Two In The Think Tank - 216 - The Stone of Scone Heist and Other Festive Tales

Episode Date: December 11, 2019

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It's pretty cool. Anyway, I'll win the show. Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On, my name is Dave Warnke, and I'm sitting here for this little introduction with Matzjuit and Jess Perkins. Hello, sorry, actually we're in England, so we should give a proper English greeting. and I'm sitting here for this little introduction with Massachusetts and Jess Perkins. Hello! Sorry, actually, we're in England, so we should give a proper English greeting. Hello! Hello!

Oh, hello! Hello! Hello! Now, are the two of you feeling pretty Christmassy this week? Oh, the bells are jingling, and I'm wringling and ding-ing-ing-ing-ing-ing. I'm ting-ting-tingling. I gotta go see a doctor. I can't believe we're experiencing Christmas

in the wintertime sort of, or pre-Christmas in the pre-wintertime. That's right, it's, oh, I mean, the Nattery Christmas, you don't know, with the lights. I love it. The camera, the action. Yeah.

It's Hollywood on the Gold Coast, all over again. No, it is it. It's good. I mean, it's got very little to do with the. No, in fact, nothing to do with it. But no, there are Santas and Lites and stuff everywhere all over England. And in Dublin, when we were there as well, very Christmasy, so we appreciate it. And Scotland.

Oh, yes, they know how to Christmas up there. And by this time we get home, it'll be very Christmasy in Melbourne. Yeah. Yes, just, I don't know if you'll see. You'll see. It doesn't feel the same. It doesn't feel the same. A British-Sash Irish Christmas, I don't know if I'm gonna be

out of hand of this summary Christmas. I like it like we do up here traditionally. Yeah. Up here like the real Christmas. Yeah, just how Santa intended. Yeah. Damn, right. Now, so what you're about to hear is actually

our annual Christmas special episode recorded live in London. Thank you so much everyone, they did come along and spread the Christmas cheer. Oh, what a cheerful time of life. Huge shows, lovely energy. We had a wonderful time. Good looking people.

Oh my God, the people. How do we do that? How do we attract such hotties? We attract such attractive people. I think it's just because... That's just a track. Yep. Ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Well, I was really because... It's just a track. Yep. Hahaha. Hahaha.

Well, I was really gonna... You're gonna go the opposite. Yeah, it was. Just for once. Yeah, I thought I was with you Jess until Matt came out with the truth and it was funny and yet painful. Yeah. Those things are worth it. Yeah.

Anyway. That's not a thing. So from these, I'll go to you, beautiful people. So hot. So hot. You're listening to this. You're hot. That's a rule thing. So from these, I goes to you, beautiful people. So hot. So hot. You're listening to this. You're hot. That's a rule, you're hot.

That's not what defines you. It's not the most important thing about you. It's not. It's an absolute bonus. Yeah. You've got an amazing personality, you're smart, you're kind. But it's just wrapped in sex appeal. Yeah, in a hot bow.

Yeah. You're a gift wrapped in a sexy bow. It's like past the past, so many layers. But they're all good. They're all good. There's a gift in each layer. Yeah. What's it gonna be? Who knows? What's it gonna be? It's not great though. Something sexy. Something sexy. Something cool. Yeah. Cool sexy. Anyway, we should let them listen to the show that's right. So what you're about to hear is the live episode and we'll be back at the end with our famous patreon Read I'll thank you used to some of the people that support the show on patreon But until then enjoy this episode recorded live in London and let's say Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!

Why you there boy, what day is it today? Well it's Christmas time! Oh fuck and hell then we should be out there doing a podcast for Christmas! Please make welcome to the stage as Matt Chess and DiRum Dugo! Alright London, Christmas, fuck you. Yeah, it's all. Did I ask you to get me that? Thank you so much. Thank you so much for that.

Do we need to get just this backup microphone? I'll be back. Oh yes. All part part of the plan. A sabotage Jess. Hey. Oh this one, oh right. Yeah.

What I knew Stan and tell me all about, oh no. Oh no, she's regained her power. Yeah, fuck her. Oh no, she's back. She's back! Oh, my goodness. So great to see you all here on this special day of days. The Christmas measure!

Yay! So exciting. This is our third annual live Christmas show. The first one obviously in Brisbane, which is like the London of Australia. That is the one. The same one. London, which is like the London of Australia. That is much true. London, which is like the London of America. And then this year we're doing one for the first time in London, which is like the London

of the place we're in, right? You pumped up? Woo! You pumped up with Christmas joy. To each and all good night. Getting quite now that. To each and all good night. I've gone early here I think. No we are stoked to be here. This is a very Christmasy country I've got to say. Last night Jess and I met when we were sort of Matt to stand up show, some of them may have

been there. And then after it's Matt went to see a fantastic comedian Stuart Lee. And whilst you were doing that, Jess and I went on a little date where we went and saw some Christmas lights here. Yeah, it was cute as shit. What a beautiful city for Christmas lights. Honestly, the vibe was nicer with just us. It's bizarre to me that that surprises you. Look, we should do that more, Dave. Yes, it was so, so nice.

I'm trying really hard not to be an asshole, so... And it's tough. It's tough when it tees me like this. No, no, sorry, I'm just tempting you. No, we do have a nice one, but it's because they do Christmas well here no, sorry, I'm just tempting you. No, we do have an awesome beat. Because they do Christmas well here, don't they? They do it well.

Yes. And you also do festive bakes at Greg's quite well. You know what I'm saying? Ah. Oh. London become a Greg's town. I thought you were pretty pussies. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, mate. I had a turkey in ham sandwich for pret as well. Love them all. Love them all. So you're a pretty pussy. 100%. Pretty pussy is funny.

I didn't get how funny what I said was until Jess said it. She had a certain, had a sorry. Oh, Genesis. Now we are here for the Krishmi special. She added a certain... how do you say? Oh... Jenner said, What? Now we are here for the Krishmish Special. Give us a round of applause if you were at our earlier show, but an hour ago. Woo!

Thank you. This round of sections. Yeah. Oh, can I just say the recipe missed some pretty hot stuff. Pretty, pretty sexy. But you are here in time for the Krishmish Special. So just to make everyone as a crowd, give me round of applause if you've ever heard our show before Genuine relief every time

One day it'll be the other way around and we'll go okay Minera yeah Yeah, what would they be doing here though? Um, uh... Abmin era. Yeah. Definitely. I think they're at some sort of convention. Um, give us round of applause to the other to the scale. If you've never heard this show before. Woo! Few people. Always tentative.

There's always people pointing too. I know. They're sitting here. It's like they're not in India. They're just, um... In India. Yeah. They're uneducated.

Also known as an idiot. No, thank you so much for being here for the first of a time. You've come at the most wonderful time of the year for a Christmas special. What we do here at the show is not be close to each other at all, as you can see. And we take it in turn to report on a topic often suggested by a listener of the show. And because it is our Christmas special we have decided to eat to a mini topic on the subject of something Christmas Eve and I believe Matthew Stewart you have elected to go first. I'm yeah I'm unofficially the most

Christmassy of the three. unofficially. Oh officially. But I am the best of boy. Best of boy. Alright. But he actually doesn't boy. Best of boy. Best of boy. Alright. But he actually doesn't give a fuck about it. I know. No. I'm Christmas. Baby Jesus is my best friend.

That's so weak, because you're an old man. Um, this baby is my best friend. And they're like, You and you were not a same. This baby is my best friend. Are you, are you one of us? Are you the only one older than Jesus? Jesus is better boy to you. He was always the boy to you. Yes. Baby Jesus was always a boy to me.

Obviously. Yeah, it's that weird coming out of my face too. Alright, so you don't know the show, we get on top of it with a question. So my question is to you too, and if they don't get it, maybe you can help them out, because they won't get it. Oh, Rick, I'm feeling pretty Krishmishin. Okay. What American town in Indiana is Christmassy by name and by nature? Oh.

Christmas Bill. It's close-ish. Gary. Gary is a beautiful city. Gary is a very festive town as well, we hear. It is. Lots of festive murders. We've been told.

It's the festive murder capital. And also. Lots of festive murders we've been told. The festive murder capital. And also the rest of the year. Yeah that's right. They just all spin that as their tourism slogan. So the name of this town is very Christmassy. Yes it is. It is Santa Claus Indiana. There's a place called Santa Claus.

