Desert Island Dicks - AMY VOCE

Episode Date: January 24, 2018

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and possibly the world's biggest Game of Thrones fan, Amy Vose. Hello. Yes, correct. Thank you for that intro. Can I just congratulate you on one of the greatest podcasting names that I've come across? Thank you very much. I was actually a bit envious

that I hadn't thought of that. Like any good radio feature, I'm probably giving away too much now. Start with a name and work. You started with a name. I knew you were going to say that. Start with a name and work backwards, right? But no, thank you.

Thank you so very much. And I'm hoping that I'll get some click-through traffic from people spelling discs wrong. Oh, yes. That's clever. At one point or another, it might happen. Yeah. Wow. Okay.

All right. Well, thank you very much, Amy. No, thank you for having me. Amy, who's going to be your first person for your island? Okay, now, do you know what I found with this? I found it actually quite hard to come up with specific people, which made me feel good about myself, actually. Yeah, that's nice, yeah.

I'm like, oh, I don't hate anyone that specifically. Yeah. Like I said, when I was sort of struggling to come up with specific people, this person just really popped into my head as the one person who annoyed me so much that I took to Twitter to be rude about them. And I really try and avoid that because I think it can come back to haunt you.

Yeah, but please do divulge us there. Well, it's really weird. It's a TV show that I watched off chance called The Island. Bear Grylls' Island. And I'm throwing Ewan Thomas off the island. Yes, okay. Eliminating. i it was about five minutes of television and i've never hated a human being more in such a short space of time

because he's one of these guys that got on the island and was like yeah you know i'm what i'll probably do is i'll probably lead because i'm just that type of guy oh no that's what a complete dick yeah yeah that is dickish and it's you know what it's when people cover up like dickhead behavior by going thing is i'm just an alpha male oh no no no and i'm starting to feel like the term anyone that says they're an alpha male is a bit of a dick yeah for sure if you say you're like you can be an alpha male without you know arguably as many traits of those are that you're just a bit of a dick. Yeah, for sure. But if you even have to say, I'm just a bit of an alpha male, I can't

deal with that. Anyone that can evaluate themselves like that, I feel like that's you're shelved as a dick, do you know what I mean? The alpha male thing, it's just embarrassing, isn't it? It is, isn't it? It's wholly embarrassing. Rugby lad culture, that kind of stuff. They're just like, you know, look at me.

Well, he was very much trying to mask it as I'm an athlete. I'm born to compete. And it's like, no, you're just being a complete tosser. Because he was, and he was saying about the, he says some really misogynistic things, but they were kind of low, you know, and it's like a real sort of casual misogyny. It's not even like, at least when you've got someone like Donald Trump, you know, he's like a real sort of casual misogyny it's not even like at least when you've

got someone like donald trump you know he's just an out and out outright rotter yeah it's obvious whereas this guy's like you know ladies i think you just need to you stay on the beach as lads will get this one or it's just no yeah just so many cretinous comments and um he did actually get quite pummeled for it on twitter, and rightly so. And you joined in. I did join in, and I felt, I almost started to feel like the producers were out of order because he was so offensive that I just thought they shouldn't have put that on TV.

Right, okay. Because that decimated his character, in my opinion. But it was just that, yeah, that alpha male, oh, I'm going to be the leader. It just, and if you look at his pictures on Twitter, because I, you know, part of me felt bad about doing this. And if you look at his pictures on Twitter,

because part of me felt bad about doing this, but then you look at his pictures and you go, no, I don't think you've learnt from this. No, okay, right. There's lots of sunglasses on the head, posy top, topless pictures. No, okay. I can't bear that.

You know, I'm just like a born leader. I'm just like that guy, you know, yeah. I can't handle that kind of macho crap crap we all know them yeah we do it's awful i need i would need to avoid that in that situation it would be painful wouldn't it yeah i couldn't couldn't deal so you've already witnessed him on a on a desert island so you know exactly what it'd be like and it'd be horrific well i think that's what came into my head actually i suppose because it's you're on on an island and people's worst traits would emerge. Massively, yeah.

