Desert Island Dicks - POLLY JAMES

Episode Date: June 12, 2019

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Discover top brands at unexpectedly low prices. Sierra, let's get moving. Hi, I'm James Deacon and welcome to Desert Island Dicks, the show that sees you marooned on a desert island after a plane crash with the worst people and worst things imaginable. Who they are and why they're a dick is up to you. And here to share their Desert Island Dicks with us today is radio presenter Polly James. Hi, I'm a little bit nervous about this. Are you? Do you know why? It's because I was thinking about when I was putting my potential dick list together that I'm very unbothered about people okay so

for example I like a lot of people I try and see the best in people I'm like I'll do me you do you you don't hurt me I won't hurt you and we'll just live in harmony you know what I'm saying yeah I mean a lot of people probably live their lives like that right yeah but even to the point where like you know like world issues and like world leaders and politics I don't give a shit about that okay yeah and people might think that you need to be more woke no i think it's good to be honest about that really okay that's fine because i sometimes feel like i need to be more responsible about stuff like that but i just don't give a fish's tit about it honestly i don't and this is where it comes into it it's

just like yeah if you've got like these really weird opinions that's fine you can have them as long as they don't affect me, then that's cool. Okay, yeah. But saying that, there are people that annoy me. Like on the way here today, I got barged when I was going through the tube. And I was like, you're a fucking dick. Yeah. I was like, you can go on my list.

And then I was like, I drove from Cardiff to London, obviously. And at the moment on the M4 between, well, it's like 10 miles. There's a 50 mile per hour um what do you call it like an average speed camera thing and it's frustrating and people are losing their heads in it and there's this one guy right at my ass and i'm like just fuck off yeah yeah and then he overtook me and i was like right you can go on my dick list yeah okay yeah it made me realize today when I was thinking of potential dicks actually there there are a lot of people that do annoy me so uh would you say you found it difficult to put this list together um yes but then it does make you really think about the people yeah as you say the people that do annoy

you and there's more there's more people that do annoy me than than not I suppose really okay you know so I'll put my first one on the line oh yeah i did say i was going to cheat a little bit and i have listened to a couple of the of the episodes and i did want to go for individuals and i have got a couple of individuals but my first group of people are extremists so extremists right who push their opinions on you extremists who make people feel bad about what you do in your life. Extremists who are just so closed minded. And for example, the small pack of people who are permanently offended and they're miserable, extreme, radical feminists. I'm putting them on the island. Because if I was stuck. OK, here's the thing. If I was I'm very open, I'm very honest

when it comes to me being a woman and I love, and don't get me wrong because I love being a woman and I am a feminist to a certain extent but these radical feminists do my absolute Sweden.

If I was stuck on a desert island with a radical feminist and she started going crazy because I got my tits out because I wanted to do some topless sunbathing, I'd be like, fuck off, love, all right?

I can do what I want with my body. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Totally. Of course you can. Like dick move. They're a bunch of little annoying dicks. So forgive my ignorance.

Sorry. No, it's great. When are you encountering these radical feminists? Radical feminists. So it really kicked off for me. So people just commenting on other people's bodies just really annoy me. Okay, yeah. And I find it so backwards that radical feminists, I mean, feminists, the great thing about it is that feminists really push for women and to be liberated and you can do whatever you want with your body.

But as soon as you do something wrong, the radical feminists are on you straight away. So I just find it so backwards. Do you know what I mean? For example, so maybe two years ago, I'm a big darts fan. I don't know if you like follow me on social media. And a couple of years ago, the Walk On Girls were banned.