Yes in our hearts. It does exist. And also... Are you alright? You love it. Santa Claus. Yes in our hearts it does exist and also You're a You love it all right That's how I express love too Every morning I roll over and I see my beautiful partner like oh And then he wakes up also screaming yeah

But not out of love just Tara just Tara also screaming, but not out of love, just Tara, just Tara. Oh! So, so Santa Claus is the actual name of this place. Santa Claus, Indiana. Awesome. Real place. Let me tell you about it.

Please. This topic was suggested by Michelle Azavito from Brisbane, Australia. Oh, that's what went from. She's not freezing up. Can we do you? She hand delivered this suggestion to my Facebook inbox. I realized half I threw the word I was saying was alive, but I think I saved it.

So in the 1850s, Santa Fe, Indianaanna was a small farming settlement of German immigrants. It grew to the size where they could apply for a post office and their application included the name Santa Fe, which is what they were known as at the time, which I probably said twice already. You have to apply to get a post office? Finally back in the day. Where do you feel that application? Just head down to your local post office? Finally back in the day. Where do you feel that or application? Just head down to your local post office. Oh, oh dear. Unfortunately for them, the

application was rejected as there was already another Indiana town of Santa Fe. Hmm. A few miles away. And they didn't. They didn't know. They didn't post office. How do they know anything? According to local legend, which apparently is a myth, but anyway, the town had a meeting to come up with a new name and has told on the town's website, quote, it was a cold December night in this small rural area.

The town's folk were gathered in a small log church. Is that where they pray to log? We worship log. Blessed be they log. Baby log is my best friend. Several names were tossed around, but nothing seemed to be the right fit. Children were running around playing while the adults were in deep discussion about the name. The children weren't taking the discussion seriously? I know. Little shit. Unbelievable. Suddenly a gust of wind blew open the church doors and the sound of sleigh bells drifted inside.

Are you reckon this happened? The children ran to the door and shouted, Santa Claus, Santa Claus! And that's the town's origin story. They went, oh yeah, Santa Claus, interesting. So they applied for a post office again with the name of Santa Claus, and this time they were accepted um in

on May 21st 1856 Thank you Almost as soon as the new post office was set up they started receiving children's letters addressed to Santa Claus Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

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So you send a letter to your wife and he just writes back, hello Mary! It's Santa here! Oh the fuck! It became a big tradition in the town with James Martin. He'd spend a lot of time each year with helpers replying with these letters as Santa. And in 1930, Robert Ripley, from Ripley's believ'd or not, featured the town in Joan's Man in a story, and this led to an increase in male received by the town. Paul's believ'd it? Or not.

That one's pretty believable, I reckon. There's a guy in this town who's replying to letters of Santa. Believe it or not. I believe it. I believe it. In 1935, the Curtis Candy Company supported and sponsored the town's first theme attraction called Santa's Candy Castle. This site was called Santa Claus Town and also included a toy village.

Santa Claus Town. They couldn't think of anything better. There was a committee who came up with that area. Santa Claus Town. According to the YouTube channel The Funkland, a man named Milton Harris came up with this idea and he leased the land to set it all up. His thought was to create a place where kids could play while their parents bought gifts. The spirit of Christmas.

Despite the town's population of less than 100 people, over 7,000 people turned up for the park's opening. Oh, wow. They was ours like 70 times. Is that 70 times? What was the numbers again? people over 7,000 people turned up for the parks opening. Oh wow! That was like 70 times. Is that 70 times? What was the numbers again? 7,000 turned up to a town of a hundred. Seven times, 70 times. I fucking got it. I won't let everyone know that I was trying to go for a comically wrong answer. I'm actually stumbled on the croak run. I know it.

Did you almost fall off the stage? Yeah, I nearly fell. That's why I was distracted because I nearly died. No biggie. Could you be a little more professional, okay? Sorry, sorry. Even if you're about to die. I'll get in the game. Yeah, okay.

I'll have a smile on the game. Yeah, okay. Die with a smile on my face. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, no, a smiling looks like, okay? Harris wasn't the only one who would thought to cash in on the town's night note. That same year businessman Carl Barrett built a 22 foot statue of Santa Claus as well as what he called the Santa Claus Park, which was like a Santa Claus Park.

On top of this, he also bought the land that Harris was leasing, basically attempting to kill off his competition. So he sort of bought the land from underneath the competitor. That was clear. I just set it again. No, no, no regret there, sir. I stand by everything I've said. They're desperate for it though. Come on, let us see it. I want to say it too.

You can't. I can't. I've tried to regret it in the mirror, and I can't do it. LAUGHTER This led to lengthy legal action, which would last for years, with each man trying to stop the other from running a Christmas theme park and thus giving the winner a monopoly. In the meantime both men ran their individual Santa Claus attractions, one under the name Santa Claus Inc. The other. It really took me by surprise.

He made his trademark laugh. You know, classic Dave. One man named his Santa Claus Inc. The other name is Santa Claus of Santa Claus Inc. There's so many names. Yeah, that's shit. In 1940, the Supreme Court of Indiana handed down its judgment, which led to both men being able to keep running their parts. Basically, meaning both men won, which also meant both men lost.

And they wasted the Supreme Court's time talking about that. Yeah, I own Christmas. No, you don't. In 1941, America joined the Second World War, bringing a halt to the momentum of both men's theme parks. Oh, the only victim of World War II. LAUGHTER Come on.

LAUGHTER It was a tough time for son. Two men, two men. That same year a man named Lewis J. Cock. Or Cosh, Cock. K-O-C-H. Cock. Cock.

Yeah, cock. No, he was just calling you a cock. Oh, it's cock. It's that cock. That's that cock. That same year, a man named Lewis J. Cock from Evansville, Indiana, visited the town. I was disappointed to find that there was an assana clause in Santa Claus for the visiting

children to sit on the knee or. None of them thought to have a Santa Claus there. What are they doing in the Santa Claus Inc? Santa Claus was implied but it was not present. That a huge statue, one of them of a Santa Claus but no man in a suit. Yeah, oh, Santa Claus had some helpers and they dress up in some towns, but he's definitely real. Just last week I got the Facebook anniversary 10 years since I first ever dressed up as Santa for Christmas. Oh, can you give it a tell that story? It's fucking so sad. The question is which one?

I think just the fact that Dave was a Santa Claus. 10 years younger than this, I was Santa Claus. Why? They didn't have a suit big enough, a small enough for you. Oh yeah, one, the year after I did two Christmas in a row and I, they only had the extra large sanasoo and I usually wore the extra small sanasoo. When I got to the Christmas party, my pants fell down and then at the end they refused to pay. I wonder why? Because Santa are at his dickhead.

Oh, Cassana at his dickhead. Cassana had his Lewis J. Cocker. Oh, good memory. It's good memory. It's love Christmas, love it. I remember that being sad, but I forgot your pants filled in. That's brutal, man. Sorry to bring it up in public. Thank you. So, Cock came to town and he...

Hey, you see, we're talking about me at the party, alright. He was disappointed, I was not a Santa. This disappointment led to cock being the third business man to set up a Santa Claus based theme park in Santa Claus in the end of town with a hundred people. A hundred people, but three Santa Claus theme parks. Why? He bought 260 acres of farmland, and though his plans were also slowed by the war, so a third victim.

About time. On August, the third, 1946, his dream became a reality when Santa Claus land opened, which is different than the other names I forget how, but it is. What was Santa Claus town? I don't remember the other... Santa Claus Inc. Yeah, well this one's Santa Claus land. That sounds good. I'd go there. And I'd pull my pants up. LAUGHTER LAUGHTER

Oh, it was a great, it was a horrible moment for all of us. Mostly the children, but... LAUGHTER LAUGHTER Oh, that is full on. LAUGHTER Oh, the shoes. LAUGHTER LAUGHTER So we bought the land, he opened Santa Claus land, but obviously this became the first

themed amusement park in the world. There were obviously already theme parks, there were already amusement parks, but this, and it says it on its website and others, this was the first themed amusement park. Finally brought the two together, it was pretty dizzy land and those sort of things. You're wrong. And you're a killjoy. Fuck off, it's Christmas. I thought, just quickly hit why am I wrong?

