Is It Just Me? - #136: Prime Possum

Episode Date: February 27, 2023

In this episode: Churi’s beef with celebrity chefs (06:36) Driving with an up-do (10:48) Charity pests at the supermarket (11:38) Investigating Prime Possum (18:57) Couple’s first fights (34:37) Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (50:00)   Hit us up: @coupleofmitches Send us a text: 0422 948 202See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is Is It Just Me? Hosted by a couple of Mitches. Hello you! Hello you! Go! Brace yourself for the rude shocks of young adulthood. Did you know this? An apple has the same caffeine as a full one-shot coffee.

Bullshit. Are you serious? Yep, I'm going to Google it now. What is it? It says there is no caffeine in apples. Now, here's Mitch Chudy and Mitchell Coombs. Hello, you. Hello, you.

You idiot. You fool. I know, I still can't believe I did that. There was so much confidence in saying, did you know this? An apple has the same caffeine as a full one-shot coffee. He had the measurements to go with this claim. I blame Maggie B. That bitch lied to me.

I was watching her vermouth some bullshit and then Verjuice, whatever that brand that she's flogging that tastes like shit. I've got no idea what you're talking about. And she said that an apple has the same caffeine as a coffee. She said it. I reckon she would have said something like, oh, an apple gives you so much energy. Sometimes I feel like all I need is an apple instead of a morning coffee.

She would have said something anecdotal like that. Oh, 100%. And you've just latched on. With my memory, yeah, yeah. Imagine me if I was telling people at the club, just have some apple. It's the same as doing a line of coke. It's just like a cup.

Have a Granny Smith and you'll be just off your chops. No, we'll welcome everyone. Hello. Do you guys want the good news? I got a house. Oh, finally. Now, the big question is the understair storage. Oh, my God. In the house. There got a house. Oh, finally. Now, the big question is there understair storage in the house? Oh my god.

There's not one, but there is two understair storage cupboards. What? Yes, I'll show you a photo. Is there two staircases? There's two staircases, yes. There is. Actually, there's... What sort of place are you moved into? It's a house. It's just, we are in a house. It's not an apartment.

It's a home with a backyard. Have you ever lived in an apartment? No, never. I feel like you've been robbed of a milestone. I actually was talking to Jenna about that. Pricekeeper Jenna, who's here? Hi. I was saying that I've never lived in an apartment. It feels snobby, but no, we just started it in a house and we love it so much.

I was thinking about it the other day. There are luxuries that come with living in a house, though. If you're getting the paper delivered, you just have to walk out the front door. Yeah. So many hoops to jump through, and I'm quite lazy in my apartment if they put it down in the lobby. You're fucked. Yeah. I don't want to read the paper that much.

We also have your own litter box, which is nice, like, right out the front of your house. Yeah. Like, traditional. But then you're kind of prone to pranks. Who's going to prank me? Oh, I know people that have, like, you know, the pouches of cat food you can get. Yeah. Not in the can, the pouch.

They would just kind of empty that into people's mailboxes, just through that slot. So when they grab their mail, they just get a hand of cat food, which is horrible. But you know, people like that are out there. What a waste of good cat food. I'm not endorsing the mission. I just know about it. So I've got a house. It's lovely.

When do you move? We move next week. Next week. Yeah. So by the time, yeah, we literally have five days to move. I'm tired for you. Oh, my God. It's so exhausting.

Especially after World Pride slash Mardi Gras. You're not going to be in the mood to pack. Truly. Hayden's at it again, though. We went today to measure the house up for furniture, and we have to buy a fridge because the fridge is with our old place, stays. And he said, oh, babe, come here.

We need to measure the hobs. I went, why do we need to measure the hobs? What's a hob? They may be the house things. He goes, we need to make sure our pots and pans fit. Like his brain works. What's a hob though? The gas, like the burners.

The gas burners. But why do you need to check if your pots and pans fit it? Because it's long instead of wide. So, and our current one's wide. To be fair, he might have a point. Because my bloody fry pan always slides off my hobs. Oh, really? Yeah.

And I'd never ever thought about why. I hadn't measured the hobs. Oh, really? Yes, and I'd never ever thought about why. I hadn't measured the hobs. Maybe let's measure the bench. He just wants to measure odd things. And you say, all right, I'll leave you to it. No, it's such a team thing because one has to hold the flat end, one has to bend it into the corner. Does he use an actual tape measure?

Yeah, we have an actual tape measure. Good, because, yeah, the iPhone 1 is always a little bit off, I find. Oh, it's so off. It's horrific. It's a good indicator, but no, you can't be trusting the measurements on the iPhone app. No, and you can take little photos too, which is good. You get the measurements and you take the photo. That's a good little hack. But yeah, it's always off by a couple centimetres. Yeah, it is.

Or millimetres is where you run into trouble. Oh, God, yeah. I was in inches, and Hayden's like, how tall is this spot? I'm like, four inches. He's like, why the fuck are we measuring in inches? Yeah. I was like, cool, I just see your number and I say it, to be perfectly honest. So we move. He wants to have a house party because we move in the week of his birthday.

Oh, yeah, that might be a bit too soon. There's a lot of pressure to unpack and make the place look picturesque that way. Oh, yeah, that's a good point. It took me like a couple of months before I was like, okay, my house is ready for release. Oh, yeah. People are allowed to come over. It was a slow build.

I had to get the couch, all the artwork and stuff. I just wanted to bit by bit. And then I was like, all right, it's ready for the. Oh, yeah. People are allowed to come over. It was a slow build. I had to get the couch, all the artwork and stuff. I just wanted to bit by bit. And then I was like, all right, it's ready for the big reveal. Well, we won't be ready. Also, he had an idea that once we empty the house out, because we have an overlap where the old house is still available for about five days. That is handy.

Over his birthday weekend. So he thought, why don't we move everything, have a full empty house. We have the end of lease clean on the Monday. So we just throw a rager in an empty house. I've done that before. It was a house cooling instead of a house warming. It's the old place when it was empty.

My friends come over with picnic blankets and eskies and milk crates and everything. It was quite a vibe actually. Oh, I love that. Maybe we do that. We played like spin the bottle and shit. It was quite a cute night. Oh, wow. Because there's so much room for bottles to spin.

Yeah, exactly. We do spin the bottle in every room of the house. That's a really good idea. What if someone needs to shit, though? There's no toilet paper. On the picnic grass. I'll bring the toilet paper. It's fine.

Okay, thank you. Thank you. Assuming I'm invited to this house. Of course, you're both invited. Oh, great. Yeah, you're both invited. Jenna won't be there. No, I will actually.

You'll be very busy. I like those things. Well, welcome everyone to the show. If it's your first time listening to Idjim, every week we start the show the same way. Something we've noticed, something we hate or appreciate. They're the is-it-just-me's. Yeah, we have one each. Yes.

Mitch doesn't know mine. I don't know Mitch's. Jenna doesn't know what day it is. No. Later in the show, we open it up to you, and you get an is-it-just-you of your own. Also, in 2023, Season 5, we have a text line that you can reach out to.

We do. The number is... Oh, I have to find it, actually. Sorry, I don't know if I have it Sorry, I probably should have thrown it to you. 0412 712 092. That's a different sound effect from last week. No, it's not. Yeah, it is. Say the number again. 0412 712

092. That's it. There we go. That's the right one. Wow. Oh my god. Is that the ringtone? Must be. Off, Siri, off. Okay. Also later, we're going to be hearing about your first fights in relationships.

Yes. And I've got to tell you something that happened while I was at home over Christmas in Bogengate, back out in the country, that it's just devastated me. Oh. Was it the drought or the flood? It's ruined my childhood. Not the drought. Oh, no. It's flooding, babe.

Keep up. Oh, flooding. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Drought is not the problem. I It's ruined my childhood. Not the drought. It's flooding, babe. Keep up. Oh, flooding. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Drought is not the problem. I was trying to be serious. I got it wrong. Why do I even try when I don't know? But it's not about the floods.

Okay, good. All right, good. Should we jump in? Should I jump in with mine? Yeah, go for it, Dal. Let's go first. Is it just me or? Do celebrity chefs need to stop being so possessive over their meals?

What do you mean? Like who? All of them. They all refer to their meals as mine. They'll go, here is the recipe for my beef bourguignon. I'm like, babe, you didn't invent that. Yeah, I wonder how much their recipes actually vary from others. That ain't yours.