And he would be King Dick, as he already proved he was. Yeah, that's it. You and Thomas, so wholly justified. Gone. Get rid. Okay. Sometimes I try and put up a counter-argument, but it just... Struggling with that. I mean, even if you haven't seen the show

like I saw it I did see it did you yeah yeah it was I couldn't watch any more of it and it's really weird

because you'll often watch things or you'll catch a glimpse of I don't know like Celebrity Big Brother I always watch the entrance bit and it's a sick part of me because I'm not doing it for an enjoyment

I do it because I like cringing oh yeah in the VT yeah I'm going to get my claws out I'm going to be this person yeah imagine. I do it because I like cringing. Oh yeah, yeah. In the VT. Yeah. I'm going to get my claws out. I'm going to be this person. Imagine having to do it. Like there was one guy, I don't know, he was off The Apprentice

or something and he was like, you know what? I'm just a bit of a lad. But I love my mum. But you know what? I'm a bit of a lad. And I'm like, you're not. You're probably not. You're probably going to cry. And you just think, ah! I know, I know. It's not, it's a trait that I would not be able to deal with very well.

No, okay. Get gone. You and Thomas. Yeah, see you later, you and Thomas. Sorry. Who's going to be second choice for Des Island? It's quite tricky because I kind of, like I said, there's groups of people. Can I categorise a group of anyone that queued for

sales on boxing day i think that is so good because i think what that does is that is this any anyone who's ever done that you know the 4amers who are queuing outside next what are you doing i mean what are you doing for next yeah i mean offence to next I know but to get 20 quid off a jump or not even a jumper do you know what I mean like a 12 pound off a jumper or whatever it's boxing day

like you should be without me being all moral high ground but you should really be spending time just eating if anything and sleeping

and being drunk yeah not someone set an alarm on boxing day to queue for a sale you know for whichever shop it is. I don't care if it's Selfridges or Harrods or whatever.

It really depresses me every year. And some people say, oh, you know, that's out of order saying that because they're just doing it because they can't afford things. No, that's not true. Because you're not queuing outside Selfridges if you're on the bread line. That is true. That is very true. You are going there because you areuing outside Selfridges if you're on the breadline. That is true. That is very true. You are going there because you are like so...

You want to look flash but for cheap. Because you are obsessed with having new things and designer brands. And material goods and just... Yes. And I just think it embodies the type of person. I feel like there'd be so many traits of the people in those queues that I wouldn't be able to associate with

or deal with. I don't know anyone that does that. I don't know anyone that does that i don't know anyone i don't and i don't think and if i found out i did know someone i would judge them really harshly and i'd struggle to come on guys understand yeah i thought i knew you yeah now you do this but also like no discount for me is ever going to be good enough for the um the sort of aggression that comes out in people when they're trying to find a deal. Yeah. Oh, wow. Christmas shopping is tough. Yeah, yeah.

I did manage to do a couple of days, but I found if I had regular breaks and like snack periods in between. Wow, you had to attack it like that. Yeah, I'd like go into a shop and then I'd have to have a break period. Like maybe two shops. Go for a coffee, have a sit down. Absolutely, it's the only way through. But to go and do that in what is probably your holiday time

and battle those people being aggressive. As someone that wakes up at that time. Yes. All the time. Why would you do that to yourself? I wouldn't, James. No. I wouldn't.

It's never going to happen. So, yeah, if I could categorise that type of person, I'm just trying to think what, you know, what are the things with the people they're queuing up boxing? Do you know what? Do you know what they do? They're the kind of people... No, I can't say it.