Reasons. Reasons. I thought I'd give a fuck. Oh, big man. Guy behind you is doing this. I'm so confused. But I believe I won that battle and it feels good. Any other challenges?

When the park opened, attractions included a miniature circus a house of dolls a restaurant and Most importantly Santa Claus himself. Oh my god. They got the real one and you could visit him all year round It was a 12-month-a-year thing park called Santa Claus land You go visit him in February or whatever that month's call. It's a brutal one to say out loud. Why did I choose it? I should have gone March. I can say that.

April. April's fine. June. June. I can do May, July. The only one, if I'm being honest, that I cannot say, Pogfortently, is February. So how the fuck did I land on anyway?

According to mentalfloss.com, the park's Santa was quote, played by a man named Jim Yellick for close to four decades. Yellick earned a spot in the real thing, International Santa Claus hall of fame. I mean, I'm in there. Oh, shame. He was included for his trusty portrayal of the portly celebrity and his thought to have had over a million kids sit on his knee during his tenure.

Beat that day. I really hope that you can't beat that guy. That's more of a pants-on job than one. In 1955, the park continued to evolve, adding a new area of the park called the Pleasure Land Ride section. I'm listening. I don't know what it involved, but it sounds like a little fun. That same year, future American President Ronald Reagan visited the park. Later that year, he was present at the opening of the Disneyland Park in California, which we talked about in a previous episode. Lewis Cox's son Bill, Bill Cox, wanted to take his dad's dream...

Really Cox! Really Cox! All wonny, who knows. You can get away with my world in England. I reckon they would have taken me out the back and shot me in Australia if I attempted that. But you were more civil. Sorry, say again.

They're more civil. You know that. Everyone knows they're more civil over here. Willie Cuck saw Rume to expand Santa Claus land even further in 1958. He opened a camp across the ground. Campground across the road. I better really get through this last couple of paragraphs. The cash in on the areas tourism. In 1960 Bill married Patricia Yelik, if you might know that name, it was the daughter of Jim Yelik,

aka four decade Santa Claus. All the fame. Beautiful. A beautiful moment, I'm sure. Imagine Santa giving you away. It's the dream. Later that decade, Bill or Willie started planning on building a new suburb for the tiny town. It's a tiny little city town. He's like,

let's build a suburb on of this. There's one horse town. His wife Pat told him he was crazy asking, why would anyone want to live in Santa Claus? She's pretty full on because she was living in Santa Claus. And so was Willie. It was like a subtle hint that Willie didn't take there. This didn't stop him. He bought up farmland and according to mental floss, he worked with local authorities to create the groundwork for a subdivision featuring streetnails like chestnuts by the fire drive. He rolls off the tongue. The Plankander fruition and Christmas and Christmas like village open in 1968.

That's when you're actually the science and they're one and only partnership. And, hey good. Wait, where are we? I'm okay. Only one minute. One minute event in that year. I know another shith for ball team one another thing I forget who. Willie was vindicated in his dream though.

They're actually sports people in a night. I've never happened to have a lot of shows. Eagles. Eagles. Eagles. Eagles. Oh yeah, we got good at you too. Willie was vindicated in his dream, believe it or not.

He built this new village, and it was a big success, and remains an upscale gated community today with around 2,000 residents. What? At work. Billy, mad man. In the 70s, they started adding more,

the thrilling roller coaster rides to the park to keep up with trends and in 1984 Santa Claus land diversified. By then, people didn't just want Christmas all year round apparently, so they reopened as holiday world. opened as holiday world. We did all the great holidays. It kept their Christmas section, but they also added theme sections for Halloween and Fourth of July. So you could celebrate Fourth of July all year round, even in February. By 1990 Bill passed the leadership of the park on his son, William,

Willie Cock, making him the third generation of Cock to roll of the park on his son, William, Willie Cock, making him the third generation of Cock to roll over the park. Within a few years of his appointment, in 1993, a water park was added. In 2006, added a Thanksgiving section of the park, and the park still successfully operates today as holiday world and splash and safari, where Santa still makes daily appearances. That's the end of my report. I've just got one fun fact.

I looked at it. There's a page which has all their all their rides on it. My favorite one of all of them was a ride called Gobblers Get Away. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. That's all I'm talking about. Thatblers get away. So good to get that out in the open. Close it. Willis Webdream. Willis Webdream. Have you not learnt from him? May it keep rolling the dice?

I reckon. I liked it. Willis Webdream is fun. But is it any sort of Gobblers get away? Why try to improve on perfection? Well, that's something that Billy Cock did, and I see you were inspired by that, well done. And I'll stop talking now.

One more time to match shoot, everybody. CHEERING Alright team, it's time for a bit more Christmas. And this is actually a sequel topic. Can you believe? There's a spin-off. But that's going to... I mean, we will need to remember something we've done before in order to guess this. What have I told you? It was about five days ago.

Oh. But they know about it then? They know about it. You've agreed. My question is, I mentioned this topic during my doubles and report on the Hugh Lane painting robbery, which is our most recent episode at the time of recording. I definitely did not remember that. My question is, what was stolen from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1950?

A painting. A Christmas painting. It was not a Christmas painting. Christmas sculpture. The painting, the painting. The painting. It's kind of, it is kind of... The activity scene.

No. The Michelangelo. The round. None chopped. Does anyone have any idea? It's Gary Hanna. It is the Stone of Skone and Oskon! Oh, it's Stone of Skone. The Stone of Skone.

The Stone of Skone or the Stone of Skone. Wow. Two options here. Pick your favourite one there. I did mention this very briefly in my Dublin report. And... No idea. I did mention this very briefly in my Dublin report and No, I didn't. No, I recollect. Mainly so I could create this magical moment right now. Can you feel the energy?

Can we blame Jetlag? Buckford? Yes. And now? I hope so. Thank God. Jetlag. We call Jetlag. Do I remember the boning in whiskey? Only too well. I wish I could forget it. Alright my report is of the Christmas Day robbery of the Stone of Skone. The Stone of Skone also known as the Stone of Destiny. How could it sound? It's a stone that for centuries was associated with the crowning of Scottish kings. According to Britannica, it's a rectangular block of pale yellow sandstone quote, almost certainly of Scottish origin.

Got to love Britannica, they fact check everything. This Britannica block sits on two other blocks, so it looks a little bit like a tiny piece of stone hinge. You want to imagine that? Which makes me think of spinal tap and I laugh a lot. It weighs 336 pounds or 152 kilos, so it's quite hefty, and it only has one decoration on it, which is a Latin cross. It's a pretty plain looking thing.

According to one Celtic legend, the stone was once the pillow upon which the patriarch Jacob rested at Bethel when he beheld the visions of angels. We all remember that. It then purportedly went on a journey traveling from the Holy Land through Egypt, Sicily in Spain and reached Ireland about 700 BC, where the ancient kings of Ireland were crowned. But then it was taken by the Celtic Scots who invaded a knock-upied Scotland around 840, it was taken to the Scottish village of Skone. So that's where it became the stone of Skone. Look, if you're gonna correct me every time,

it's not gonna help. But in 1292, Edward I, the King of England invaded Scotland and stole the stone and took it to London. You bastards. You bastard. You bastard. You're the English dogs. You know London, you bastards. You bastard. You mean those dogs. You know that I'm like one quarter Scottish.

Oh well, actually probably a bit more Swiss Italian. Swiss Italian. It's a pretty fancy Italian actually. So where was this? 1292, Edward I took in and he knew of the stone significance and he took it to Westminster Abbey and in 1307 he built a special throne with a place for the stone underneath it. So a throne for the stone of stone. This wooden throne was called the Coronation Chair and English and later British monarchs have been crowned inside London Westminster Abbey there ever since.

What, a thing that they stole from Scotland? Yeah. I could hate this country. Yeah. But I mean, it should also mean... I stole... You have stolen a few bits and pieces, I don't know. Land.

Almost your thing. So the stone sat there for centuries after that history.com tells us the stone of Skone was secretly buried underneath the historic abbey for safekeeping during World War II and a plan for locating it was sent to the Canadian Prime Minister. So you sent a little treasure map for the Canadian Prime Minister? That dreamboat for doe. Have you found it?

