Hamish & Andy - 2025 Ep 309 - Groundhog Day, But With More Weasels

Episode Date: September 17, 2025

We can't believe it's happened again… Groundhog Day - or should we say Weasel Day?! Jack’s somehow wriggled his way into yet another shot at winning a prize from the listeners. This time, listener Leigh holds all the power and decides what kind of chance Jack will get to win the piano. Hamish and Jack break into song to celebrate Andy’s new naughty catchphrase. Plus, another round of Extreme Empaths, and Andy’s got a game involving his mother-in-law’s plates!  1. Jack vs. Leigh vs. The Listeners 2. “I say what I want” 3. Extreme Empaths 4. The plate game 

A Listener Production Activate your internet Because the Hamish and Andy podcast starts in three Two Sorry, still buffering One Ahoie to me Hammers, Hammer Yes, it's nicknames

we would like to introduce. Ahoy to me, damper. I wouldn't mind damper as a nickname. It sounds very, like, true Australian. A few people call you damper behind your back at parties. Oh, no, dampen gear. It sounds like you're dampening the mood. No, dampers, like that bread that, like, Bush Rangers used to make.

Simple, high-carb. Ozzie, Jack Post. And I am Keys. Oh, we're all parts of a piano. We are all right. The hammers that hit the strings, the dampens stop the strings. That say to the strings, that's quite enough. And, of course, the keys that make it happen.

Miraculously, it's fallen to me for that one. We're just going to go straight into this today. What a show we've got today. What an episode. It's so exciting to be at the brink of something that will either be famous or infamous in the history of the show We started the year. Isn't crazy, we started the year with the, let's be honest, the debacle of the golf cart.

You know, it was meant to be a simple weaseling. It was a handback of a huge prize, a longing for a smaller prize, a seizing, an attempted seizing of that prize. And then ultimately, some would say fair, some would say foul, rigging of a contest to award a prize to a man. And we thought that chapter was over, but now we find ourselves in the piano sarah. Yep. A brand new piano sits there. Jack. It's in the studio. It looks amazing. Jack's already gone and given a little tinkle. I said he wasn't allowed to. A beautiful K-Y-N-D-21 upright piano from Stuart Kelly's House of Pianos. We salute you, Stu's here. He's out of the house. He's out of the house. Just go over to the house now thinking of its own garden. He's left off. This is pre-recorded. I mean, it's a beauty. It's so nice. We never expected to get a piano there. this good and Jack Jack came in and just went gosh I really want that

you look like a little boy we know you're a little boy you look like a little boy on Christmas morning who's not sure if that present is for him he's not sure if he's at the right house he's looking at the Christmas tree going do I live here I hope I live here

because then I can have that present Stu tells me it's perfect for beginners Jack but also experience pianists what you may become Jack If you practice enough of this beauty. The problem I see with seeing it in the flesh and it is so nice is I gave myself a bit of a pep talk before the show this week and said, I'm not, I've used up so many weasel tokens this year.

I'm not going to go crazy for it. Remember Augustus, when you get into the chocolate factory, don't eat all the chocolate. You have had more than enough chocolate for one little boy. But then you saw the waterfall. Then you see the chocolate. And you can't help it. I could put my head in.

Exciting. I should actually point out you can head to houseofpianos.com.com. To check out the piano we're talking about. Jack may have to go there to get his own. He mightn't. Hey, let's bring everyone back up to speed.

Jack, you gave away your piano. Yes. Which was a nice gesture aimed at rebalancing the karma between show and listeners. Yes. Turns out you gave it away twice. and you didn't even realize, you'd already offered it to a fellow called Lee

on your other radio show, which is separate to the podcast. So Lee, then, we've tracked down, we've chatted to Lee. We're going to give him the opportunity to win this piano because he feels he's owed one. In the balance of the universe, Lee is owed a piano from you. Now, before we knew about Lee, you gave away your piano to Matt, listener Matt and Tasmania. He has your old piano.

We thought that kind of balanced everything out. And this is a bit of a warning about good deeds as well because I gave away that piano and then look who comes out of the woodwork but somebody else who claims that piano as well. And all of a sudden, I'm doing something nice is costing me something more. But the problem is you've done it nice twice

and only had enough materials or goods to do it nice once. Yeah, that is true, Andy. You were in line. In another world, Jack. We would be sitting here just quite simply giving you a new piano, using your Weasel tokens to go, you know what, you did a nice thing.