No, I'm going to go there. They're probably the kind of people that are queuing to watch The X Factor. Okay. Like, going to see the shows. Right, yeah. Come on, who's doing that? No, no, who's doing that? Who's going into the audience of like going to see the shows right yeah who's doing that no no who's doing that audience yeah yeah come on no no that's not a good good use of your life it's just not is it um i just don't like queuing as well so that would and the people that

do it so early in the morning on a box today that is ridiculous um i did notice this year that it's weird but like in the build-up to Christmas, everywhere seemed to have a sale on. Yeah, I did. Why do they do that? And then I think they're better before Christmas than after. Okay. Because I heard that after Christmas, we're actually being conned,

because what they do is, they say the original price was £60 when it wasn't. It was £50. And they're like, oh, it's £45. I heard exactly that. Prices go up in November, and then you're getting a discount but it's not as good

as it looks unbelievable it's alright it's ok because we've rumbled them James they can't get us again ok people that queue for sales

on Boxing Day morning yeah if that's ever been anyone who's ever done that I don't want them on the island I can't deal I can't deal with that

thank you very much Amy now mercifully among the wreckage of the plane there was some food and drink left over unfortunately for you it's your was some food and drink left over. Unfortunately for you, it's your least favourite food and drink of all time. What are they and why are they so bad?

Mayonnaise. Mayo. Piss off. I hate mayonnaise. Just hate it. My problem is with mayonnaise. It's not just the fact, because you can go, oh, I don't like that food, but they put it in everything.

I can't buy 90% of any convenience foods. Like sandwiches? Pre-packed sandwiches, forget it. You see, in my head, I just don't enjoy sandwiches because the amount of times, and they're sneaky because they'll go, oh, I'll be like, is there any mayo in that? And they're like, no, no, and then I'll taste it. I'll be like, there bloody is.

Yeah. It sneaks in. Something's mixed with the mayo. Or you've done're like, no, no. And then I'll taste it, I'll be like, there bloody is. It sneaks in. Something's mixed with the mayo. Or you've done some kind of pesto mayo. I don't want, I can't explain how much, but like if it comes near my mouth, I'll smell it and I will gag. Really? Oh, like the thought of it

makes me feel... What happened to you with mayonnaise? I don't know, because when you think of the ingredients, because what is it, it's like egg, vinegar or something. Water, vinegar, egg. I don't know what it is. I like eggs. I don't know.

It's inexplicable, but it's the smell and it's the texture. And, you know, if you find yourself, I don't know, motorway services, I mean, it's got better. My life's got a bit easier. Thank God for M&S services because that's changed my life. But I can, you know, nine times out of ten, I won't be buying a sandwich because it's impossible. But even like a pasta dish or creamy mayo sauce. No.

Mayo with your chips or anything. Oh, God, no. What happened then? I really, I'm really, like, I want to know, like, what, was it from the very first time that you ever tried mayo or did you not have it

in your house as a kid or? Oh, no, we had it, yeah, because my sister was like, we used to call her Susie Salad Cream because she loved a sauce. Right, okay. So, I don't know, maybe,

I wonder if I had a really bad sandwich with terrible mayonnaise and then the smell ever since is like, you know, a bit like when you're, I once drank too much peach schnapps when I was 13 and was sick. Can't do it anymore.

I was 16, 17. Yeah. And then now the smell would make me like. But honestly, it makes me, it does make me gag, like just the smell. And it just, it gets everywhere. What, mayo? Yeah, like it's just in so many foods oh i thought you meant physically like when you're eating it i was like maybe that's an issue with

you or like i do have those issues quite a lot but no it's um it's it's vile it's a vile yeah i've never known anyone i eat mayo so No, and people find it controversial. They think there's something wrong with me. And I'm not a fussy eater at all. Like, I will try anything. But mayonnaise is my only sticking point. It's like, I don't like mushrooms that much. I don't like them at all. I wouldn't have them.

But if they're in a sauce, I wouldn't. Or it's round someone's house. We wouldn't get funny about it. No, I could down them if I needed to, if you know what I mean. You'd get through it, yeah. Yeah, but mayonnaise is like... What if it's like... I'm trying to think.

If it's mixed up with something... No! You just can't do it. But that's it. It's always mixed with something. What about flavoured mayos? No! Like a piri-piri mayo?

I will taste it. I will taste the... The mayo undertone. For me, it's such a pungent smelli mayo. I will taste it. I will taste the... The mayo undertone. For me, it's such a pungent smell. Do you not find? Yeah, it definitely is. I'm just like, I really like it. Do you love it?