He hasn't found it yet. Ha ha ha ha ha. It survived the war and skates. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. I mean, there's someone setting a pace over here. If we could all lift. If we could just get the mic to drop on the ceiling in front of you, that would be... That would be very good for our e-games. So, it was in Westminster every for centuries and was involved in dozens of coronations,

including James I, the Scottish King, that also became the King of England and Ireland, but some Scots never stopped viewing the stone as being stolen property. Yeah, I'm one of those Scots. Because it was, yeah. Yeah. Cut to 1950. Where four rebellious students decided

to do something about it. He's not listening to anything else. He's just waiting for years. Is this story... Go on it! Is this story filling anyone else with Christmas cheer? We're getting revenge on the English, there's nothing better, more cheerful than that, I don't know what it is. We actually do love you a lot actually, so we're just being ironic or whatever makes it okay. So Glasgow University students in Hamilton, Alan Stewart.

Oh, a Scottish man, I hear. Gavin Vernon, and science teacher K. Matheson, came up with a plot to take back what they thought as belonging to their country. All four members... What do they think they thought that? Is it because it was like literally stolen from them? All four members were... All four were members of the Covenant movement, which sought home rule for Scotland and the stone is a real symbol for their movement. Their quest was bankrolled by a local businessman and they took two cars down to London where I read it took like 17 hours or something so they must have lost or something Oh they inspected the stone as tourists and then came out with a plan which to be honest wasn't that complex

They went to a tea shop and Vernon declared that he was eager to quote have a bash and everyone agreed they just have a go immediately That was the plan, let just have a go immediately. That was the plan. Let's have a crack. So in the late afternoon of December 23, 1950, Ian Hamilton returned to the Abbey where he hid under a trolley. The doors to the Abbey were shut at 6.15. The lights were turned off and Hamilton thought he was alone inside.

Quoting from the Daily Telegraph here, quote, Hamilton was caught by a night watchman behind a statue with his shoes in his hands. LAUGHTER Why? I don't know. Trying to creep around. After some gruff questioning about why he'd allowed himself

to be shut in, he was led out with a kindly, Merry Christmas, and they let him go. So time to go for Plan B. And that plan was the next day, Christmas Eve 1950, they had a chat to the Abbey's Archdeacon about the shifts of the security guards, and the trusting Deacon told them all they needed to hear.

Oh, Bill, yeah, he glocks off about 630, he goes out for a piss. You'd be easier to walk in here and steal anything about 630, five of them, like, thank you so much, Archst迪. And late that night, in the very early hours of Christmas mourn, they go Christmas I've referenced it. The three men jumped off fence that surrounded the builders yard and then Jimmy'd open the door to the part of the Abbey famously known as Pauwits Corner. They then pulled down the barrier around the stone

of Scone and tried to remove the stone from underneath the seat by tugging at it. Remember, it weighs over 150 kilos and they were clearly not experienced removalists and they kept getting in each other's way. Eventually they did get it out from underneath the seat but they tugged too hard and hit the ground and broke into two pieces. So they're, it's like centuries old and they're like, we've got to claim this, oh fuck, I've broken it. That actually makes it easy to carry that. The men have already got two cars. They've got one for each car.

They've got one for each. The men placed the larger piece on Hamilton's coat and dragged down the steps of the high altar. Hamilton picked up the smaller piece and carried it to Kay Matheson, who was waiting outside as the getaway driver. They placed the smaller piece of the stone in the boot, and Hamilton got into the front passenger seat. But as Kay started the engine, she saw a policeman's helmet glint in the moonlight,

and rather than panic, she pulled off what is a sweet, sweet move. If you're in a couple, you're out at night trying to avoid looking suspicious, what do you do? Make out. They made out. They just started making out. What a move. Nothing's us about that. Which is just waiting for a moment. Oh, no, I think I see a police officer. We better So we better make out. You horny dimple bag. Get out, OK. Again, there was no police officer. Again, quoting from the telegraph, they fell into a clinch which warmed the office's heart.

How polite of the English. One of them told him how to steal it. Then the cops like, oh oh look at him stealing it. Although it was 5am he stopped to chat and even offered them cigarettes. You do, just a listener, that you should not stop a couple of Maccalaureus. What are you doing in there? What are you doing? He's pervy old man.

Apparently they distracted the officer well enough and they pulled another sweet move when they covered up noise from within the abbey by loudly coughing. Two spy movie cliches right there. The officer didn't even notice one of the other men walking out of a door of the abbey. They distracted him. The police men begged them farewell and they drove away into the night. Hamilton then walked back to the abbey to meet up with the other two men and for a time he couldn't see them. So he heaved the heavy stone into the second car all by himself It was apparently so heavy that the car was unlike an angle

When I was in the boot and then as soon as he got into the boot Would you believe it the two other men appeared After he'd done all the work The alarm was soon raised early on Christmas morning and a nationwide search for the conspirators began. The border between England and Scotland closed for what was said to be the first time in 400 years. So they took it very seriously. But where did the four Scots go?

Well, they all split up. How much an ensued dump to their peace in a field? I mean, this is something that they respect a lot. They've broken it and they've thrown it out the window in a field. I mean, this is something that they respect a lot. They've broken it and they've thrown it out the window into a field. And came at the... Matheson left her car containing this smaller piece with a friend in the Midlands. How much in then collected the two pieces at a later date and had them put back together and repaired?

And several months later, on April 11th, 1951, he placed the stone on the high altar of the ruined abbey of Abroath. Saying that right? Abroath. Abroath. It's scum. LAUGHTER So it was back in Scotland for nearly the first time

in a thousand years. All four of the young scots were interviewed by the police, and all of them except for Hamilton Confest. How do you reckon they tracked him down? It was discovered that they'd checked out every single one of the university library's books on Westminster Abbey. And it was pretty, and before that, they had no interest in it.

So it was pretty obvious who did it. But they were not charged, probably to avoid turning into a political incident, because they wanted to draw attention to the fact that Scotland should be its own country in their opinion. The Scots were already seen as heroes and that stirred up enough Scottish nationalism, so they achieved their goal. Sixty years later, Ian Hamilton would say, I did it for Scotland. Now the stone was again taken from Westminster Abbey in 1996. This time, much more legally. British Prime Minister John Major unexpectedly announced that England would return the stone was again taken from Westminster Abbey in 1996. This time much more legally

British Prime Minister John Major unexpectedly announced that England would return the stone to Scotland and these days it sits at Edinburgh Castle Apparently it will be will be lent back to Westminster Abbey for future royal coronations That seems like a good deal. Well done everybody. Yeah Well done everybody. Yeah, we did. Now about those daring robbers. Well, how much of... How much of a later became a criminal lawyer and said, quote, I've defended a lot of darts people during 30 years as a criminal lawyer. But I doubt very much if I've ever defended anyone who was as darts as we were then. According to the Daily Telegraphs, a bit tree of Gavin Vernon,

following the stone's theft, Vernon found that he would never have to buy a beer again at the university, and it took him some time to graduate. Okay, I'm coming. Ha ha! He died in 2004, the age of 77 was well respected throughout the rest of his life. For example, when the stone was returned to Scotland in 1996 he attended the ceremony in Edinburgh on Christmas Eve the year 2000 the 50th anniversary of the reposition Vernon returned to the Abbey which was specially opened for him with the words welcome back Mr. Vernon That's so good. And that is the Stone of Scaram!

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Yeah, well done. Down it again. No pressure on who is coming up next. Well, mine is one that I think they'll enjoy because it's like a, it's a cryptid. Oh. The Christm� is cryptid. Yeah, so my question is, which Canadian creature comes out of its cave every year around Christmas time?

Santa! Boo-bla- Boo-bla-la! Boo-bla-la! Is it Boo-bla-la? It's a little bit of a fake out there for you. Yeah, it's Michael Frickin Boo-bla-la. Oh my God. His middle name is actually Stephen. Yeah, it's Michael Frickin Boobley. Oh my God. His middle name's actually Stephen. But I'll call him Michael Frickin Boobley.

I'm glad this didn't go down like Bono in Ireland. I find out the English for some reason hate Michael Boobley, but I tell you who loves him, Australians. Oh my God, Australian mums, I should say. Oh my God, he sells millions of copies every year. Every year. It's ridiculous But anyway, that's not- They've heard of him, he both sounds like. Yeah Based on the people yelling his name and then the cheer when I confirmed that is the to be- Well I might have been the Australians. Are there any Aussies in? Always a fugue. I was like yeah, but that was a quiet, are you not drinking?