Stuart, he's come out, he's got a house full of pianos and he said, you know what? I heard about the nice thing Jack did. Look, forget about the golf cart debacle. I think Jack could have a new piano. But you can't have a new piano because you're down one piano. I doubt it would have played out like that. Your inventory is down one piano.

Now, the really simple thing here to do would just be like, well, thank God, Stuart exists because it just goes straight to Lee. Which we can do, Jack. Right now, we could just give this straight to Lee, except you would like the piano back. Well, I think everybody wants to see another contest. That's what brings excitement and entertainment to the show,

just giving away a prize. I've always found kind of boring, but to do some sort of contest, like last time, like I'm sorry that I won everybody, but it wasn't it exciting. Well, it's not the show's debt, Hame, to give Lee a piano. The show has acquired this piano.

It's not our debt. It's Jack's debt to give Lee a piano, or at least give him the opportunity to get one. The hints, we've also put it out to the listeners. Well, we decided on the last time we talked about this, there's three parties who have either a claim or a wish for the piano. Yes. Lee has a claim to the piano.

Yes. Jack has a wish, if you ask us, a claim if you ask him. And then the listeners have a wish for the piano. So you have three parties here. And the last time we spoke, people, remember we said, all right, I think last time Jack was in charge of who gets how many tickets in the raffle, we think Lee should be in charge this time. He seems to be the front of the queue.

And the way we're going to do this is 88 keys on a piano. We're going to let Lee decide to divvy up amongst those three parties. Lee, Jack and listeners, who gets how many keys on the piano? Okay, I like that. And then you've got stickers corresponding, and you can place them, like on a roulette table, you put your chips down. So he might say, okay, Jack, you get 20 keys. Out of 88.

Yes, and then you get to choose. How would that make you feel? I'd feel a little short change, but that's actually not too bad. That's a quarter of the key. Well, but I'm just thinking it's like three, three, three parties. Well, there is, but nobody's saying it has to be an even split. 453 people registered at hamishneedy.com. reach out, given the fact

a piano is a big offering. Big commitment, and you have space for it in your house. So, well, then if Lee goes, okay, the listeners can have 50 keys, we simply then, if it lands on one of the listener keys, then we have to go to a randomizer on the computer and we'll select it that way. And then he gets, Lee's got all the rest of the keys.

If it lands on one of his, very, very simple. He's coming to his studio today. He can just take the piano home. Fair rule. The way we're going to decide what key comes up, is we're going to ring Matt in Tasmania, who has your old piano, ask him to walk across to his piano.

He won't know the keys that we've stick it in here. So to him, it's just simply a normal keyboard in his house in Tasmania. He presses one key and let the piano decide, let the music decide who the rightful owner of this piano is. That sounds like a good deal. That's a great idea. Okay. It's amazing.

We're back here again. Lee's hands to make the decision. Let's have a look back and see how the hell we got here. It feels like Groundhog Day, that we are here again. Can you believe this? Again and again. Gimme, gimme, gimme, all for Jack. I want a golf cup. Yes, 35. Yeah. I honestly can't believe it. I know. It's insane. Not what the people want to do. There are booze and there are thumbs down. This is a take that was incredibly unpopular. It's just horrendous and it's getting a lot of media attention. People are asking,

what's he going to do to make it right? To ease the people being unhappy about that, I said I would give something of mine away and I chose my piano. Oh, wow. These are promises that we make to each other. Exactly what he promised to do. Neighbor to neighbor, friend to friend. It's a big sacrifice, so I think that gods will be happy. After so many broken promises, is people here on the ground have low expectations that things will change. Matthew Campbell. Hey, how are you made? Well, great news.

You've got yourself a brand new to your house and a brand new piano. And so the kids are loving it. Oh, it's the best. But then we hear this on the Christian O'Connell Show. Thank you very much. Let's get a Lee. Good morning, Lee. Jack, when can I come around and grab my free piano that you offered?

I was dumb family. Promise is made. Promises broken. It has become a recurrent theme. Did I hit one point off a listen to my piano? Yes. He doesn't know whether he's coming or going. But he promised.

These are promises that can never be fulfilled. And then he goes and says this. Yeah, I would take it back. People are sick and tired. Now, I've got no piano, and I would love to have our piano. I honestly can't believe. His track record is atrocious. Yet again, yet again.

