Hamish & Andy - Hamish & Andy Reministmas 2024

Episode Date: December 17, 2024

Everyone knows that exactly one week before Christmas, Reministmas is celebrated which involves looking back at the year and reminiscing. To help get into the spirit of Reministmas this year, the Hamish and Andy Podcast team have compiled a bunch of moments from the 2024 year podcasts for us all to look back at fondly… or angrily if you really didn’t like that specific bit.

A listener production. Tis a week before Christmas, so everyone knows. It's the day set aside to look back at the shows. For on the 18th of December, with a rather large cheer, Reministmas is celebrated where we retrace the year. At the start of it all, a story popped up about a car and a girl who just cared way too much. Guys, I've mentioned on this pod before and to you that Beck has way too much empathy. We went to the Grand Prix and they had a V8 supercar race after the qualifying

day and something had happened to the Castrol car, like 400 meters behind the rest of the whole race. And it'd be a pretty tight, it's a pretty tight crowd on like pretty tight pack on that day because it's not that many laps. So there's like, and then there was a 20 second wait. And then it would come pass. Bec turns to me with this shocked look on her face and says, what happened? What's happened?

And I said, well, it's, it might've had a little accident or it's a shit car. You know, sometimes it's motorsports. And then the next lap, 30 seconds in. Looked at me and she was just getting more and more distressed for the little castrol car that could. Oh no, don't tell me you've had to adopt a V8. Before, before like the third last lap, she, she yelled out to me, they should let it catch up. Which is not the rules of competitive racing.

Not even at under rate athletics do they do that. They won't Robert's nose it at the end, but there's no let it catch up. So I was laughing, I got distracted. Then we kind of got bittersweet in the race. It finished and Bec goes, yes, yes, it's caught up as I went round again, not realising that the race had finished and they were just doing that slow laugh. They're warming down. That warm down laugh.

I didn't have the heart to break it to her that, nah, it came dead last by 30 seconds. We all laughed at the empathy that was on show, but it became quite clear Beck wasn't alone. And it's the can of, it's not a can of worms, it's a can of feelings. It's a can of feelings we've opened on this show with extreme empaths. And you know, we'll stop reading them out when they stop rolling in. We've got to open it for it, in fact. Let's do it with all the music in the world. Not leaving any song out.

Not leaving any song out. No song can feel sad. This is from Jacob. My mom has got a robotic vacuum cleaner that goes around the house on its own. Mom feels bad for it that it has to do all its work by itself. So she follows it around and turns the lights on for it. It goes into new rooms so it doesn't get lonely and scared. It's not like it is like, sure, clean the house, but doing it in a dark room, no one should have to work through that. I love that.

Jessica, she said, whenever I go to the ice cream shop, I order the flavour of ice cream that has been least selected. Now, I'm all for being a pathetic, but you don't mess with an ice cream order. That's the reason it has been chosen. That's the one you avoid because you're like, well, obviously it's unpopular. It's natural selection at work. I mean, sometimes they do replace a tub. You know, like, so if you ever see a full chocolate, it hasn't been left behind.

No, no, that's a replace tub. Yeah, but if she's there in some kind of weird pistachio land or whatever it might be. How's this? Ando, this is from Mia. I saw a kookaburra the other day and I was admiring it. So far so good. As I got closer, I realized it was actually a crow, but I felt so bad for being disappointed that I tried really hard to keep admiring. That is fair. Cause there's a distinct difference between. The crone.

The crone be going, hello, hello, what are we here finally? A little bit of attention. You're like, uh-oh, I think she's confused me with a kookaburra. This is not what was advertised to me. You confused me with a kookaburra, haven't you? Not at all. I think you're a gorgeous black shiny bird. Love it.

This one's from Holly. When I copy and paste something on my computer, I always have to paste it straight away as I worry it's tiring to hold on to whatever I'm copying. Thanks, Holly. That definitely counts. Yes. This is from Nina. Since owning a car, I've always felt bad for the spare tire for being left out

because I don't even know how to change the tire, so I can't rotate it in. Sometimes I will lift up the lid in the boot and just give it a little pat so it doesn't feel left alone. Mitch Hawkins. OK, go. He's the extreme empath. We, my girlfriend and I are watching TV. I will always wait until no one in the show or movie is talking before I pause. I don't want to be rude or cut anyone off.