And I guess the Professional Darts Corporation had their hand forced in sort of getting rid of these walk-on girls because of the little pack of dickheads, radical feminists, who just didn't like it anymore because they were working because of what they looked like and because of how pretty they were. And it was really soul-destroying because these girls lost lost their jobs right that they chose to do yeah and they enjoyed doing i guess

yeah and on that day it happened and there was you know big news stories and stuff i remember me and the darts were in cardiff which was brilliant and me and my friend would go in and when you go and watch the darts live it's notorious for you to dress up so we dressed up as uh walk-on girls oh that's so clever as a as a sort of finger up to the radical femmes that's amazing did you get a good reaction i did actually there was a lot of people going oh you just want attention i was like oh piss off i was like i'm doing this as an ode to the girls who've lost their jobs who i genuinely genuinely feel gutted for because not because of the the darts corporations or you know i think that the motocross gals as well they lost you know the

grid girls what you call them yes yeah they lost their jobs as well because of because of you know the small-minded people so yeah we'll have we'll have those on the island okay what are they doing now those grid girls and they're well i don't know i mean it just sucks really because like this this if you don't know darts there's like loads of events like yeah every week yeah this is a full-time job for the girls that's a that's a real shame it sucks doesn't it because obviously they enjoy doing their job they absolutely love it they absolutely love it they're part of the entertainment it's fun for them they choose to do it they don't wear like you know revit that you know they're not walking down in bikinis for god's sake yeah yeah just adds to the glitz and glamour it's a fun event and and some people that

aren't attached to darts at all and aren't doing that job have decided that they can't do it yeah what a shame yeah so yeah i i think that's just that's a good choice yeah yeah no absolutely that's going in that's done that's great fantastic very much, Polly. And who's your second choice? OK, my second choice is a guy called, and this sprouted this week, actually. So he's called Israel Folau. I think I'm saying his name right. OK, so he is an Australian, well, was an Australian rugby player up until maybe last month because he was sacked by the Australian Rugby Committee. OK.

So let me tell you about Israel Folau. He is a devout Christian. And last year, he expressed his views on gays, which were pretty vile. And for someone in his position, you know, he's one of the best rugby players in Australia, right? For someone in his position, it was very shocking. You know, lots of young kids obviously like look up to him and stuff. So you'd think that's a little bit out of order, like, to be honest. You know, everyone is entitled to their views and opinions, like I was saying at the beginning of the podcast.

For sure. Just whatever. But in his position, and it said in his contract, you are not allowed as an Australian rugby player to express your views and discriminate against people, whether it be, you know, their sexuality or race or whatever. That's great that it's in the contract right exactly yeah so um so maybe like a year ago he breached the contract and he put on his twitter something something quite homophobic so anyway he had a warning from the australian rugby committee as you would saying look israel fallout this is not on this is nothing about your religion you're just you know you know i suppose you're committing a crime in within your contract like you're not allowed to do this but this is your warning please do not do it again all right

you know you're in a position of power there's people who look up to you you've got a responsibility anyway roll forward maybe um i don't know when was it like three months ago he strikes again he basically put a warning post on his instagram to homosexuals saying that hell awaits awaits you and you must repent now did you not read about this oh my god no i haven't seen this it's in wales like rugby's like huge isn't it yeah but it was pretty vile and to be fair um he breached his contract plain and simple now this week he is suing suing Australian rugby because he believes they fired him over practising his religious views. But he wasn't fired

because of his religion. He was fired because he sprouted homophobic garbage. Yeah. So this is what makes him a dick for me. OK? So he is a dick

because, not because of his religious views, like he could be whatever, he could be Hindu, he could be Catholic, he could be Muslim. That's fine. It was in his contract not to do these things. He breached it once. He could be Hindu. He could be Catholic. He could be Muslim. That's fine. It was in his contract not to do these things.

He breached it once. He had a warning. He did it again. Fuck off, Israel. You're a dick. You don't understand why you were sacked. And I think the advisors and people around him are also a bunch of dickheads as well. Wow.

Right? Yeah. Is he a dick? Totally. And I think he definitely falls under that category, radical extremism, right? Is that right? I mean, yeah, I would say. But, I mean, for me, about him, it's not his views that I'm pissed off at.

Obviously, I think they're absolutely backwards and disgusting about what he says about gays or whatever. But it's just more of the fact that he's, like, fighting this. Know the rules. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? The rules are laid out for you. Do the crime. he's fighting this. Know the rules. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? The rules are laid out for you. You signed that.