We are back here again. the same thing that we are. I don't know, because I want a new piano. I don't know. Will he ever be satisfied? Here we are again. Here we are again. This is a huge decision, huge impact.

The decision. The outcome of this monumental decision. Well, it's... In Lee's hands. In Lee's hands. It really is in Lee's hands. Oh. Welcome here, Lee.

Welcome to the studio, Lee. How's that buildup? That was, um... what I was expecting, actually. Well, it's probably, it's a moment of huge gravitas on the show. Are you happy with the format we've gone for to select who gets the piano? Questionable, but really? Pretty good game, we thought.

88 keys, add stickers. Not from your behalf, but the fact that Jack's still involved in it somehow. Oh, that's a bad. That's a good joke. We haven't even begun to know. And I'm a fair guy. Yeah. I am a fair guy.

Okay, well, before we find out. I don't like this, Lou. Yeah, he's coming strong, isn't you, Jack? Yeah, because Lee, even as I waved to you through the studio glass, you did this thing like, like, you're looking at me, like watching what I'm doing. Yeah, yeah, meet the fuckers. Well, gotcha. Jack has asked Lee whether he could have two minutes one-on-one with you without us in the room.

Like a negotiation. We have granted Jack that. We understand producers, asked you that? And what was your response? Well, your initial response was Jack's already wasted enough for my time. So I don't think two minutes, you know, in a scheme of things, is going to hurt moving forward.

So I will allow it. Your mission is clear, as I would assume, as I understand it. You're going to go in there and you've got two minutes to get as many keys out of Lee as you can. Can I know before we go in there, Lee, how many keys you're giving me? I reckon we'll still leave it till in there last minute. We'll just go...

He can still be moulded, that is, Jack. It's sort of nice to literally see your sweat in person. Well, there's three parties, obviously. There's Jack, there's yourself, and there are the listeners. And obviously, if Jack's getting his two minutes with you, Lee, we thought it's only fair that the listeners get two minutes, and they sent in a hell of a lot of voice minnows over the weekend. Hi, Hamish and Andy.

Ahoy, boys. Ahoy boys. Hello, hey, man, Andy. I had a piano passed down to me from my grandmother, but after a roof leak, there was water damage to it that couldn't be repaired. I've done a jack, and I am in between jobs. Unfortunately, my girl's friend's birthday is coming up, and I don't really know what to get her.

I have a 101-year-old great-grandmother who needs a way to keep her fingers moving to prevent the onset of more arthritis. I'm an independent recording artist and I only own a 30 centimetre two octave little keyboard so any time I have to do keys I have to do my left hand and then record that and then I have to record my right hand and then put that up separately.

After learning for nearly 18 years the very common man, bottom of the range keyboard I had to buy when I moved to the city is so depressing to play I hardly practice anymore. My poor 11-year-old daughter who is dying to do music for a life is going to be in tears if we don't come and weasel that piano from the weasel. Hey guys, my name's Elliot. I play keys in a band, but I don't actually own a piano, which is pretty sad.

I'd like to own one, but the music streamers don't actually pay a lot of money for streams, which is kind of sad. For now, I'm just going to have to enter these competitions to try and win one. I'd love the chance to win the piano. only have a six-by-six granny flat that we live in, but I'm sure we could cross that bridge when we come to it. I've currently got a 20-inch piano in my house. Quite difficult to play, so looking at upgrade to maybe a 65-inch piano or 70-inch piano. I've recently been talking to my mum about wanting to get one, and logistically, it's just so hard as Jack would know.

I have four kids. This house is just dying for a musical instrument that no one can play. Jack doesn't deserve a new piano because he made the dumb decision to give his old piano to Matt. I'm not musically talented in any way. I don't need a piano. I've got no space for a piano. But I want this piano,

so Jack, I have this piano. It gained the full spectrum. Full spectrum. That was, Elliot, from the Rubens, actually. Just dropping us a voice memo at hamish daddy.com. Imagine being to support a great Aussie band. Yeah. I love the Rubens.

But they have been, I've seen them live and he has a keyboard. That's like a piano. Lee, Jack, we'll get you guys to go next door now. You'll have two minutes. We'll be able to hear, we'll be able to listen in. Okay. But Jack, you'll be able to go next door and plead your case. See how many of the 88 keys Lee will allot to you.