What's going on? Is everyone okay? Is there news from back home? Michael, Steven, Booblazer, a little bit of a backstory for you. It was born on September 9, 1975, and is a Canadian singer, a songwriter, actor, and record producer. He was the eldest of three children. He grew up in British Columbia, and from a young age, songwriter actor and record producer. He was the eldest of three children. He grew up in British Columbia and from a young age he dreamed of being a singer.

His interest in jazz began at around age five when his family played being Crosby's white Christmas. Oh, the album that he covers every year. He covered once and sells new every year. It's in any way. But his voice is like, oh, it's like honey. Oh my God. Are you a middle-aged mum? Yeah. Oh. Oh, my God. Dooblay. I just remembered up saying him in concert.

Why? Why? And ex-girlfriend of mine was a bit of a fan, and we were going together and I had a Bucks party beforehand, which is like, what do they call a new stagdoo? So I was off my chops. And we broke up soon after. Were you singing? Oh yeah, I sang every word.

Oh, or what I thought every word was. Josh, haven't looked, dear, bloop! Yeah, I think you know, you've put on a good show. But that was it out like one of our big array. That was it out tennis. Yeah, it's messy. By the Melbourne... It's trying to open.

It's trying to open. It's all right. Where the Melbourne tennis is? Australian Open. Australian Open, I thought. Woo! Where the Melbourne Tennis is? Do you guys have tennis over here? It's like the Australian Wimbledon. We call it Melbourne Tennis. It's a beautiful thing.

When he was a teenager, he slept with his Bible and prayed of becoming a singer. Okay, is that how it works? Well, clearly, yeah, he sounds great. The first time his family noticed his singing talent was during the Christmas holidays, when Bueblie was 13 years old, and they heard him powerfully sing the phrase, may your days be merry and bright. It was so powerful.

The family was singing in the car and he blew them out of this power. It would be annoying as parents for your 13 year old to be a better singer than you. Oh yeah. That's a tough day. Yeah, if I have to tell kids I'll be furious. Is that one like I understand when they get taller than you or get stronger than you or so, but when they sing better than you? Yeah. Is that one? When you have the voice of an angel like me, anyone beyond that is a threat. I think when a baby's born they can sing better than me. Yeah, they've already come to you.

Ah, the weather outside is quite cool. Imagine that for two hours over Michael Booblay. People have paid like $200 to be there, and you're just yelling it. That's the worst out of most bums there's life. Most bums there's life. No, most of mums that have paid 200 bucks and maxed you at singing over the top.

Oh, fantastic. I paid good money for that. Anyway, yeah, you're so welcome. His grandfather was a plumber and offered free plumbing to a nightclub in exchange for some stage time for his 16-year-old grandson. That's a good grand dad. And that's actually how we got this gig tonight. I'll be cleaning a few toilets up to the show. At the time he performed under the very cool stage name, Mickey Bubbles.

That's pretty cool. Mickey Bubbles, his grandfather paid for his singing lessons and he supported Michael's dreams. This is a quote from him. He says, my grandfather was really my best friend growing up. He was the one who opened me up to the whole world of music that seemed to have passed over my Generation, although I like rock and roll and mod of music the first time my granddad played me the mills brothers something magical happened

What what happened? The crack some people over there is reacting like something weird happening. What am I missing? He's having a nice moment with his grandfather He's having a nice moment with his grandfather. And they're like, Cool. It's freaking a man. Yeah, that's right. In other countries, people... They're just...

They're just so emotion to each other. Yeah. And it's a foreign concept. I think they're just waiting for... I've been watching the cramps. They're waiting for the next sentence to be, and his grandfather touched him. He's like... That's not the case, so calm down.

A power from in his heart. Yeah. And in his pipes. He's a great farmer. That was his paternal grandfather. His maternal grandfather was a little less supportive, saying he would most likely end up being someone's opening act in Vegas. Still good! Imagine that!

That'd be great! Oh, you shit! So you must have thought he was pretty good then. Still. Ah, you'll succeed! Sure! You'll play consistently in Vegas. Sure. So, good luck to you. Thank you, grandad.

In 1993, a local talent agent called Beverly Delic, held a contest at the Big Bamboo in Vancouver, and young Michael got on stage and saying, it had to be you and the whole nightclub went crazy. He was the clear winner, but there was a hitch. He was only 18 and not even nightclub went crazy. He was the clear winner but there was a hitch. He was only 18 and not even allowed in the club. So he was disqualified for being under age but Ben thought this kid's got it. So she entered him in the Canadian youth talent search which he won and he asked her to be his manager and she represented him for the

next seven years and she got him any gig that could get their hands on. Clubs, conventions, cruise ships, hotel lounges, shopping malls, talent shows, anything. Obviously, his most famous work is to uncredited appearances on the X-Files in 1996. Whoa! We all remember that obviously. Yeah, he played a submarine crew member.

I remember that. Yeah, that played a submarine crew member. I remember that. Yeah, that was boobs. Wow. T-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t- Oh, my God, that's that. Am I doing that right? Am I saying that right? That was beautiful. Yeah. You can sing better than a baby. Okay. Thank you.

He met multi Grammy award winning producer and record executive David Foster at a wedding the Boo Blow was singing at. David Foster Foster if you don't know, worked with Madonna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Barbastroza and Anne Sheer. So a few notable people there. Also a world champion wood chopper. Might be a different one, but... How do you know the name of a famous wood chopper? Why do you not?

You must go in here. You're right. That was embarrassing for me. David Foster was reluctant to sign Michael Bourglay to his record label, because he didn't know how to market this kind of music. All right. But Bourglay was persistent, clinky. And eventually, foster a great to produce an album for him. If you raise $500,000 to cover the cost of production.

Oh, fair deal. Yeah. Yeah. Let's give this half a meal, then I'll probably figure it out. Then I'll figure it out for you. But he did. He managed to actually raise $500,000. I think you got funding from somebody else. I didn't care that much. I reckon most record labels would take you on a view gave them half a million dollars. Sure, can, yes. Is that all it takes? Yes. Can we do it? Albury.

We're reckon. Do we have half a million dollars? No. That's real. That's real. Alright, that's our next Patreon goal of we raise half a million dollars. We will approach Universal for Adil. We will be selling t-shirts tonight if you want an album by ten of them.

He's self-titled debut album was released in 2003 and the album went to the top ten in Canada, here in the UK South Africa and reached at number one in Australia. We were mad for it. The middle age, middle age mums of Australia were frothing over him. So you've reacted like that because you were assuming she meant frothing in the pants. She meant at the mouth. Like rabbit dogs. It was a weird phenomenon.

In November 2003 he released a Christmas EP called Let It Snow containing five previously unreleased tracks. The Pecta No. 56 on the Billboard 200 and the title track reached the top 40 of Australia's single chart. Fuck, we love him so much. Chasn 3 was a... When you said previously unreleased tracks, you mean by him. He doesn't do any previously unreleased tracks.

He's a covers artist. He is originals. I hate that I'm defending him. What do you mean, I'm not saying this in a wrong way. No, but he does have his own songs as well. He just also covers some. Name one. Fuck you.

I think that is C-L-O-G-R-E. Good song. I played the forget you version at my 21st because my grandma was there. Thought fuck you might give her a heart attack. Tesson 3 was a very big year for him as well. He also played a lounge singer on an episode of Days of Our Lives. I remember that! And he just went... No, no, no, no, no.

He's a lounge singer taking a request. TV themes only. No, no, no, no, no. After Days of Our Lives, he went from strength to strength, going on to appear in a commercial for Starbucks Frappuccino line. Beautiful. Only the best for bloops. Bloops.

I'm a little bit drunk. Over the next few years, he released several albums. It's time to call me irresponsible and crazy love, but who cares? Because in 2011, he released his fifth studio album called Christmas. Christmas debuted at number two in Australia and the album has since been certified double platinum by the Irish double platinum. What does that mean? 140,000 copies. Yeah 40,000. 40, yeah. Returning. 40 much. He sold 910,000 copies. And hit number one, it...

910 in the world or in Australia. That's a population like, that's like one in a certain amount of people. LAUGHTER That's like nearly one in 20, I think. That's wild. That's like nearly one in 20, I mean, that's wild. That's crazy. Dad, can you facture? Well, I mean, it's slightly less pressive than that.