My girlfriend, however, will get up and leave the room while a person character is still talking and sometimes I catch myself apologizing to them. Like it's the theater. This is from Samaria. She writes, I've always felt sorry for flies that get stuck in the car and then you let them out and they're completely lost. Millions of fly kilometres away from their home and friends and family. That's fair. This is from Kat. As a kid, I used to park my bike at school next to the

one that was the same model so it could hang out together and find things in common while I did the school. the one that was the same model so it could hang out together and find things in common. This is from Joe, his wife Mel is an extreme empath. He says she's got a few habits, but he's favorite is when she stacks the dishwasher. When she puts in the cutlery into the bucket thing, she'll arrange them so they all have at least one partner. So, you know, spoons with spoons, forks with forks. Furthermore, this is my favorite bit, the teaspoons are in her mime, babies, and must be, must be placed with a responsible adult spoon. This means sometimes larger clean spoons go back in just for the purpose of caretaking the baby spoons. I also love when it's like, you don't leave a teaspoon with a fork.

No, the fork? No, exactly. It's a stranger. Stranger danger. It's like it's a kid with this strange adult. No, no. Junk a couple of spoons in there to make sure that it's not freaked out in the dishwasher. Ben Hearham, he says, needs to report his girlfriend's empathy for a certain

grape. A certain grape? She recently told me she accidentally dropped a grape under the fridge, having subsequently realized it'd be likely to be under the fridge until the fridge is replaced and not moved for many, many years. She kicked a second grape under there just to ensure it would be good. Oh, it's, whoa. So it's like if only one Beaconsfield miner was trapped. I don't think we can get you out, but we're going to send Brant down, Todd. So you guys have got some company. Not a strategy you see very often for people that are trapped.

Oh, I'll tell you what though, if you're running the cable down, why don't I, I could just grab onto the cable and be released. No, we're not confident with that. Why have we invented a one way valve for Brent to go through to hang out with Tom? Yeah, he's got an email he got from Brent, he doesn't want to go there. Yeah. Decision's been made. he got from Brad. He doesn't want to go. Yeah. Decisions being made. This is from Big As. He goes, around once every week, my wife will remove all the magnets from the

fridge for a full day to give them quote, a little break. Give the magnets a break? Yeah, give the magnets a break. Okay. I think she must think they're just hanging on so tight, you know, like, don't want to fall off the cliff. Like, for a break. Okay. I think she must think they're just hanging on so tight, you know, like don't want to fall off the cliff. Like pre-solo.

Yep. During summer, she'll do this every few days instead of weekly, insisting they must be getting exhausted in the heat. Hey, this is from Rob. My wife and I ordered a new couch. She was eight and a half months pregnant when it arrived. My heart honestly broke, but the old couch wasn't going to get to meet the newborn baby.

This is great. This is from Julia. She's from New Zealand. I find myself doing this every week when I clean out my guinea pig hutch. I make sure I always put newspapers showcasing a happy story or even a Sudoku at the top of the bedding pile, just in case they want to give it a read. This is from Locky.

Is it just me or does anyone else feel upset whenever you think about February and how it's the shorter of the other months? I really look forward to leap years because February gets an extra day closer to its brothers and sisters. I think the Gregorian calendar should be updated so each year a different month gets stuck with the 28 days. How confusing would that be? This is from Amberley.

She said, look, when I'm hanging my washing on the line, I'm very conscious of how much time my clothes spend together in my closet. I like to hang items of clothing next to an item that they might not have had the opportunity to interact with due to the proximity and the geography of my wardrobe. And in case they're sick of being with the same clothes all the time. So, you know, leggings and leggings. You'd be like, why don't you go and meet the hoodies? However, I always make sure to hang a familiar friend close by, just in case they don't like the new matchup. Layers on layers on layers. That's amazing. Actually, I do from classes.

Everyone has to dance with everybody. But at the end of the day, sometimes it's nice to be close to another leggings. They understand what you're going through. This is from Holly, extreme empath. My friend will not fully fill her petrol tanker. She worries the car will fill bloated. Really good. Okay, this comes from Fraser.

I'm not normally that empathetic. However, recently I was driving my Subaru and it has an auto brake detection feature. I was at a set of traffic lights. The car in front of me slammed on the brakes. I missed it, but the car picked it up and saved me from rear ending the car in front. As a reward, I fueled the car up with 98 octane. No, she never gets anything more than 91. Very common man of ease. That was a big treat.

So empathy had become what the show was more about, but not in every situation, as Hamish pointed out. I just want to say this off the top. We don't laugh at names. We don't laugh at names anymore. situation, as Hamish pointed out. I just want to say this off the top. We don't laugh at names. We don't laugh at names anymore. We don't laugh at names. Gone are the days. I mean, we have laughed at names.