Do the time, hun. Yeah. Goodbye. Oh, my God. Do you think... So, okay. So he's massively looked up to. He was like... Yeah, it was huge.

People were saying, if he's not in the Australian rugby team, they're not going to win the World Cup this year. So he's a huge, he's a poignant figure within Australian rugby. And now he's been sacked and now he's suing them for like five million or something. You just think, oh, you're an idiot. You were warned and you did it again.

You know, I know what it's like. I mean, I'm nowhere near the type of public figure that he is, you know, but he's got millions of followers. He's put on a pedestal and he still did it. And I just think it's really dangerous in this day and age for him to express those views which is why australian rugby quite responsibly has that i suppose bit in the contract yeah it's poisonous for the young people that are going to look at him totally totally so massive dick move understand why you were sacked leave it move on get a new career oh my god don't mess with the rules around polly i know sorry i know

am i going really deep here no it's good funny stuff down there and i'm my god don't mess with the rules around polly i know sorry i know am i going really deep here no it's good like funny stuff down there and i'm like i don't know no this is great this is really good this is so genuine it's um yeah he sounds like he sounds like a dick you know know your position no know that you've got a lot of people oh yeah he's vile he's toxic he's just just horrible yeah have you watched interviews with him? I have. And the worst thing about this is that he has a wife that totally just accepts all of his views. Oh, no. You need that person around you that says, hang on a minute. Oh, you need that person around you who's like, look, I will stand by you and your views, whatever they may be.

And I feel that I am very accepting. If you don't like that type of thing, whatever. As long as it's not hurting me or you're not hurting the people around me, then that's absolutely fine. Maybe that's a little bit naive, whatever. But I just think, why go and sue the Australian rugby team for something that you think... He's basically saying, they're not letting me practice my religious views.

And it's like, no, you weren't fired for fired for that love you were fired because you breached your contract that's great sorry it just pisses me off i love it yeah thank you oh no it's great polly yeah there we go okay israel falau is on there oh i'd hate to be stuck on an island with him yeah so far it it does seem quite bad uh yeah this island sucks i know so far far it does seem quite bad. Yeah, this island sucks. I know, so far, right? It does. Polly, who's going to be your third choice? Okay, my third choice is I was thinking,

all right, so I'm not going to go too extremist now. Although I could call this person an extremist, but it's myself as an ill person. Okay. I am a total dick when I am ill. Really? So this happened a couple of weeks ago, actually. I'm so over the top. I'm helpless. I'm a total dick when I am ill. Really? So this happened a couple of weeks ago, actually. I'm so over the top.

I'm helpless. I'm a crying wreck. It's just, I'm just, I just hate myself looking back when I'm ill. Like, even when I have a headache, I'm the worst person to be around. Oh, really? Can you think of occasions? Okay, so, for example, and this is totally self-inflicted, so I can't really call it ill, but I was, like, had a hang hangover and I never usually have hangovers.

Now I'm in my 30s. They're just terrible diseases. But I'm the type of person when I'm ill and my other half says this to me all the time, like it's ridiculous. It always takes the piss out of me. But if I have a headache, for example, it's probably just a headache, not a migraine, even though I am screaming migraine. I'm the type of person who's like, I think I need an ambulance. That bad? Oh, I'm such a dick.

Honestly, such a dick. And then I look back and then, because headache will not last for longer than an hour. And I've taken all the pills and I'm just dousing myself in water and stuff. And then after an hour, I'm like, oh, I feel fine now. I was such a dick about an hour ago.

So I think if there was someone like that on the island with me, yeah, my head would go. Oh, my God. Or you, when you get ill on the island and you're having to deal with yourself. Oh, my God, yeah. Do you know what I mean? With these other people with you. Yeah. Okay.

I love how your example of being ill was hangover. I know. I know. But I don't know. Like, sometimes, yeah, I mean, there's other occasions. Like I get head, like I never wear my glasses and I've got really bad eyesight. So I get headaches a lot. Right.