I don't love it, but I'll happily think, this dinner could do with something, and I'll put a bit of mayo. Is that horrific to you? Oh, wow, that's amazing. We've done it on the show before and people have said, oh, yeah, you know,

I put mayonnaise with my roast dinner. No, no, come on. I feel so, like the thought of dipping a chip in mayonnaise and then eating it is just, it floors me. It makes me feel uncomfortable thinking about it. It's so awful.

I can't, you can't be doing that. But it does make life difficult, really difficult. Like I say, the sandwich situation has plagued me for years, James. It's a real problem. Because there's not many convenience foods, if you think about it,

other than sandwiches. Yeah, even like the little pastas and stuff have mayo mixed in. Any kind of wrap, forget it. You've got to go for a... Get a sausage roll. Hoisin duck wrap. I feel they'll sneak it in there. Do you reckon?

Sometimes. You have to check the label. And often, do you know what they do? Often it doesn't say like, oh, you know, I don't know, cheese and ham sandwich. And you'll think, oh, there's no mayo in there. And then you check the back. There's mayo in there. Is there?

They just chuck it in everywhere. Oh, no. Because they're like, oh, everyone loves mayo, don't they? I didn't realise it was such an epidemic. Yeah, it really is. It's a problem. It's getting better because there's now some sandwich places that have a no mayo sticker on them. So it's almost like they've heard my plight.

Nice. And maybe they've realised that other... I don't know. I'd like to meet someone else that finds it as equally disgusting. If anyone does, tweet the podcast. Yeah, absolutely. Let us know absolutely it's the only thing that really um really does bother me um i would what i definitely will agree on is that you've crashed on a desert island and you're like oh please be something to eat and then you open the bottom

and the only thing is just jars and jars of mayo that is going to be horrific i mean that's rubbish for anyone that That is bad. I tell you what would be feasible, though, is like say some cargo was left over on the plane, right? And it's plane food. I tell you what, I was coming back on a long-haul flight. Yes. And you know when you get the crap meal of the day,

like I think maybe we had the breakfast and then it wasn't time for a full meal. So they give you a terrible sandwich and some crisps. And the sandwich was mayo-ridden and I was like starving. It's an eight-ridden, and I was, like, starving. It was an eight-hour flight. And I said, have you got anything else? And they said, no, that's it. It's that or nothing.

I couldn't eat it. I had nothing. So the cargo that could land, say the planes crashed, right, it's quite likely going to be those pre-packed sandwiches. And you're like, oh, cheese sandwich, great. Check the back, mayo. Yeah, so I'm going to die on that island. Thanks lot okay all right mayonnaise and you know what just while we're at it when you've got one of those sandwiches with mayo in it even if you prise it apart and try and

scrape it out impossible because it just it like it soaps through the bread you definitely speak from experience yeah you've given it a good go yeah Yeah, I did. Do you know what I did? I have before, and it ended badly in tears. So, yeah. Not actual tears. It's pathetic. No, but I... But, you know, it was... I actually feel really sorry for you.

Yeah. Thank you. You know... Because people don't understand how, like, stressful it is. You know, oh, I need to just grab a sandwich. I can't. Like, it's just... Oh.

Yeah. Thank you, James. Mayonnaise. Mayonnaise is going to be... And as a result, I feel like I just. I can't. Like, it's just... Yeah. Thank you, James. Mayonnaise. Mayonnaise is going to be your future. And as a result, I feel like I just... I hate sandwiches. So...

Well, you make yourself a sandwich at home, though. I'm not into sandwiches. And I think it's because of that. I just don't care about sandwiches at all. I could happily live without them. And mayo's just scarred you

because... I think so, yeah. I just... I've also got a really small mouth. So if I... You know when you get those sandwiches and they're massive, especially if it's that, like, hard, I've also got a really small mouth. So if I, you know when you get those sandwiches and they're massive,

especially if it's that like hard crusty bread, it hurts your mouth. You've got a really small mouth. Yeah. So I just prefer things on a spoon like a child. Okay, all right. May, what's going to be your food choice? What's going to be your drink choice, Amy?