We've all, I mean, many decades ago, Bart Simpson created a career out of laughing at names, he's huge ass there. You know, hey guys, I'm looking for a huge ass. Now we all laughed. We all laughed in the nineties. And then we learned, you don't laugh at names. Hugh didn't ask for that name. If there is a huge ass out there, he didn't ask for that name.

Well, we did do a whole series of pranks where we'd ring like a regional sports team or like, uh, that's true. Yes. And we'd go like, you know, yeah, chips McGeevans. Yeah. And the whole point was, the whole point was, Chips McGivans. Yeah. And the whole point was- Pena Simpson or whatever. The whole point was you or I would have holed up a silly name. Yeah. But that was actually about not laughing at names.

Well- Because we had to get through it without laughing. Laughing, yeah. So I'd say that was still under the rules of we don't laugh at names. Now, so that's, I understand that rule. So imagine my surprise when against all odds and against my best wishes, I did laugh at a name the other day and I wasn't expecting to laugh at a name and I didn't laugh loud, but we did get this. It got a, got a...

I know the type of laugh. And I looked at Zo to see if she'd heard it. She hadn't heard it and I was like, this is one of the ones, we're at the airport. So I was like hadn't heard it. And I was like, this is one of the ones she, we're at the airport. So I was like, she's busy. And I was like, do I share this? She is busy. My brain always thinks comedy will rule. No matter how busy Zo is, there's a voice in my head that goes, no,

she'll find this funny. Stop her. Tell her, tell her your funny thing. And it's never right. So we're checking in. We're checking in. And there's a very professional man there who actually has a normal sounding, like, a, a, a, an unusual, a common surname.

Unremarkable. Unremarkable surname. No such thing as normal. We love all names, but just not a name that you would look twice at. However, in this setting, you'll see where it gets the laugh. He's like, he's like 50 years old. Like I'd say, I don't know, finance, like looks like he's important. And it's like at the check-in desk, the Qantas thing.

Probably business class check-in. Not for me, no check-in with kids. So you have to line up. And it must be very nice for you guys just dumping bags and straight to the business Probably business class check-in. Not for me, no check-in with kids. So you have to line up. And it must be very nice for you guys just dumping bags and straight to the business lounge. But I unfortunately, I'm in the cube common manning it. But now we had a valet and they were doing...

I was sitting on my, I was sitting on the back of the tractor waiting to be driven to the gates. Dozzle the check-in and hand the thing back and they go, there you go, Mr. Bean. Enjoy the flight. Did he not speak? Did he go, brrrr? He did have a little teddy bear. But I was like, so this guy, this guy's Mr. Bean.

He's got a, he's got a, he's got a, he's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear.

He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He's got a teddy bear. He did have a little teddy bear. But I was like, so this guy, this guy's Mr. Bean. He's put up with it. He's all over the place. I was like, he sees me laugh, he knows what I'm laughing about. Exactly. It's like when tall people get told they're tall.

It's like, yes, I'm aware. I'm tall. He knows he's Mr. Bean. That's tough for him. He's got to deal with that and he didn't look like... Did his luggage have three wheels? No, that wasn't Mr. Bean's car, was it? Yeah, that was his nemesis. He's got to watch out for that guy. But it did. I was like, am I laughing because I'm laughing because I'm or am I thinking of Rowan Atkinson?

And he is funny and Mr. Bean is funny. And that's why I'm laughing. I'm just laughing because this guy is funny. Mr. Bean is funny. And that's why I'm laughing. I'm just laughing because this guy is Mr. Bean. So did he register you go there? I think I got away with it. Yeah, I think I got away with it. But then again, to my point, then I was like, hey, Zoe, you know, she's like a kid's bag. I was like, I don't know what his first name is. His last name is Bean. Like, yes. So, when the person had the ticket, like, Mr. Bean. Just crickets.

And she not saying Mr. Bean? I don't think so, Jack. I think, yeah, she must have missed it because it was very funny. So Mr. Bean didn't resonate with Hamish's wife. And when it came to the boys' partners, things were changing in Andy's life. Guys, I'm sure this happens in every relationship. But it's glaringly obviously now, back when I was nearly 10 years in, that somehow without discussion, there's jobs that have just filtered straight to me that I'm now solely in charge of.

When we first started going out, it was definitely split 50-50. Or it might've even been something more to do with her world. So she exclusively took care of those things. Yep, I understand. But now, because we co-inhabit and we're intertwined with love, it's my problem. Wow. Wowee. Must be nice. It's my problem. Or it's seemingly my problem.