Yeah. Self-inflicted. Yeah. And then, you know, I'm screaming that I'm dying and someone send an ambulance and it's a total waste of NHS time. Really? Big time. So, yeah. I know what you mean. I'm pathetic. I'm pathetic waste of NHS time. Really? Big time. So, yeah.

I know what you mean. I'm pathetic when I'm ill. Oh, so pathetic. Honestly. Just on the sofa. It's embarrassing. It's embarrassing. Yeah, I know.

Yeah. Yeah, so, yeah, we'll stick ill Polly on the island. Ill Polly in that situation. As a dick. A great choice. Thank you very much, Polly. No worries.

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honda.com slash ev to see offers now mercifully among the wreckage of the plane there's some food and drink left over unfortunately for you it's your least favorite food and drink in the world what are they and why are they so bad okay so um i i wonder if anyone said this before can i start with a drink absolutely okay diet coke diet coke i don't think that's ever and i hate pepsi as well in fact i just went to i just where did i go to i just wanted this pub down the road yeah right just to get a drink yeah yeah i was like can i have a coke please and they're like, is Pepsi okay? And I'm like, is fake money okay?

Did you say that? No, I didn't. But I wanted to. It just winds me up. If I'm asking for a Coke, give me a Coke. It's like, say if I ordered, for me, if I ordered a cottage pie and spaghetti bolognese came out, that's the difference in taste for me.

Yes, right. Yeah, yeah. It's not what you want. No. It's different. Yeah. a cottage pie and spaghetti bolognese came out that's the difference in taste yes right yeah yeah yeah it's not what you want no no like it's different yeah so don't don't say don't then give me some people are just so fucking annoying they'll just serve you a pepsi after you ask for a coke and i hang on a minute yeah and i'm like is this pepsi and they're like yeah you asked for it i was like no i fucking didn't i asked for a coke yeah i was like i'll have my money back like yeah i know it's really embarrassing really awkward for all my friends who's around me and they think i'm just ridiculous but yeah anyway diet coke yes sorry diet coke diet coke and pepsi yeah so diet coke i just feel

that coke was made with sugar and syrup and then the makers of diet Coke came along and took out the most important ingredients or the best ingredients in Coke and they made it flat and disgusting and horrible. It's weird. It's absolutely fucking vile and I can't drink it at all. I'd prefer to drink unfiltered rhino piss, honestly. Oh my God.

I absolutely hate Diet Coke. Someone that's been drinking diet coke as well they get the worst breath what really yeah if you've been drinking loads of diet coke your breath honks you know if someone's been drinking diet coke all day i know my sister drinks a lot of diet coke see i i always feel like when i'm out with like my friends at meal or whatever and they're all like yeah diet coke diet coke diet diet Coke, diet Coke, whatever. And I'm like, yeah, full fat, please. I just feel like I'm part of this minority now that has full fat sugar Coke. Oh, but you can't beat it. It's the best.

Why? I don't understand. It's absolutely disgusting. I don't know. No, no. Coca-Cola is the best. It's got to be full fat. And with Pepsi as well, it's like Pepsi is obvious.

I feel like it's the Tesco value version of Coke, genuine. Totally, yeah. It's like, what Pepsi is, is someone's tried to make Coca-Cola and failed. Yeah. And then being like, well, we've got loads of this now. And then they've just thought, we've got to sell it off. Do you know what I mean? They're just trying to make it. They are riding on the wave of Coke big time.

Yeah. Yeah, I don't generally touch Pepsi. And do you know what? I'd really be so upset if I was stuck on a desert island and there was just Diet Coke. Oh, my God. I've been in a bar with someone and they've ordered a vodka and Diet Coke. And you just think, holy moly. It's awful, isn't it?

Why would you do that? I don't fancy that at all. So my food. Okay, food choice. Let's do your food. Ready salted crisps. Oh, yeah. Now, I always say, why eat plain when you can have flavour?

It's like people who made crisps forgot to finish making them. Really? Yes. Okay. I know what you mean. Yeah. They are the most boring fucking crisps you can ever get. Yeah.