That's what I said nearly. Right. Yeah. Allegedly. Well, that album is reached number one in December of 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. That's in Justin, Australia. Yeah. One of the people in Australia is a Australian phenomenon.

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No, no. So no, who knows? We'll never know. She's the waiter. If you don't know, she's kind of like your Michael Bool-Bool. You know? So she's like, I'll never doubt her. Fuck you, that's my thing.

Now go on, do it again. I don't know, you'll just be better. Don't. Don't be cute. Don't. Stop it. Stop it at once. Stop, don't you do the toe thing.

You stop it. Matthew. Matthew. Stop, don't you do the toe thing, you stop it. Matthew, Matthew! Just want to be involved, but... Sorry, yeah. Stop that, you stop being so stupid, you pie. So yeah, Adele pipped him, we'll never know his surname. And then it was number two in 2016, number one again in 2017. What? What are we doing? It's all over a million, number one again in 2017. What?

What are we doing? Sold over a million copies in the UK in 2011. It was the second highest selling album. Again, Adele got him. Number one. But he was number two. Yeah. But where is she now?

You know? I don't know. No one knows. No one knows her last name. All her work is. Because I'd like to. No one knows. No one knows their last name. All who are in this. Because I'd like to pay a visit. The album was also accompanied by an NBC television special, a Michael Boobley Christmas. It's not creative, but it was viewed by more than seven million viewers in the US and 1.5 million viewers in Canada. There was also a UK

special which featured guest appearances from a UK special, sorry. Guest appearances from Dawn French. There was a Jew-hit performance with both Kelly Roland and Gary Barlow from Take That. Yeah. Yeah. And a cooking tutorial. So, you know, normal Christmas stuff.

And if you thought that was the greatest Christmas special of all time well you'd be wrong because in 2013 he did another Christmas special and his guest included Mariah Carey, Mary J. Bludge and Cookie Monster. The big parade. He got Cookie Monster. People said he couldn't do it but he did it. Last year he was on Graham and Graham mentioned that the Christmas album has been number one in Australia every year since it's already 11 And Michael Bigliss says this he goes yeah, it's crazy when you think Australia, but like Christmas is so huge there We love it. I'll miss well kind of cavemen bullshit does he think we are It's like yeah, yeah, Christmas is crazy.

He's like, it's different. The fuck does that mean? Well, it means we have Christmas in the back of a U. All right. Well, other barbeque, we'll have a few dingos around. We'll shoot a couple of ruse, and we'll have a bloody good shindig. You wouldn't understand up here with all your fancy bloody snow and hats.

Honestly, open your eyes and come down for a true glue of the shindigidu do-do. Honestly open your eyes and come down for a truth blue Aussie shin diggy do do You black after me every now and then they just they nearly always bail me out and occasionally They just give me enough rope and I like they've done and then it's still let me talk That's my opponent, Michael Bebe. Well, that does bring us to the end of another Christmas special. You're feeling festive after that? And I am, I'm Pumther Christmas. This podcast is part of the Planet Broadcasting Network.

Visit planet broadcasting.com for more podcasting. Beautifully done, right? I mean, I can't even drop things right. Now that's... Well, we haven't talked about how we're going to finish this show. Maybe thank some people and then we'll obviously sing our way out of that. But... Uh...

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Fortunately, it won't be us singing. We have two guests tonight. Please welcome Adele and Michael Bowble. Yeah?

And imagine. Imagine if they walked it, you'd lose your fucking mind. There was generally half a second where I thought we'd organized two. When he said Adele, I'm like, maybe. He'd only said Booblo. I'm like, there's no way. We couldn't have gone here. We can get a double, we can't get a Boo-Bloom. That's our level, that is our level. Oh, but that just brings us to the end of the episode. My goodness, thank you so much for coming out to this fantastic venue here in London. We have a big round of applause for 229th of venue. Everyone has been very, very nice. All the sound drawn sound, thank you so much.

What a God. Thank you so much for coming out London. What an absolute pleasure it's been to do a couple of shows to see this afternoon this evening. Thank you so much. Merry Christmas and until next week, I'll say thank you and goodbye! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Christmas. What a wonderful time of the year it is. It's the most wonderful time of the year that was that episode. What a delightful crowd.

Honestly, I'm crying tears of Christmas joy right now. Yeah, you're right. I'm weeping. Yeah, no. Weeping with Christmas delight. Are you okay? How? I've got custard and eggnog.

Streaming out my eyes. Matt. I think I'm haunted. Do we need to get you to a hospital? Well an exorcist hospital. A Christmas hospital, yes. A Christmas exorcist hospital. Hospice. That'd be great. Yeah okay. Get me some pudding. I think that's the thing I'll solve. That's the cure. Yeah but I don't like pudding. I like Christmas pudding. It's yuck. It is gross. The only thing about

Christmas I don't like. The Christmas pudding. I'll take every other bit of it. Really? Yeah, I'm going to be Christmas pudding. I like chocolate pudding. Yeah. Now I'm listening. Christmas pudding.

Put it away. No good. Get it out of here. Put it away. Not in my gut. My arm rolls them up into little balls. Then puts white chocolate on top. And then some little like jelly's to make them look like.

Mistletoe or holly. It's cute and they look cute, still one item. I reckon they look cute and then you can throw them against a brick wall. As far as I'm concerned, sorry Mrs Perkins, I'm not recalling you Mrs Perkins. Can't tell you how cute they are, they're so cute and such good weapons. Adorable. Against annoying cousins at Christmas lunch. Get em. Get em.

Anyway, that's my family tradition. Beautiful tradition. I love tradition. Well, we have a tradition here at Duke O'One, and that is every single week. We thank people on Patreon. We do, and the first one we like to do is the fact-quotal question segment,

which has a bit of a jingle that goes with you. Fact-quotal question. And in it. Was that on time? Perfect, yes. Thank you. It was so on time that I spoke over and I apologize for that. But I would love to get into it.

We have two to get through. It's where Patreon gives us a factor quote or a question, which we will either read out the question, will answer the quote, or will begile you with the fact? Is that right? Yep. And before we get on Twitter, I know I said that the wrong order. So, can't we?

Actually, I never thought. I really don't. When I see Twitter, it's a very positive place lately. Twitter isn't a positive place. Twitter is gross and awful. I love it and hate it. Unless big tw and awful. I love it and I don't like that. Unless big tweed listening I love it and hate it and love it and hate it But firstly the way you can do this is go to patreon.com such to go and pod and you can support us there on the

Sinish and I work level rest in peace of course It's a bit of a VIP level. Yeah, it is a bit of a level and This week on that level is Jacob Lane, who's given us a quote, and also given himself the title of the official Simpson's reference order at a bracket still bracket. But that actually is his official title. Yes. If you are on the Facebook group, you'll know that every week,

Jacob audits our episode, and he'll tell us which Simpsons Quotes have been said and who said them and what their reference to what episode and I'll give it a score it seems like a lot of work actually and it's very much appreciated. We were totally appreciative so that's on the Patreon only Facebook group if you are looking for that and you can join it if you support the John Petron and we thank Jacob Land for the great work great what he does does fantastic where we got to meet him when we did a live show on Perth that's right he helped us score our patreon bonus episode yeah a lot of fun anyway he's given us a quote and his quote is this Simpson scandal update Homer sleeps nude in an

oxygen tent which he claims gives him sexual powers I noticed you guys have been slipping a bit on the Simpson's references, and quite frankly, that's not good enough. So I decided to drop my own in to make sure we meet our quota for the next financial year. Hey, that's only half true. That's a response to that quote. Thank you so much, Jacob, for getting

the more Simpson's references in. That is very good. I wonder if we got any references in the Christmas episode. Who can say? Jacob can. Jacob can and will. Jacob can tell us.

Here we are, Link, thank you so much. On the Facebook group. Thank you so much for that, Jacob. You got Dam legend. And I'd also love to thank Sof Waldron, who's given us a question. She's also keeping her title of Live Show photographer. She is always there to take photos for people

at our live show, Melbourne. Thank you so much. So if you are, you take a great snap. And one time in London. Takes a great snap. And she asks a great question, I assume. Let's read it together. Okay.