No. Here's my spag bol. Oh, what, you're adding cumin? Is that what makes it yours? We don't often say that things are ours in the real world. I would never bet Hayden, my shit in the toilet stinks. Guys, what's that smell? That's my shit.

I think you would, wouldn't you? Why are you so tired? You wouldn't want to distance yourself and be like, oh, that shit in the toilet. Why are you so tired? Oh,'t want to distance yourself and be like, oh, that shit in the toilet. Why are you so tired? Oh, that's my diabetes. I say my. I'll be like, oh, that's me bloody ADHD. That's true.

I'll say, oh, my depression. Yeah. Again. That is yours. You know what I mean? You've created that in your head. Not made it up. I mean, it's in your body.

Sorry, I'm not an ADHD denier. It's real. It's very real. ADHD erasure. That was a hard word. That was very well said. I just think it's so obnoxious. My moussaka.

Fuck off! If they actually invented it from scratch, sure. But, you know, I do see some chefs being like, yes, my blueberry smoothie. Like, you fucking found that on New Ideas. Yes. You got that in the Coles magazine. You went to taste.com.au and you've ripped it right off. But, like, people like Nigella, her chocolate cake.

I do believe that hers are unique to her. No, but, like, her simple ones, like the chocolate cake, or, like, she adds, like, my delicate chocolate cake. Yeah, there's nothing different about it. It is a classic chocolate cake. Just because she mixes it with her tits. No, they're quite complex. One of my friends is a big Nigella fangirl.

And if he's making a Nigella chocolate cake, it will take hours. Really? Like I think they're more nuanced and complex than normal chocolate cakes, you know? Okay. Well, then I can get around that with Nigella. That can be her. I had growing up my friend Nico Kiriakos. Might even listen to this show.

I'm not sure. Hi, Nico. His mum would always invite us over for her Vegemite toast. Oh, don't get me started. I'm not joking. She'd go, you need to try my Vegemite toast. And it was actually different. I think she put a lot of butter on, fresh bread.

I do have an update on the near argument with Sean about Vegemite, by the way. Yes, because last week you were saying that you had the first argument and it was over. No, no, no. I said last week we've never had an argument. The closest I've come is when the only spread he had available for toast was Vegemite.

And I said I didn't like Vegemite, so forget about it. I didn't make a big deal. So he heard that on the podcast and for some reason saw that as an invitation to poke the bear. He didn't poke me. But he brought it up again He was like Oh well

Why don't you let me try Making Vegemite my way I was like What's so special about your way And like you've just said It's obviously not his way Because he puts fuck loads of butter And only a tiny bit of Vegemite

And I was like You could give me A bee's pube amount of Vegemite And I'd still think that it's vile. I'm not interested in being converted. My life is fine without it. Yeah. And he goes, okay, fine.

I'll get peanut butter. Do you like crunchy or smooth? And I said, smooth, please. And he says, all right, I'll get crunchy. I was like, oh. Why did he do that? He was just stirring the pot. I was like, I don't want to knock this bitch out, but I feel like he's asking me to.

I feel like I have to now. Yeah, he's basically asking for it. Yeah, and so we still concussed. Yes, right. No, we won't be listening to this episode because we'll be incapacitated. Interesting. So he's just like these celebrity chefs. No, let me do my Vegemite on toast.

I was like, keep it. It's fine. We don't want it. No. Like he's the first person to think of that. Heaps of butter and just a little bit of Vegemite on toast. I was like, keep it. It's fine. We don't want it. No. Like he's the first person to think of that. Heaps of butter and just a little bit of Vegemite. Bullshit. See, I'm throwing him in the same basket as the dumb celebrity chef.

Sorry, Sean. I was like, why don't you just let me make you my coffee with rat poison? And if you don't like it, then all right, you win. Rat poison's not for you. At least that's unique. I don't think anyone would have made that in the past. Maybe Ivan Milat. Maybe Ivan.

Possibly. And then you, just those two people in the world. All right, should we do your itch-em? Yep, I'm ready. Is it just me or? Is driving with long hair the biggest bitch? Because I had like a gorgeous updo on my way here. I did it before I left the house and then I sat in the driver's seat

and oh, it was pressing up against the bloody headrest and I was like oh fuck now I have to take it out I've never experienced that in my life and then I have a sore neck because I've got the wrong posture trying to preserve my updo

it's just painful and I always forget before I leave the house I'll have this beautiful hairdo sit in the car and go oh shit that's right that bloody headrest yeah no

yeah no you can't relate to this Jenna oh Jenna can't drive Jenna can't drive. Jenna doesn't drive. No, I don't drive. Oh, fuck me. No one in this room is going to be able to back me up on this. It's quite annoying.

No. Yeah, no, so it's just you. It is just me. All right. Sorry to have wasted your time. Forget it. You have. Yeah, a bit of a waste.

That's enough of these two. Now let's hear, Is It Just You? All right, we've done ours. Time for yours. And is it just you of your own? Something you've noticed. Is it just you? Is it?

Yes. Is it just you? That was a bit Dracula-y, wasn't it? Yeah, literally. Yeah, a bit. Oh, she's already here. Justine has sent us a message. Hey, Justine, welcome to the show.

Hi. How are you? Hi. Oh, my goodness. I'm so good. How are you? Good. You've got a chirpy voice.

You're giving me a pep in my step just by listening to you. Oh, mate, I'm at home with the baby all day. It's just nice to get some outside contact. Yeah. Where are you from quickly, Justine? What state? What city? Victoria in Bannockburn.

Where? Have you been to Sovereign Hill? Shit, hang on. Choking child. Yes, I have. We're just going to hear her bashing its back. Do you want to sort that? Yeah, I love Sovereign Hill.

He's all right. He's all right? He's fine. Yes, I've been to Sovereign Hill. Oh, lovely. All right, well, you've got a child to give resuscitation methods to, so we're going to throw to Bradley, then hit us with your idiom, okay? Easy.

Is it just me or...? The charity people who stand in the shopping centres, absolute triggers for anxiety and guilt. Also, would it not be beneficial to have a coin jar for people to donate because something's better than nothing? Yes. You know what's worse, though, Justine? They've adapted.

They've got the little square things now, so I can't be like, oh, sorry, I've got no cash on me. I've got no coins. Who carries shrapnel these days? They're like, that's fine. We don't even get that. Justine, shut your baby up, please. No, they're agreeing with this.

They're going, yeah. I completely agree with you. They don't come to me. They used to. I don't know what's changed in my demeanour, but they used to think, oh, he's a sucker that would give money. Really? Because you look far more approachable than me.

My face just says stay away from me and they still approach me. It does scream fuck off, your eyes. I get the moisturiser people a lot of the time and it's a waste because they put it on my hand and I'm so sweaty as it is it just slips right off onto the floor of Westfield. I keep getting the HelloFresh people. Oh, I haven't had them.

What do they do? They stop you. Oh, they force flies into your hands. Yeah, and they're like, have you tried it? And I'm like, yes. And they're like, well, I'll give you a free meal. Oh, grow up. I'm like, yes. And they're like, well, I'll give you a free meal. Oh, grow up. I'm pretty sure we've spoken about this before, but I really want to send Jenna down to the Central Station Tunnel with a bunch of Is It Just Me QR codes

and just get her to force our fucking podcast into the community's hands. Oh, brilliant. So do you give to charity, Justine, or are you like me? No, I actually do. I give to Wildlife Fund, but that's it. Oh, I think you do that in your own way. You don't do that in the shopping centre. No.

Yeah. But the ones down here, I got sucked in hook, line and sinker to the guide dogs when I was like eight months pregnant. Yeah. And then the one on Tuesday was Victor Ching, the heart surgeon or something. I'm like, fuck, and here we go. So he's asking me if I'd miss a dollar at the end of the day. I'm like, yeah.

Yeah, probably. Yeah. Probably because it adds up. I remember once I got approached by some charity person. It might have even been for the guide dogs. And I thought, I'm feeling giving. I'm going to actually hear them out. But it wasn't a one-off donation.

It was like a subscription. What? Yeah. You can't do the one-off. Yeah. The ones that approach you, they want you to pay like $4 a month or $20 a month or something. And I was like, oh, we're just going to give you this $50, but whatever. Guys, inflation's hit the world hard.

You can't be doing that anymore, these charities. I'm sure they're listening. You know, I went to a church the other day for a wedding and they were asking for donations. Sorry to hear that. Yeah, it was truly horrific. After the wedding, and they had a pay pass, like a square reader. Really? Yeah.