And they just taste of nothing. Yes. Okay. No one likes a plain, Jane. Why would you? I don't understand. And this goes for digestive biscuits as well. I don't understand the mental capacity of someone.

Imagine you're in Tesco's and you're in the aisle of confectionery or whatever. And you're there and you've got the tubes of Pringles in front of you. And you've got ready salted and you've got prawn cocktail. Why the fuck would you go for plain? It true why it's very true how fucking boring unexciting and safe can you play it it's true it's true um i don't know what i'm saying and the same with biscuits like this one annoys me about and i love my hairdressers i love them love them to death right they're great people but i go in there and they're like would you you know with like your tea or coffee would you like some biscuits and i'm like yeah and i know what's

fucking coming because i've been going there for ages they give you plain fucking biscuits have you ever said anything to them yeah i've said why don't you why don't you give me a chocolate biscuit and like i don't understand the mentality of someone again in a shop why would you pick up fucking plain biscuits and not chocolate biscuits yeah i'll bet after you said that right they've got other biscuits but when you're in there they're like give her the plate give her the plate honestly i just think you know this whole desert island that i'm stuck on at the moment it sounds bad it's pretty fucking gash at the moment but i would be so bored and then if you were to come along with the food trolley and say,

hey, you've got Diet Coke and digestive biscuits and ready salted crisps, I would die of boredom. Yeah, that's it. I'd be like, holy shit. Let Israel Folau take me now. I know. I'd be like, yeah, kill me. I'd walk into the sea.

I'd be like, take me wherever. Yeah, that's it. I am dying of boredom right now. So, yeah. Ready salted crisps, right? All right, stop me if I'm wrong. Iom right now so yeah ready salted crisps right alright stop me if I'm wrong I think they were

the first flavoured crisps yeah weren't they so ready so they're they're ready so back in the day

plain crisps had a sachet of salt in them and you had to put it on so then they were salted crisps that's why

walkers say for example they call them ready salted because they're ready salted. That's obvious. But I just think, like, go for prawn cocktail, go for beef, go for cheese and onion. Yeah.

God forbid you go for something a bit crazier and add a bit of vinegar on there. Like, salt and vinegar. Could you push out for that? Bye, Elkyn Elk. Thai sweet chilli sensations. I know. God, no.

Too crazy. Too crazy for the ready salted people. You're right. I just don't get it. And yeah, they always seem to be at the front of the pack all the time. Yeah. Who are buying these things? It's true.

Yeah, you're right. I don't know. God, that's a good point. Do you know what? Sometimes, though, say I'm at my mum's house. I've got two little kids. I'm at my mum's house and the kids are having lunch. Right. And I go to the cupboard. The only thing is thing is ready salty crisp yeah because no one fucking likes it it's true it's true yeah actually that's the end of that

story you're right and it is do you know what it is i think like parents and grandparents will will go to a shop and they'll be like if they're having like the kids over or like yeah they'll go for the safe option you're right you know You know what you're going to have. Yes. But it's fucking boring. It is boring. Just a little bit of flavour. Treat the kids to some flavour.

Just a little sprinkle of powder. Just anything. Got to love a prawn cocktail. Yeah, same. Okay. All right. Ready, start with Chris. Okay.

Completely justified. Thank you very much, Polly. All right, no worries. Now, fortunately, you won't be about entertainment on the island. I say that that but the planes entertainment 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 your least favorite song what are they and why are they so bad okay so shall i start with my my least favorite song song first okay so like

i mean you've worked in radio obviously yeah time so a long time. So have I. And, you know, we obviously have played some shit songs. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe too many to even go there with. But what I will say, and this is really odd, okay? So I don't have a problem with this song now, but I feel there's something inside me subconsciously waiting to come out at some point in time. So my memoirs used to say to me when I was a kid,

I used to scream the effing house down when this song came on and it was she just it was just the weirdest thing and it was only 15 seconds worth of the coronation street theme tune the coronation and you used to scream yeah i used to scream my head off like my mum could just not settle me and she even she even tested it out all the time like is it this and she'd like put me in front of the you know when I was a toddler or a baby put me in front of the the telly when it came on to see if it was that and I used to scream and run off so I just feel like there's something inside of me as I say subconsciously that's waiting to come out one day and I don't know what it is because you know I dip in and

out of Corrie every now and again. Do you? And I always think, no, I can deal with this. Like, what happened when I was a kid? What is it? I don't know.