And without discussion, it's like, well, you're doing that now, or hey, you quickly grab that for me? Or can have you have you done this yet? And I was like, hang on. When we looked at the job descriptions early in our relationship, there seemed to be a lot less of more of a 50-50, a lot less on my plate. Yeah. And then there's obviously specific jobs. I just become, I think I'm going to stereotype husband jobs, boyfriend jobs, man jobs. After 10 years of marriage, we don't, you, well, I know as the discussion stops, but Zoe will leave indicators that it's time for me to do one like the classic one.

Our bin is in a drawer. The classic one is the drawer's out, the bag is up. And that means, need I say more? Time for this guy to go out. And sometimes I go to a, do you ever wonder what happens after you pull the thing up? Because there's all, then the bin, the rubbish is gone and a fresh bag is in there. Yeah. I'm, I'm actually doing that. Yeah.

Actually the guy that does that, the other classic one is like the air fryer sometimes lives on the bench, but people with air fries know they're a bit of a space hog. And there's a, there's a, there's a cupboard it can go to. If the air fryer is unplugged and the cord is wrapped around it and the plug is looped through the handle, that's a, all of these signs are basically nonverbal. Yeah, put it away. Just clearing your throat. Does it never get told to put the air fryer away? Just know that if the cord's wrapped around it, up she goes. I feel that that's happened a lot. I feel like it's created and it's just sunk in and I've realized I've let this go way too long and now they are just anti-jobs. Yeah, but I mean if that's after doing them three or four times, then it's solidified. So suddenly I've got a lot

of anti-jobs in my life and I just need your help guys to list them all to get them off my chest. That's an Andy job, that's an Andy job I can't work the Sonos out That's an Andy job, that's an Andy job That is an Andy job If the dog needs a bath, yeah That's an Andy job, that's an Andy job That's an Andy job I couldn't find my keys so I've taken your car Let me know if you need them cause I haven't gone far There's a mozzie in the bedroom

That's an Andy job, that's an Andy job And that's an Andy job I don't have a phone charger That's an Andy job, that's an Andy job That is an Andy job, that's an Andy job, and that's an Andy job I don't have a phone charger That's an Andy job, that's an Andy job, that is an Andy job Can you ask the waiter for some salt? That's an Andy job, that's an Andy job, that's an Andy job I have my nails done, can you open this can? I can't reach my back and it needs some fake tan

The dishwasher will be done soon That's an Andy job, that's an Andy job, that's an Andy job The dog's pooed in the living room That's an Andy job, that's an Andy job, that's an Andy job The dog's pooed in the living room That's an Andy job, these are all Andy jobs My car's making a funny noise That is an Andy job There's a spider in that room so I'm not going in until you return with proof you've got him I don't like the hotel room

That's an Andy job, that's an Andy job. That's an Andy job. I can't find my hat. That's an Andy job. That's an Andy job. That's an Andy job. Any dead animal. The common theme here is these are all jobs for Andy. My bags are too heavy, can you put them in the car? And I'm running really late, so grab me a marcher.

I really hope she's not listening to this. Yeah, yeah good. That's quite a list. Quite a task. How did you know it, Dan? Don't do what I did and buy an invoicing app on your phone. Well Andy must have done those jobs with such aplomb. Because midway through the year, he dropped this bomb. One hockey last night, 5-0. Just throw that in.

Well done. Do you bap any? Yes, just the one. Just the one goal for me. I think that's it. On no, I asked Beck to marry me on Sunday. Oh my god! Oh my god!

Are you kidding me? Congratulations! Oh my god! Oh my god! Are you kidding me? Congratulations! Oh my god! Wow! Man! Okay, well, Jax, just to paint the picture here, Jax tried to claim best friend status there by getting out of his chair first and hugging Andy. I must admit, I did already know this from one day.

He did sound like someone who already knew. Yes, you didn't do real, you didn't do 100% surprise. I didn't want to jump in with already knew. Already knew. Because of course, of course, it is, the moment belongs to the happy couple. How great. And my fiance joins us now, Jacko. Bec, congratulations. Hey Jacko, joins us now, Jacko. Bec. Look at this fiance. Congratulations.

Hey, Jacko. Hey, hey, thank you. Now, Bec, rude. A rude. Isn't it a bit quick? That's all I would ask. Isn't it a bit sudden? Yeah, you know what I really should have given another couple of years.