I told you. Everyone's adapting. The Catholic Church had a cube tag, whatever they're called, for you to tap your phone and donate money. And you didn't choose how much. It was a $3, $5, or $15 option on the touchscreen. Oh, my God. Yeah.

Horrific. Yeah. Remember they used to pass around the collection plates at church? Yeah. Yeah. They'd pass the bowl around pew by pew and you'd chuck some coins in. Mum and Dad would give me and my brother and sister a $2 coin each to put something in. Imagine that.

I can't picture them having bloody pay wave in there. I know. Yeah, they've got them. They don't even have air con in the church, but they've got pay wave. No, they don't. They don't even want me to get married, but they're like, we'll take your money, Paul. You know what they need to do? They need to make them fun again.

Remember those donations? When we were kids it was bang on. Probably like 2005 2006. They were like this big yellow bucket and you'd put a dollar coin or a ten cent coin or a five cent, any coin and it would spin around and it would go for about 40 seconds and then it would

get right to the end. It would fall in the middle where all the other money was. Oh no but just when you thought it was going to drop it would linger down there at the bottom. It was. That's what made us gay, got us into rimming. We thought, that seems fun. I hope we're not on speaker, Justine. Your baby will be able to hear this filth. No, he's all right. He's watching telly.

Oh, God. What's he watching, Hot Seat? Oh, no, the old Super Simple Songs. What is? I don't know if you haven't heard of it before, but oh, my goody aunt. What is it? YouTube Super Simple Songs. Oh, is that like the YouTube channel Super Simple Songs. What is it? You haven't heard of it before, but oh my, giddy aunt. What is it? YouTube Super Simple Songs. Oh, is that like the YouTube channel Super Simple Songs?

Yeah. Let me get it up. So is it popular? I feel like it is. It's got quite a lot of views and they have like a live stream where they just play song after song after song. Oh, that sounds nice. Super Simple Songs.

Are you watching the live one now? We'll tune in. We'll watch together. Oh, here it is. Super Simple Songs. Are you watching the live one now? We'll tune in. We'll watch together. A little bit of listening party. Oh, here it is. Oh, my God. Super Simple Songs. 62 million views.

Poor Justine. Just come here for an escape from this shit, and now we're playing the same music. Okay. Oh, I know this one. Sing along. This is my nose. These are my ears. Pretty simple, actually. This is my nose. These are my ears.

Pretty simple, actually. This is my mouth. I reckon the next will be tea. These are my teeth. Yep, there you go. This is my chin. And the other one. These are my cheeks.

Oh, my God, she's bending over. This is my ass. Sing along with me. Well, that seems mind-numbing. La, la, la, la. Sing along with me. Wiggle along with me. Seems mind-numbing. Oh, that's so good, Justine. Oh, Justine, there's some Stockholm Syndrome going on here.

You hate them, but you know all the words. I agree. Thank you, Justine. Is your kid young enough that you can still swear in front of him? He's four months. Isn't that a beautiful time when you don't have to adapt your way of life, really? It's so good. But, you know, he'll get to that age and he'll be like, God damn it.

Yeah. What's his name? Ashton. So you can be like, Ashton, you fuck face. And he won't even know. He won't even know. Well, my husband calls him a little shit sometimes. He probably deserves it.

It's not in an angry way. It's funny when a woman does it. Justine, thank you for coming on the show. If you've got an Is It Just You, no worries, of your own. Don't forget, though, don't forget to stalk Pricekeeper Jenna at couple of midges on Instagram. She'll send you something cute. Correct.

And you can text us as well if you've got an Is It Just You of your own on. Oh, God, why do you spring this on me? 0412 712 092. I quite like this. My phone number. Yeah. Call in Jim Hotline. No, don't call.

Sorry. Oh, fucking don't call us. Well, I had a shocking Christmas. Well, don't say that. Why? What happened? Well, when I went back to my childhood home, Don't say that.

Why? What happened? Well, when I went back to my childhood home, something happened that just made me feel like someone had grabbed my heart, ripped it out of my tits and hurled it against the wall. Splat! Oh. I was devastated.

What happened? What do you mean? Well, I don't even know if this will make sense to you because you're a city boy. Yeah. Any city people listening might not understand this either, but all the TV stations in the country have different names. Yes, I did know that, yeah. So, like, Channel 7 is called Prime. Channel 9 is called Win and so on and so on.

Yeah. And so back at home, when you watch Channel 7 or Prime, they had their mascot, which was Prime Possum. Okay. Oh, I like the Prime Possum. I don't know who that is, but I'm sure they were lovely. Well, at 7.30 every night after Home and Away, Prime Possum would pop up on screen and say,

it's time to go to bed. It was like a cute little thing, a way to encourage kids to go to bed early. Got it. Any young kids, if they're sitting there watching TV and they're going feral, it's like, nah, Prime Possum told you to go to bed. Also, I'm sure there was probably adult content

then following, and this was a nice distinction as well to say adult stuff now. Well, 7.30 is a bit early, don't you reckon? It is a bit, yeah, but maybe an NCIS can be a bit confronting at 7.30. Especially, oh, and that's usually 8.30, but during summer, the sun's still up at 7.30. True, actually, yeah. I did figure that you'd never heard Prime Possum in your life, so this is what would come up on the TV at 7.30 every night.

It's the end of another big day. We've all had fun and now it's time for Possum and all his pals to go to bed. Good night, Possum. Good night, boys and girls. Sweet dreams. Oh, that's actually quite nice. Yeah, it's cute. That wasn't the Possum.

The Possum's non-verbal. Yes, of course. That was Possum's side bitch. Yes, well, I mean, he's also nocturnal, so I doubt he'd be going to bed at 7.30, but we're not going to get scientific about it all, are we? And so anyway, it was called Prime for a long time, and then it was like 2011 or something that they became Prime 7. Yes.

So they were kind of, you know, acknowledging the fact that we're part of Channel 7, but we'll keep our name Prime 7. It was a hybrid. Where is this going? I'm so interested to see how this made you distraught. Well, when I went home over Christmas, I looked up at the TV, at the pub actually, looked up at the TV and they had the local news on.

I'm like, oh, that's Dan, our local news guy. Why is there a 7 News logo? They've changed the channel name to just Channel 7. So there's no Prime, no mention of Prime. It's just Channel 7 Orange or whatever. Oh, no. Which means? Well, there's no fucking alliteration with 7 Possum, is there?

Also, they've euthanized the Prime Possum. Well, I don't know that for a fact, but I can only assume. Because even Prime 7 Possum had no ring to it. Prime 7 Possum? But 7 Possum certainly has no ring to it. And I'm like, surely they're not going to get rid of the Possum. I'm pretty sure they'd have to, wouldn't they? Well, they could do seven possums.

Oh, that's a bit much, isn't it? That would scare the kids. They couldn't do seven possums. But that's also not their property. Like, prime possum is primes. And so Channel 7 bought them out. Oh, good call. So I don't know what's happening to prime possum,

but I feel we need to investigate. Oh, they could get Mark Barretta to pop up. We're going full Tracy Grimshaw. Sorry, no, we're going full Alison Langdon on this shit. What do you mean? You want us to call Channel 7? I do. I do.

You might have to Google their number. I think their headquarters is in Canberra. I was just there. Even saying call Channel 7 sounds wrong. I want you to call

bloody Prime News. I know, I know. But it's gone. It's no longer around. Well, we don't know that. Okay, true. Because I obviously wasn't watching at 7.30.

I didn't keep an eye out for the possum, but I was just like, too much change. Like, I go home for the nostalgia and the beauty of going home is that nothing's changed, you know? Does your sister get where she lives? Does she get Prime or is she on Channel 7? Well, no one gets Prime now. Oh, so nationwide it's gone?

Gone. Fuck, I thought you meant just that local market. No, no, there is no more Prime. Wow. Or Prime 7. Is Wynn still a thing with Channel 9? Nope. You're kidding. So they've networked. I never kid. Wow. Yeah, you famously don't.

No. Shouldn't have asked that. I did know the answer. There was a whole confusing period where there was like an affiliation switch. Yeah. So Wynn was always Channel 9 and then it became Channel 10, but they still called it Wynn. My mum was so confused. She's like, why is the project on Wynn?

She couldn't get it through her head. And then they swapped back and now it's just nine. Sort yourself out, TV networks. I know. The regional folk are very confused. I've got Channel 7 Wagga Wagga. We'll start there. I've also got the head office, like Mitch said, in Canberra.