That's so weird. I don't know. It does sound sinister, though, doesn't it? Doesn't it? Like, the music is very sinister. I don't know. It's bizarre.

It's standalone. It is actually... Yeah, maybe just as a kid I hated it. It's not very, like, heartwarming. No, it's not. I mean, like, Corrie's not really heartwarming. No, you're right, actually, yeah. I think for me, it's like my mum, you're right, someone dies all the time. So much bad stuff happens on that one.

I know, I know. My mum used to watch it every week, religiously, as a kid. And so for me, when i say heartwarming i think it's just nostalgia do you know what i mean because it's like it was on all the time and like uh i probably have no idea who it's in who's in there now but i remember all the characters from back in the day yeah uh but with that theme tune i wonder right i'm going a bit deep here yeah did something happen whilst that was going on? I don't know. Did you stub a toe?

Maybe this is what I'm thinking. Or trap a finger in a door? I don't know. And then is it like one day, will I get that, will I hear that? And will the sensation come back? Yeah, will I have a trigger again for it? But will I, did you ever watch that, what was it called with Jessica Bielin? Was it called The Sinister?

I don't know. The Sinner. The Sinner. That's what it was called the sinister this I don't know the sinner the sinner yeah the sinner and she subconsciously had this like memory of something and then she like went and stabbed this guy because she heard a piece of music that was like yeah it was like so weird I think I've got that right anyway if you watch the sinner with Jessica Biel you'll know exactly what I'm on about but a piece of music triggered this like psycho thing in her and i think oh my god if i heard that again one day when i'm in a certain frame of mind like what is oh my god yeah oh my god if it just takes you back to this weird place like pip she used to say i used to run out the room screaming

my eyes out did you know weird i know so know. So when you asked about the music, like the one song, which is a bit of a dick to me, then I was thinking about that. Oh, my God. No one has picked that before. That's a good choice. I know. That's crazy. I know.

Don't worry, I'm not going to. Don't play it now. I know. Yeah, I don't have it ready at hand. I'm quite glad. Imagine if this was the moment. You heard it. I know.

I know. That's what I need. All right. Coronation Street. I mean, really, actually play it on there. at hand and I'm quite glad imagine if this was the moment you heard it right okay alright Coronation Street actually play it on there and then if I do have a psycho moment I could just focus

all my energy on Israel and the radical feminists yeah put them in the sea and have the island to yourself okay

so Coronation Street theme tune is going to be a song is that right yeah that's great what's going to be your film choice?

Okay, so my film choice is, I was thinking about this. I was like, I don't know, I really like, again, you know, all films, they do it for me, whatever. This is not really a film and I can't really put it on the island because I haven't seen it. But Game of Thrones. Game of Thrones. I've just got no desire at all. Neither have I. Re-thoughts. I'm so glad. Are you serious? I've never watched any of it. I've just got no desire at all. Neither have I. Reek, no. I'm so glad.

Reek, no. Are you serious? I've never watched any of it. Oh, my God. I'm so happy to meet someone else. Why haven't you watched it? It just seems so long. And also, I'm not really into that shit.

Into the dragons and the fucking battles and all that bollocks? I'm not into it. No, mate. No, I'm saying it. I'm telling you now. If I look at the statistics after I watch this, watch the listeners just drop off. I know.

When we get to this point. I could not give a flying fuck about Game of Thrones. No, I'm the same. No one's ever sort of given me the, as I say, like the desire or the passion. I've never had the will to sort of sit down and watch it. Nothing that anyone has ever said about it. Has made you want to go and sit down and watch it. Exactly.