This is a joy. 10 years. 10 years off. Are you sure, Jack? Because, Ando, often, you know, you meet someone you caught up in that early 12 years. Yeah. You can, like, you can get, it's all, you know, that's not going to look at the whole relationship going to be like, so it's always going to be that honeymoon 12 years. Reality will kick in. So if

you are comfortable, Ando, then of course we support it. Okay. No, no, I feel good about this. Give it an ample thought. No, it's, what amazing years. Thank you, Dave. Me and Zoe, we were crying. We were. No, it's a ma- what amazing news. Thank you guys. Me and Zo were, we were crying. We were, Zo was like. That's such good news. What, can you tell us the story of the proposal?

Um, yes, it started cause I got back to the old, or our new old house under the guys that we had to do, had to do a couple of videos for Instagram because we're about to start the build and I thought we want to capture it. She went, what do you mean we're doing that? And I said, well, we say we do this at 12. And she's like, no, can you please just put it in my calendar? Can you please put these things in my calendar? And I'm like, is it in your calendar? It's there under surprise engagement. I'd never challenge Andy on a calendar input. Yeah, big mistake. It was there. Yeah. And then she said, well, I've booked Henrietta in through probably one of the mud

baths. Japanese mud bath. Don't tell me that Henrietta is being sprinkled with unicorn horns at 12. So I said, okay, well, do you want to postpone Henri's things? We have to get this done. She goes, no. So I said, okay, we'll push back. A reschedule. A reschedule. A reschedule. A reschedule. Don't like from back because it gets the marriage stage now of your relationship off to a great

start. She's on a good footing. She's on a good footing. She's calling the shots. And then I was pretending that we'd film something in front of this fireplace, this old marble fireplace in the house. And that's when I went, I think there's something inside the fireplace. And while I was down there, I stayed on one knee and I gave her another napkin. Because when I first met her at the cafe, I wrote on a napkin my details and I gave her another napkin.

How much did you spend on the napkin? Two months salary? What a napkin. You should see the napkin? Two months salary? What a napkin! You should see this napkin. Gold lace napkin. Well good things will come to those that can wait. So Reministmas continues after this short ad break. Welcome back. Enough of the happy feels.

That's not truly this show. It's more about arguments, as everyone knows. When such moments arise, the armor goes on. Like when Hamish brought a new game, and things went terribly wrong. Gents, this morning, at short notice, I said, hey. Hamish brought a new game and things went terribly wrong. Gents, this morning at short notice, I said, hey, cause I just, I heard something this morning and I was like, God, I've got to, I got to tell the guys about this.

And then I thought, would it be fun to, it's a fact, right? Just a good fact. It's one of those, it's not like quite one of those, but it's sort of in the region of like, you know, I was today years old when I found out blah, blah, blah. But it's this thing was like, oh yeah, fair enough. That's an interesting fact. I don't think I knew that. And I was like, would everyone would be interested in bringing one fact to the show today? And we have a fact shootout,

like a jewel, like a wild west jewel. The very specific rules you sent through to Hamish and so to Jack and I Ham, you said bring a fact. No Googling. You can't Google. You can't Google your fact. You can't seek a fact out. It kind of has to come to you. You can't say, hey, has anyone got any good facts because it just has to be...

Because I think that just makes it too easy. Yeah, your go-to. Did one come to mind straight away for you, Jack? I've got one that I hope I'm not misremembering, but I remember the gist of it is good. And you'll go, oh, that's a good fact. Is it a fact? I mean, there's some things around like the minor details might, I might be remembering wrong.

Can we end this to the game then, Haim, that straight after our fact, Radio Mic out there googles it just to fact check it. And then gives it, it's a fair play because obviously. I'm worried mine, I'm pretty sure mine's true. I'm pretty sure mine's true. The whole point of being wowed by a fact is in fact the fact that it is a fact. Yes, you're right. Well, I think the thumbs up from Mike should be true enough. OK, well, we'll get him to come in.

We'll get him to come in and kind of give us the report. What we can do, what about this? We each do the fact. Well, okay. I made it, we're adding a few too many layers on here too, but I also wanted to do a thing because in the wild west, when there was a duel, a shootout, it was a one-on-one situation, it was quite clear who the winner was. Now in a three way, we've each got one bullet, but there's always going to be three shots fired but only, you know, two people might shoot the same guy.