What is a topic that one of the others has reported on that you wish you'd thought of first? Or you'd wish you'd thought to do first? Oh, okay, good question. Good question, well asked, and by me, but also by you, well written by you so far as well. Good question. I got an answer. Yeah. And that is way back in the day I don't wait I'd

early on hoped to do the Titanic which just covered and at the time was be like oh damn this is such a good one I wish I'd done it but then you smashed it out of the park it was probably one of your longest reports ever yeah that doesn't mean I did well that's how you can tell if something's good it was no but I mean the research was very very intricate on that episode which it's such obviously a big topic there's a lot written about it and I was very impressed so I wouldn't change it if I could but at the time when you said the topic I was going to be like damn I love this one. I you did that it was vice versa as well when you did the

queen. I was thinking the queen as well. Maybe it's only now because I'm watching the crown. Sure. That I would love to have done the Queen. It's an interesting story. Yeah, and I should listen to the episode again because I can't remember anything. Which is good because I've been finding the crown to be interesting like I'm hearing all the stuff

for the first time. That's good. Because it's basically a documentary. The one I really wish I did was a River Dance. Oh, fuck you. A couple of you beat me to my passion. Fuck you! I wish it had been on in Dublin.

I would have dragged your sorry little ass there. I would have enjoyed it live, I'm sure. No, you wouldn't. I get into a show. I get into a show. I get into a show. I love it, I love it. I think the Beatles being one of my favorite bands is another one

I would have loved to have done. Yeah, I put you to a couple of the classics. I'm not saying but no, we know I would like that I love those are early ones for me so I would love to go back and redo them So I don't think they were very good. I remember them both being great Well anyway, you'll describe to the episodes. So just to make sure not missing any. Yeah, there'd be, I'm sure there'd be a lot of. Oh, there'd be so many. Yeah, there's just the ones that come to mind straight off the bat. Yeah.

But there'd definitely be heaps. Be Eric and, yeah, the Beatles would be something because I know quite a bit about them, but it's the kind of, sometimes I do a report because it's a great excuse to just learn. Yeah, I think you do learn more doing the report than me. Yeah, for sure. Become like a mini expert just for that week and then you sort of, you know, some of it does fall away, but a lot of the info out of your brain.

But yeah, thanks so much for your support. Sof Waldron. Thanks sof. Thank you. And Jess, I'd like to underline the fact I was not having a go at those reports. No, no. Because I don't remember him. No, me either.

I just remember them being like. I assume they weren't great because it was the early days, you know. Now, I'm a master. That's true. It's true. You've grown. Of grown. So much.

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no no we're just doing on tour yeah we're boring we're sitting around again we're just watching we're just watching a movie well that was the first movie we watched

this time. We watched you watched at least two because I made us for primates. That's right. Eighth Ventura one and two. Yeah, and it was some of our happiest memories. We also watched first him as a Batman movie. Do you remember the movie? Oh, yeah. So bad. But also we watched we watched Ace Ventura at our crappest accommodation last year, which didn't have a living room. So we had to like all pile into Matt's room and watch it. And the TV was the size of a laptop screen. Yeah, and you were like,

I remember this shitty little couch. Oh, that was horrendous. If you want any of the results of that, there's a major episode where Dave and Jess especially, but also me a bit, shout on to beloved Jim Kerry films yeah we shut Jim Kerry out that week sorry about that he paid top dollar so we hadn't we were obliged to do it we shut him out but firstly let's

think out think out and shit out and shut out and shout out some of our patrons a lot of luck streaming this week We give it up in the big three. Do you want me to kick it off? Yeah. Well, I'd love to thank from our hometown of Melbourne, Victoria. Melbourne. Luke Reeves. Luke Reeves.

Oh, Luke Reeves. Have you given us the game? Oh, no. It's gotta be something Christmas-y, right? What about Luke Reeves? Oh, give him a Christmas name. So, okay, this is gonna be... No, there might be hard. No, I'm happy to give it a crack. Oh, cool. And it's probably going to get worse as we go on. And is he, what is he, is he, like, a Christmassy character, sort of like Jack Frost?

No, he is a Reef. Matt, I mean, if you have to ask. I turn him into a Reef. Luke Reef. He's a Re race. It's just on someone's door I mean if I don't know what a race is like that why are you saying it like it's oh you're just on someone so what an honor Leafy thing one of the great symbols of Christmas. I think everyone has a little race is a complete circle Signifying the completeness of the Christmas spirit. Yeah, it's a look makes us feel That's that's huge and a really important position So yeah, he's just on someone's door, man Mary Christmas look Queens. Yes. Oh my god

Queens Christmas race that is an honor. That's important now you get it on Buckingham Palace's door. Wow Yeah, it's huge holy moly second grads to you look great. I'm gonna piss on by a cork We saw a Windsor castle from the the motorway today, so we're pretty royal. I didn't look up Frater what were you doing on your phone? He was watching the crown Too busy watching the crown sorry, I don't have that bullshit is out there I couldn't I tried to look and see it. Oh, no, it was it obvious very big. I don't want to make a big deal out of it But I couldn't see it was very nice. You couldn't see it. No, why not? I don't know Just was driving to see it man. I was on the wrong side. It was so big though

Mate, it's a big castle. I couldn't see. Did you not have to glass us up? You can move I can't move we're in have to glass on you you can move Head around I slightly bubbled you missed it. That's okay. That's right. You tried a picture of it online I could definitely yes I'm out of Dave I Sorry, I even saw the Luke Reath on the on the front door. Yeah. That's where she lives. What's blocking her palace about then? Oh, you know, you could have a London residence, man.

Oh, yeah, you could just go a few different sports. And then there's Balmoral. Yep. I think. Oh, because of the Scottish property? Yeah. She's got a mall. I've learned a bit from the crown.

That rings out. She owns billions of dollars of stuff. Give it back. Don't reckon? Yeah. To the house. Probably give it back to the people. Give it back. Don't reckon? Yeah. To hell, probably. To hell, give back to the people. Yours and mine.

The people have written. Oh, that's not us. Oh, that's not us. Don't fight for them. Give it back to them. No, Matt, that's not none of your business. None of my business. I don't have a dog in this fight.

Come on, mate. Come on, everybody. Anyway, think of Swatchley Greaves. Sorry, Luke, Ruth. Ruth. I'd also love to thank also from Melbourne, Victoria. We miss it there. I'm crying a single tear of custard.

Rum soaked custard. I've been over-eating, to be honest. And I would love to thank from Melbourne Benjamin Fachoni. Oh, wow. I feel like you nailed this, and look great, so again. Benjamin Fachoni, or Fachone maybe Okay, can you look at that or do it again? Fachoni. I reckon you've nailed it, yeah Okay, well, what do you give him the gift? Give him the gift of a nickname, Dave Christmasy

Benjamin Fala la la la la la la la Chione. Yeah! Saber, thank you so much for that. Fala la la la la la la la. I like that you just, from across the room saw my face go, and you go, so you're as loud as I do.

She got it. That's great. Well, so Benjamin, this Christmas, is bringing the gift of song. Fala la la la la la la Chione. La la la la la la. It sounds like babe the pig. Yeah. Which is a reference he will understand as an Australian

assuming he's older than me. Oh, younger. Or younger than me. Would you like to thank some of these fine people? Can I thank some people? Yes, please. I would love to thank some of these fine people? Can I thank some people? Yes, please. I would love to thank from Sydney. Oh.

New South Wales. It's a real Aussie. Australia. I would love to thank Patrick Weller. Oh, Patrick Weller. Patrick Weller. Weller. See, this people are going to be shouting something at their phones right now like

Magic okay Fella, which is another name for Santa. Yes, magic fella magic Getting worse I did say that would happen. I told you I predicted this I picked with Reese. I'm doing this I've actually got a better one, but I want them to get bit worse. Oh you've got a better one. Oh I said the way better one so No, no, no, no, I was pretty. Patrick fellers good. Fuck you. You have nothing. I've got nothing. Oh Take this from me Saint Nick consider Patrick Saint Nick

Saint Nick, consider Patrick, Saint Nick, Saint Nick fella. Uh, Saint Nick, Stocking Fella. Oh, okay. Instead of filler. Yeah, I got it. Same with an accent. Yeah, Stocking Fella. Stocking Fella.

Stocking Fella. That's a stuck in it. Saint Nick, Stocking Fella. Fella. Fella. Alright, those are several options for you. Problem is now they're getting better. Yeah, um, that was the best one.