We can get there if we need to. So I don't think we need to go to the big guns. And I've just been in Canberra. There's federal police all through that town. We don't want to piss anyone off. And if they don't give us a clear answer, it's a short flight to Canberra. Good call, yeah. Or a drive.

Hayden just drove it. Three hours. You call them and say, oi, where in the bullshit fuck is my possum? Yeah. Good afternoon, Channel 7 River Energy. This is Cherise. Hello, Cherise. How are you?

My name's Mitch. We're just recording a podcast. We have a question for you, if you don't mind answering. We want to know what happened to the prime possum. Is it still there? Well, we're not prime anymore. We're now channel seven. That's the problem. Did you keep the possum though, with the name change?

I really don't know. I'm the secretary here. You don't even watch channel seven at 7.30. Fair enough. Fair enough. We're just conducting an investigation because we host a podcast. We're very interested in where the prime possum has gone. I'm very emotionally attached to the possum. Mitchell, my co-host, is beside himself.

He has a whole ringtail collection based on the prime possum. So could you connect us to a marketing person, or do you know perhaps if it still comes on at 7? Maybe you could send the newsroom an email. Can I get a contact? That's a good step in the investigation. Sure. So it's wogger.news at 7seven.com.au. Were you working there when it was called Prime?

No, I wasn't. Oh, well, just a very tailored. It's only just transitions. Don't say tail. The possum. Anyway, we'll leave you to it. Anyway, thank you for calling. We appreciate it.

This was on the podcast. Hope you don't mind, but we'll let you know if we find the possum, okay? Thank you. Thank you so much. What a sweetheart she was. Yeah. I'm not emailing a newsroom. I need an answer now.

I didn't even write it down. Let's call Canberra. Why did you waste time with that? She seemed lovely. I also didn't want to freak her out, you know. Let's call Canberra. You should have just said, forget it. I'll go straight to the top.

The headquarters is in Canberra. No, but you know what? It's a good sign that she knew what we were talking about and it's good that she didn't know instinct, like straight away. Why? I want the answer. Because if it was killed there would have been an all-staff email. There was an all-staff email when that buddy horse girl started here at ARN.

I'm sure there'd be an all-staff email when the possum is euthanised. 6-2-4-2. What if it got caught in a possum trap in the roof? Don't say that Possum is an odd choice of like cute animal Maybe we should pitch some backups Possums are like pests

Why have they made that their mascot? Yeah that's a good call The Channel 7 snake The Wynne Wichita Gruff Oh my god They should have rivaled Thank you for calling Prime 7 The win-witch-ed-it-gruff. Oh, my God. They should have rivaled. Calling cameras. Thank you for calling Prime 7.

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That was really confusing. Sorry, there is no operator available at this hour. At this hour? Please answer each of the following questions. She's American now. At the end of each answer, you may press pound. Pound? What person or department are you trying to reach? The possum.

Is there any other information you would like to leave? What did you do to the possum? I hung up on them. Now, what if I was the local business owner in Canberra and I was like, I'm going to ring up the telly and see if I can get a TV ad on? Yeah, exactly. That would make it easy. I'll go orange.

Orange? Yeah. Yeah, try this. Okay. They could do the seven seal. Time to go to bed, kid. Seven News, Michelle speaking. Hello, Michelle.

My name's Mitch. I'm also here with Mitch. We're recording a podcast with the iHeartRadio network. We're investigating the missing prime possum that used to wear on the prime network. Or is it missing? Or is it missing? We just don't know if you can help us out here. I'm not sure, Mitch and Mitch, but I do thank you for calling.

Would you like me to do some asking around to see if we can find out where Prime Possum might be? Well, he used to pop up at 7.30 every night after Home and Away and say, go to bed, boys and girls. Is he doing that or not? He's not at the moment. See, I think maybe he's still recovering from pandemics and those sorts of things. Yes, but we need to touch base with Prime Possum again

and just make sure he's feeling okay and that he's willing to come back and encourage the boys and girls of the region that it is time to go to bed. Is he even going to be called the Prime Possum anymore? Oh, that's an excellent question. I would have to look into that for you. You weren't there. I know, but I am new here.

So I would have to ask the people higher up who have direct contact with Prime Possum. Sonia Kruger, I agree. You need to ask Sonia. We tried to call Channel 7 in Wagga as well, and she said that she was new there as well and didn't know. I reckon they just gutted the whole business. Anyone that knew the truth about Prime Possum, they got rid of them. Hush money.

Beyond something, are we creating our own news so that we can do an investigation into the location of Prime Possum? Yeah, you are an Orange Barber to sign news day every day. Yeah, I know. What another fair, I bet. All right, well, Michelle, great to chat to you. What's your surname? 80s Cook.

Michelle Cook. It's a new news. I like that. That's a great news. Can you give us a bit of your news? What's happening today in Orange? Well, breaking news. We've got the Dubbo Hospital

upgrade. They're having their master plan revealed so you can check out the new facility. Hopefully coming their way. That's fantastic news. It is good news. We all need better health services. I completely agree. Maybe that's where the possum went wrong. Maybe just too late for prime possum. Well, thank you

for helping our investigation. This was, of course, on the podcast. Thank you for coming on. Thanks very much, Mitch and Mitch. Thank you. Bye. See you, Michelle. Bye. I think she was a fan. I'm not satisfied.

No, I'm okay. And also, that's not Orange News. That's a Dubbo News. Yeah, but it's Central West. They kind of cover everyone. But I want to know Orange News. Now, let me look. There's one in Orange.

There's one in ACT, the Canberra, and we tried that. Oh, we can't keep calling newsrooms. No one's going to know. They have to know. Someone's going to have to know. It's not on telly. Michelle just said it's currently not on TV. You could have been a bit more sensitive when you brought that to me.

Sorry, sorry, I'm sorry. That was really harsh. I just think you've got selective hearing, but the truth is that the possum isn't on, and I heard it, so did Jenna. But she made it sound like it wasn't definitive. She goes, oh, the possum had COVID, weirdly. That was a lie. Possums don't get COVID.

I think she was pulling the wool over my clit. Well, listen. The mystery of the prime possum lives on. If you're in a local area that has a prime network, or Channel 7 now, let us know. I think they're in Tamworth. Hold on. Okay.

Let's continue the investigation. There could still be good news yet for Prime Possum. It's exciting. That means we're excited. Yeah. All right, I've got the number for Tamworth. Okay, send it to me. I just want to hear it from someone's mouth.

He's gone and he's never coming back. She left me a glimmer of hope and I don't appreciate being fibbed to. She did say that he might come back. Yeah, but she's new. I feel like she was just making it up. 710, how can I help you? Hello, it's Mitch and Mitch here from an iHeartRadio podcast. We're currently doing an investigation into the prime possum.

We're wondering where or if the prime possum is still on air every night before the kids go to bed. We're wondering if you can help. No, not as far as I know. Prime Possum. Is Prime Possum dead in the water now that you're Channel 7? Yeah. So did they remove Prime Possum when the network changed?

Well, it's a Prime 7, which doesn't exist anymore. So, yeah, they can't use the Prime Possum anymore. This is the brutal honesty I needed. Yeah, we've called around a couple of newsrooms and you're the only one that's been honest. Someone said, oh, he's recovering from COVID and we thought, no, no, we want the truth. Have you been working there since it was called prime?

Yes. So you'd be missing him just as much as I am. Yeah. Yeah, huge loss. You sound distraught. Well, thank you very much. This was, of course, on the iHeartRadio podcast. We appreciate you being on.

Thank you for helping our investigation get to the next level. Thank you. See you. Well, investigation closed. The prime possum no longer exists. Wow. That's really sad. Could we buy the suit?

Yeah, good call. Call them back. I feel like they can't just kill the possum off and leave it at that. They need a new mascot to tell people to go to bed and just have that cute little presence. Yeah. It's very wholesome. Why can't they have the seven skunk? Oh, that'd scare the kids, don't you think?

No, but it's similar to a possum. Yeah, it's on par with a possum. What if they just did the seven rings? What? Like, seven rings. It's the song. No, it needs to have an alliteration like Prime Possum. The seven swan.

Oh, that's actually quite peaceful. I like that. Trying to go to bed, boys and girls. Jesus. But also it can't get into a bed because it's a swan. Fuck me. That's a good call. The seven centipede.