So there could be one man left standing. And are we shooting a fact we don't like? Yeah. Well, basically the last man standing is the winner. So are we shooting the winner or are we shooting the fact we don't like? Obviously shooting a fact we don't like, but if you don't get shot, you will be the winner. Okay, so we could have two winners. Yeah, that is true. Let's just assume that the two worst facts are getting shot and that

the winner remains standing in this triangular shootout. So, only because the sound effect I built is three gunshots two bodies hitting the floor And I think the end of it we got we hear the facts Yeah, and then we say who we think the best fact is all right. Let's get into this okay Who wants to go first? I'll go first since I've started this thing Be honest with me did you guys know that a t-shirt is called a t-shirt because of the shape of it? Yes, yes, 100% yes.

Did you really know that? I feel like you just said that. I think you heard Jack be so confident and then Andy you were like I can absolutely jump on board this because I know that means Hames getting shot. It's not, I don't even ever remember being told it as a fact as much as it's just like something so I know. There's such a thing as a gracious winner okay you don't have to do this dance. I didn't know, we don't have to rub it in. I thought that was fascinating,

I'd never thought about that. I can't believe this whole thing can derive from that fact. I think there'll be a lot of people out there who are now playing your game, Andy, of pretending they knew that, but secretly they're wild, secretly they're wild. I can't wait to pretend I knew this

Mine's insect-based. You were I never even considered a time in my life where I didn't know The sound a mosquito makes hmm is its wings flapping. I assumed that. Yeah, I would say it's so sound. I would have assumed that. Sorry, I would have assumed that. And they flap 800 times a second.

I didn't know the stat, but I would assume that that's the noise because they only make the noise when they're moving. They didn't think it was them screaming. They were playing a little oboe. They didn't know they could fly. Ah! They didn't know they could fly. We definitely assumed part one of the fact and part two of the fact feels googled.

No, no, no. I didn't Google it. You told remember 800. No way you remember 800. Where did you hear it? I was so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, Who is a writer on the animation? You heard it where? Katie Westcott is a writer on the animation. Yeah. She's the one that told you.

She told you 800 times. In conversation. It's in conversation. Jack? I don't know. When do we shoot? Can I buy extra bullets? Okay.

God, I really feel mine is going to be good. I think mine is good. Oh my god. Oh shit. Can I buy extra bullets? Okay. God, I really thought mine was gonna be good. I think mine is good. Oh, you're no chance. Would you like to get a fresh audience in here because we are heavily incentivized to hate or at least be disinterested in this fact. Okay. Woolworths in Australia got its name

because Woolworths already existed as a chain store in the US and the UK. And a guy from England came over to start. Too long. To start. Too long. Too long. To start.

Oh my God, when does this fake end? Oh my gosh. He came to Australia. At least mine was quick and it was a fun visual. I'll try and watch the movie as well. I'll just copy off Andy's answers. The guy came from England, he wanted to build a supermarket in Australia. And he said, I'm just going to call it Woolworths.

But he had nothing to do with the existing Woolworths. He just named it that because it was named that in England and he thought oh who's gonna know. What? It's true Mike saying but also who... That is terrible! Isn't that interesting? No he just stole the name. Yeah and but now it's the Woolworths we know so well.

But he stole it. And he stole the name.'s the Woolworths we know so well. But he stole it. And he stole the name. From a Woolworths. You could just say... So even now... Why do you say that by the way? Woolworths' name was stolen for the guy... like that's happening to Chris Hester. But it was stolen from a shop that already existed and did a similar thing.

Called Woolworths. So now if you went... You can't steal a name from a shop that has a different name than you stole. So yes, we know he stole Woolworth's from a shop called Woolworth's. Can't go, I stole Woolworth's from a shop called McRobertson's. So if you went to the UK or the US and you saw a Woolworth's, you would write probably wrongly, but think, you would think. The music's run out.

The music's run out. That's how long Jack's fact was. Oh, that must be where it originated. that's where we got our wall worth. Okay, so we're shooting one person? Oh no. That had to go live. I recommend we all get shot. Yeah. Well. Yeah, two fell at the same time. I mean, if you had to pick a good fact.

Yeah, two fell at the same time. I mean, if you had to pick a good fact, I think, Ando, I think it's okay for you to say that you didn't know about mine and you just wish you did. It just can't be Jax. It can't be yours. It can't be yours. It has to be mine. I think it's mine. Mine's back delivered better. Delivered better than what I did because I was trying to pull it from memory. Mike, do you have a winner? Andy! Yeah, come on, Mike. Thank you.