Okay. And then we put the stickers on and we find out who gets it. Good luck, boys. all right so do you not you don't remember it do you not i don't remember offering you a piano but i believe you i think you you have a claim to many of the the stickers because you you deserve a piano i would say don't worry too much about the listener true weasel because i know we just heard that package and like oh my grandma needs a piano that they just say that they'll say whatever trust me they just say whatever they want like i think they're like they're kind the listeners

are kind of already against me in this department of like winning stuff on the show do you blame them for that though no i don't i don't blame them but it's like it can't it can't really get any better so i would say don't worry too much about the listeners i was even thinking overnight it's like do we cut them out so just you and me go 44 keys each i think i think the listeners do have a right, possibly more so over you? I don't think so, only because that golf cart did belong to them at one stage in a way. I'll admit that. But the piano's got nothing.

Well, these are the people that probably wanted that golf cart would just take anything away from you. Yeah, see, they're doing it out of spite. They're not doing it because they want a piano. They're doing it out of spite. You've got to watch that. the world. You've got to watch that. Have you done anything out of spot? No. I only do it for personal game. We know that. We know that.

So don't worry too much about the listeners. I'm totally pro-listener, totally pro-listener. Let me just ask, do you consider yourself to be a nice guy? Yes, I am. When it's... Well, guess where they normally finish? Lars. Yeah, let's go evil. Is that what you say? You want me to go 50-50. See, that's more kind of. diving again. Okay.

What do you think of? Without the listeners, there's no Jack. There's no show. So let's go. Thirt. Yes, love it. Thanks, Lee. Love it.

Love it. That is unbelievable. Yeah, here we go. Okay, he's coming back in. Come in, guys. All right. That is unbelievable. We heard it jump on.

I've never seen Jack so happy. And we've seen him happy. We now need to ask for your official answer. We heard that, but we weren't meant to be a part of that. So, Lee, whatever you say next, you'll be locking in. What is your official answer? How are you going to split up the keys? I did say thirds.

I think I will go 60 me. 60 keys? 60%. 60%. Get your calculator out. So 60%. percent, you, yep. So you just, did you lie to his face when you said first?

Yeah, well, he's done it to everyone else, isn't he? Oh, wow. I can't know this is. The people will love this. I know they will. 60% is 52. 52.8 keys. Would you like it to be 53 or 52?

I'm feeling generous. Go 52. 52 to you. Okay. Leaving, we have now 36 keys remaining. And then let's divide that into. Half. Yep.

Jack gets 18 keys. That's still being reasonable, Jack. So the split is you get 52 keys of the piano. The listeners get 18 keys. Jack, you get 18 keys. I think so. Well, you get to lock it in. You can lock it in.

There's going to be listeners out there hating this. Yeah. Well, I mean, the listeners are, there's going to be listening out there. They don't tune in to me. They have been confronted. They've been, there's been, confirmed. I'm honest. We're giving you the option 52 keys.

18, 18, done. I reckon. Done. Sorry, listeners. See how hard it is, Lee. Now that it's all done, this is exactly where I've been before. We go, okay, I could just be generous. And then when it comes to the crunch, you go, I'll give myself a bit more of favor.

It's definitely tempting, but I would not probably pursue it like you do for a career. Yeah. Well, can I say, I mean, in terms of the levels of swing, we've seen people give themselves, on the show. It is the largest advantage we've seen someone give themselves on the show. I feel like we watched a masterclass in gameplay from Jack. We listened to it.

Where you came and just tried to cut the list is completely out, Jack. Yeah. But then we got blindsided by... This is just like a survivor finale. All right. Love it. And I do love the listeners. I will say that. And when I meet you in person, I love you.

I love you. We will pause now. What we'll do is we'll leave because it's 52, we won't put 52 stickers on. We'll make that the majority. So there'll be stickers for Jack. There'll be stickers for the listeners. And anything blank, that's Lee's Keys.

Yeah. He's got a ring to it already, isn't it? Lee's keys. Jack, you were riding a roller coaster, aren't you? Because you thought you were getting a third coming out of that room. I thought I got you at a third, Lee. I'm still pretty happy with 18. Yeah, well, that's good.