Seven legs. Kids love bugs. Imagine a life-size centipede I can hear it Crawl into bed kids Seven centipedes are doing the same Good night boys and girls Also shedding his skin Now see that's scary

Yeah that's fair The seven squid No that's a seafood That doesn't go to bed does it No I don't think it does You'd have trouble getting in And it stinks You're right.

Do you reckon they went with prime possum because it was somehow comforting to the kids that there's a possum in the roof? Oh, maybe. That's cute. Also, I think a possum is so, everyone knows it. Everyone knows the possum, you know? I think you'll find everyone knows a salamander. I don't.

Seven salamanders. Yeah, but kids don't want to pick up a salamander and take it home and cuddle it into bed. You're right. I've literally just Googled animals beginning with S and they're all not comforting. Name some. Salamander, salmon, seahorse, seal, shark, sheep. The seven sheep. Oh, no, but that's not alliteration because it's a sh sound.

Seven sheep. Seven sheep. Seven skunk. Squid. Squirrel. Seven squirrel. That's actually okay. No, but they're not native to this country.

It's great if it was in America. You're right. Not here. What else? And then the swan. That can't be all of them. Well, Sonia Kruger hosts every other show at that fucking network. They should just do the seven, Sonia.

Good night, kids. Time to go to bed. I've got a spray tan at eight, so I'm heading off just like you. Or the seven saber-toothed tiger. Oh, now that would put me to sleep with terror. Yeah, exactly. Go to bed. Oh, I'd do it.

I'll be outside your window. Yeah, yeah, I like that. Actually, I like that. And teeth can be little sevens. Yeah. Is it just me? You can follow the show online. Just search Couple of Mitches.

If you don't, you're a dickhead. All right, let's hear about couples' first fights, shall we? Oh, yes. It did bring me a bit of joy to hear about your first fight with Sean. Not because I want to see... No, I haven't had it yet. Do I have to keep telling you I haven't had the first fight yet? No, no, no.

It's a good point. I haven't had the first fight, and that's why I want to hear about others, because I'm like, maybe I'm more patient than people give me credit for. Oh. Because if I hear about these fights, I'll be able to tell, oh, would I arc up about that or would I just let it slide? It still does shock me. I'm in my water off a duck's clit era.

I'm just like easy breezy now. That's true. You actually have been far more. Jenna, have you noticed the easy breezy nature coming off Mitchell? I have. I have. Thank you. Okay.

So these are some stories from idiots, listeners of the podcast that have experienced the same thing. Yes. Let's go to Shannon first. She's on the line now. Shannon Dog. Hi. Hi. Hi. Let's go to Shannon first. She's on the line now. Shannon Dogg. Hi. Hi.

Hi. Tell us about your couple's fight. Okay. So when my partner first moved in, I felt a bit bad because obviously he's moving in and he's got his shit everywhere. And so I thought I'd do his washing for him. And so two weeks go by and I think, okay, that's enough. I'm not doing his washing anymore. He can do it himself. I didn't tell him that, but I assumed he would have noticed

by the fact that his parlor clothes. Got no clean clothes, yeah. Yeah, that he stinks. Yeah, you know, like you use your brain a little bit, anyway um so come monday morning at five o'clock he's yelling like where the fuck is my clothes why aren't they clean blah blah blah 5 a.m yes 5 a.m and i'm like hell no hell no oh wow so my eyes like literally rolled into the back of my brain. Like, the moment I came, they came forward again, it was almost like my partner saw, like, a ghost or something because he just completely, like, went white

and, like, unleashed my demon on him. And I was like, I don't wear your fucking clothes. You can clean your fucking self. Yes. Honestly, I'm seething on your behalf. He sounds like a pig. Pig! Is it possible that he moved straight out of his parents' place into your place?

Literally did that. There we go. I knew it. I knew it. He's used to mummy doing the washing too. That's disgusting. Are you still with him or is he your ex? Well, six years later, I still haven't done his washing.

Oh, that's actually a beautiful love story. I love that. There was growth in the end. Disney should write it. I feel a bit bad at the moment because he's broken his arm, but I'm still on the principle of the matter. I'm not washing his clothes. Oh, you're allowed to doze in here a little bit if you've got a broken bone.

It's been six years. You can settle a little bit. You can soften the eyes. That's true. Well, no, I'm glad you stood your ground, though. I hope you live happily ever after, Shandog. Yeah. Oh, thank you. Thanks, Shannon. Yeah, thanks's true. Well, no, I'm glad you stood your ground, though. I hope you live happily ever after, Shandog. Yeah. Oh, thank you.

Thanks, Shannon. Yeah, thanks, Shannon. Let's go to Rach now. So she sent this in. This was her first couples fight. Hey, guys. Rach here. So my now husband, boyfriend then, and I moved from Bathurst in New South Wales to Melbourne

just after we had finished uni to start our big city jobs. And we are moving into our little shoebox apartment. Everything's so exciting. We've gotten the Ikea furniture. So, gone to 7-Eleven and I thought, you know what, going to get myself a Mars bar as a treat for when we finished unpacking. So, got the Mars bar, popped it in our new fridge, finished unpacking, keen as ever. I've been thinking about this fucking chocolate all day. Go to get it. And it's not there. Nick had eaten the Mars bar. Now he claims to this day, I will remind you, we have been together for a very long time now. We are married with a baby

and we are still arguing over whose Mars bar it was. He insists that, you know, it was a universal Mars bar. It wasn't. It was my Mars bar to eat after we had finished unpacking and the prick has fucking eaten it on me. Oh, I love rage. I'm obviously team rage. No, I'm team him. What? Yeah. No, no, no. I can see he's definitely in the wrong, but I'm still team him. Because it's love. And you need to let your partner do things like that from now and then. No, she went and bought that Mars bar.

It's her bar. Yes, it is. But he's also in the house. He paid for half that fridge, I'm sure. But they were at the servo together. If he wanted to get himself a Mars bar, why didn't he get one? Yeah. Good call.

He didn't think about it. She had the foresight to think, God, this is going to just hit the clip right after I've finished unpacking. I'll himself a Mars bar. Why didn't he get one? Yeah. Good call. He didn't think about it. She had the foresight to think, God, this is going to just hit the clip right after I've finished unpacking. I'll need a little treat. He was too busy breadwinning. What makes you think? The reason she sent a voice message is because she's busy at work. How dare you?

I'm just shit-stirring. She clearly said we both have big city jobs. No, I'm just being a shit-stirrer. Also, I do that to Hayden all the time. I eat things that he's put in the fridge. Last night I did. I ate his Guzman Gomez burrito bowl and he came home and, you know, he said, I'm so excited to eat my Guzman Gomez burrito bowl.

And I'd eaten it. Do you know what? I don't think I'd have a fight about something like this, but I would absolutely cause a scene. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And in this instance, if I had a Mars bar that I was saving and Sean ate it, he'd feel so terrible, he'd go buy me a lifetime supply. That's what I did.

He wouldn't just let it slide. But I did have something like that happen as a kid. You just reminded me. We were having dinner one night and mum brought out this caramel pie. Absolutely gorgeous for dessert. Yum, yum, yum. But I was full. So I said, no, I'll pop my slice in the fridge.

I was thinking about that fucking caramel slice all day at school. I came home and the selfish slut that is my mother has devoured it. No, no, no. And I cried. Yeah. I was probably old enough that it was a bit embarrassing to cry about such a thing. But I was like, I've been thinking about that all day, you bit. Like I was so inconsolable about this caramel slice.

As if life on a farm wasn't hard enough. You ate my caramel tart. I don't even want to be here. Take me to Sydney. The only joy I can clutch is this caramel pie in the fridge and you've gone and eaten it just like you've eaten my spirit. You poor thing. But again, it didn't become a fight because she was so apologetic.

I was still seething, mind you. Well, for the record, I did buy Hayden another burrito bowl and I got myself churros. Yeah, of course I did. I hate anyone being mad at me. That's true. Yeah, that's true. I didn't realise.

Yeah, we're on different work schedules. Anyway, we don't need to talk about that. So I don't reckon that would have been a fight. That would have been like, oh shit, sorry, I'll buy one. Totally. The reason it became a fight for rage is because bloody Nick locked horns with her and went, no, it was a universal bar.