So this is it. I remember when series one started a friend of mine was saying it was just like it's all just like battles and tits and I was just like

what and they were just like you know it's just like sword battles and then women with their tits out and I was just like

mate if I want to see women with my tits out I'll go and look at women with my tits out I'm not going to fucking sit through this dragon nonsense because you're selling it to me on that it's like I think I want to I do want to try and watch it but I feel I'm only being forced because society's telling me to it's like the best thing to do yeah but yeah I mean yeah I got it have you watched any of it no thank god it's got a bit shagging because that's the only draw

only draw yeah like a bit of romance I don't even know if it's No. Thank God it's got a bit shagging in because that's the only draw for me. Only draw, yeah. Like a bit of romance. I don't even know if it's romance. People have said it's just like sisters and brothers shagging each other. Shagging and stuff, yeah. And like, not that that's like gross to me.

Well, it's obviously gross, but not that it wouldn't like turn me off from watching it. But I don't know. It's just never, ever appealed to me and no one has ever been able to sell it to me. No, yeah. For me to sit down and watch it.

I'm the same. Yeah, so maybe Game of Thrones game of thrones yeah maybe that would be a good thing because if i did end up liking it you could watch through them all the one movie that i walked out from though is and i remember this i was with my other half actually it wasn't a movie this was a show this was like a play like a musical and was war War Horse. Okay, yeah. So is it about World War I and a horse that was in battle? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we walked out. Yeah. And I would never disrespect any actor or any show or production like that ever,

but I was just bored shitless. I just couldn't connect to the horse. I't know did you say that that's so good no there was just no emotion no i was emotionless when it came to yeah so sort of game of thrones sort of warhorse i get what you mean do you know what it's so nice to meet someone else that hasn't watched any game of thrones yeah no and me and me, because we're a minority in that. I know. You look at it now and you just think,

all of those seasons. I know. I don't have time for that. I imagine you don't have time for that. No, no. I mean, you're a busy person. I mean... When are you meant to watch that?

I mean, I could. I could watch it. I could, but I don't want to. Okay. I don't want to. All right, great. All right. Cool.

Well, if we've got any listeners left after that Game of Thrones... Okay, sorry. Yeah, I know. Game of Thrones horses. Don't be to. Okay. All right, great. All right. Cool. Well, if we've got any listeners left after that game of thrones. Okay, sorry. Yeah, I know. David Jones horses. Can we, like, offend vegans and dog people as well? I'm so sorry.

I'm going to be put on the island one day, aren't I? Yeah, that's it. And finally, thank you very much for all your time. And finally, the island is overrun by the biggest dick of all the animals. Which animal is it and why is it a horse?

Okay, so I have... No, it's not a horse, no um i have the biggest phobia and so you know when people say like oh i'm scared of this right and they're and that's fine you're scared of this and then people will say oh i've got a phobia okay they're like totally different okay worms oh yeah okay yeah honestly and i don't know where this come from i've been hypnotized before to find out the origin of the problem any luck no she couldn't get there because i couldn't go under because i was so nervous that she was like gonna bring in a worm or try and do some weird thing um so yeah we couldn't figure out why i was so scared of worms. I'll always remember when I first started going out with my other half now,

I think this was some sort of like flirting mechanic from him. I said to him, like, I'm super scared of worms. And he might have just taken that with a pinch of salt. Obviously, you know, I've got a phobia of them. And I think maybe a couple of days later, he was like, oh, look, Paul, there's a worm. And he threw. No. No, honestly, I no honestly I came I don't I can't remember this is maybe 13 years ago or whatever and I came out outside and he threw the worm at me and you know because they're just like horrible little slimy brown it stuck to me and I had to flick it off me and it's

and I remember I curled up in a ball of just panic I can see that you're feeling anxious now am I going red? you're itching your body and you're rubbing your hair to try and get them out I know I'm like where are Chris so yeah worms

I don't know why I don't like seeing the maggots as well like oh I mean snakes are okay because they're big So, yeah, worms. Worms. I don't know why. Oh, my God. I don't like seeing the maggots as well. Like, oh. And you're like, I mean, snakes are okay because they're big. I don't find them so little. Right. No, it's disgusting. Yeah, but worms for me.