Yeah. For a second, I thought when you gave me those devil eyes, I thought you were giving me zero or like one. Yeah, well, it's 20%, Jack. You've got one in five shot here. And I've got good luck on this show. I'm not, I actually don't hate my chances. He's excited.

The piano is set. The stickers have been done. It's really interesting, isn't it? I did the stickers for the listeners. Jack, you did the stickers for you. Yes. And Lee, you have all the unst stickers. keys. It looks like the piano is heavily sticked, but of course the majority is unsticked.

Well and truly. There was one incident. We did a quick count of the keys, Jack, and you'd actually put 19 stickers down. Yes. Not surprising that there was a... Oh, that was an honest mistake. Yep. You had to take one off. I hadn't finished doing the listeners stickers, and I was very excited to swoop in and put my sticker on the one you took off. What was that C sharp down the low end? Low C sharp, which God, I hope. hope it comes up. That will be amazing. I love you thinking.

Lee, it's out of our hands now. It's in the hands of one man, Matt, the most beautiful dad from Tasmania. He thought he was just doing a nice thing. He really, he entered a golf cart competition. He didn't ask to be involved in the piano saga at all. But at the time, it felt like the gods were really smiling upon the show because they decided, yes, he's a young father.

Living in Tasmania, his daughters really want a piano. We're giving one away. Boom, his name came out of the randomizer. Perfect situation. Now he finds himself as the magical decider, the diviner. His piano is going to guide us towards the note. He's going to press one note on his keyboard. Whatever note that corresponds to in here,

whether it's red-stickered, listeners, green-stickered, Jack, or no stickers, Lee. That is who will win this piano. Here we go. Let's call Matt. Hello, Matt speaking. Matt. Ahooy.

Ahoie to you. It's Haymishandy, Jack and Lee here. Ahooy, Matt. You've been assigned. How are you all going? It's a high tension in here. Things have been said. I don't want to throw anything out of context here,

but phrases that I never thought I would hear on this show like, quote, don't worry about the listeners. Oh, dear. That's exactly what we found. It sounds like it's gotten serious. It's gotten serious. The strategy has gone through the roof. We obviously can't tell you how many keys have been divvied up

or who's got what or who's in what area, but you know what's going on here. We have a piano in here that has an assortment of stickers on it, corresponding to the future rightful owner of the piano. All you have to do is honestly, I think, let your heart guide you and let your heart tell your finger and your finger go where it feels like the right. The lightful owner of the piano belongs and play that key that speaks to you the most.

Matt, are you in front of the piano now? I'm in front of the piano. I'm sitting down. Let your heart guide you, Matt. Matt, when you're ready, play the note. Good luck, Matt. I'm going to play the note. It's in the middle.

I'm in the middle. No, Jack's excited because there's a lot of green stickers there. Jack is so excited. I'm wandering across. Okay. There's some red in there, too. Listeners, there's some red. No, that's the net.

That's too high. Was that too high? No. Too low. Play it again, Matt. I'm going again. There's a lot of green around there. It's not.

That's it. It's not Middle C, is it? Is it Middle C? Matt? It's Middle C. It's Middle C. Oh, no! Oh, no.

Oh no, he raced from Middle C. Do he pushed me out of the way? Listeners, I tried to get Middle C and Jack pushed me out of the way. I had everything. No. I had the two notes around it covered. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

This can't be happening. No, no, no, no, no, no. What have I done? Matt, Matt, you want me a piano. Oh, no. You don't want, wait, you don't want me. me to have it. No one wants you to have it, Jack.

I don't think anybody does, do you? I don't want you to have this. Not even Stu from House and Pianos. Watch Jack to have the piano. And it's his job to give people pianos to a very competitive price. And a wonderful selection. Yeah.

You just had that air about you, too. He split the singles. He's like, I just feel good about this. I'm feeling good. Oh, I can't. Look, Matt, it was my first sticker on the piano. I just feel like we have a kindred spirit. You'll play my old piano.

In all seriousness, though, Jacker, as you said, you have your fun. We did it for a contest. What do you really want to happen by the piano? I can't. I can't give it away. And here's why. People... We know why, and it starts with the W.

Sorry, guys. Sorry. And a couple of shows ago, we were talking about dimies and tinnies. You have the hat on right now. Your dim-sim brand you're involved in. Yes. You're not the only person. You're not cooking them, but you're heavily involved.