Yeah, that's exactly it. Just caught the loss on the chin, Nick. Happy wife, happy life, doll. We also have a voice message sent in from Melissa. So this is Melissa's first fight with her partner. Hi, I'm Melissa from Melbourne. My first fight was eight months into our relationship when we were at the beach and he wanted to go swimming and didn't really want to go swimming

unless I was going to be going swimming too, but he didn't know that I was actually scared of swimming at the beach and it caused a fight. Well, that's on you, Mel. I don't know. It's a bit of both. Yes, she should have told him I actually have a fear of swimming, but also she did agree to a beach trip.

Weird. She probably should have told him I have a fear of swimming, but he's being a bit selfish by causing a scene and going, oh, well, you've ruined my day. I can't swim if you're not. Like, just go have a dip. Yeah, but I mean, you've ruined my day. I can't swim if you're not. Like, just go have a dip. Yeah, but I mean, she's got a fear I get that and you've got to be respectful of what your partner, you know, isn't comfortable with.

But you've got to say for someone to know. I suppose so. Jenna can't sneeze and then I shoot her with a rifle and I go, I hate sneezing! That's a good point. Like I should have told you before I went mad. Exactly. You've got to tell someone. I know, but then the problem would be if she then turned around

and said, well, I love sneezing. You should have told me sooner. Which is true. And then she calls the fight. And it's like, well, if you love sneezing, then sneeze. You know what I mean? And he liked swimming and apparently his beach trip was ruined because she wasn't swimming with him.

Like what was he planning in that beach? Was he going to slip a finger or two in? Okay. And he was like so sexually frustrated that he took it out on Paul Melissa. Go off and have your swim, mate. You'll be right. Nothing worse than a couple argument on a beach, Mitch. Not on your beach, on a holiday.

When you're out somewhere and it's meant to be fun and something goes wrong and something causes an argument, it causes an argument. It makes you just think like, oh, I've paid for this. This is my time off and we're arguing about a soft serve. Wait, have you argued on a holiday oh god yeah when you say like

fight was it just a little bicker or was it like a full on like you know there was tension for ages oh just bicker

okay oh yeah god no no no no but then you got over it oh yeah within 15-20 minutes what's an example 15-20 minutes is a lot I can't think of one

to be perfectly honest yeah I shouldn't expect you to remember no I was going to say don't make me carve my memory back into minute details. All right, one more. We've got one from Sinead.

Notice they're all from women? Yeah. Good call. No men wanted to fess up to any fights they may have started or been a part of. All right, Sinead, what have you got? Hey, Mitchers and Jenna. It's Sinead here from Tassie. So the story is I was probably within a few months of meeting my former partner

and he was coming over for dinner and I'd asked, he said, oh, do I need to bring anything? And I said, oh, if you could bring like an iceberg lettuce. I was making like the Asian like meat cups that you put in the lettuce. I don't know what they're called. Yeah. And anyway, he rocked up with a fucking cauliflower. Oh. What? He pulls it out of the woolly's bag and I just stared at him for I reckon about two minutes as he was like, oh, what? Like, what do you mean?

Like, he was dead set fucking serious. And then I just blurted out, who the fuck buys a cauliflower instead of an iceberg lettuce? And he just like looked at me and I was like, I've had enough. Oh my God. He's an idiot. He sounds like another mummy's boy. Oh God, yeah. Oh, 100%.

Never bought a lettuce in his life. He saw a cauliflower and thought, that'll do. What a dumb boat. It is funny noticing all these issues with straight men. I'd never have that problem with Hayden. He'd never have that problem with me. And same like with you. We know what our vegetables are because we eat them growing up.

Because we're gay and we need the energy to fight back homophobes. Apparently, she then stormed off Sinead and went and bought the lettuce. And I thought, no, babe, you should have just been like, right, well, you're having one with cauliflower then. Yeah. Doesn't give any stupid lettuce cup cup thing, but with cauliflower. How foul would that have been? But also like cauliflower is so bulbous.

So you would have had to have sprinkled everything on the cauliflower in between the little florets. I actually hate those lettuce cup things. Every time I get one of those in my dinnerly meals, I just dice up the lettuce and make it a salad-y thing. Like a burrito bowl in a lettuce cup. Yeah, pretty much. Yeah. Yeah. Like you use the lettuce in lieu of a salad-y thing. Like a burrito bowl and a lettuce cup. Yeah, pretty much. Yeah. Yeah.

Like you use the lettuce in lieu of a wrap, you know? Oh, I've seen those. I hate them. I saw a lettuce burrito the other day. It's actually not a burrito in that case. Yeah, exactly. It's a salad. What about those KFC burgers that instead of bread, they just had two bits of chicken?

Oh, yeah. Shocking. So vile. And a lot of cheese. Yeah. Terrible. They're doing Wicked Wings at the moment covered in Coca-Cola sauce. Yeah, I saw that.

What is the point? I haven't heard about that. Yeah, that's right. Oh, I've tried them. They're delicious. But what's the point? What's the point? You know, I will admit Hayden does all the washing in our house.

Oh. Yeah. Really? All of it. I've done that. Has he ever made remarks about that? Like how to go at you? Oh, it does come up that he does it, but it's never resentment

because I do all the driving. I pay for all the driving. Also, I do a lot of the cooking. We have our definite roles. We share things around. Right, okay. But his washing is his thing. He also enjoys it.

Like I think it's a thing in his brain. Are you talking about dishwashing or like doing the clothes washing? Oh, no, clothes washing. We both do the dishwasher and unstack it. We do all that. Oh, okay. But he does all the clothes, the? The linen and the washing and drying. Yeah, right.

Okay. It's fine. It works. But sometimes little remarks come out and I go, fine, you can fucking walk to the next dinner. And then it's swiftly solved. Well, he's got his L's now, so you won't have that card to play for much longer. He did.

I know. He just drove back from Canberra for three hours and he did a great job. Oh, my God. Why the fuck would you agree to that? That drive from Canberra is the slowest thing even at full speed. It's really slow. Oh my god. It's so boring. And he did so well. Well done Hayden. We did get show tunes

on and we were belting and singing and I think that made the time go faster. It's pretty hard to not do that drive well. It's like drive onto the Hume, stay there for 300 kilometres. There's no turns involved. Yeah it's fairly straight. The whole way. It's fairly straightforward. Yeah now we had fun so he's good. Anyway let's go. Is the show done for. Yeah, it's fairly straight. Yeah. The whole way. It's fairly straightforward. Yeah, no, we had fun, so he's good. Anyway, let's go. Is the show done

for the week? Yeah, I guess so. Yeah. I'm still waiting. One of these days I'm going to have my first fight. You'll be the first to know. Oh, please, I'd like to know. I'd actually like to be there, to be honest. Yeah. Although I did have a few people message and say, I've been with my husband for eight years, never had a fight. We just nip it in the bud if anything is

frustrating either of us. I like to think that would be me. I have heard that. Hayden and I have that sort of methodology. If we're about to have a fight, we both go, hold on, what's going on? Yeah, call your jets. Yeah, we sort it and then there's kind of like a good two minutes of like, okay, I need to get this out.

You need to like, because after you have an argument, you've got that adrenaline. You need to kind of get that out. No, and once I've got that adrenaline, I'm unstoppable. Yeah. Like I'll say all sorts of shit I don't mean. Oh, yeah. Really?

It's best to keep me at bay. Never heard of it. Trust me, you haven't been on the receiving end. Oh, maybe once or twice. No, I just have stern words. I've never yelled at you. He does have stern words, yeah. They're very stern. Not really words, more assaults.

How dare you. More really insults. Quips. What fucking picture are you trying to paint of me? Who do you think you are? Arndo. That's a good one. With the brush down, arsehole. They invited me to go on Arndo and then they had to cancel it.

Why? What? Really? Cool sauce of canvas big enough. It's not true. Oh, really isn't it? Thanks for clarifying. I had no idea. They had to come back and say, ah, no. All right, have a safe and happy Mardi Gras, guys and gals,

and theys and thems out there, everyone. We love you all. By the time this is out, it's been a go. Hope you had a safe Mardi Gras, guys and gals, theys and thems, all.

Do you reckon Arne Doe is with Arne Dodo for his internet? Do you think he works at Arne? ARN, that's where we work. Well, I work. And Jenna. Mitch isn't. I'm not his corporate ARN. That's where we work. Well, I work. And Jenna. Mitch isn't.

I'm not. It's corporate hustlers. And his big city job. It's a reference to Rage. Oh, okay. Remember? Her big city job, this picnic. Mars bar.