I, the drink choice that would be the worst would be orange juice with the pulp in. Because if I wanted a drink full of sick, I would have asked for that. Oh, wow. I just so agree with you. Why would you enjoy a drink that is just full of mushy bits of stuff? It's like, I don't understand it. No.

What's weird about it is I can drink a smoothie. So you know when you make a smoothie at home or whatever and it's got all sorts of, and sometimes it will have lumps in it

and I can deal with that. But for some reason, that orange juice with the pulp, oh. Yeah. It gets clogged in your straw. Yes.

If you've got a straw. We might not have the luxury of a straw. But okay, it's in your glass and you take a sip and then it's just all down the side

of the glass all the bits. Yeah. It's grim, isn't it's in your glass and you take a sip and then it's just all down the side of the glass, all the bits. It's grim, isn't it? It looks revolting. Yeah. It tastes revolting and it gets stuck in your teeth. Yes. I don't understand, you know, pure orange juice is great and I miss it dearly, actually.

Why don't you drink it? I don't drink it since some stupid health programme told me that it was basically a giant cup of sugar. It is, yeah. And of sugar it is yeah and i know it is and now i can't because i have to um you know my sugar intake needs to really be dedicated to cake and chocolate yes okay i feel like it's it's a waste on a an orange pure orange so i can live without that but i used to down pints of it when i was a kid not with the bits because that's revolting we have that in common it's so weird isn't it when i was a kid not with the bits because that's revolting we have that in common

it's so weird isn't it when i was a kid i was about maybe 11 12 13 something like that i got really into orange juice and like me and my mum like we'd go shopping to morrison's and um we'd buy loads of cotton orange juice and i was getting through it i was just like plowing through loads of orange juice thinking it's oranges i'm super healthy and i put on so much weight i was just like plowing through loads of oranges thinking it's oranges i'm super healthy and i put on so much weight i was like this real little chubster from just the tons of sugar that i was drinking i had no idea when i was a kid it's you know it's a bit like how i used to eat cocoa pops in the morning and then three bowls when i came in from school i had no idea that that was ever bad for me i was like well it's, it's just Cocoa Pop. I miss them so much.

Don't eat cereal anymore. And Crunchy Nut. Oh, those were the days. So you don't eat cereal either? No. So my go-to, I'd say, is a bowl of cereal in the morning for speed and accuracy and then a sandwich at lunch for speed. Can't, because again, a bowl of cereal is like a big bowl of sugar, isn't it?

And you get into your 30s. Like I say, I preserve my calories for cake, chocolate, ice cream. Orange juice with pulp, though. Yeah. You're in there and sometimes I'll go, I'm doing a shop, girlfriend will say, will you get some orange juice?

Great. I'm always buying the smooth. And I always get home and she's like, why didn't you get the one with bits? Because it's disgusting. Why does she? I'd like to understand how someone enjoys that actually but do you think they like getting the juicy bits and then like bite it like i don't know i don't because it doesn't add so all it adds is just like uh like you said just like this really like weird bitty

sicky kind of consistency and like i don't think the little bits in there are like bursting with juice i don't know do you know what i mean it's not like a it doesn't seem refreshing to me because there's a lot of admin involved in having to drink it and swallow it and you know filter it and and also you know when like say if you had a pint of it and you drank half and then you'd see all the bits around the glass that would you. Do you know what I mean? Like from the top. Yeah. Why would you not want it deliciously smooth? Just like no bits, just like all the lovely

and you kind of gulp it and it's just like delicious. With ice. It's dreamy. That's so good. But yeah, orange juice with the pulp. I don't know what it is but it's just no thank you. It's vile. Disgusting. Awesome, I completely agree. Cocktail though, no, thank you. It's vile. Disgusting. Awesome. I completely agree.

A cocktail, though, sometimes got bits in. It's nice. Well, you say that. Yeah, they're nice. But you know if you get like a mojito, I feel like they're often the culprits. And they'll have loads of little seeds in and the mint. Yes. And you get about 7% of a drink.