No, don't want me. It sounds like I can't cook a dimmitting. It sounds like you're known for contaminating dims. God, you don't want me doing it. You know what I'm like? I'll put anything in. No, they're delicious, they're available in supermarkets. But we're talking about the...

And alas, I mean, there was two flavours. Sorry, jump into this. I'm not doing an ad. No, just to be really clear. But Beck likes, there's a chicken sweet corn one. Beck loves them. Not selling well. Not selling well.

Ask is when Diet Vanilla Coke wasn't doing well, and I could tell it was going to get taken off shelf. And Beck is extremely nervous. She hoarding? Yeah. And she's extremely nervous because they're the ones she snacks on during the week. Do you have a number that you know as like as soon as it goes below this in sales, it's off.

I feel like it's gone, Jack. I feel like the other one's going beautifully, but it's, yeah. Well, I wonder if it's, I wonder if it's got anything to do with what we're going to talk about because we were talking about the health star rating system, and I said to you, do you have health stars? You're like, no. We choose not to play. She's not to play.

Fair enough. Don't know what the ins and outs are. Maybe it's expensive to get the health stars on. That's fine. And I said, well, you know, what can you say to people? And from memory, you said something like, well, I, you know, I, It doesn't need health stars. It's delicious and nutritious.

Oh, okay. And I said, can you say that? I think so. And then you said this. I can say what I want, God. What? Did I swear? Well, yeah, well, I can't play it because we need a little E.

Really? I'll play it again. I can say what I want, God. I can say what I want, can't I? It's not what people heard. We had hundreds of emails. covering him. Thinking I called you a C-Boss.

You might have meant, I don't know what you meant, but the more we listen back to it, the more we're like, wow, who's this guy? Who is this guy? He's the head of the dims him empire. He's doing what he wants. He's doing what he wants. Jack and I were like, well, when all these emails

came in from people going, please go back and listen to it, why didn't that episode have an E on it? It should have been explicit. Can't I? You've got this guy now, and I just felt like, we got a flash. We've got to flash into who, what is really going on in Andy Lee's head. And so Jack and I were like, well, I guess it's, I guess we have to just accept that this

is the new Andy and this is who he is. I'd never heard him say that before. Yeah. But now, it seems, nobody's going to stop saying it. It seems like that's the kind of guy is. And so that's what, I guess, inspired this song. He said his dog was tall, which was a weird life. But overall we thought he was a decent guy

Yes, we thought Andy had a heart of gold But now we see the story that has been untold I can say what I want, guys If there's a big cue who goes straight to the front Andy! I'll do what I want, cuck! Guess who brings Mac is to a Chinese restaurant? Andy!

Elite what I want, c'bid. And you admitted they could run a Ponzi investment? Andy! I'll scam who I want, Who he got an ivory ban and shot an elephant Andy I'll hunt who I want If you were a train and he was a train

And you lived in a world where people were trains And you needed a little push and he could easily push you Guess who wouldn't even give you a shunt Andy I'll shun who I want you f*** Andy I'm the king of the trains You are a k-kid and I do whatever I Okay, I don't think he said that.

That was too much. The real, Andy. I feel like saying it though now. Yeah, it's a good catchphrase. We're going to have to deal with you doing your new catchphrase, aren't we? No. All right. Should we take a little break now or?

No, that's your time for your catchphrase. Yeah, I'm not buying into this. Take a break when I want. Hey, we never thought we'd be the place for this, but it's for extreme empaths to come together and share their moments of feeling, deep feelings for everyday objects. And it's a place they can share. We've got another round right now.

Of course, the opener being every single song ever written, so no song feels left out. Do you want to kick it off, do you want me too? mate so many have come in just you're kind of like oh this is let's start with margaret okay she says we've got a cupboard at work that doesn't quite close properly so i have to kick it shut every time i kick it i have to whisper so sorry i have to open that cupboard at least 10 times a day so it means i have to kick it at least 10 times a day but i try and kick it in a difference spot every time so it doesn't get too sore nothing more than feeling

Lovely Margaret. Carly Ham here. I was drinking coffee out of my husband's Star Wars-themed Number One Dad in the Galaxy mug. A gift he bought himself. Well, it ain't Darth, I'll tell you that. He was a very absent father. True.

A gift he bought himself for Father's Day while I was unfolding the washing. I happened to fold the pair of matching number one dad in the Galaxy socks. That came with the mug and set them down in the laundry bench next to the mug. I realized it was the first reunion of the socks and the mug since the day they were packaged together as a gift set.