Oh, Jack, get another bullet for Mike. The bell rang again to move us all on. And throughout 2024, there was one man that shone. In the show title, his name doesn't appear. But boy, did Jack give us some amazing moments this year. The thing I do almost daily that never gets a laugh from Bianca, but I still do it is when she asked me to do some sort of chore around the house, like, can you take the bin out or can you do the dishes? Just do it by the way, just do it for once without being asked.

That would be hilarious. If she asked me to do a household chore, I'll Now I wish I actually hadn't told you. I wish. Has it ever worked? And a moment happened live that could have been quite upsetting. Yes, Jack found out he wasn't invited to Darcy's wedding. I know we don't talk about Mr. R, Jack, but when I know Bianca's family comes and visits Australia. People still pledge to not talk about it?

Yep. T-shirts still available to take the pledge. Well, we don't talk about it. We don't really bring them up. But since it seems we might be slightly talking about it here, one thing I would kill to see would be Bianca's mum's performance to Mr. R. Because I assume they're like hanging out and just sort of like, you know, adjust the cutlery. It's like, oh, actually.

Will she ever record it? No, no, no, no, no. That's getting, well, that's dicing with danger that we don't need to dine with. What I want to do is dress up as an old man when she's in Australia next and we see like a dress rehearsal. That'd be great. Just for us all to see how she does it. Which she does.

She is here over the mandated break. But we can't work. We can't work. Is she coming to Darcy's wedding? Who's Darcy's wedding? Darcy from the show. Did you guys get invited to Darcy's wedding? We did not talk about Mr. D.

Did you guys get invited? No, I'm just saying is she coming for that? Wow, usually when you're doing guest lists you do like everyone at work or no one. I thought he was doing a no one. No, he's not doing anyone. What day is the wedding? I'm doing a no one. No, he's not doing any. What day is the wedding? I'm doing a no comment. I think it's been.

When's the wedding? I don't need to go. I think he cancelled it yesterday. That's what I meant. If you're coming for that, don't want to go home, it's cancelled. I'm not disappointed by that. I know it is hard. Nothing's happening, so it doesn't matter. I know it's hard to make a guess. It is hard. You have to make hard decisions.

Andrew. Is she coming out for my wedding? Or you haven't got an invite of anything? Sure not, you. I'm coming to your wedding. If she's coming out for Andy's wedding, hope her health is good because there's been no movement of the station, unfortunately, in terms of wedding plans, despite me. When's it on the calendar for? Ballpark. The calendar hasn't come out.

The calendar of which it could be planned. The calendar company that makes the calendars hasn't even been incorporated yet. The CEO of the calendar company is still in year eight. No, they still haven't even been think about it. How do you think about it? Well, get a wriggle on mate, because there's a bunch of us that are pretty keen on the bucks party. Don't try and deflect from the fact that you dropped the Darcy wedding situation on

Jack. How was I meant to know? Is Mike going? No. I hope not going to judge you, Jack. What was I meant to know? Is Mike going? No, I hope not. Mike, you are invited. Mike was invited but not going. So it frees up his part. I don't want a charity spot.

I don't want someone else's seat. I do. Well, the thing is I might be in town for it, but so I can't make a time. I don't want to come. I don't want to come. I don't want to come. I don't want to come. I don't want to come. I don't need to come. If you are feeling sorry for Jack, just check those feelings at the door.

Because he does get up to some very questionable behaviour. Jack. We all remember the quarter- zip golf jumper debacle. Okay, yes. Where Magic Mike lent his jumper to you. No, he just left it behind. I played golf with him. He left it behind.

He started, you started wearing it. You liked it. I liked it. He asked for it back. Some six weeks went by, you didn't return it because you liked it. You found out he got it for free from this golf brand. You emailed them and said, here's we've got a problem.

I really like it. He wants it back. Why don't you send him a new jumper? I keep this one. In fact, can I actually have a size bigger? That's all correct. So that got sent the size bigger, but still kept mikes. You still had mikes. Yes, but he but also he got a new one plus more. Yeah. OK. What do you mean plus more? Well, they sent him more like so they sent him the same jumper. And you won plus more. Yeah. Okay. What do you mean plus more?

Well, they sent him more like, so they sent him the same jumper and then they sent him, I think pants and a shirt. Oh, right. So I didn't know this bit. So out of jealousy, you were like, well, you don't need your old jumper then. If you've now got access to pants, I'm not giving you your old jumper back. As we discussed, for some reason, after all the dust settled, due to I believe the term was a wrinkle in the system, you decided that ownership of the initial jumper just stayed

with you. So, first question, has that jumper been returned? No, it hasn't. Okay. I know it hasn't because Mike went down to Melbourne. He's Sydney based, goes down to Melbourne and played golf with you about a week ago. Yeah. Perfect opportunity to hear about.

