, you know, somewhere down the land they're going to have to start allowing some of the foreign shiteshsters in, you know what I mean? It's inevitable. It's inevitable. Would you like a quiz at this point of proceedings? I'll always take one, Andy. Whether I enjoy it or not, we'll find out. Whether you thrive in it, we will see.

Thrive or die. This quiz is called Doing Wallop Pens. Oh, yeah. briefs, peanuts, pop, boing, give me just a little more time, time, time, time, boots. Boots, okay.

Now then we are entering the twisted and confusing world of the website, Timo. Oh, righty-o. I'm aware of it, never, never visited it. Cheap shite, yeah. Cheap shite of all kinds. Yeah. And this, it's, it's,

random as fuck. You bought your new house Timo, didn't you? Yeah, did I? Yeah. Flat pack. Three items on Timo. Tell me price order, lowest the highest or highest to lowest. We've got coloring pens,

80 coloured marker pens in a black bag. Okay. Got it. Ten men's breathable boxer briefs. It says casual and sporty underwear. That's 10.

Maybe you've got a very sporty cut or something. Yeah. And finally, men's steel tore and puncture-proof work boots, breathable, non-slip with rotary buckle. Very descriptive of the Timu website. I think I'm going to be wrong here, but to me the obvious thing is to say boots, most expensive, then the

boxes, then the pens. I don't know. Boots, then boxes, oh, you fucker. I've got, well, it's a bit obvious in it, I've nailed it. Yes. You've nailed it. I like Timo.

But tell me how much are they, Andy? How much are they? Now that I look at it, it's pretty obvious. The boots, £17 and nine pence. Okay. The boxer briefs, 13 pounds and 38 pence.

And the pens, 11 pounds, 16. So, look, all, between them. It's not this cheats. I thought this place was, I thought you were going to say to me that the pens were like 30 pence. The boxes were £1.50. Well.

So it doesn't sound that much cheaper than B&M or something. That's T-Moo for you. Perhaps it's just all a big lie. Don't know. Don't know. Do you like the traitors, Andy? I was good to just say it. Is there anything you've been watching?

I couldn't get into traitors last time and I didn't even try this year. But then everyone was disappointed at the end. everyone was like, oh, that was no good. Right on the last episode? Yeah, the last episode suffered, but it meant that the second from last episode was one of the best there's ever been. But the pay-off was it ruined the last episode a bit.

I like it very much. I like it very much. Here's what I've been watching recently. If you're interested, I want to see the Robbie Williams. The Robbie Williams film is brilliant. Nice. Where he is depicted by a chimpanzee for the entirety of it. It's very good.

The Bob Dylan, film as well. It's very good. Do you have to like Bob Dylan to enjoy that film? Not massively, I don't think. Do you not like Bob Dylan? You know, I'm not bothered, as it were. Yeah, yeah. And also, one of my favourite ever police, American shows,

Homicide Life on the Street, is now being repeated in full on Sky Atlantic. Now, I saw you tweeted that. Now, it piqued my interest, Andy. Is it one of those that is, like a continuing story, or is it just episodes where they solve something? It's episodic. There is a kind of a little bit of a thread going through it,

but you can easily just watch one and dip in and out, and it's a different case in each episode, pretty much. All right, final question. Oh, sorry. Sorry, my final question was simply, is there a season that you should try it if you wanted to dip in? Go from the beginning. It's great from the start.

Okay. Yeah, go from the beginning. It's not like the wire, is it? I thought the wire was shit. It's the same guy wrote the book that this was made into that then went on to do the wire. It's miles better than the wire. Thank you. The wire's

one of them where everyone's like, oh, the wire. Oh, fucking hell, you've got to watch the fucking wire. And it's not that good. It's not that good. It's all right, but it's not that good. It's not as good as TG Hooker, which I've been watching repeats of with William Shatner. God, you were such a lazy fuck. Fat 1980s cop.

It's on Saturday mornings. It's Great. Anyway, I would like to end with a little song that I like to think will possibly be awareness raising. Uplifting or dreary? A bit of both. Okay. It's about the allergies that I'm increasingly suffering from. Go on. And I just thought I'll give you a bit of a musical insight into that.

So here we go. I've got an allergy every day of the week and it's getting on my tits. On Wednesday, I'm allergic to grass. And on Friday it is chips. Monday's fucking hazel nuts. Tuesday's fucking bread. Thursday's beer and cream and pork. That's when I wish I was dead.

There's no respite at weekends. That's when it hits me most. Saturday's allergy is biscuits. And on Sunday it is toast. I've got an allergy every day of the week. And I'm here with some advice. Don't get loads of allergies. It's really not very nice.

Very good, Andy, as you say, it's bittersweet Because it's not nice Yeah, yeah, it's not So we're recording this on Sunday And today's allergy is toast So it's got to avoid it I thought it was going to be like One of those really clever things

Where Sunday It was going to be the roast Which would have been double tragic Because of it been Sunday Fuck, it should have been, shouldn't it? It should have been Sorry, as you correctly pointed out there It wasn't very clever

Never mind Thank you, Pastor Thank you for indulging us. I hope that was okay. Yeah, thanks, parsnipers. We'll be back with more. Thank you for your support and see you next time. See you.