So I gave them the afternoon to catch up. Nothing more than feelings. All right. I've got two rock-related ones. Matt. Really, rocks. Rocks. I would have thought there are some that are just immune.

No, feelings can be attributed to everything. Okay. Whenever my girlfriend, Emily, goes to a pebbly beach, she digs up pebbles below the surface whenever she's sitting because she said that some pebbles won't ever get to see the sunlight. Now, that is a long, that's really, if you were starting, extrapolating that, that's a long sit at the beach because how does some get chosen and some not?

Here's another quick one. It's from Michael, he's an island, because I thought I was immune to extreme empathy until I was on holidays in Greece. I was relaxing by the beach, tossing in the odd stone or two to the ocean. When it suddenly hit me, that rock has been painstakingly making its way

up the seabed and onto the shore for potentially centuries, taking advantage of every wave and every tide to barely move. And here I am just whimsically undoing all that hard graft when all that rock wants to do is relax on the beach as well. Nothing more than feeling. This is from Ashley. I'm an empath working at a winery cellar door.

Okay. And we changed the nine wine tasting list every week. I've noticed the manager consistently puts the most popular wines back on the list. So when I was asked to make the list this week, I put all our least popular wines because I felt bad that they would sit on the shelf watching everyone else get sold. It was such great joy every time someone said something nice, about the generally unpopular wines when tasting them.

By the way, I'm sure it's unrelated, but I'm no longer allowed to make the tasting. And is this wine the best? No. God, no. This spells left out. God, no, we have heaps of it. This comes from Miranda.

I didn't think I was an extreme empath, but I do have some signs. I work in a factory. and my co-worker will only run his machine on a speed that's an even number. While he was on holiday this week and I'm running his machine, I found myself running on only odd number speeds because I feel bad they never get their chance to shine. And the even numbers might also be tired.

Gives me some peace of mind to know that they've felt love for at least a week before going back into retirement. Hopefully time for one more. This is from Jed. in a moment of extreme empathy I recently put my container of microwave rice on the outside of the rotating plate

in the microwave rather than the setter so it wouldn't get dizzy I've got to finish this one because I reckon I do the same although I don't know if I do it as an extreme empath I just do it through a sense of like I don't know sportsmanship

Abby when putting a trolley back at the supermarket when there's more than one rack I'll put mine in the shorter rack so they have the hope that they'll catch the more popular rack like I feel like I do that too because you want to see it be an even race

Nothing more than feelings Too late Very late Guys I was around at my future in-law's place Beck's parents and it came to the end of dinner and I was going to stack the dishwasher

but they'd already just done a cycle so I went for the unpack of the dishwasher which is always a dangerous game because there's specific spots for people to put their things away from home doing an unpack it's hard but I was pretty confident

I was doing that thing where you when you find a friend or a family member the same type of glass I'm like okay that's great well that goes there oh like when you open a cupboard and you go Oh, there's the brown mugs. Yeah. Great.

Great. Yep. And then I was in a situation where I put a few plates away. And Beck's mom comes in and goes, what are you putting that there for? Okay. Already on the mother-in-law gear. It's a pretty aggressive impersonation. Yeah.

I take that back. I take it. Okay. We're going to lead into it. She's like, what are you putting that? And I said, well, you know, it's where you said the plate series, that's a good plate. You know, the good plates go over here, the bad plates go in here, platters and plates. And I was, all right.

So then she showed me where the bad place goes, she goes, we've put a good plate in the bad plate. And I was looking at the two plates going, these are indistinguishable. I don't think it's possible. I pulled out another plate. It looked to me like a bad plate. I was heading for that cupboard. which is, where are you going? Oh, no.

Just all on the bench, all on the bench, and they can be put away by a specialist later. To prove how hard this is, I didn't put them on the branch. I've bought all of Gabby and Lee's plates in today. For even good plates. For a game I'm calling the plate game. All right.