Yeah. And then you've just got ice. And then the seeds get stuck in the straw. The admin of a cocktail can be very tricky. Yes, it is difficult. I try and avoid those. If you can. Yeah.

Cocktail bar where they've sieved out all the stuff. That's what, yes. I always like things with no bits. And you get a full drink. It's not hard, is it, really, James? What's wrong with the world? People are backwards. I have no idea.

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system continues to work but just your luck it only has two working settings one is your least favorite film of all time and the other is your least favorite song what are they and why um least favorite film stood out to me was um million dollar baby right okay yeah now reason i only watched this for the first time about i don't know five years ago and it's one of those films that you i i'm sure that people had said it's an inspirational film it's it was either won an oscar or was nominated or the um It's Clint Eastwood, isn't it? I'm sure it did win awards at the time, or at least was nominated for some big awards.

Yeah, so it was an acclaimed film. And I sat down thinking, oh, brilliant. I've never watched this. It was on telly. I thought, this is going to be great. And it was the most depressing film I've ever seen with not even a hint of um of light or inspiration now i i appreciate that you don't always you don't always shouldn't always leave a the cinema or

watch after watching a film feel um you know joy and elated you should feel a range of emotions it shouldn't always be a happy ending sure but this was like you know you hit rock bottom you hit it again and then you absolutely plummet and i got nothing from it but what really annoyed me was how acclaimed it was so i was just left so baffled i didn't even think the acting was that good if i'm honest really yeah i just found it on the whole so bitterly disappointing and depressing. You know, it's like I recently saw Manchester by the Sea. I haven't seen it yet.

Casey Affleck. Now, that film is staggeringly depressing. It's one of the toughest watches I've ever had. But I can come away from that and go, I don't want to watch that again. But that took me to a dark place. And the acting was incredible, like so good. Whereas this, I didn't get, you know,

so I took something from that, even if I didn't, you know, go, ooh, I'm going to watch that every week. But Million Dollar Baby, I just thought everything was lame in it. Like I didn't even think the story was that good. It was just like, just got worse and worse and worse.

And it was, what I remember is that she, I think she came from a bad background. He was trained, again, this was a long time ago, but he was training her to be like a boxer. She had some really bad stuff going on. And there was something going on with him, but I can't remember.

I'm really sorry. This is really annoying you to watch the film. But so he trained her and along the way, there were things that went wrong and then I think what happened is she got to her big fight and I believe

she lost the fight which was like oh okay well she'll come back from this but then I'm pretty sure she got like no she was paralysed

from it that's it yeah she ended up like bedridden and I'm sure she was like paralysed from the neck down

but it wasn't even like okay that's the bit, but there's going to be a message at the end. Look, maybe I missed something, but I was like, that was awful. Oh, no. You took me on a journey which was, you know, the whole time you're anticipating something good happening and you're going to feel good, but no.

No. I don't think anyone's life's that bad. Sometimes you come by and you think, how did a film get such critical acclaim but maybe it got the acclaim because it was so unpredictable because I was watching it thinking I want a rocky ending

but I didn't get that so maybe people are like oh critics that's brilliant because it's so devastating so that could be the reason it got the acclaim. But it was a tough watch, and I just, I don't know, I always want to take something away from a film, and the only thing I took away from that was never to watch it ever again.

Okay, and then you're on this island, and the only thing you can do is watch this over and over again. I mean, it doesn't matter who's on the island because I would drown myself. Yeah, okay. Million Dollar Baby. And what's going to be your song choice? This will upset a lot of radio stations,

but it is all of these radio stations' fault. I think I'm going to go for Top Loader and Dancing in the Moonlight. Okay, yes. Dancing in the moonlight Everybody's feeling warm and bright when that song first came out i thought oh what a nice jolly little song isn't it but it's fine like it's it's never a song that's gonna um you know i'm not i'm not gonna dance it to my wedding or it's not gonna be my favorite song of all time but it's fine in the background you know it's

nice little dissy that yeah and then radio stations but it's fine in the background, you know. It's a nice little ditty, that. Yeah. And then radio stations played it every day for the last 20 years. Yes. On repeat, 17 hours a day. And every time I hear that intro now, do-do-do-do-do-do,

I just, I feel, like, I feel a sadness. Because, you know, they're probably delighted because they must be loaded. Top loaded. Top loaded loaded they must be top loaded from the amount of radio i play it's had but um it just fills me with dread and it's it's you know when you listen it's like you know when you say a word over and over again and you start to annoy yourself yeah and it loses its meaning like you don't know what it means anymore that's the same with with that song. I've heard it so many times. I don't know. Like, I feel nothing, but it's like Groundhog Day.