Mars bar. Mars bar. Not a fan of a Mars. Heavy on the nougat. You don't like a Mars bar? No. For some reason, I'm in my bounty era. Oh, I'm out.

I slept on bounty for so long. It was always the one left over in the box of favourites, but now I've come round. I know. Growing up is realising that they're all fucking yum. Just eat them all. I used to pick them, but I ate all of them. Nah, the crunchy's still vile. Yeah, I hate crunchy.

Crunchy's okay, but there's always one quarter of it that is rock hard. It's gross. Yes. Like, it goes honeycomb, honeycomb, honeycomb, brick. Yeah. Yes. I'm going to go to the bloody dentist after this.

Yes, yes. Couldn't agree with you more. Alright, we'll see you next week, brick. Yeah. Yes. I'm going to go to the bloody dentist after this. Yes, yes. Couldn't agree with you more. All right, we'll see you next week, everyone. We love you. Thanks for listening. Leave us a five-star review if you haven't. You don't have to write anything. People get very scared.

They go, I've got to write something. Just scroll down, hit that five, and be on with your day, and it would mean a lot to us. What about how we got that horrible review about you? Oh, that was really awful. That made me very upset, and I apologise to that person. I really do. Is it too soon to find it?

Or are you going to be triggered if we read it out? I think we should end the show. I don't know this review. It's on Apple. Am I reading it or are we going? No, we're moving on definitely quite swiftly. Well, we'll catch you next week. Thank you, everyone.

We love you. Except that one brick. See you in a week. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of Mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app. Welcome to ADD Brief. This is the secret segment on the end where I'm absolutely reading that review. I don't care what you say.

No, I don't want you to, don't read it. I don't want you to read it. Leave the room. No! Because obviously we're going to come to your defence. We're not going to agree with it. When was this review posted? I don't want to bring attention to the... February 2023. And also, weirdly, it was a scathing written review, but it's still two stars, not one. That's quite sweet. No, it wasn't Feb 2023.

It must be for us, the two stars, Jenna. We're the two stars, not one. That's quite sweet. No, it wasn't Feb 2023. It must be for us, the two stars, Jenna. We're the two stars. No, keep scrolling. November 2022. Oh, I'm looking at a different review. What? There's another review? Are you kidding?

What's this negative review? No, forget it. Oh, no. Well, now you've brought the attention, everyone's going to fucking read it. I don't think we should be giving attention to the haters. No, I just wanted to read it out so we could talk about how stupid it is, because he's incorrect. He's very incorrect.

The headline is, the voices of ignorance. And to be fair, he said voices. Yes, very true. So I'm in that basket. Correct. This show has morphed into something that is a long step away from what it started as. The conversations that I had stem from a place of ignorance hidden under the guise of comedy, especially that of Mitch Turi.

He's a privileged white cishet male. Ha! Oh, who is this? Does he think Hayden's your wife? He clearly hasn't listened to that many episodes. Does he think Hayden's your eldest? He thinks I'm a cishet. Cishet!

Oh, my God. Wrong. He spews little comments that are microaggression and has said things on the show in the past that are quite racist, putting on accents. We don't do that, do we? No, no, no. No, that's never happened.

In the early days, perhaps, and I apologise if I can't. I truly. I don't remember you ever putting on an accent. I'm not joking. I do not remember. I can't put a moment to that. I can't think of it. He justifies this because his partner is Filipino.

When have I ever made a racial slur? He has now acknowledged that you have a partner and you're still called just his head. Maybe he thinks it's like Hayden Panettone and it's a girl. What? Oh my God. Hedriana. But hold on. Oh shit, that was an accent.

Sorry. He spews little comments that are microaggressions. Does that mean I do it very rarely? I guess. I've never noticed. I'm fully aware of what a microaggression is, and this really upsets me. But anyway, carry on.

I've been listening to this show since almost the beginning, and I even have some of the merch. This podcast will be taken off my playlist, and the jumper will be donated to Salvos. Oh, that's nice. Oh, that's a positive. Think twice before you listen. Mitch Cherry has ruined the podcast.

How? You've been on it since the beginning. With his persona. I mean, I truly do apologise if I've upset anyone. Why are you apologising? It's not even accurate. No, it's not. You cishet man.

Yeah, I can't get over that. He spews a little. That's quite nice that he said he's done it once or twice. A little. Nah, that's not. You cishet man. Yeah, I can't get over that. He spews a little. That's quite nice that he said he's done it once or twice. A little. Nah, that's off. And you know what? DM me as well. Oh, shut up.

I thought we weren't engaging with the haters. I'm just saying, if you've got a problem, message me and have a conversation with me. Adrian Bob is who the review was left by, and it was one star. I beg your pardon. Oh. Well, there you go, Adrian Bob. No worries. What about this one? This is the two star one from February, and it was one star. I beg your pardon. Oh. Well, there you go, Adrian Bob. No worries. What about this one?

This is the two-star one from February that I thought was Adrian Bob. Okay, this is another one. Is this at me as well? Yep. Oh, God. Listen to Coombs. I'm begging you. No more sound effects.

No more talking over him and taking over. Go back to the good old days. There's less sound effects now than the good old days. Yeah, so many less. And the good old days were at the height of effects now than the good old days. So many less. And the good old days were at the height of sound effects. Yes, that was when it was doing my fucking head in. Listen to Coobz. Is that a message to me?

Should I be listening to you? What? I'm so confused. God, people are bizarre, aren't they? But you know what? Opinions are just like that. They're like an arsehole. Everyone has one.

Well said. Thank you so much. If there's any podcast I struggle to get a word in on, it's not this one. Hey, Jenna, did you... Oh, don't worry. What? Nothing. No, I want to know now. Listen to Mitch. I'll just leave. Yeah, listen to Mitch, Jenna. I'll just go.

No more sound effects. I'm going to leave. See you, everyone. Good luck without me. Thanks. How are you? See you, everyone. Good luck without me. Thanks. How are you? All right. Sorry, put the headphones on.

I'm going to wear it. See you guys. Got my Sprite. Got it. It's not Sprite. Fuck. Got my Coke. When you're flying away, just do everything they've complained about.

Accents. Talk over me. Anyway, Jenna, where were we? I'm back. There we go. Talks over me. Oh, come on. Anyway. You got Sean to write Oh, come on. Anyway.

You got Sean to write that, didn't you? I didn't actually look who wrote that. Adrian, but I know that's Adrian. As if I'd get Sean to write that. He actually likes his podcast, unlike Aiden. Ofe 2010. Ofe 2010. Well, she, I'm assuming it's a she, has left it with an XO.

Oh, yeah, she has. XO. Is she the one who left two stars? Yeah. Yes. Oh, okay. And her only beef was that apparently I get talked over and there's too many sound effects. No more sound effects.

And listen, please, for the love of God, will we listen to Coombs? Well, I mean, at least she's still listening. Yeah, that's true. She hasn't said she's not going to listen. Well, listen, I'm not going to listen to the two one stars we have. I'll listen to the thousands of five stars that have flooded in from international and local lovers. True. Is a microaggression like a micro USB?

Or a micro SIM? Or a microwave? I think more of that. I'm so excited. My new house has a spot for a microwave. We've never had one. Oh, you finally get one. I've never had a microwave.

Yay. Just because there's not a spot for it doesn't mean you can't put. Oh, you finally get one. I've never had a microwave. Yay. Yeah. Just because there's not a spot for it doesn't mean you can't put it on the bench or something. I know, but you see now. Like, I don't have a spot for a microwave in my place either, but I've still got one. You've got a lovely L or a sort of a V-shaped kitchen. Ours is always being like one straight bench. You know, so that we have a coffee machine and if we want to chop one vegetable, we need

to have that bench space. Otherwise, there's no room. Yeah. Yeah, it's quite lovely, actually. We have a nice back patio with wall art, a mural on the back. Oh, it comes with it. It comes with a mural. Yeah, roses.

I don't like that. I once went to a house inspection and the master bedroom had a fucking dolphin painted on the wall. And I was like, I don't want to sleep with a dolphin. I literally left because of that. I was like, that's a hideous dolphin. I don't want to live here. Let me show you the mural because it's actually quite,

it kind of looks like something that Amy Winehouse would have tattooed on her arm. If she were. If she were, of course, here, yeah. Oh, poor Amy. Very sad. Number 9A. No, no.

I've been doxxed once. I'm not going to have it again. Here it is. Ready? Let's go to the back. Oh. So there's two staircases. Yeah.