It's Jack versus Hay. Okay, here we go And we just simply say good plate, bad plate I'm going to hold it up I've got a pre-recorded description of the plate so people will hear it That's what you guys will hear first That is your deliberation time

Are we allowed to see the back of the plate? You cannot see the manufacturer Or do we have to just go off the face value? Yeah, face value. You can't see the manufacturer Okay, okay Okay, here is the first plate Andy is holding a cream-coloured oval ceramic serving platter

which has a slightly scolloped edge with a wavy dark green band, something you might find in a farmhouse setting. Easily a good plate. I was going to say bad plate. I mean, it does look decorative, but it's run-of-the-mill. Bad plate. Hamish gets the points. Oh, well done.

Who's using a sculloped serving platter as a bad place at their house? But it looks aged, like... I mean, that's the thing. 30 years ago. Yeah, but not... Jack, in the plate game, that makes a plate valuable. No, not old enough to be not current, but not old enough to be an antique. No, but it's not like a ceramic found in Pompeii or something.

Like, it's a well-made place. I think... I think wear and tear still doesn't... I mean, you can get graduated, like, you can get demoted, I suppose. But wear and tear generally doesn't affect whether it's a good plate or bad plate. I felt like that was an absolute softball. Most people go, if it's a platter, it's going in the good plate cupboard. On the night, Andy, did you get that one right?

I got that one wrong. No, sorry, I got that one right. You put a platter in the plate cupboard. No one's put a platter in the plate cupboard. I got that one. Back's mum's back in the room. What are you doing? I got that one right.

The next one. Andy is holding up an oval ceramic serving platter in plain white with a glossy glaze. It features a gently sculloped shield-like rim and seems thin and delicate. Well, we know now a platter loves to go in the good plate section, so I'd put that in the good plate section. However, is Andy trying to trick us here?

I'm not trying to... These are not my rules. These are the rules of... I mean, as Andy found their everyday platter, which I wouldn't... I don't have an everyday platter in my house, but who knows what Beck's parents do? Maybe they entertain daily

and they use an every... They have an everyday platter. That does look, I think it's still a good plate. It is actually a bad plate. Really? I know. Bad platter. It's more decorative than the first one.

It's ever cheaper quality though. So bad luck. A lower gloss. It's a lower gloss. That's what I had alarm bells going and I was like, and I know the way Andy structures games. And I just thought he's just not going to start with two easy good plates. I should have stuck to my guns.

Plate three. Andy is holding up a round ceramic plate with a cream base and a decorative order The rim features a hand-painted design with teal vertical strokes connected with black horizontal lines It's a bold statement piece for any table God, it's actually the platter game Oh sorry, yeah, plates and platters, it's plates platters

That's a good plate That's a very good plate That looks like finer, almost China That's a good plate Well done, you two You both have Although the red herring there was it's completely blank. So I can understand your distress in the kitchen, Andy,

if you just couldn't find the algorithm that was deciding these plates. All right, now. The next one. Andy is holding up a vintage-style ceramic serving platter with a botanical strawberry design in the centre. The border is adorned with a matching vine, creating a garden-inspired aesthetic. What was this meal?

How many people are at the dinner? It's just platters. It's just platters. Was it a wedding? Beck's, Beck's taking this from her mum. You've been around with Beck's theirs. It's like everything has to be.

Like even napkins go on a platter. Like it's just, it's a... Wow. Yeah, I know. Yeah. And I'm the cleaner. That's a good plate, though. You can tell, I reckon,

is glossy on the front and then this matte sort of side. It's ceramic. It's like ceramic. They're expensive. Yeah. Yeah, that's good. It is a bad one. Oh, you're kidding me.

Apparently I can. Wow, must be nice to live in a house where that's a bad plate. No, no. Stuff, though. Final plate. Hames up by one. I've got good platter every time. Okay, here we go.

Andy is holding up a light blue square-shaped serving dish with softly rounded corners with a smooth, glossy finish. A rather simple design makes it versatile, well-suited for a contemporary table setting. that is a good plate I reckon it is a good plate we have similar at our house and they don't even live in the kitchen where do they go

they go next to the dining room table oh no dining room table one of those they sit behind the two guards really I was going to say bad plate masquerading is a good plate I reckon it's one of those ones that looks expensive but then they cost it's a dupe yep Jack

you'd be wrong It's a good plate. And Hamish wins, triumphantly, too. Drinks out. I'll play too. Congratulations, Ham. And it's certainly a game. I'll have to play probably for the rest of my life as I go around to their house.

But you guys will never have to play again. Thanks for listening. The Hamish and Andy podcast will return next week. Catch up or contribute at hamish and Andy.com.