Oh, that's why Dave held back his awesome one that he definitely thought of. Yeah, yeah. Oh, I'm not a saver. FELLA! Thank you very much Patrick, sorry about that. And I'd also like to thank for Maple Shade, NootJoyZ! NootJoyZ, it it's not a bit of maple shade i would love to thank john matchacan

matchacan wow matchacan john matchacan okay Dave you haven't given us anything so far Dave could you lift i thought this would be right now if there was one kind of bullshit yeah there was sexy tals but we're not going there um Oh, I can think of is that oh no you're a bonbon that's what I was going with gonna go on instead of bond

John could be bonbon yes, and then what are you doing with a metragon? Or you thinking oh met you bonbon met you bond I like it okay jolly match a bond bond jolly match a bond bond now great That's that's perfect. I'm We're reversed the trend. We're now getting better with it. I'm so good at these so good. It's crazy how good I am at it I can't believe he had a tea John must be full of the joy of Chris. Yeah, just pull him apart He'll explode goodness. He'll explode joy. So thanks John. Thanks John. Merry Christmas. David You like to thank some people? Yes, and Christmas is all about bad jokes What do you think you when you open a bond bond this terrible Jackson's side people love him? Yeah, they love them

That's a good shit. I would like to thank from Ting Elpa in Queensland Ting Alpa Queensland. I don't know what that is, but I like the name of it. Yeah, and could this be Brett Lee Brett Lase in Sydney He's in what was Tony Abbott's electorate. I think it went out and then campaign But this Brett Lase definitely still a human being Yes, I know because I clicked on his, he tweeted at us at some point and I clicked on his

link, I was saying, is that Brett Lee and his bio is no, not that Brett Lee? No, the cricketer. Yeah, the cricketer is what we're referring to. Brett Lee, we love you more than the other Brett Lee. You're our number one. Yes. Christmas Lee, sort of tree. Oh Great

Christmasly so you've changed Brett to Christmas and Yeah, no Tree to Lee You've changed so his name was originally Brett tree Sorry, we're not chanting the infamous cricket place I'm sorry we're not chanting them to famous cricket players names His name was originally Christmas tree and we changed it to Brett Lee. Yeah, we're gonna change your Christmas out of you cricket sounding names

Miss Lee That's probably the worst one. Let's see if we get real. I really thought David be good at it the worst one. I'm not sleeping it for you. I really thought that would be good at it. He's so bad. Oh come on guys. Is it like leek? It's like sort of close to slay or slay? Slay? Slay. Brett, Brett slay. Yeah. I mean I think leek is closer to the tree than slay is to In what a fan sure, but you still just made him Christmas late Oh no! Oh no! That's so much for us! We've been in this fitness world! Oh, how about everyone wants their Christmas to be dead free? I don't want that! I don't want that! I don't want that!

I don't want that! I don't want that! I don't want that! I don't want that! I don't want that! Dead free You've taken all the fucking spirit out of Christmas there. Debt free. Probably Merry Christmas. You're debt free. I would love to eat that with Christmas. Okay.

No, that is a beautiful gesture. Bradley is debt free. All Christmas late. Christmas late. Your Christmas name is shining your first name to Christmas. Maybe you're so nice to see. You're off-Cher with the Christmas debut time. Christmas for Warnocky.

But do me, do me. Oh, thank you so much. Jess, you are now Christmas Perkins. What's your Christmas name, but? I don't think Matt's gonna be done. Matt's gonna be done. Christmas is too early but I don't think maths can be done maths can't be Christmas to it. I don't know Christmas

Where were you fucking lost? I'm so sorry Brett. Hopefully you'll forgive us with the Christmas spirit now within you the Christmas Lee And who would we like to finally finally bring it home now From Hillsborough, Oregon. I would like to thank in the USA of course Brian V. Douglas Christmas Douglas Christmas Brian Brian V. Douglas Brian Douglas Oh, I've got one. Yeah a good Christmas message is this Christmas try and be drugless Don't take drugs over the Christmas period. Any other time.

Take drugs. But come on, are you hanging out with your family? What about try and be drugless, especially if you're out in the road. Try and be drugless. Egnog in a mugless. Yes. That's good, too. That's good.

Do you take your choice there, bro? They're two very good options. And both so far better than Christmas ladies Which we cannot apologize for enough Well if you can think of a better one guys right in we would love to tweet out good friend Brett Lee and point him in the direction of some proper Christmas Yes, that'd be really nice So that thank you so much to Brian Brett John Patrick Benjamin, Patrick, Benjamin, and Luke. Not only very Aussie, a very blokey section of Patreon Shed out this week. And to all the good night.

And to all the good night. And yeah, I really do wish that you all have the very best Christmas of all time this 2019. And we also like to thank, at the end of our episodes a new section we've got the TripDitch Club which is Patreon supporters who've been on the shout out level or above for three plus years and I think I might have forgotten last weeks and I've possibly forgotten next week's, thinking ahead. And I'm going to thank a few weeks worth, which isn't too many to be honest. But welcome these great people into the Triptage Club. We have from Yeguna, we've got Tania Miles, from Putnam Valley, Adam Jambatista, from Umeena Beach,

Jarrod Gear, from London, Chris Tostostaven, from Yarraville, August James, from Stafford, who have got Isaac Moore, from Hamburg, Janna or Janna Nichol, from Farmington, Dane Leghair, from Dallas, Michael McDowell, and from Wellwind, who have got James, Kozak, and finally from Binghampton, Richard Schubert. Thank you so much, you absolute legends. Thank you to all those people, three years strong, so cool. Thank you so much for all your support. Basically, I've been there since the beginning.

Christmas 2016, or pre-Christmas 2016, so cool. Thank you so much. It means so much to us. You keep this show running and we goddamn love you. I don't want to speak for you too, but I certainly do love you. Oh, second one. I'm fond of you. Fond du vue. Fond du. Fond du. Yeah. Christmas fond du. Is that anything? I think so. Yeah for me that is. I've been cried laugh for a long time. I don't think since those dogs. What happened to the dog? I'm going to tell you that if you want to find out about what happened to those dogs,

it was another marathon episode on the Patreon bonus episode that made me cry with joy and Bafflement. Yeah, both of those things. Well, that brings us to the end of another fantastic Christmas episode. There's Christmas episodes over the last years as well. If you want to get on a Christmas binge I've heard a few listeners do a Christmas tradition of listening to all of our old Christmas episodes Which is kind of nice. So we talked about a Christmas tradition of listening to all of our old Christmas episodes, which is Cardinal Arts. So we talked about Krampus the first year. I know the history of Santa Claus I think the first year.

Oh right. It was Krampus. That's right yeah. And then we've done Christmas mysteries. Why the last couple of years. Oh yeah. Is that a fifth Christmas special? Fifth Christmas special.

Amazing. I think also a couple on Patreon bonus episodes a couple of years ago I did one about the the the UL LADS, UL TIDELADS from my friend. We did another one where we got an episode where we pretended to be a very little recollection of me too. I did voices. Yeah we did boys we had fun. I guess. I hope, if not, if it's not fun then why? Anyway Dave, start wrapping this up, I'm mumbling. Oh yeah, check out all that stuff at patreon.com.

So let's do go on pod all the bonus episodes. You can check us out on social media. All the links to everything we talk about is on our website do go on pod.com. But if you just want to type us into your app, we are at do go on pod on Facebook, and instagram we've got a youtube channel we've got videos coming out and uh yeah one at a drops a line do go on pod at gmail dot com but for another christmish i guess that's it that's it yeah i think thanks everyone for being

with us this year. I love Christmas. I love you. Hope you have the best Christmas ever. Obviously, we've got a couple more episodes coming out before Christmas. That's right. We're not going to be taking a break. We never do. We never stop.

We can't. Can't stop. One stop. As soon as we stop, we'll die a little bit like a shark. Yeah, that's right. Absolutely. We're going to like a shark who's had a bomb strapped to it that makes it have to go at least. And we've activated it.

Yeah, the 20 miles per hour. 15 miles per hour. We've got to stay above 50. But yeah, thanks so much for the support over the year. It's been absolutely fantastic. We'll be back next week with another episode. But until then, we'll say Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas. And I will say goodbye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers.

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