Look at that mural. Oh, that's pretty actually. Oh, as if Amy Winehouse would be caught dead with that. She'd have a skull on her or something. What do you mean? Like, she's a grunge bitch. She wouldn't have fucking pretty flowers. I thought she would.

It's kind of botanical. No, it looks like a table clock. Look at it off the market. That's so straight. That's so cute. I hate that fucking. Wait's kind of botanical. No, it looks like a table clock. Look at it off the market. That's so cute. I hate that fucking- Wait, did you buy it? No. When I said off market, I thought you'd bought this place.

Yeah, what does that mean? Did I tell you that I went to my old address the other day? Because I've got a lovely lady that follows me on Instagram who lives in my old building and lets me know if mail shows up. That's quite nice. Oh, nice. And despite the fact that I paid for automatic forwarding to the new address, I kept getting mail sent to my old house.

Yes. And so I went to pick up the most recent one, which was Miley Cyrus merch. Yeah. And the lady on Instagram had said, oh, there's mail for you. I said, can you look after it for a bit? And then I messaged her and I said, I'll swing past today. Just leave it outside.

Someone had obviously put it back inside past the locked door. So I'm looking at it through the glass going, fuck, there's my parcel right there. But I can't get in. I don't have a pass anymore. I don't live here. So I thought, I'll just buzz my old apartment and explain to them, hi, sorry. I used to live here and there's just some mail for me. I was wanting to get open the door.

And she's like, I don't think that's appropriate. Perhaps contact the building manager. I was like, oh, what a lady. I'm not here to fucking loot the joint. Like, I just want me mail. I'm looking at it. And she goes, no, I can't help you. And then it was really awkward because she didn't hang up the phone after that.

Like, she just stood there to see if I was going to mutter profanities, which I was going to. Yeah, of course. And so I messaged my friend on Instagram and I said, hi, doll, sorry, I'm here. And so she let me in, thank God. Oh, isn't that sweet? But I couldn't believe the hoity-toity attitude of the lady in my old apartment. What a slut. People are horrific, aren't they?

Yeah. It just makes you realise how bad some people are. I just hate by-the-book bitches like that. But what are you going to do? Yeah, exactly. What would you do? I would let him in and be like, sure, come get your mail. Of course.

I used to have the guy who used to live in my – when I lived in that place, I used to have the number of the guy that was there before me because he fucking would rock up all the time. I was like, oh, g'day, Pete, here's your mail. No worries. Yeah. That's the exact same thing that happened to us. You know what, ASOS, if you make an order,

the first order I made since moving to my new place, which I'm currently at, not the new, new one, I left my address as the old one. And once you make an order, you can only change it if you cancel the order. And they'd already shipped it. So it was a whole clusterfuck. So I just thought, no worries. I know the neighbor of the old one.

So I'll just send it there and I'll call them. So anyway, I text him. He's like, hey, mate, it's going to come to the house. Can you get it for me? He went, no worries. And anyway, I messaged him a couple of days later. I'm like, hey, has it arrived? He went, yeah, the people in your old house have it

and they're holding on to it until they can confirm with the real estate agent that you're the owner. Are you serious? Mate, it's four 6XL t-shirts and a pair of boardies in an ASOS bag. Tell them what is wrong with them. They've got too much time on their hands. I know. Why involve the real estate agents to confirm and share?

I know. I know. And even the real estate agent was like, sorry, mate, they're professors at the uni because I used to live near Sydney Uni. He's like, they're a bit, you know, buy the book. So annoying. You know what's currently happening? Hayden and I, our move has been shocking.

We made good friends with the owner of our house. He said, this will be a five-year lease, 10-year lease. I never want to sell it. I'm an investor. Beautiful. Perfect. So we can stay for as long to sell it. I'm an investor. Beautiful. Perfect. So we can stay for as long as we need until we need to buy. Anyway, eight months in, he sells it.

So we were fucked off. We were really, really pissed off. So we had a really good connection. They fuck with us. Our rent comes out weekly and we've stopped it so we don't pay them too much when it ends. We make sure it actually stops because I've cancelled so many automatic payments

that are still going. Every month, Jordan transfers me 30 bucks being like, you don't need to keep paying me for Wi-Fi. We don't live together. And I'm like, I cancelled that. So, yeah, it glitches a bit. Make sure you definitely cancel it. All right. That's good to know because we're in arrears, which means that we have missed a week of rent.

Anyway, normally they go, hey, you're in arrears and they fix it up immediately. I go, so sorry. Anyway, it's been four weeks and they've issued the, hello, this is an imminent warning. We will kick you out of the property. I'm like, Trump, babe, you've already done it. I've got one to go. Yeah, I'm out. So do what you want.

That's so true. What are they going to do? Totally. I'll read you the email. She's been so, I mean, she's not being rude. She's doing her job. So it's an eviction notice. Yeah, essentially.

They're threatening us with eviction. Hayden said, do we need to pay our arrears? I'm like, yeah, we do, but they fuck with us, so let's fuck with them right back. Oh, so you will pay. You're just, you know, fucking with them a little bit. Final warning for... Dear Mitchell Jury,

following a recent audit of your rental account, we noticed that despite previous correspondence, you are still in arrears. This constitutes a serious breach of your tenancy agreement. This is a final warning that unless your outstanding arrears of blah, blah, blah is paid in full immediately, all future rental payments will be forced to be issued

with a termination notice. Okay, you fuck with them a bit though, but you better actually pay because then there'll be a strike against your name. Yeah. Good call. And is that a microaggression? On your rental tenant ledger or whatever the fuck they call it. Oh, is that true?

Yeah. That is true. Because if you're moving to a new place or applying, they'll ask for a tenant ledger and they'll go through it and you can they call it. Oh, is that true? Yeah. That is true. Because if you're moving to a new place or applying, they'll ask for a tenant ledger and they'll go through it. And you can't amend it. It's just your history, basically. Oh, you're being serious? Yeah.

I better call. Mine's obviously completely unblemished, my tenant ledger. You might also be taken to tribunal like I was. Oh, you had to go to tribal council? You're both dodgy. What the fuck? No, but I took the real estate to tribunal. Oh, that had to go to tribal council. We're both dodgy. What the fuck? No, but I took the real estate to tribal. Oh, that's right.

That's right. Yeah, no, Gina's not here this week. She's in court. Yeah. That's right. I hope you had a safe and happy Mardi Gras, everyone. If you're probably listening to this, recovering. Go have a hot bath or a nice warm shower.

Not everyone's a Sydney gay that listens. Of course. But a lot of people are watching and a lot of allies are celebrating this year. And I think we're reaching critical mass with Mardi Gras and the support. So I think it's beautiful. It's a good point. My mum even said I'd love to go and watch the parade. I went, mum, you'll hate it.

I don't think my mum would deal with the crowns. Even I don't deal with the crowns. I'm with you. And they're my people. I'm like, move. I got tickets to see Ed Sheeran. I thought that is the biggest act of defiance against the gay community. You're going to straight weddings and watching Ed Sheeran.

What's wrong with you? I know, I know. You are a cis whitehead, aren't you? I did go to a straight wedding, yeah. A lot of straight weddings. Yeah. Anyway. We hope this podcast made you feel at least 3% better today.

That's all. Just three. So we do. So we do. Five-star ratings, please. Let's flush out the dicks. Yeah. We don't want people to scroll back too far.

So if you have a bunch of glowing ones at the front, hopefully people just don't scroll back far enough. Yeah, write us something lovely, please. That'd be very, very sweet. Yeah, to make Cheery feel better. Now, we have had messages about the whereabouts of contraceptive diaphragm Sam. Have we? Yeah, I've had messages. The injured and idiot's group chat. He's fine.

Yeah, he's fine. He's fine. He's just busy. He's always been sometimes here, sometimes not. You never really know. He's like one of those B-side characters in France. He'll appear in different seasons. Yeah, he's like Gunther. Oh, my God. He's Gunther. He's like Gunther.

Yeah. That's a good call. Which one of us is he desperately in love with? I mean, let's be real. It's you. Me? Yeah, it's you. I'm so flattered.

I didn't think you were going to say me. No, it's you. Of course it's you. All right. See you guys. Have a great day. Love you too, Sammy. Mardi Gras recovery. We't think you were going to say me. No, it's you. Of course it's you. All right. See you guys. Have a great Mardi Gras recovery. We'll see you in a week. Bye.

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