It's just so repetitive, but it's such a... Well, maybe it wasn't an average song, but now it really is. Yeah, for sure. And now it's really... It's taken its toll on me. It's like an anomaly in the one hit wonder world i feel so i don't know any of top loaders other songs but i know that when that song came out people really loved it at the time and i guess maybe i was paying more attention to music or something

that i was just like oh how could it all go so wrong yeah do you know what i mean yeah i don't know what happened that maybe they just realized well we've done really well at this we'll just sit back and you know live off the royalties of this for 20 years which they probably have and but i feel bad for them because i wonder if they get annoyed by it because they must hear themselves all the time just go i'll play one of our other songs yeah i mean no one remembers any of them but i don't i have no idea how many albums or anything that that they'd even have maybe they never got a chance because that song just eclipsed everything what happens with a band like that it's like you've got that one song and are you are you going to the record labels and stuff oh guys guys like we've got all these other songs and they're just like no no that's all we

need done yeah you are done like they, because if that was their first song, that did so well, you know, it's a tricky second single, but maybe just none of their material was obviously not as good as that. So where do you go from there? And then you're like, well, that's it. So we'll just keep playing that one over and over and over again.

But it's just lost any sense of meaning. And it just, it kind of, when I hear those first few notes, it just makes me feel like I'm in like a, I don't know, like a world where nothing changes. Oh, that is dark. I just feel like I'm stuck in time.

It's like nothing's progressed. It's weird because I don't know how it keeps coming around. It must be a good 15 years old now that song it must be was it the soundtrack to it to a jamie oliver program or anything like when it came out could have been so like that song for me always makes me think of jamie oliver on a scooter with with you know that like really early noughties haircut. Yeah. Of like, a bit maybe... Yeah, a bit shaggy. Yeah, but it's got like a bit of a fringe

and it's got highlights. Oh, and then it goes up a bit at the back. And it goes up a bit at the back. And that song makes me think of Jamie Oliver looking like that. Yes. I have no reason why, but... And do you enjoy that image of Jamie?

I just think that like... I can picture him stood at the front row of Top Loader Show. Maybe he'd be stood side stage, right? He'd be side of stage. Of course he would. He'd be like, oh, this is a short gig. Oh, because they're only allowed to perform one song.

Yeah. But what they'd probably do at their gigs is just play it on repeat. Because that's how I feel it happens with us. You'd have to get it away twice, at least. You know, but what would you do? Would you do like a, I don't know, a samba version or a panpipe version? That's it, yeah. I just...

Get someone to come remix it. There's just some songs that stick and I don't... Sometimes I don't... You know, classics, fine, but there's some songs I'm like, what? I don't... I just don't like the predictability, I think, of anything. It's a bit like every year when the red Starbucks cups come out. Did I say that right?

Starbucks, yeah. Yeah, Starbucks cups. Little things like that bug me. I feel uncomfortable. I'm like, can we do something different? I don't know. I know. I agree.

Nostalgia kind of. Yeah, nostalgia is one thing, but it's the predictability and like, oh, it's a John Lewis advert, therefore it will be good. Okay, right. You know, that kind of thing. It's like, well, let's watch it first. And it's weird, like, things like that bother me. I don't like things being the same all the time.

Like, mix it up a bit. Yeah, it's too predictable, yeah. Okay. So, yeah, that would be a... God, this island would be awful. I know, I know. I feel quite guilty for doing this to people. Yeah, it's weird.