He goes to me, I'm not going to say anything about the jumper. Well, that was going to be my number one argument. He didn't say anything about it. It's his jumper. Yeah, but he didn't say a hoot about it. Okay. Mike goes to me, I'm not going to say anything about the jumper. I'll see if Jack brings it to the course.

Okay. Mike also, you may have noticed, deliberately went in a t-shirt. I didn't notice that. How am I to know that that is a signal that he is called? I'm texting him going, how's it going? He goes, he hasn't bought it. Yeah, and Mike goes, I'm genuinely chilly. And then Mike's texting me going,

occasionally I'll rub my arms. I didn't notice any of this. Brrr. I know you didn't notice any of this. You had a jumper on. You were nice and snug. Yeah. But fair's fair.

He didn't mention it. And so you, you know, you would have only been giving it back if you bought it to the course, right? Yes. And you obviously didn't bring it to the course. So I'll give you a pass on that one. What did you do after golf? Then he came back to my house for a little bit.

Good point. Good point. Good point. You can see the moment Jack realizes. And that's where the jump is. But again, like he's never, he was not saying he's cold, he's not saying he wants it back. He was rubbing his arms going, brrrrum, Julie. He was rubbing his arms going, brrrrum, Julie.

He was rubbing his arms going, brrrrum, Julie. He was rubbing his arms going, brrrrum, Julie. He was rubbing his arms going, brrrrum, Julie. He was rubbing his arms going, brrrrum, Julie. He was rubbing his arms going, brrrrum, Julie. He was rubbing his arms going, brrrrum, Julie. He was rubbing his arms going, brrrrum, Julie. He was rubbing his arms going, brrrrum, Julie. He was rubbing his arms going, brrrrum, Julie. He never, he was not saying he's cold, he's not saying he wants a bath. He was rubbing his arms going brrrrum, chilly. I never saw that.

So I never saw him being cold. And... It was like 17 degrees. He was like, brrrrum, chilly. He's like, well yes, I've been there before myself, it's not a nice feeling. I myself have many jumpers, so I don't have to face that problem anymore. He can have the jumper back. He just didn't mention it. He didn't mention anything. I thought if he'd won it back then he would have said it. And also I happen to know that he got a jumper

replacement exactly the same plus more. So his life hasn't changed. This plus more? He doesn't deserve his own stuff. He does if he wants it. But like... So we happen to be in Sydney today. Yeah. Did you bring it? I didn't bring it, but same reason why I wouldn't...

I thought he'd forgotten about it. I thought everybody had forgotten about it. So if you had instructions, bring Mike's jumper, you would have bought it. Then I would just have to get it back from a friend of mine and then I would give it to Mike. You'd give it to Mike? You'd give it to a friend?

Yes, but I didn't say for keeps, I just let Tristan. Why did you give it to a friend? Because I got my new one, they gave me an extra lounge. I had the lounge and then I played golf with Tristan and he was honestly, he was a bit cold. So you have to be a certain rank of friend to be given a jumper, but not if you own it. It also proves that you can recognise people that are cold. You saw him shaking his arms and going brrrr.

That's amazing. Okay. Well. So I'll get it back off Tristan. I'll get it to Mike next time he's in town or next time I'm in Sydney. But what's this rule about? You have to be told or like you have to be reminded? If he was cold or if he wanted it back, all he had to do is say, just communicate.

Okay. So just to be clear, if the instruction is given, Hey, give the jumper to Mike. You will then do it. Yes. That's interesting because Mike obviously knows the guys from Fellas Golf. That's the brand of jumper we're talking about here, Fellas Golf. And he said, so he's telling them this story. Yeah, didn't get it, but Jack didn't give it back. And I was saying, I'm cold and I was rubbing my.

Then one of the guys from Feller's Golf text Mike, and I've got the screenshot here of the text. So it goes, that's really interesting to make things even better. We sent Jack two extra zip tops telling him to pass these on to Amy and Andy. It has been meaning to. And you are on... So you have four. You have four of each other's... Three of them aren't yours. One's Mark's, one with instructions to pass on Daymish and Andy.

And you just said yourself, if I had instructions to pass on Jumperz, I would. I've been needing to. So that completes Reministmas this year, where a week out from Christmas we look back at the year. We hope the holidays are chock full of fun and we'll see you in 2025 when the blasted government mandated break is done.