I mean, it's a big thing. I'd love to be cured one day. I can see that you're severely affected by the worms. Oh, my God. Am I going red? Yeah, it's a weird thing. A little bit, yeah. I know. I'm having a hot flesh now. We've been talking about it. Yeah, sorry.? Oh my God, am I going mad? Yeah, it's a weird thing, isn't it? A little bit, yeah. I know. I'm having a hot flesh now,

even talking about it. Yeah, sorry. Oh my God, that's okay. I don't know if I've seen anyone get this affected by their animal choice on this before. No, honestly, it's just terrible. I just hate them.

I have no idea where it comes from. Do you know what? No, no idea. Do you know when you cut a worm, it becomes two fucking worms? Yeah, yeah. Like, are we dealing with an alien or a fucking animal here? How often are you encountering a worm yeah it becomes two fucking worms yeah yeah like are we dealing with an alien or a fucking animal here how often are you encountering a worm never never now like i have this thing

i suppose when like festivals that are the main things when you walk through the grass oh my god and you know when it's raining and stuff and like worms come up from the ground oh god okay yeah they have this weird thing like worms. So they're like long. Obviously, they're like long. And then they've got this weird thing in the middle, which is like all bunched up. It's like a... What's that little weird thing?

Oh, no. I know what you mean. I don't know. It's so disgusting. They are so disgusting. I don't want to say. It's like a little plaster around them. Yeah.

Isn't it weird? I feel bad. They're like God's creatures and stuff. Oh, mate. Come on. But like... They're gross. I mean, they're just... I mean, stuff oh mate but like they're gross I mean

they're just I mean what an ugly creature what's the point of a worm what do they do um don't know I don't are they meant to

do they have a purpose are they like meant to help the ground or something I don't know is that really stupid no I genuinely don't know what worms are there for

or what have they come from hang on yeah well I mean like oh magpies eat them don't they oh no yeah okay alright sorry I feel like I've put you under enough talking about worms Or what have they come from? Hang on. Yeah, well, I mean, like, oh, magpies eat them, don't they? Oh, no. Yeah, OK. All right.

Sorry. I feel like I've put you under enough talking about worms. And yeah. But yeah, that would be my island. And like, have I just created the worst, horrible island of all time? It's bad. I mean, you've got very passionate there. And I feel like you've got...

I feel like you've made a real bad island for yourself. And I apologise for putting you through it. Oh, my God. Sometimes I get to the end of it. I am never flying over the Bermuda Triangle ever again. I know. Yeah, please don't. Ever, ever, ever.

So worms are going to be your animal choices. Thank you so much. Polly, tell people what you're doing at the minute. So I'm on Radio X at the moment. So I was on Capital. Yeah. And, yeah, so I moved to Radio X a couple of months ago. So at the moment I'm doing Weekend Late.

So I'm on at 10 o'clock tonight. And maybe if you're listening on a Friday or Saturday. Yeah. But I'm also doing like loads of cover as well. So, yeah, just throughout the schedule on Radio X at the moment. And I'm absolutely loving it. So come check me out. That's great.

And if people want to get you on social media, whereabouts are they? Yeah, at Polly James on Twitter, Insta and oh i don't really use i do use facebook yeah no one does yeah i've got a secret name on facebook oh that's wanky isn't it have you what for your facebook i guess you don't want to put it out on here it's like my name but split in two oh okay and then my second name is lee okay fair yeah i don't know like you fair. Yeah, I don't know, like you just get randoms adding you, don't you? Yeah, you don't want it. Well, now you've just told everyone, do you want me to cut this bit out? No, it's fine, it's fine, it's fine, because I wouldn't

accept anyway. Polly, thank you so much for coming in. My pleasure, thank you so much. Cheers, thank you. Bye.