It's like a sort of... It's quite cathartic though, isn't it? You sort of let it all go and then hopefully I'll walk out of here a better person. Or worse, I could be really angry. I mean, hopefully you'll get it all out. Yeah, I think so. Amy, finally, the island is overrun by the biggest dick of all the animals. Which animal is it and why? I think I might go with a mosquito.

They're really sneaky. They ruin most of my holidays by the last couple of days. Do you know, can I tell you a fact about mosquitoes, which I'm always quite interested in? Because I always get attacked by bites really bad. But what they do, like when you get bitten by a wasp or a bee, like you know about it and you're like, ah, it's happening.

Like, oh, I almost got stung by a wasp and I had to pull it off my arm. Oh, wow, that's horrible. So grim. It really hurt. And I was like, well, you know what? We had a bit of a battle there. We had an interaction.

You did what you did. I'm angry at you, but I don't know. You did it right in front of my eye. It's like if a lion came to eat me, it'd be like, right, well, it's game on, isn't it? I see. You're not being sneaky. No.

Mosquitoes are sneaky. Yes, you're right. Because when they bite you, did you know that they inject you with an anaesthetic so you never feel the bite? That is why you wake up and you're like, why have I got, like, well, you think it's in the night, but often it's throughout the day. You won't know that there's like a mosquito's just bitten you because

they anesthetize you so you don't feel it do you do you think the mosquito doesn't know and it's going around thinking oh i need to have a bite here but i'm just gonna anesthetize them they won't even know and then it flies off and you think they know sinister little little prick feel this later i think they know yeah they're like I'm going to get this one. She's got no idea. That'll be a big one. Like, I get covered. It really hurts. Do you?

Yeah. Do you not get, like, a few days? I have done a few times. It depends. Once you've settled in to the holiday, I tend to stop getting them.

It's when I first arrive. Oh, you see, I seem to get it, like, the first few days. I'm like, oh, I'm fine. And then it's like they descend on me on the last few days. Right. Like, my last holiday was absolutely amazing. We went to Mexico, but the last couple of days I'm like, oh, I'm fine. And then it's like they descend on me on the last few days.

Right. Like my last holiday was absolutely amazing. We went to Mexico, but the last couple of days I was like, I kind of want to go home because this hurts so much. And we had those like burning incense things for mosquitoes in the room. To try and get different strengths of spray, right? Yeah. But that always feels a bit toxic.

It always scares me. Right, okay. So, but that always feels a bit toxic. It always scares me a bit. Right, okay, so, yeah. But they're sinister. So I think, you know, if you're a bee, I get why you're doing it, you know, but they take a sacrifice as well because they die from their sting, don't they? Which seems quite brutal,

but also we need bees to survive. Yeah, what's the point in a mosquito? Yeah, so, and they do a lot of bad to the world and they're sneaky, so they are the biggest dicks. Mosquitoes goes in there. Can I just throw in a stingray as well, because I'm still not over Steve Irwin. Is that why?

Yeah, like, I'm so angry at them. I think that was out of order. For them a stingray to do that? Yeah, like, for a guy that, I love Steve Irwin, and for a guy that wrestled you know crocodiles and really walked on the wild side and took a lot of risks and then for a stingray to do that i think i think was insulting actually yeah so um they're massive dicks you know pay some respect he's given you a lot of love over the years yeah he's brought joy to our lives but it's just sad i always forget

about it and then when i thought about it i was like oh god stingrays are dicks like i'm still really angry at them so i'll throw those in as well stingrays okay mosquitoes and stingrays thank you amy thank you for coming in i really appreciate it thank you for having me amy if people want to hear you um where else can they hear you uh well i do the breakfast show on virgin radio so you can find me on there i used to do a podcast called tune on blondes with a friend of mine um so uh you can find us um if. I also do a podcast called Tune On Blondes with a friend of mine. So you can find us. If you probably just go to my Twitter at Amy Vose, silly surname, V-O-C-E. And you can see all the links and stuff there. Okay.

All right. Excellent. All right. Yeah. Thank you so much, Amy. Thank you. Thank you. Bye.